RCEDA
RAVALLI COUNTY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY
Fall 2011 Business Classes
Sep 19th
Business Classes for Small Business Owners, Managers, and Entrepreneurs! Get the basics of running and managing a successful business by attending Building Bitterroot Business classes offered by the Ravalli County Economic Development Authority (RCEDA) and the Bitterroot College Program of the University of Montana (BCP).
GSK Biologicals Hamilton Announces Big Sky Economic Development Grant
Sep 19th
Hamilton, MT: The City of Hamilton has received a $240,000 grant from the Big Sky Economic Trust Fund (BSTF) Program to assist GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) with the purchase of equipment and is contingent upon hiring of up to 32 employees through July 2013. The majority of new hires will be scientifically based positions working primarily in the manufacturing center of the Hamilton facility.
The BSTF program is a Montana Department of Commerce funded program designed to aid in the development of good paying jobs for Montana residents to promote long-term stable economic growth in Montana. In order to qualify as a recipient More >
The Sunflower Matrix: Introducing a New Model for Business Success
Sep 19th
An afternoon and early evening of Business Strategies, Q&A, and Mentoring on Thursday, October 6, 2011 from 1:00 pm to 7:00 pm. The event will be held at the Hamilton Performing Arts Center (PAC), Hamilton High School, 327 Fairgrounds Road, Hamilton, Montana.
Meet the Panel
Rob Ryan Founding CEO of Ascend Communications, grew company to 5000 employees and sold to AT&T for record amount; currently mentors select companies via Entrepreneur America
Joe Graziano Former CFO of Apple Computers, Inc., retired Silicon More >
Catering Opportunity
Sep 6th
REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS CATERING SERVICES
SUBJECT: Sunflower Matrix Seminar. The Bitterroot College Program (BCP) of the University of Montana and the Ravalli County Economic Development (RCEDA) Authority are sponsoring a business seminar on Thursday October 6th with nationally recognized business leaders. BCP and RCEDA is looking for a high quality caterer to provide food and beverage at the event. All compensation will be earned by the vendor through sales of product at the event. The sponsors will make a decision on the vendor or vendors based on their ability to provide a quality and convenient service at a reasonable price to the More >
Montana Procurement Technical Assistance Impact 2011
Sep 2nd
RCEDA became a Procurement Technical Assitance Satellite Center in 2011. We are very proud to be part of this program that delivers such an incredible postive impact to Montana by assisting Montana businesses in selling goods and services to federal, state and local government agencies, bringing money and jobs to Montana. Please take a minute to view the 1-page impact report.
Bitterroot college program’s growth leads to expansion
Jul 15th
After just two years of providing courses, the Bitterroot College Program of The University of Montana is growing so quickly it is expanding its facility. In fall 2009, the Hamilton-based BCP offered six college courses in which 29 students enrolled. This fall the program expects to enroll more than 200 students in 35 courses. In addition to the BCP’s college programming, during the 2010-11 academic year the BCP served more than 300 students seeking workforce training in computer applications and business planning. Plus, another 150 students participated in cultural enrichment programming offered through the BCP’s lecture series, which included lectures More >
Victor Meeting with Montana Department of Transportation
Jul 15th
Notes from the meeting with Victor business owners, the citizens and the Montana Department of Transportation were sent out to all those that attended the meeting and provided an email address. In addition the Notes are posted here. RCEDA will continue to assist by posting updates to the notes and further information on our web site. A newsletter is in the works. If you have not provided your email address at a meeting and want to receive information please contact RCEDA or Mary at the Hamilton House in Victor. Thank you to the MDOT folks for attending the meeting, providing answers to More >
Victor is open for Business
Jul 7th
Community members and business owners please remember that Victor is open for business. Construction going on in and around Victor for the past two years along with our economy has put a damper on business patronage in Victor. I used to stop in Victor frequently until the most recent bought of construction, then I, like many others began taking the Eastside Hwy around the construction. I’m grateful for the recent calls from a few of the Victor businesses to let RCEDA know that business was slow as it was also a reminder that the services I value and have taken More >
Montana Arts Council receives major funding from USDA
Jul 7th
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced on June 30 the selection of 44 community-based organizations to receive funding to promote economic growth. The funding is being provided through the Rural Community Development Initiative Program (RCDI). RCDI helps community-based development organizations, federally recognized Indian tribes and other groups promote economic growth in low-income, rural communities. “These funds support USDA’s partnership with rural America to bring increased economic opportunity to rural citizens and communities,” Vilsack said. “They will serve as investments that will help organizations build the capacity and expertise of local businesses, business owners and nonprofit groups.”
Ravalli County Economic Development Authority will More >
Summer 2011 Business Classes – New Night Classes
Jun 23rd
The Ravalli County Economic Development Authority (RCEDA), kicks off its 6th session of business planning and technology classes for summer starting with its first evening classes. Spreadsheet and accounting software classes will be offered from 6-9pm starting Thursday July 14th with QuickBooks. Excel starts the following Tuesday July 19th. “We have had requests for night classes and we wanted to try it out for the summer session and see what the response was”, says John Schneeberger of RCEDA. “We have had good attendance at our morning classes so we are using this to determine whether evening classes would be more More >
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