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| Stinger Welding, Inc., employees work on steel while constructing bridge girders in an old central maintenance facility at a former lumber mill in the Kootenai Business Park in Libby. Earlier this year, Stinger moved into a brand new facility. – Lido Vizzutti/Flathead Beacon |
A project by the Montana Community Development Corporation has been awarded top honors by the Novogradac Community Development Foundation for using new markets tax credits to assist Stinger Welding in Libby.
Montana CDC, a Missoula-based nonprofit small business lender, helped secure $17 million for Stinger Welding to complete a steel fabrication plant earlier this year in Libby. Stinger is an Arizona-based company that fabricates infrastructure for bridges.
Montana CDC, a Missoula-based nonprofit small business lender, helped secure $17 million for Stinger Welding to complete a steel fabrication plant earlier this year in Libby. Stinger is an Arizona-based company that fabricates infrastructure for bridges.
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| Patrick Robertson puts the finishing touches on a camper door frame on at S&S Campers south of Kalispell. - Lido Vizzutti/Flathead Beacon |
Doug Sieler remembers when and where he earned his first paycheck. It came from his father Elmer in 1984 when Doug was a freshman at Flathead High School. Almost 30 years later, Doug remembers when and where both his son and daughter earned their first paychecks. They’re still earning them today right where Doug did.
The Sieler family business is S & S Campers on U.S. Highway 93 south of Kalispell. With Doug as its president and the rest of his family working in a variety of positions, the company builds slide-on truck campers, the kind that sit on top of a pickup truck as opposed to being pulled behind like a trailer.
The Sieler family business is S & S Campers on U.S. Highway 93 south of Kalispell. With Doug as its president and the rest of his family working in a variety of positions, the company builds slide-on truck campers, the kind that sit on top of a pickup truck as opposed to being pulled behind like a trailer.
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| Dawn Lembke hangs a Cruella de Vil costume on a hanger for a customer who reserved the attire from In Disguise Costume Rentals for Halloween. - Lido Vizzutti/Flathead Beacon |
On a crisp fall day in mid-October, Shannon Fraleigh sat in front of a sewing machine and some curtains, transforming the fabric into a pile of men’s knickers as Cleopatra lounged across the room and a mermaid began to take shape nearby.
It’s a typical day in the costume shop.
Fraleigh owns and operates In Disguise, a costume rental business in Kalispell, along with Dawn and Curt Lembke. They reopened their doors for this Halloween season after taking eight years off, though the process of creating disguises never really stopped.
It’s a typical day in the costume shop.
Fraleigh owns and operates In Disguise, a costume rental business in Kalispell, along with Dawn and Curt Lembke. They reopened their doors for this Halloween season after taking eight years off, though the process of creating disguises never really stopped.
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One of the things you have to be careful about is making your business too generic.
That's especially true when talking about the very things that make you stand out from the rest of the crowd.
What does "fast", "quality" and "service" mean to you? To them?
That's especially true when talking about the very things that make you stand out from the rest of the crowd.
What does "fast", "quality" and "service" mean to you? To them?
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| Ivan O'Neil talks about the growth of Western Building Center while sitting in his living room in Kalispell. - Lido Vizzutti/Flathead Beacon |
Two weeks ago, 83-year-old Ivan O’Neil completed a 12-mile hike in Glacier National Park. It would be hard to say whether his age makes the feat more impressive or the fact that he’s legally blind and uses poles to navigate the terrain. O’Neil would say neither. He’s not impressed.
“Well, there wasn’t much elevation and it wasn’t off-trail,” he said. “And I used to go a lot farther.”
“Well, there wasn’t much elevation and it wasn’t off-trail,” he said. “And I used to go a lot farther.”
Comments (0) TotalBILLINGS – The Billings City Council is getting closer to banning medical marijuana storefronts in the city.
The council voted Monday night to extend for another year an ordinance that prohibits the opening of any new businesses that grow, sell or distribute medical marijuana.
The council voted Monday night to extend for another year an ordinance that prohibits the opening of any new businesses that grow, sell or distribute medical marijuana.
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| Nomad Technologies recently moved north on U.S. Highway 2 to a 25,000-square-foot facility near Glacier Park International Airport. - File photo by Lido Vizzutti/Flathead Beacon |
“We wanted to establish a business for the ages,” Will Schmautz, CEO of Nomad Global Communications, said rather frankly in front of a crowded room at the Hilton Garden Inn last week.
No one in the audience could dispute the results. Schmautz appears to have done that.
No one in the audience could dispute the results. Schmautz appears to have done that.
Comments (0) TotalHELENA – Wildfire contractors told the governor Monday that if they don't get more state work, some of them could be out of business the next time Montana experiences a heavy fire season.
The group met Monday with Gov. Brian Schweitzer and the head of the Department of Natural Resources and Conservation, which often leads wildfire efforts. Their call for more work comes after three relatively small fire seasons that saw a dramatic drop in the state's use of private contractors and their trucks.
The group met Monday with Gov. Brian Schweitzer and the head of the Department of Natural Resources and Conservation, which often leads wildfire efforts. Their call for more work comes after three relatively small fire seasons that saw a dramatic drop in the state's use of private contractors and their trucks.
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