Jobs

According to a new report, fewer new grads will feel the effects of the last decade’s economic collapse as they set out to land their first jobs.

If you haven’t heard yet, there is a new company in Missoula and it is bringing jobs with it. Blue Marble Biomaterials is a Seattle-based company. They are building a biorefinery in Missoula that will reuse waste products from local companies to make chemicals that will be sold internationally. Blue Marble is bringing a variety of jobs to Missoula, from chemistry to biology to business and more. T

By JENNIFER SHRYOCK Best Place Project “Here’s what I hear more than anything from the folks I serve: ‘We live in the best place.’ I agree.” –Missoula Mayor John Engen. The Best Place Project aims to create 2,500 new primary jobs in the Missoula area, paying a sustainable wage rate of $37,000 annually. Missoula Economic Partnership Founding board members formed the Missoula Economic Partnership t