Ravalli County is welcoming a new facility that will house four organizations promoting growth: the Ravalli County Economic Development Authority, the Bitterroot Job Service, the University of Montana’s Bitterroot College Program and the Falcon Asset Management group.

RCEDA executive director Julie Foster is happy economic development, education and employment will now be under one roof.

"It's overwhelming and it's just unbelievable,” Foster said. “Exciting and happy and emotional."

Foster received the certificate of occupancy and keys Friday, meaning a decade-old vision is now official. The Ravalli Entrepreneurship Center is complete with office spaces, classrooms and several strategic common areas for the organizations to meet and mingle. The building’s upstairs space looks empty for now, giving it plenty of space for specialized equipment in the future as the users needs change.

“If people come and want to occupy the space to do biological or research of any kind the facility's been designed to accommodate that," architect Lee Kierig said.

Donations and grants helped make entrepreneurship possible in Ravalli County. The project came in under budget and on time.

-Breanna Roy reporting for KPAX in Missoula