Plenty Doors builds a construction and agriculture workforce program for the Crow Reservation

Plenty Doors Community Development Corporation

Plenty Doors Community Development Corporation is a Native CDFI on the Crow Reservation in Montana. Its mission is to improve communities through economic development, individual and community capacity building, business development, promotion and preservation of culture, and energy and food sovereignty.

• Project purpose

  Plenty Doors is coordinating workforce development, business support, financial empowerment, homeownership, and infrastructure enrichment into one integrated, community-centered supply chain. Our role was to document issues related to the construction workforce, housing, and food-systems; conduct in-depth interviews with local, regional, and national leaders; and provide insights for how local assets can be cultivated and utilized.

• Objectives

  • Increase educational opportunities for local community members.

  • Increase employment stability for tribal members and the region.

  • Expand capacity and increase the number of Native-owned construction firms, farms, ranches, and food-related businesses.

  • Increase financial stability of Native-owned businesses.

  • Increase rates of homeownership.

  • Accelerate construction.

  • Increased acreage of shovel-ready trust and fee land.

• Outcomes

  Plenty Doors now has several development tools to accompany the momentum and strength it has with local community members, regional collectives, and national partnerships. Compiled directly from our interviews, research, and case studies, we've provided an extensive matrix of recipients, actions, service providers, capital partners, and outcomes to guide the Crow Construction and Agriculture Workforce Program.

• Timeline

  Aug 2025–Sep 2026

• Project team

  Michael Brydge — Project lead, community-based research, advisory council facilitation, key opinion leader interviews, and report writing

  Max Van Oostenburg — Secondary and existing data analysis, report writing, and financial analysis

  Andrea Mader — Report writing

  Mairi Creedon — Case study development and report writing

  Jordan Greene — Impact measurement system development

  Jodi Wolfe — Graphic design

“We need the trades, the construction, and we need local people as designers, and to understand the sites and the difference between trust and fee land, and the mechanics of homeownership.” —Plenty Doors technical assistance provider

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