Great Falls jobs projected to be created by Touro Montana Osteopathic Medical School: 360
Projected employment growth across Montana by 2040: 1,700
Capital investment to complete school construction in 2024: $53 million
Faculty and staff: 70
Total annual compensation of School employees: $11.7 million
Medical student class size: 125
Medical student population in third year of operations: 375
Projected local spending per student per year, not including tuition: $31,224
Annual economic impact created by Medical School by 2030: $106.3 million
Population growth projected by 2030 as a result of Medical School: 481
By 2040: 1,984
Great Falls rank as best city nationwide for first-time homebuyers: 4th
Great Falls rank of best cities in Western U.S. to live in after the pandemic: 10th
Number of 2021 Great American Defense Communities in nation: 5
Number in Montana: 1 (Great Falls!)
Montana places named in New York Times’ 52 global locations to love in 2021: 1 (Golden Triangle)
Montana bars named one of five most extraordinary bars in the world: 1 (Sip ‘N Dip)
Number of entrepreneurs and developers who presented planned investments at Ignite 2021: 20
Number of high school entrepreneurs in Golden Triangle who won prizes in Montana Chamber Foundation’s The Prospects competition: 6
Cost of living in Great Falls compared to national average: 89.5%
Spokane cost of living: 106.9%
Bozeman cost of living: 108.6%
Seattle cost of living: 156.0%
San Francisco cost of living: 192.3%
Average wage increase in Great Falls MSA 2019Q3-2020Q3: 3.4%
Dollar amount of average wage increase: $1,438
Number of local entrepreneurs and businesses coached [TM1] by GFDA during quarter: 206
Number of business training sessions offered during quarter: 13
Number of training participants: 350
Number of businesses bought or started by coached clients during quarter: 2
New capital secured by entrepreneur clients during quarter: $228,177
Government contracts won by clients during quarter: $9,044,941
Jobs supported by our Small Business Development Center during quarter: 694
GFDA-produced professional development business webinars now available online 24/7: 44
Most recent SBA 504 effective loan rate fixed for 20 years: 3.016%
Businesses active with our Procurement Technical Assistance Center during quarter: 120
Amount of local business loans closed during quarter: $1,500,000
Amount of loans we approved during quarter: $3,030,170
New businesses opened in downtown Great Falls during quarter: 2
Number of new businesses opened in downtown Great Falls in 2020: 20
Downtown project announcements during quarter: 2
Downtown business retention/expansion visits during quarter: 19
Downtown businesses working on expansions: 17
Downtown target businesses contacted during quarter: 24
Downtown target meetings during quarter: 6
Free Brownfield assessments in progress: 6
New leads generated into our pipeline during quarter: 66
New active projects generated into our pipeline: 33
Total active projects this quarter: 51
New companies added to our pipeline CRM: 232
Companies actively engaged this quarter: 122
Number of followers of Live in Great Falls social mediums: 5,716
Number of visitors to Live in Great Falls relocation website to date: 12,511
Facebook views of our first talent attraction video in 24 hours of release: 11,000+
Views to date: 37,000+
Great Falls commercial building permits issued during quarter: 29
Great Falls commercial building permit value: $4,082,578
Montana rank of best states to start a small business: 1st
Montana rank as best state for physicians: 1st
Montana rank of least selfish states: 4th
Montana rank of least stressed states: 9th
Number of short-term rentals in Golden Triangle: 589
New electric generating capacity in U.S. in 2021 projected to come from wind and solar: 70%
Utility-scale solar power additions projected this year in U.S.: 15.4 gigawatts
Wind power additions projected this year in U.S.: 12 gigawatts
Percentage of this investment that will take advantage of Montana wind and sun resources: ?
