ECONOMIC OUTLOOK SEMINARS

2014 Economic Outlook Seminar

How Entrepreneurship is Creating High Paying Jobs

Seminars were held in Kalispell, Billings, Bozeman, Helena, Great Falls, Butte and Missoula during January and February, with seminars in March in Havre and Lewistown.

• Seminar Booklet

• Presentations

• Videos From Missoula Seminar

Individual Presentations

Introduction and U.S. & Montana Outlook, Patrick Barkey

Local Outlook 2014, Paul Polzin

• Lewis and Clark (Helena)

• Cascade (Great Falls)

• Missoula (Missoula)

• Yellowstone (Billings)

• Gallatin (Bozeman)

• Silver Bow (Butte-Anaconda)

• Flathead (Kalispell)

• Hill (Havre)

• Fergus (Lewistown)

Health Care Outlook: Changes in Health Care Not Limited to Obamacare, Patrick Barkey

Travel and Recreation: Jobs, Lifestyle, and Growth, Norma Nickerson

• Lewis and Clark (Helena)

• Cascade (Great Falls)

• Missoula (Missoula)

• Yellowstone (Billings)

• Gallatin (Bozeman)

• Silver Bow (Butte)

• Flathead (Kalispell)

2014 Montana Agricultural Outlook, George Haynes

Montana's Manufacturing & Forest Products: 2014 Outlook, Todd Morgan

Montana Housing Outlook 2014, Scott Rickard

Natural Resources and Energy Outlook: Coal, Oil, Natural Gas, Minerals, Terry Johnson

Making Montana the First Best Place: How Entrepreneurship is Creating High-Paying Jobs, Greg Gianforte

Local Presentations

• Lewis and Clark (Helena): Helena Business Climate, 5-Year Trend Report From 2009 through Dec. 2013 Cathy Burwell, President/CEO, Helena Area Chamber of Commerce

• Great Falls Economic Outlook: CRANK IT UP!, Great Falls Development Authority Brett Doney

• Collaborate. Generate. Thrive. Missoula: Missoula Economic Partnership, Jim Grunke, President/CEO

• Yellowstone (Billings): Economic Outlook 2014, Steve Arveschoug, Executive Director, Big Sky Economic Development

• Gallatin (Bozeman): Migration to Montana: A Tale of the Ages (and Regions), Douglas Young, Professor Emeritus

• Silver Bow (Butte): Southwest MT and Silver Bow County, John Kasperick, Economist, NorthWestern Energy

• Flathead: Projects Planned for 2014 Chris Parson, Kalispell Chamber of Commerce

View a recording of the Missoula Seminar.

• Introduction and Overview - Charles Keegan, U.S. Montana Outlooks - Patrick Barkey, Local Outlook - Paul Polzin, and Health Care - Bryce Ward
  

• Nonresident Travel - Norma Nickerson, Agriculture - George Haynes, and Manufacturing and Forest Products - Todd Morgan
  

• Real Estate - Scott Rickard, Energy - Terry Johnson, and Local Missoula - Jim Grunke

• Introduction - Bob Rowe, and Luncheon Keynote - Greg Gianforte

Contact

Bureau of Business and Economic Research
Marketing Director/Events Planner
406.243.5113
fax: 406.243.2086

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