With business growing, Coaster Pedicab Manufacturing in Missoula plans to add 39 new jobs over the next two years if the prototype of its new electrically assisted and fully enclosed cab takes off.

But Missoula County may require the company and others seeking job creation grants from the Big Sky Economic Development Trust Fund to offer health insurance before it approves future assistance – a move that could put Coaster and other startups in a box.

By Martin Kidston