The Montana Board of Housing has invited eight affordable rental properties in seven communities to move forward with housing tax credit applications. 

MONTANA – The Montana Department of Commerce announced today that 23 Montana communities will share more than $5 million of grant funding for 26 historic preservation projects. The grants, awarded through Commerce’s Montana Historic Preservation Grant Program, will be used to improve historical sites, historical societies and history museums in Montana.

Montana Housing with the Montana Department of Commerce announced today this year’s Housing Champion Awards presented at the Montana Housing Partnership Conference. These awards are presented to individuals and organizations that have shown extraordinary success supporting development, ownership and advocacy of affordable homes in Montana. 

MONTANA – The Montana Department of Commerce today announced $730,000 in business development funds to support the creation of up to 99 jobs at growing businesses in Montana.

The first meeting of the Economic Transformation and Stabilization and Workforce Development Advisory Commission, created by the 67^th Montana Legislature in HB 632, will be held Tuesday, May 4 at 9 a.m. in Room 137 of the Montana State Capitol.

The Montana Department of Commerce today announced $750,000 in Tourism Grant Award funding to strengthen local economies in 26 communities by enhancing tourism and recreation assets.

Montana will regain its second congressional seat in the U.S. House of Representatives, according to the 2020 Census state population count released today by the U.S. Census Bureau.

MONTANA – The Montana Small Business Development Center network is offering application assistance to small businesses in the live venue industry for federal grants available through the U.S. Small Business Administration.

Governor Greg Gianforte today announced that the Montana Emergency Rental Assistance program is taking applications from Montanans who have lost income and are at risk of housing instability due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

MONTANA – Fourteen film productions will share $500,000 through the Big Sky Film Grant from the Montana Film Office to film on-location across the state, the Montana Department of Commerce announced today.