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GFDA Urges Support of School Levy

GFDA rarely gets involved in public policy issues. Every so often, however, an issue arises that directly affects our mission to grow and diversify the Great Falls economy and support the creation of high wage jobs. The proposed school levy is such an issue.

We urge you to support the school levy, in every way you can, because we need great schools to have a great economy.

To grow our businesses, we need to attract and keep great talent. Skilled people can choose where they want to live and raise a family. We need to have great schools so they choose Great Falls.

To attract new businesses and entrepreneurs, we need great schools. These days, most site location decisions are affected by the quality of local education. The school district has been an active partner in our business attraction efforts. The involvement of teachers and administrators in our courting of the ADF Group, Centene, EMTEQ, Avmax and others has been key to our success.

To grow Great Falls, we need to attract and keep families. We need to convince our kids to come home. We have some momentum going our way. Great Falls school enrollment increased this year after 20 years of decline. Now is not the time to go backward.

To create high wage jobs — jobs that enable families to buy houses and new cars, enjoy our restaurants and entertainment, and to shop in our stores — we need our schools to have the technology programs that lead into skilled trades. Dual credit programs with Great Falls College MSU need to be continued and expanded.

For these reasons, GFDA’s Board has voted to support the school levy and to urge our investors, clients, friends and family to do the same.

Brett
Brett Doney
[email protected]
http://www.GFDevelopment.org
1-406-750-2119

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