Host Agencies
The Big Sky Economic Authority (BSEDA) offers the most comprehensive business services in the region. Big Sky EDA offices include programs focused on small business development, government marketing, business expansion and retention, community development, recruitment, and manufacturing assistance.
Big Sky Economic Development Authority
222 North 32nd Street, Suite 200
Billings, MT 59101
406.256.6871
www.bigskyeda.org
Host organization for the Billings SBDC office which serves Big Horn, Carbon, Golden Valley, Musselshell, Petroleum, Sweet Grass, Stillwater, Wheatland and Yellowstone counties.
Bozeman Information coming soon!
Northern Rocky Mountain RC&D
502 South 19th Avenue Ste 105
Bozeman MT 59718
406.582.5700
http://www.nrmrcd.org/
Host organization for the Bozeman SBDC office which serves Gallatin and park counties.
Headwaters Resource Conservation and Development Area, Inc. provides economic development assistance, serving as a grass-roots organization for eight counties. Its basic goal is to improve the economic and social well-being of the region through conservation, development, and proper use of natural and human resources. Headwaters RC&D will assist the USDA and other federal, state and local agencies in establishing conservation and development priorities for the region, thus playing a significant role in resource conservation and economic development in southwest Montana.
Southwest Montana Headwaters RC&D
305 West Mercury, Suite 211
Butte, MT 59701
406.782.7333
www.headwatersrcd.org
Host organization for the Butte SBDC office which serves Beaverhead, Deer Lodge, Granite, Jefferson, Madison, Powell, and Silver Bow counties.
The Southeastern Montana Development Corporation represents a group of concerned counties and communities in Southeastern Montana that came together in 1997 to provide local financial support for economic development. The joint participation of these counties and communities allows for synergy and prevents duplication of efforts, while providing a vehicle agency located locally to receive funding and administer services for economic development.
The organization's primary purpose of stabilizing existing businesses and encouraging growth of business in Southeastern Montana is provided by the following services: grant administration, business loans, business technical assistance, and business training.
Southeastern Montana Development Corporation
6200 Main Street
Colstrip, MT 59323
406.748.2990
www.semdc.org
Host organization for the Colstrip SBDC office which serves Carter, Custer, Dawson, Fallon, Prairie, Powder River, Rosebud, Treasure, and Wibaux counties.
Great Falls Development Authority, Inc. (GFDA) plays an active role in building the economy of Great Falls and Cascade County. GFDA is the marketing arm of the organization. Using community donated capital campaign funds GFDA has completed an assessment of the area and identified targeted industries that best match the available assets. A long term marketing plan has been developed which includes working with site selectors and becoming a known presence at trade shows. GFDA's affiliate, High Plains Financial Inc., serves a seven-county region by providing access to business capital through a variety of loan programs. Both corporations work to develop the local and surrounding economies through business recruitment, target marketing, business financing, market research, business technical assistance and training, and government contracting.
Great Falls Development Authority, Inc.
300 Central Ave 4th Floor
Great Falls, MT 59401
406.453.8834
www.gfdevelopment.org
Host organization for the Great Falls SBDC office which serves Cascade, Fergus, Glacier (excluding the Blackfeet Reservation), Judith Basin, Pondera, Teton, and Toole counties.
Bear Paw Development Corporation is a private, non-profit organization created for the purpose of administering programs to help improve regional economic conditions in Hill, Blaine, Liberty, Phillips and Chouteau Counties, and the Fort Belknap and Rocky Boy's Indian Reservations. Bear Paw works toward this goal by coordinating economic development planning and project implementation among its member entities, assisting local governments in planning public works and coordinating public and private investments, and by engaging in research, planning and advisory functions appropriate to the attainment of its objectives.
Bear Paw Development Corporation
48 2nd Avenue, Ryan Building
PO Box 170
Havre, MT 59501
406.265.9226
www.bearpaw.org
Host organization for the Havre SBDC office which serves Blaine, Chouteau, Hill, Liberty and Phillips counties.
Montana Business Assistance Connection, Inc., (formerly Gateway Economic Development Corp.) a non-profit economic development organization, has as its mission the creation and retention of new jobs in Lewis and Clark, Broadwater, Jefferson, and Meagher Counties. MBAC provides access to capital and business technical assistance to micro and small businesses as well as regional planning services. In addition, MBAC has business retention, expansion, and recruitment programs.
Montana Business Assistance Connection, Inc.
225 Cruse Avenue
Helena, MT 59601
406.447.1510
http://www.mbac.biz/
Host organization for the Helena SBDC office which serves Broadwater, Lewis & Clark, and Meagher counties.
The Kalispell Chamber of Commerce is committed to enhancing and sustaining Flathead Valley business and community vitality. The Chamber provides a variety of member driven services to enhance the business environment and develop new opportunities for existing businesses to grow. The Kalispell Chamber of Commerce established the Flathead Regional Business Center (FRBC) in June 2003. The Business Center is a one-stop business technical assistance location. The FRBC consists of the Chamber, Flathead Convention and Visitors Bureau, Kalispell Small Business Development Center, Montana Manufacturing Extension Center, MilTech, Flathead Job Service Business Advocates, and Flathead Valley Community College training.
Kalispell Chamber of Commerce
15 Depot Park
Kalispell, MT 59901
406.758.2800
www.kalispellchamber.com
Host organization for the Kalispell SBDC office which serves Flathead, Glacier (only the Blackfeet Reservation), Lake, and Lincoln counties.
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Montana Community Development Corporation (MCDC) is a private, non-profit organization. Their mission is to work with people and communities that want to prosper, offering financing and business development services that create income opportunities for all members of our community. MCDC assists businesses with business counseling, small business loans, entrepreneurial training, loan packaging, and large project planning.
Montana Community Development Corporation
110 East Broadway, 2nd Floor
Missoula, MT 59802
406.728.9234
www.mtcdc.org
With the high costs of competing in today's economy, the business community of today must be prepared to meet the challenge to provide more and better services in an effort to counteract that rising cost. Great Northern Development Corporation (GNDC) is leading the way in helping the northeastern Montana business community compete while providing an even better economic development advantage. We are pleased to introduce three important ways that we are addressing that goal through our Community Development Black Grant Loan Funds Program, our MicroBusiness Finance Program, and our Small Business Development Center .
Great Northern Development Corporation
233 Cascade Street
Wolf Point, MT 59201
406.653.2590
http://www.gndc.org/
Host organization for the Wolf Point SBDC office which serves Daniels, Garfield, McCone, Richland, Roosevelt, Sheridan, and Valley counties.
