Gabriel selected as Bear Paw Development community planner

Press release

Bear Paw Development Corp. recently hired Nan Gabriel as the organization's director of community planning, with responsibility for assisting local governments with their planning needs, including developing and updating growth policies, seeking funds for planning documents such as preliminary engineering reports and preliminary architectural reports for infrastructure projects, and updating the Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy for Bear Paw Development's five-county region of northern Montana.

"We are very fortunate to have Nan join the Bear Paw team as our planner," Bear Paw Executive Director Paul Tuss said. "As a Hi-Line native, she has great knowledge of our region and what makes our economy tick. She has also been connected to the area's business community for many years, most recently as an escrow closing officer with Hill County Title Company in Havre.

"The planning functions in which we are involved on behalf of our local government partners is key to securing funding for important priorities and assists in providing a thoughtful roadmap about how to get from where we are to where we want to be," he added.

In addition to her work at Hill County Title Company, Gabriel previously served as a real estate agent in Havre.

"I look forward to helping the communities of Bear Paw's economic development district to plan for their future, including for public facilities and infrastructure enhancements that will serve them for decades to come," Gabriel said. "In joining the Bear Paw team, I'm excited about being part of the effort in northern Montana to grow our economy, prepare for the future and help assure the vibrancy of our rural area."

Bear Paw Development Corp. is a federally recognized economic development district and a state-recognized certified regional development corporation and serves the economic and community development needs of Liberty, Hill, Blaine, Phillips and Chouteau counties and Rocky Boy's and Fort Belknap Indian reservations.