Owner built homes created by NeighborWorks Great Falls since program start: 155
Gift to Montana State University that will lead to new nursing colleges in Billings, Bozeman, Great Falls, Kalispell, and Missoula: $101 million
Cost of living in Great Falls compared to national average: 88.67%
Cost of living in Great Falls compared to Bozeman: 24.9% less
Employment growth in Great Falls MSA in four quarters ending 2021Q2: 8.4%
Average annual wage increase in Great Falls MSA in four quarters ending 2021Q2: 5.2%
Dollar amount of average wage increase: $2,260
Average annual wage in Great Falls MSA at end 2021Q2: $45,517
Percentage of statewide average annual wage: 93%
Percentage of national average annual wage: 71%
Increase in total wages earned in Great Falls MSA in four quarters ending 2021Q2: $68 million
Percentage increase: 4.2%
Cascade County population growth documented in 2010-2020 decennial census: 3,087
Cascade County net population growth in 1970-2010 censuses: 700 loss
Graduation rate of Great Falls College MSU dental hygiene program: 97%
Graduates of program who pass licensure exams: 100%
New businesses opened in Downtown Great Falls 2011-2020: 119
Total value of building permits issued for downtown 2011-2020: $61,334,106
Downtown Great Falls volunteer hours 2011-2020: 267,991
Increase in Business Improvement District property values 2010-2019: 61%
Number of local entrepreneurs and businesses advised by GFDA during quarter: 114
Of these, number of new advising clients: 34
Number of business training sessions offered during quarter: 7
Number of training participants: 71
Number of businesses bought or started by advised clients during quarter: 5
New capital secured by entrepreneur clients during quarter: $91,442
Jobs supported by our Small Business Development Center during quarter: 497
Participants in GFDA website bootcamp e-commerce program since March 2020: 58
Number of businesses active with our Procurement Technical Assistance Center (PTAC) during quarter: 91
Number of government contracts won by PTAC clients during quarter: 46
Amount of government contracts won by clients during quarter: $1,044,422
Amount of local GFDA gap and bridge loans closed during quarter: $300,000
Amount of loans we approved during quarter: $1,624,162
Additional private investment to be leveraged: $7,723,000
New loan capital obtained and funded into loans during quarter: $2,088,000
Loan participations sold: $250,000
SBA 504 loans approved during quarter: $1,217,000
Additional private investment to be leveraged: $2,800,000
Current SBA 504 fixed 20-year effective loan interest rate with 10% down: 2.765%
Current 10-year equipment effective fixed rate: 2.372%
Free Brownfield assessments completed during quarter: 2
Brownfield cleanups completed during quarter: 1
Brownfield cleanups underway: 2
Local business retention/expansion visits during quarter: 31
Local businesses called during quarter for follow-up assistance with on-going COVID relief efforts: 89
New leads generated into our pipeline during quarter: 27
New active projects generated into our pipeline: 32
Total active projects this quarter: 57
New companies added to our pipeline CRM: 99
Companies actively engaged this quarter: 246
Number of web microsite users generated by business attraction account-based-marketing campaign during quarter: 10,456
Number of microsite sessions during quarter: 11,947
GFDA YouTube channel subscribers: 50
GFDA increased investment in business development and talent attraction in FY 2021: 55%
GFDA increased investment in entrepreneur/business advising and training in FY 2021: 35%
Growth in GFDA gap/bridge loan portfolio in FY 2021: 47%
EPA estimate of impact of GFDA brownfields program in FY 2021: $35 million
Number of additional childcare slots needed in Great Falls: 580
Local parents/guardians who said they had trouble pre-pandemic in finding childcare arrangements: 51%
During pandemic: 74%
Growth in U.S. ecommerce sales in 2020: 32%
Number of transistors on Cerebras’s AI chip: 2.6 trillion
Number of web sites created per day: 252,000
Estimated number of websites on Earth: 1.7 billion
Estimated number of websites in United States: 133 million
