• Skip to primary navigation
  • Skip to main content
  • Skip to primary sidebar
Digital News Updates
  • Home
  • News
  • Politics
  • Business

Commerce Awards $100,000 in Grant Funding to Three Montana Main Street Communities

April 23, 2024

HELENA, Mont. – The Montana Department of Commerce announced today that three Montana communities will share $100,000 in grant funding to regenerate Main Street businesses and downtowns. The funding is through Commerce’s Montana Main Street Program (MMS).

“Montana’s Main Streets are at the heart of our state’s values, our neighborhoods and the economy. That’s why Commerce, through the Montana Main Street Program, will continue to help foster community development efforts, revitalization projects and historic preservation for our Main Streets,” said Paul Green, Director of the Montana Department of Commerce. “These Main Street grant awards will help visitors better navigate and explore Cut Bank and Glasgow, as well as assist Broadus with future economic growth and opportunities for its downtown.”

The Montana Main Street Program helps communities strengthen and preserve their historic downtown commercial districts by focusing on economic development, urban revitalization and historic preservation through long-range planning, organization, design and promotion. Additionally, the program works with local partners to identify and plan for a community’s greatest development needs and provides seed money to help implement high-impact projects.

Communities receiving MMS grant funding:

  • The Town of Broadus will receive $30,000 of MMS grant funding to create a downtown masterplan.
  • The City of Cut Bank will receive $30,000 of MMS grant funding to install wayfinding signage.
  • The City of Glasgow will receive $40,000 of MMS grant funding to install wayfinding signage and directional messaging.

In 2023, the City of Thompson Falls received $32,000 of MMS grant funding to develop a wayfinding plan that included designing signage and collaborating with the Montana Department of Transportation to place new signs.

“Thompson Falls has been wanting to implement wayfinding signage for many years. We’re excited to have some progress now with a wayfinding master plan thanks to the Montana Main Street Project and Planning grant,” said Kayla Mosher, Thompson Falls Main Street Chair.

Currently, there are 37 Montana Main Street communities. Eligible applicants for MMS grants include Montana Main Street communities who currently do not have an active grant. The funding for the program comes from Montana Senate Bill 540. 

PRESS RELEASE PROVIDED BY DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Filed Under: News

Related Articles:

  • Montana State names 2025 presidential scholars
  • Governor’s Emergency Funds Approved to Aid ICE in Transporting Dangerous Illegal Aliens
  • Montana Attorney General Launches Investigation into Lee Enterprises Following Cyberattack
  • VA slams Democrat governor for falsely claiming vets could be denied care
  • Gianforte Appoints Marta Bertoglio as Department of Commerce Director
  • Commerce Awards Nearly $500,000 to Boost Rural Economic Growth in Montana

Primary Sidebar

Digital News Updates Logo

Recent News Posts

  • North Dakota to Celebrate Grand Opening of Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library
  • Montana Attorney General Launches Investigation into Lee Enterprises Following Cyberattack
  • VA slams Democrat governor for falsely claiming vets could be denied care
  • Montana State names 2025 presidential scholars

Recent Politics Posts

  • Gianforte Praises Supreme Court Ruling
  • Zinke Urges Interior Secretary to Act on Projected Low Flathead Lake Levels
  • Senator Daines Leads Bipartisan Push to Celebrate “Great Outdoors Month”
  • Sheehy Introduces Legislation to Compensate Service Members Discharged Over COVID Vaccine Mandate

Recent Business Posts

  • Bridger Aerospace Welcomes Executive Order to Reshape Wildland Firefighting
  • Gianforte Appoints Marta Bertoglio as Department of Commerce Director
  • Daktronics to Announce Q4 and Fiscal 2025 Results on June 25
  • Performance Engineering Earns National Honors

Copyright © 2025 Digital News Updates, All Rights Reserved.