Every month, Great Falls Development Authority works to provide tools and resources to guide area businesses to success. 

Here are our upcoming educational events for business owners, managers, and professionals for August 2020:
Webinar: Best Practices for PPP Forgiveness*
Thursday, August 6 - 11:00AM-11:30AM

This brief 30-minute webinar will walk attendees through the best practices, reporting procedures, and forms to maximize the forgiveness of your Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loan.  

*This will be a virtual workshop
Digital Marketing Strategies Workshop*
Wednesday, August 12 - 8:30AM-3:30PM

Join us for a day with KRose Marketing & Consulting where we will be talking about design, content creation, digital marketing, and social media management for Facebook, Instagram, e-mail marketing and web-sites.

*This will be a virtual workshop
Small Business Coach Open Office Hour*
Tuesday, August 18 - 10:00AM-11:00AM

Is COVID19 Affecting Your Business?   Join us for an Open Office Zoom Chat with our SBDC COVID Business Advisor, Nathan Reiff, on August 18 at 10 AM. Email Nathan Reiff for the Zoom log-in,  [email protected] . On the call we’ll discuss tools and strategies for your business resiliency.

*This will be a virtual workshop
The LaunchPoint: A Pre-Business Workshop*
Tuesday, August 25 - 4:00PM-5:00PM

Over the years we’ve compiled the most frequently asked questions and tailored a monthly training to help prospective and early stage entrepreneurs become aware of everything they need to know to get their business up and running.

*This will be a virtual workshop
OTHER TRAININGS
Increase your revenue, sales, traffic, and profitability with The Destination Creation Course.

Destination Creation sessions will be scheduled by demand.

If you are interested in taking this course in the future you can join the waitlist to be contacted when the next course is being scheduled. 

Please contact Nathan Reiff at [email protected] , or call (406) 403-4937
Learn to understand your financials, manage your business to increase profitability, and strengthen your relationship with your lender.

Profit Mastery sessions will be scheduled by demand.

If you are interested in taking this course in the future you can join the waitlist to be contacted when the next course is being scheduled. 

Please contact Jason Nitschke at [email protected] , or call (406) 750-0314
Build your very own e-commerce website in our Website Bootcamp: Converting to Online Sales.

If you are interested in taking this course in the future you can join the waitlist to be contacted when the next course is being scheduled. 

Please contact Rich Gannon at [email protected] , or call (406) 836-2078



JASON NITSCHKE
Great Falls Development Authority
(406) 750-0314



Vision
Hungry to Grow the Great Falls region

Mission
Grow and diversify the Great Falls regional economy.
Create higher wage career opportunities.
Improve market competitiveness.
 
The first economic development organization in the Rocky Mountain West to earn accreditation from the International Economic Development Council.

GFDA is a certified Community Development Financial Institution and a 501(c)3 charitable organization. High Plains Financial is a certified Community Development Corporation that offers SBA 504 loans statewide. GFDA and High Plains Financial are Equal Opportunity Employers and Lenders.

GFDA is proud to host a Montana Small Business Development Center, a Montana Procurement Technical Assistance Center, and a Montana Food & Ag Development Center. We are also proud to provide office space for the Montana Manufacturing Extension Center of MSU, and to be part of the Montana Cooperative Development Center network.

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