HELENA, Mont. (NMB) – The Montana Department of Commerce has announced the awarding of a total of $240,000 through the Tribal Business Planning Grant to assist Montana tribes with planning for business development and economic growth.
Eight different grants were awarded, with each worth $30,000.
Among the recipients:
- Fort Belknap Indian Community: to conduct an environmental assessment to develop a small business incubator
- Chippewa Cree Tribe: to conduct a feasibility study for an Elder Care Facility
- Blackfeet Tribe: to update the existing Economic Development Master Plan for land use evaluation
- Little Shell Chippewa Tribe: to assist with business plans to provide Starlink broadband services to tribal members and a mobile medical unit under Little Shell Tribal Enterprises, LLC
- Fort Peck Assiniboine and Sioux Tribes: to conduct a preliminary physical business infrastructure plan to develop a small business incubator
The Tribal Business Planning Grant Program assists tribal governments and organizations to deploy comprehensive business planning strategies.
Courtesy of the Montana Department of Commerce
