Current Happenings
Office of Management and Budget (OMB) affect on GNDC
As of yesterday, January 27th 2025, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) issued a memorandum temporarily pausing federal financial assistance—grants, loans, and cooperative agreements—effective immediately. While an injunction has been filed, we want to share how...
GNDC’s SBDC Advisor Honored with National Award
Wolf Point, MT - July 10th, 2024 - The Great Northern Development Corporation (GNDC) is proud to announce that our Regional Director for the Small Business Development Center, Quincy Walter, has been named the 2024 Montana "State Star." This prestigious national award...
GNDC Awarded $550,000 for Small Business Lending in Northeastern Montana
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEWolf Point, Montana – Great Northern Development Corporation (GNDC) is proud to announce that it has been awarded a $550,000 grant from the U.S. Treasury’s Community Development Financial Institutions (CDFI) Fund as part of the CDFI Financial...
GNDC Wins Two 2024 MEDA Impact Awards for Economic Development in Northeast Montana
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEGreat Northern Development Corporation Wins Two 2024 MEDA Impact Awards for Economic Development in Northeast Montana Wolf Point, MT, October 2024 – Great Northern Development Corporation (GNDC) is proud to announce its recognition as the...
GNDC Awarded $1.38 Million to Boost Tourism Growth
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEGreat Northern Development Corporation Awarded $1.38 Million to Boost Tourism Growth Wolf Point, MT – Great Northern Development Corporation (GNDC) is excited to announce that it has been awarded $1,383,928.58 from the Montana Department of...
Navigating National Quitters Day: Propel Your Small Business with SBDC Support
As the initial enthusiasm for New Year's resolutions begins to weaken, we find ourselves on National Quitters Day, January 12th; it's the perfect moment to reignite your entrepreneurial spirit and transform your business aspirations into reality. In 2019, Strava...
3rd Minnow Tank Business Plan Competition: Uniting Northeastern Montana for Economic Growth
Great Northern Development Corporation and the Small Business Development Center present the 3rd Minnow Tank Business Plan Competition: Uniting Northeastern Montana for Economic GrowthGreat Northern Development Corporation (GNDC) and the Small Business Development...
Public Review Needed for Economic Strategy
WOLF POINT, MONTANA (Sept. 21, 2022) – Great Northern Development Corporation (GNDC) is seeking community feedback on its next Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy (CEDS) and Economic Recovery and Resiliency Addendum. The five-year CEDS will be used to shape...
Housing Networking Event Hosted by GNDC
We all need a roof over our head and sometimes achieving that can be more difficult than we anticipate, particularly in rural areas such as Northeast Montana. So let's talk about it...past successes, current opportunities and future goals. In collaboration with the...
Community Survey
Great Northern Development Corporation (GNDC) is seeking community input in developing its next five-year Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy (CEDS). For the past 26 years, GNDC has provided professional business counseling, community development technical...
Eastern MT Bipartisan Infrastructure Laws (BIL) Workshop
On Thursday, June 23rd, Eastern Montana community leaders are invited to attend this workshop to hear from guest speakers knowledgeable about the opportunities available for infrastructure development through the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL). The main topics...
Assistance for Business Clinic
GNDC is partnering with the Montana Department of Labor & Industry to offer the Assistance for Business Clinic. The Assistance for Business Clinics are designed to provide new and established businesses, accountants, bookkeepers, human resource professionals, and...
Cows & Carbon Workshop: What’s there to know?
Join us on Wednesday, June 29th for this learning opportunity! The workshop will be presented by Western Sustainability Exchange (WSE), Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS), and Native, a public benefit corporation. Topics to be discussed include soil health,...
Announcement of the 2022 Minnow Tank Finalist’s
Great Northern Development Corporation, the Small Business Development Center, and the MDT Small Business Enterprise program would like to congratulate the 2022 Minnow Tank Business Plan Competition finalists. Finalists will present their business plan ideas to...
Request for Proposals
Great Northern Development Corporation (GNDC), a regional non-profit economic and community development organization, is soliciting a Request for Proposals for the development of a six county, regional Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy and COVID-19 Recovery...
A SNAPSHOT OF THE FOOD SYSTEM IN AN 11-COUNTY REGION OF NORTHEASTERN AND EASTERN MONTANA
REGIONAL FOOD ECONOMY STUDY:A SNAPSHOT OF THE FOOD SYSTEM IN AN 11-COUNTY REGIONOF NORTHEASTERN AND EASTERN MONTANA The Regional Food Economy Study is complete! In July 2021, Great Northern Development Corporation (GNDC) received $14,000 in grant funding from No Kid...
Rise and Restore Press Release
November 2nd, 2022, Statewide, Montana - In response to COVID-19, Great Northern Development Corporation has partnered with Headwaters RC&D, America's Small Business Development Center of Montana, Big Sky Economic Development, and the MDT Small Business Enterprise...
2021 Success Story – Farris Farm and Auto
After almost 25 years of being an employee at Carquest, Mike Farris went from spinning wrenches in the shop and helping customers at the front desk to purchasing the business with his wife, Steph.
SBDC’S MONTHLY SPOTLIGHT – NOVEMBER
Sarah was a chemist who found herself in Mexico setting up a cement lab for her employer, which is when she met her husband. After moving to Eastern Montana Sarah found herself needing a challenge. “Being a stay-at-home mom was fulfilling but I felt the pull to do...
SBDC’s Monthly Spotlight – October
When you walk into Sugg Primary Care Clinic in Glasgow, you will feel right at home with a warm welcome and a comfortable atmosphere. Dawn Sugg, FNP-C was a nurse for 18 years and always felt a calling to do more and help her patients find the root cause of...
GNDC Success Story
Beth Conroy has been a nurse for 27 years. Working in numerous specialties from short term care, long term care and hospice. Beth and her father Eddy Beery shared a dream of opening an assisted living facility to keep residents in the community as there currently was...
