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| MATR Newsletter - Tue Mar 15, 2016 |
Rudeness is a weak person's imitation of strength.
Gov. Steve Bullock
Montana Department of Commerce
- Gov. Steve Bullock To Convene Summit on Montana Wage Gap In May
"At this rate, the gap won't close until the year 2080. That's unacceptable," he told the group. "I'd match our Montana work ethic up against any other state in the nation, and 39th in the country in pay equity is flat out not OK."
PrintingForLess
- Made in Montana tradeshow a hit with customers, small business owners
"This show was awesome for us last year and this year's been good too," he said. "This is a great show, because it's condensed down into two days, which I think keeps the traffic steady."
Visit Montana - Montana Dept. of Tourism
- Livingston, Montana - Just north of Paradise: Montana's windy, New Age railroad town is full of quirks and delights ... and high tech jobs at PrintingForLess
Seems like everyone had something to say about Livingston's diversity in livelihoods, lifestyles and passions. We were directed to enough distinctive bars, breweries, bistros, bookstores, museums and galleries to populate a town five times the size of little 'ol Livingston, population 7,000, give or take, for the last 50 years.
Energy and Climate Change
- The Historic Hotel Arvon in Great Falls, Montana - Our Journey to Boutique Excellence.
The Historic Hotel Arvon, The Celtic Cowboy Pub and Restaurant and The Darkhorse Hall and Darkhorse Wine Snug, is the Oldest Commercial Building in Great Falls.
Come Home Montana
- Montana elementary students push governor for clean air and water
More than 150 elementary students and many parents from around the state came to the state Capitol on Friday afternoon to tell Gov. Steve Bullock they want a future Montana with clean air and water.
- Want farmland or garden space in the city? Look up.
"It's important to reconnect with that long tradition and realize that you don't need to reinvent the wheel. You just need to try to improve upon it," Novak says. "There's a big community of expert rooftop gardeners out there, with lots of experience and wisdom to share."
- Why climate change action cannot succeed without social equity
Sustainability is framed as a three-legged stool consisting of the three 'E's: environment, economy and equity. However, the third leg, social and economic equity, is often the weakest.
- National Grid to Launch a First-of-Its-Kind Solar Marketplace
National Grid -- which is deregulated and decoupled -- is actively seeking ways to leverage the market concept as a new business opportunity for all parties.
Montana Business
- Montana Career Opportunities - Vice-President/Finance and Administration,Chemistry Faculty, and more.. Flathead Valley Community College
Flathead Valley Community College is an outstanding public community college located on a beautiful campus in Kalispell, Montana with panoramic views of the norther Rocky Mountains and Glacier National Park.
- Montana Career Opportunities - Digital Content Manager, Assistant Editor - Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation
The RMEF envisions a future in which wildlife and wild places still exist and are still valued by society.
- Senator Tester's Office Seeking Interns for Summer Session in D.C.
The internship period would start in late May and go through early August. And while these positions are unpaid, they provide an invaluable introduction to a career in policy, press, or government affairs.
- Montana seeks 10 new Montana Highway Patrol troopers
"We're looking for men and women from all kinds of backgrounds who can maintain a high degree of personal integrity and discipline, and adhere to a strict code of behavior," MHP Col. Tom Butler said.
Montana Economic Development
- Parkside Federal Credit Union of Whitefish helping Montana non-profits
Josh Kroll with Parkside says it's a way to give to those who give to others.
- New Grizzly Hackle owner Brendan Bannigan always dreamed of running his own fly shop
"We find that it's super important to make our customers feel super welcome and really get the Missoula experience," he said. "We tell them about all our favorite restaurants and our favorite bars. A lot of people, that's why they continue to come back here. Yeah, they love to fish but they also love the Missoula culture."
- Salient Technologies, Inc. in Bozeman, Montana - We'll let our work speak for itself, but we're pretty confident once you've met us you'll wish you'd found us sooner!
Salient offers a wide variety of services to help take what's in your head and put it in your hands.
- Structural engineer disputes Bozeman developer's claims about Missoula Mercantile
"The whole aspect of them blaming the structure and not being able to renovate or preserve any of this existing building, basing it on structural aspects, is just not true."
- Red Lodge Mountain seeking new investors
Investors in Red Lodge Mountain ski area and golf course have been looking for new partners after a majority shareholder decided to cash out.
- "Barber Creek Rodsmithes" - 'This is making rods': Ron Bone crafts bamboo masterpieces along the banks of the Missouri in Montana
"You have to know how to cast, and if you don't, bamboo will teach you how to cast," Bone said. "And you'd look at them and think they're fragile but they're actually stronger than graphite."
Careers
- Call for Presentations "Expanding The Capacity For Native Business" 5/17-19, Great Falls, Montana
The Indian Business Conference, themed "Expanding the Capacity for Native Business," will bring hundreds of tribal, local, and state government and program representatives, practitioners, policy-makers, lenders, educators, nonprofit organization representatives, funders, and entrepreneurs together to hear from experts and to strategize about how to deversify, and thus strengthen, our tribal economies by supporting and creating environments to nurture Native business development and entrepreneuership.
Next Generation Broadband in Montana
- Think Like An Entrepreneur And Boost Your Career
Entrepreneurial thinking in a corporate environment brings many positive career opportunities to the table, and many advantages to your company.
City Club Missoula
- Missoula school trustees OK fiber network construction
"The reason we went through this onerous process was because the Missoula fiber network is not an entity. It's not real. It doesn't exist right now," she said. "It would be a great idea if it did. But we had to meet our needs ... with a sunsetting contract at the end of the school year. We could not wait on some sort of idea out in the future."
Government
- Concern clashes with compassion at City Club Missoula refugee resettlement forum
"It has always been a process of how we can do this together," Poole said. "I continue to learn about the fears of the other side and how we might be able to ease some of those fears and work together to make it happen."
Idaho Business
- Coalition sought to battle changes in trail maintenance funding
The end result is that more money will end up on trails that are nearer to urban populations.
Regional Business
- Boise's low cost of living is key selling point for businesses
"If they aren't bright enough to compare the value of a dollar in Boise compared to the value of a dollar in the Bay Area, then I don't want them anyhow."
- Public lands bills come to head in Idaho Legislature
For those that think the state wouldn't sell the land, the 1.5 million acres of state land that has already been sold speaks for itself. Brad Brooks, The Wilderness Society
Regional Economic Development
- With Silicon Valley nipping at their heels, banks are being forced to take a fresh look at conventional procedures
The Coffee-Break Loan: Business Owners Promised Money in Five Minutes
- Why Thousands of Doctors Still Don't Use Electronic Records
"If you have a smaller practice, it's expensive," Boyd says. "You also can't see the same number of patients while you get used to the system."
Montana Education Excellence
- Opportunity is Key Ingredient in Building Up a Local Economy
As leaders, it is our responsibility to create platforms for all citizens to reach their fullest potential, and that includes removing obstacles that impede financial well-being.
Community
- Missoula International School students solving our challenges with LEGOs one robot at a time
In simple terms, this isn't your grandfather's LEGO set.
- The Montana Afterschool Alliance
The Montana Afterschool Alliance (MTAA) serves as the champion for afterschool programming and expanded learning opportunities in the state of Montana.
- Exhibitors needed for Astronomy & Aerospace Day on April 17 Astronomy/Aerospace Day offers an opportunity to share science with the public.
There is no charge for exhibitors, and the event offers the opportunity to reach hundreds of youth and adults from around the region. A&A Day is Montana's largest astronomy- and aerospace-related event.
- Astronomy & Aerospace Day, 4/17, Bozeman, Montana
A free afternoon of astronomy- and aerospace-related events for kids and adults will be held in Bozeman on Sunday, April 17, including talks by a University of Montana astronomer and a Montana State University alumnus who now works as a systems engineer for Google[x].
- 2016 Summer STEM Camp Registration is OPEN! - The Montana Learning Center at Canyon Ferry Lake - Winter Newsletter 2016
The success of our summer camps would not have been possible without the generous support of "Friends of the MLC." We were fortunate to offer all students seeking assistance a scholarship. We hope to continue to do this again for summer 2016.
- Montana State University sets spring enrollment record
MSU Bozeman and MSU Northern in Havre were the only two state campuses to report increased student counts this spring.
- Montana State University sets spring enrollment record
MSU Bozeman and MSU Northern in Havre were the only two state campuses to report increased student counts this spring.
- University of Montana Students Create Podcast to Tell Campus Stories
"It's been cool learning about some incredible things going on around campus and off-campus. It's enlightening to ask people about where they came from, how they ended up here, and reminds us that we live in a really special place."
Funding and Building your Business
- YOUR Name Could Be On The New Ekalaka, Montana Swimming Pool!
At the March 2, 2016 meeting the Ekalaka, Montana Town Council authorized the name of the new swimming pool being selected by a person or business.
- Time running out to help shape vision for downtown Helena, Montana
The opportunity to comment on a vision to reshape Helena's downtown will close on Tuesday before the document is finalized and sent for city review and adoption.
- Missing the mark: Tourism sign creates a stir among Bitterroot fishermen
A bass is not a trout.
Non-Profit News
- 8 Ways To Get Off The Ground With Angel Investors
Don't be one of the 90 percent of startups now passed over quickly.
- 5 Paths to Growth Every Entrepreneur Should Explore
Knowledge, health and networks are all essential and each can be developed with sustained effort.
- 4 Insights For Identifying Exceptional Team Members
These leaders are those exceptional team members who have proven themselves or developed the strength of character, behavior, and learning to be the drivers of the next phase of your business growth.
- Why Brooks Brothers Is Investing in Veteran Tailors
The plant is an example of age diversity, providing a glimpse of where the U.S. workplace may soon be heading as the population ages.
The Creative and Cultural Economy
- Tom Ahern: Fundraising & Communications, 3/28-Missoula, 3/29-Bozeman, 3/30-Billings
Looking to update your fundraising messages? Need help crafting the perfect case statement? Unsure how to use digital communications? Register today for a full-day workshop with Tom Ahern
Cool Stuff That's Coming
- Former "Men At Work" pop star Ron Strykert in Montana is on the rise
He formed Australian pop-rock band Men At Work in 1979, and they made quite a name for themselves, with chart-topping hits such as "Who Can It Be Now?" and "Down Under."
- 8 maker tools to inspire next-gen innovation and design
"We want to unleash the inventor in everyone."
Transportation
- Video: Robot arm that can catch anything
Researchers say the technology could be used in cars and safety equipment.
- Scientists: This bacteria can eat plastic trash
Japanese scientists say they've discovered the first known bacteria able to break the molecular bonds of polyethylene terephthalate, or PET, one of the world's most common forms of plastic.
- Doppler Labs' Here Active Listening System is a 'supercomputer in your ear'
"We are not headphones, this is about listening live and being able to personalize how you hear the world,"
- Google victories in Go game amaze experts
"The power of AI on display there is mind-boggling. This is one of the first demonstrations of how powerful machine learning could be."
- Spokane misses cut for $50 million Smart Cities grant
Both Spokane and Seattle entered the U.S. Transportation Department's Smart Cities Challenge, but neither is among the seven finalists.
- A $20,000 Self-Driving Vehicle Hits the Road
After a decade of spending much of its time and billions focused on boosting fuel-efficiency, Washington is increasing its focus on technology that could save lives.
- This is how an airline should be run - Mother's Encounter With Southwest Airlines Quickly Goes Viral
The flight attendant approached Uhle and asked her to get off the plane. "I figured I was on the wrong plane,"
- Missoula International Airport to accept travelers in TSA PreCheck program
PreCheck is an expedited screening service that allows fliers to keep their shoes, outerwear and belts on while they go through a participating airport's security checkpoint.
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