Whether you're just getting started, looking for new customers, wanting to grow sales through e-commerce, or focusing on workforce.
We're here to help.

Check out the upcoming trainings below!
Agriculture Grants
Beef & Beer, Pulse & Produce: How the State Can Assist with Grants

This session will look at several different grant programs offered to businesses and producers by the Montana Department of Agriculture to help small and large businesses with expansion efforts. These programs include the Growth Through Agriculture Program, Specialty Crop Block Grant Program, Business Acceleration Program and the Marketing Development Program. The presenter will provide an overview of who is eligible for each program and what activities each program can support.


Beef & Beer, Pulse & Produce
February 2
11-11:30 am
Government Contracting
Government Contracting with Northrop Grumman Corporation

Join us for the quarterly series Strategic Teaming Alliance Roundtable. This series is designed to help businesses with navigating and benefiting from doing business with government agencies and large federal contractors. You can attend this event in-person in Great Falls or online.

If attending in-person please note the location has changed to the SpringHill Suites at 421 3rd St NW in Great Falls.

Government Contracting
February 9
8 am
Small businesses are the backbone of the US economy and play a vital role in job creation, innovation, and community development. They also make up 99% of all employers and employ nearly half of the country's private-sector workforce.

If you’re a small business owner, chances are you may have heard about government contracts and are wondering if that is something worth exploring or even attempting. Join us for a 101-level introduction to what the government buys and if they are buying the products and services your business provides. This workshop will be presented by Shannon Clancy.

Does the Government Buy My Products/Services?
February 14
11-11:30 AM
Questions? Contact our
government contracting team today!
Lillian Sunwall
(406) 750-1253

Shannon Clancy
(406) 590-1184
Farmers Marketing Training
Attend a Farmers Market Vendor Success Workshop on February 13 from 9:30 – 1:00pm. This is a great opportunity to enhance your market presence and network with other vendors across the state! Register below or contact Katesha at 406.788.0860 or Katesha@GrowGreatFalls.org with questions.

Farmers Market Success Vendor Workshop
February 13
9:30 am
Farmers Market Training
Questions about our training and programs?
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Tony Peres
Small Business Navigator
(406) 750-2099
Our Mission
Grow diverse economic opportunities that enhance quality of life.

Great Falls Region Community Vision
The Great Falls Region will be a proud, positive, and vibrant community, which welcomes new people, new investments, and innovative opportunities while celebrating its authentic and diverse Montana culture. Our community will be a safe and inclusive place to raise families and will offer opportunities for individual growth and quality of life, which retains and grows our population.

GFDA Organizational Vision
Great Falls Development Authority will be a change agent, catalyst, and facilitator in the Great Falls region, fostering collaboration and partnerships to support diverse economic opportunities, innovation, and growth. Our economic development organization will be a high performing leader in attracting new investment and talent. Our work providing access to capital, consulting, training and resources for entrepreneurs, businesses, developers, and nonprofits will transform Great Falls and the surrounding 13-county trade area into a thriving regional economy that enhances the standard of living for our people.    

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 MSU's Montana Manufacturing Extension Center and an SBA Women's Business Center in partnership with the University of Montana and the Montana Native Growth Fund.

GFDA was the first economic development organization in the Rocky Mountain West to earn accreditation from the International Economic Development Council.

For more info, click to our website.