HAVRE, Mont. (NMB) – On November 26th, Bear Paw Development led a Brownfields 101 Training Workshop in Havre for over 30 bankers and lenders from Independence Bank. A press release says that, using the new video-conferencing system at the bank, four other branches throughout northcentral Montana and were able to join the training.
The training highlighted information for lenders to use in determining the risk of a brownfields site and the value of assessment in facilitating property transfers. Lenders also received information on the grant and loan funds available to landowners through Bear Paw’s Brownfields Program as well as possible funding partnerships with the Montana State Petrofund.
The training concluded the with program success stories like the Big Sandy Library and the Boys and Girls Club of the Hi-Line.
