Economic development is happening (in Missoula)

One year ago, a broad consortium of local business leaders launched the Missoula Economic Partnership http://www.missoulaworks.org/ with four clear goals: create 2,500 new primary jobs, attract $150 million in capital investment, help launch 25 local companies, and help relocate 25 "best-fit" companies to Missoula from elsewhere. All in the first five years.

Twelve months into this ambitious project, we have achieved several important benchmarks. We have also learned much about the path that lies ahead.

In sustainable development efforts, about 80 percent of new jobs created come from existing and home-grown companies. A big part of the Partnership’s work of the past year, then, has focused on creating programs that enable local companies to grow and hire.

By the Missoula Economic Partnership

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