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Building our Community: MAEDC Staff Participates on Habitat for Humanity Build

PTAC is Back: Procurement Technical Assistance Center Operating in Missoula

MonTEC Welcomes New Tenants

Board News

WIMAX Comes to Missoula: Digital Bridge Communications Brings WIMAX after acquisition of Teton Wireless and Montana Wireless

MAEDC Newsletter - 8/6/2007
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Note: August Board Meeting 8/14/07 @ 12:00 - Lunch Provided

Building our Community: MAEDC Staff Participates on Habitat for Humanity Build

It's true - we gave Eric and Chella power tools on Friday the 13th!

As a team and community building event, the staff of the Missoula Area Economic
Development Corporation braved the July heat and raised our hammers to assist on
the build sites of two homes being built by Habitat for Humanity this season.



Habitat for Humanity has been an established organization in Missoula since 1991, and
has since built 30 homes in our community for low to moderate income
families.  Partner families buy these homes from Habitat at cost, making the goal of
home ownership more acheivable for single parent and low income families. Habitat
homes are built to the highest standard of energy efficiency, and were featured on this
year's Sustainability Tour.

While Chella wrangled baffels, the guys multi-tasked with
support beams. Team LAGAD (Loan and Grant Administration Department, i.e. Eric
and Jessica) measured twice and cut once, mapping holes for ventilation and duct
work.  Local businesses chipped in for lunch and refreshments, including Starbucks
coffee and Subway sandwiches.


All staff members completed the day with as many fingers as they began with;  it was a
very positive and worth while experience.

To learn more about Habitat for Humanity, you may visit their website at
www.habitatmsla.org.

PTAC is Back: Procurement Technical Assistance Center Operating in Missoula
After a six-month hiatus with the program, the Missoula PTAC Sub-Center is operating
again. Sharron Daily, previous Great Falls PTAC Sub-Center Manager, has been hired
and is actively assisting client businesses with their government contracting needs.
The Missoula PTAC office services Lake, Mineral, Ravalli, Silver-Bow, Powell, and
Missoula counties.

A little about PTAC:

About MTPTAC

The Montana Procurement Technical Assistance Center is a statewide program focused
on a mission to provide local area businesses with an understanding of the requirements
of government contracting and the marketing know-how they need to obtain and
successfully perform federal, state and local government contracts, and support
government agencies in reaching and working with the suppliers they need.

In 2001, the Montana PTAC accepted a national award for "Center of the Year"
presented by the Association of Government Marketing Assistance Specialists (AGMAS).
This award recognized the Montana PTAC as a leader in the area of government
procurement assistance for the United States.

The assistance provided by the Montana PTAC has helped bring more than $100 Million in
government contracts into the state of Montana for more than three consecutive years.

In 2001, Montana PTAC clients collectively credited the program with the creation or
retention of more than 2,400 jobs in the Treasure State.

Who We Are

We are comprised of a National Network that operates under a Cooperative Agreement
with the Defense Logistics Agency headquarters. The federal government is the world’s
largest buyer of products and services.

The Montana PTAC is a statewide program, so no matter where in Montana your business
is located, you can get personal government marketing assistance at no charge.

What We do

The Montana Procurement Technical Assistance Center goal is to maximize the number of
capable US companies participating in the government marketplace. The counselors at
the Montana PTAC are here to help you learn the ins-and-outs of government
contracting while helping you avoid the pitfalls that plague many first time government
contract holders.

· How to sell to the government

· Understanding bid documents

· Find out what the government buys

· Help with registration processing, etc.

· Bid/Proposal work, including review prior to submittal

· Understanding the bidding process & associated documents

· Sub-Contracting

· And So much more!

My Name is Sharon Dailey I am the new PTAC counselor for the Missoula area. I have
worked for the federal Government as a purchasing agent and have insight of the Bidding
process for goods & services and can help you get started with Government Contracting.

Sharon Dailey Sub-Center Manager-
Missoula MT PTAC Missoula
1121 E. Broadway, Suite 104
406-532-3207 Back To Top

MonTEC Welcomes New Tenants

Suite 128: Lupine Logic, Inc.

Lupine Logic Inc. (LLI) is an IT/geospatial service+product firm specializing in
decision support and asset management solutions for business and
government. LLI’s decision support focus emphasizes integration across the
organization, through better use of information context. LLI solutions deliver
location enabled multimedia alongside classic business process information as
the key to accessing that context. LLI’s unique RichPoint internet enabled
software product line provides the capability to easily geo-reference, visualize,
and manage any collection of digital photographs, binary documents, or
sensor datasets. Our GPS enabled camera field solution, coyotEYE-Pro, is also
offered as an adjunct to our RichPoint digital content management
solutions.

Lupine Logic Inc. also provides a range of IT services. These include GIS,
GPS, database design and implementation, embedded systems integration, and
contract software programming on a wide range of platforms. Augmenting
field data collection and decision support via GPS and environmental
instrumentation, Lupine Logic Inc serves as a regional reseller for Tripod Data
Systems (Trimble Division TDS NOMAD and RECON rugged handheld
computers), for Laser Technologies Inc. (TruPulse laser rangefinders), and
SyBASE iAnywhere database solutions.

Suite 12, Celcorp:

Celcorp, Inc. is an enterprise software company in the Intelligent
Information Systems Integration (IISI) marketplace. Our core products
intelligently automate the collection, assembly and dissemination of
information from unstructured and structured sources. Collection can be
from legacy systems, internal or external websites, blogs, media
sources, client/server applications, web applications, internal or external
databases, and documents such as MS Word, MS Excel, PDF, HTML,
XML, TIFF and emails. The structured data file can be for use by an
internal or external application within a specific business process,
passed to a business intelligence or geospatial application, or to an
intelligence tool such as Analyst Notebook. The information is
intelligently disseminated and if necessary "cleansed" before being
shared with other agencies, third parties or the general public.

Celcorp is currently delivering measurable results for Fortune 500 and
FTSE 100 companies, including CIT Group, Intercontinental Hotel
Group, and a top-10 property and casualty insurance firm in addition to
working with agencies within the DOD, DOJ, & DHS.

Space is still available in the MonTEC facility. To learn more,
you may visit www.montec.org, or call 728-3337.

Board News

The MAEDC Executive Board Meeting will be held on August 13th at 12:00

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The MAEDC Board of Directors Meeting will be held on August 14th at 12:00

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Board packets will be available online - please watch for Debbie's email...

WIMAX Comes to Missoula: Digital Bridge Communications Brings WIMAX after acquisition of Teton Wireless and Montana Wireless

Digital Bridge Communication Brings WiMAX to Missoula:

After project success in Rexburg, ID, a Virginia company will bring WiFi to Missoula, MT. Digital Bridge Communications acquired both Teton Wireless and Montana Wireless in November of 2006. Since, they have launched WiMAX in one community, providing services including WiMAX for offices, eliminating the need for DSL and T-1 connections, WiMAX portable solutions for building inspectors, WiMAX access in the City’s Smith Park, and discounted services for the City’s employees on personal WiMAX access. To read more about this partnership, click here.

This service is coming to Missoula, and will be available in the coming months. MAEDC will post further information as it becomes available.

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