HELENA, Mont. (NMB) – The Montana Department of Commerce has announced the awarding of a total of $210,000 through the Tribal Business Planning Grant to assist tribes in Montana with planning for business development and economic growth.
These grants are meant to allow tribal governments and organizations the ability to deploy comprehensive business planning strategies. Funds can be used for activities that include, but are not limited to, business plan development, market analysis, feasibility studies, and physical business infrastructure planning.
Grants of $30,000 have been awarded to:
- Blackfeet Tribe – to conduct a feasibility study for a bottled water company
- Chippewa Cree Tribe – to conduct a feasibility study and market analysis for a small-scale meat processing facility
- Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes – to conduct a feasibility study and market analysis for the purchase of the former Big Arm General Store
- Little Big Horn College on the Crow Reservation – to complete a preliminary engineering report to expand the trades building and programs
- Fort Peck Assiniboine and Sioux Tribes – to develop a contemporary zoning and development ordinance
- Little Shell Chippewa Tribe – to assist with business and operation plans for three businesses under Little Shell Tribal Enterprises, LLC
- Northern Cheyenne Tribe – to assist with a business plan, preliminary engineering report and preliminary architectural report to develop a workforce training center
To learn more, head to MarketMT.com/ICP.
