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Jefferson Local Development Corporation

P.O. Box 1079, Whitehall, MT 59759
(406) 287-3282
(406) 287-3287 Fax
Tara Mastel, Manager
tmastel@montana.edu

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Sustainable Development for Jefferson County, Montana

The JLDC is a private, non-profit Montana corporation formed as the lead countywide entity in economic development in Jefferson County, Montana. It is governed by a board of ten elected Directors and made up of an unlimited number of interested Jefferson County businesses and residents.

Mission Statement

To improve Jefferson County's employment opportunities, incomes, and well being by identifying local economic needs and priorities and supporting, strengthening, and coordinating economic development activities throughout the county. The primary focus shall be to leverage available business and government resources to provide information, assist with business finance solutions, and develop programs to encourage the growth of business in the county.

Functions and Purpose

  • Existing Business Retention & Expansion
  • Business Advocacy
  • Business Finance Assistance
  • Business Technical Assistance
  • Entrepreneur Training
  • Business Recruitment
  • Business Infrastructure Improvement
  • Real Estate Redevelopment
  • Retail Trade Enhancement
  • Community Enhancement
  • Business Relocation Assistance

Current Projects

  • Sunlight Business Park near Whitehall
  • Spring Creek Business Park near Jefferson City
  • Gold mine post-closure planning
  • Business Expansion Assistance Program
  • Business Retention Assistance Program
  • Business Roundtable networking meetings
  • Business Attraction Endeavors
  • Boulder South Campus Redevelopment
  • Golden Sunlight Mine Community Transition Advisory Committee (CTAC)
  • Montana Tunnels Advisory Group (MTAG)
  • Elkhorn Mine Community Working Group
  • Boulder Infrastructure Improvement
  • Affordable Housing - Boulder/Whitehall
  • Whitehall/Boulder Horizons Program

    Directors and Staff

    Barbara Sunderland, President
    c/o Rocky Mountain Bank
    P.O. Box 599
    Whitehall, MT 59759
    Tel: (406)287-3251 (work)    (406)287-3464 (home)
    Fax: (406)287-5272
    email: bsunderland@rmbank.com

    Byron Stahly, Vice President
    c/o Stahly Engineering & Associates
    3530 Centennial Dr.
    Helena, MT 59601
    Tel: (406)442-8594 (work)    (406)443-7953 (home)
    Fax: (406)442-8557
    email: bstahly@seaeng.com

    Dick Norden, Secretary/Treasurer
    c/o Montana City Bank
    9 Bankers Lane
    Montana City, MT 59634
    Tel: (406)443-0497 (work)    (406)225-3879 (home)
    Fax: (406)443-0392
    email: rnorden@bankingonthefuture.net

    Tom Lythgoe, Commission Director
    P.O. Box H
    Boulder, MT 59632
    Tel: (406)225-4025 (work)    (406)443-3253 (home)
    Fax: (406)225-4148
    email: tlythgoe@jeffco.mt.gov

    Bob Marks
    40 Ohio Gulch Road,
    Clancy, MT 59634
    Tel: (406)933-5589 (home)
    Fax: (406)933-5589 or 933-5921
    email: bobbarbmarks@bresnan.net

    Patricia Lewis
    c/o Free Enterprise Radon Health Mine & Mine Motel
    P.O. Box 67
    Boulder, MT 59632
    Tel: (406)225-3383 (work)    (406)225-4259 (home)
    email: lewis@radonmine.com

    Darrell Miller
    c/o Marks-Miller Post & Pole, Inc.
    P.O.Box 125
    Clancy, MT 59634
    Tel: (406)933-5981 (work)    (406)933-8545 (home)
    Fax: (406)933-5921
    email: darrell@marks-miller.com

    Ed Handl
    c/o Atlatl, a division of JBR Environmental Consultants, Inc.
    121002 Browns Gulch Rd.
    Butte, MT 59701
    Tel: (406)723-7980 (work)    (406)287-5381 (home)
    Fax: (406)723-7981
    email: ehandl@atlatlinc.com

    Jim Jacobson
    c/o Borden's Corner Enterprises, LLC
    PO Box 807
    Whitehall, MT 59759
    Tel: (406)287-3195 (work)
    Fax: (406)287-3316
    email: jake@bordenscorner.com

    Barbara Reiter
    PO Box 284
    Boulder, MT 59632
    Tel: (406)225-3304 (home)
    Fax: (406)225-4345
    email: breiter@rmdc.net

    Sheila Hogan
    7 Hanging Tree Gulch
    Clancy, MT 59634
    Tel: (406)443-0800 (work)    (406)933-8904 (home)
    Fax: (406)442-2745
    email: sheilahogan@bresnan.net or sheilah@ctibrc.org

    Colleen Teeling
    225 Muskrat Road, PO Box 622
    Boulder, MT 59632
    Tel: (406)465-8589 (home)
    email: montanavisions@gmail.com

    Tom Harrington, Assistant Manager
    P.O. Box 1079
    Whitehall, MT 59759
    Tel: (406)287-3282 (work)    (406)287-3487 (home)
    Fax: (406)287-3287
    email: harrington@montana.edu

    Tara Mastel, Manager
    P.O. Box 1079
    Whitehall, MT 59759
    Tel: (406)287-3282 (work)    (406)287-3136 (home)
    Fax: (406)287-3287
    email: tmastel@montana.edu


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