BEAR PAW DEVELOPMENT HAS $12 MILLION IMPACT ON REGION IN 2020 Annual Report details business and infrastructure investments

Bear Paw Development Corporation recently released its Annual Report for 2020, which details the nonprofit organization’s impact on the five-county, two-reservation Economic Development District (EDD) in which it operates in northern Montana. Founded in 1969, Bear Paw Development is Montana’s longest-serving EDD and serves the economic and community development needs of Liberty, Hill, Blaine, Phillips and Chouteau Counties and the Rocky Boy’s and Fort Belknap Indian Reservations.

In 2020, Bear Paw Development coordinated more than $12.2 million in funding through grant writing, revolving loan...