Current Happenings

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...

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...

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...

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...

Assistance for Business Clinic

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...

Cows & Carbon Workshop: What’s there to know?

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...

Announcement of the 2022 Minnow Tank Finalist’s 

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...

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...

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...

2021 Success Story – Farris Farm and Auto

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

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...

SBDC’s Monthly Spotlight – October

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...

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...

City of Glasgow Housing Stabilization Program

GNDC is administering the CDBG Housing Stabilization Program for the City of Glasgow. The program provides families and individuals access to homes through infill construction and rehabilitation of homes within a target area. By addressing health,...

USDA Housing Preservation Grant

GNDC received $38,000 in grant funds from USDA Rural Development to address housing rehabilitation needs across GNDC’s 6-county region including the Fort Peck Reservation. The funds will be used to address health and safety issues of up to 50 very...

Regional Food Economy Study

Regional Food Economy Study

Great Northern Development Corporation (GNDC) received $14,000 in grant funding from No Kid Hungry to conduct a regional food study to further understand the challenges and opportunities in our region’s food system. With funding in part through the...

Emergency Housing Assistance Program

If you are having difficulty paying your rent or mortgage due to COVID-related loss of income, we urge to apply for the Emergency Housing Assistance Program through the state of Montana.This program provides rent, security deposit, mortgage payment...

Rise and Restore Small Business Summit Postponed

The health and safety of our clients, employees, and partners is our highest priority. After careful consideration, and in light of the ongoing Coronavirus (COVID-19) developments, we are postponing the Rise and Restore Conference to Spring 2021....

Minnow Tank

Minnow Tank

Great Northern Development Corporation, Small Business Development Center (SBDC) in conjunction with the Department of Transportation Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE) Program is hosting a business plan competition throughout a seven-county...

#GNDCLocalChallenge

#GNDCLocalChallenge

Great Northern Development Corporation (GNDC) has partnered with Missouri River Country Tourism on the “Local Challenge” to encourage Northeast Montana residents to support local businesses while practicing social distancing during the COVID-19...

Congratulations

Congratulations

Pictured are Karen and Guy Huber, Owners; Nicole Huber, Manager. GNDC is honoring the Sherman Inn as "Business of the Year" for 2015. They received an award plaque and registration to the "Invest in Success" small business conference in Havre on...

Minnow Tank

Minnow Tank

Great Northern Development Corporation would like to congratulate the winners of the 2018 Minnow Tank competition. Larry and Suzan Cobb of Cobb Medical in the start-up business category and Kayla Anderson owner of Prairie Hills...

City of Glasgow Housing Program

City of Glasgow Housing Program

Last June the City of Glasgow completed an updated Housing Plan which showed great need for demolition of blighted structures and rehabilitation of single-family homes located within the City limits of Glasgow. Since then the Glasgow Housing...

Sand Creek Winds, LLC

Sand Creek Winds, LLC

GNDC has been working with Sand Creek Winds, LLC (SCW) since 2012 to determine the feasibility of a 75 MW wind farm to be located on 18,360 acres of private lands in northern McCone County. So far, a Feasibility Study and a System Impact Study have...

Garfield County Health Center Remodel

Garfield County Health Center Remodel

GNDC is assisting the Garfield County with a remodel project of the Health Center in Jordan. The project includes ADA updates to restrooms, improvements to the kitchen, and complete replacement of exterior walks ways and driveways. This project is...