Montana Business

The Montana-based restaurant chain is expanding rapidly, and, in fact, is now the second-fastest-growing small chain in the nation, according to Restaurant Business magazine.

The owner of a sports shop in Lake Tahoe, Calif., saw something he had to have: a T-shirt, its intricate screen print unique compared to his store’s current stock. This distinctive design wasn’t from New York or Los Angeles. It was from Montana.

Women weave both trendiness, traditions into their businesses
Two teams of business-minded women are weaving Los Angeles trendiness and Indonesian traditions into the financial fabric of Whitefish.

“This is the future, and it’s now coming to Montana,” said Bill Slaughter, Director of Public Safety Initiatives for AquilaVision, Inc who is the prime contractor for the MONTS project.

“The bottom line is it gives me energy independence,” the Bozeman resident said. “I don’t have to rely on oil anymore.”

“We like to think of ourselves as a destination for a great vacation for anyone and everyone,”

Hyperspectral remote sensing technology is a highly accurate means of getting a picture of the earth’s surface from an airplane.

The Montana Job Service in Livingston said the laid-off workers can get up to two years of training, plus unemployment benefits and perhaps money for housing. An information session about the program is scheduled here Wednesday.

Called the RiverWorks Rapid Assessment System, the $2,500 unit combines a digital camera, Bluetooth wireless technology and a GPS receiver to make observations while performing assessments, monitoring or inspecting.

"We’re growing because organic foods have become more popular and mainstream," said Giles, who joined the company as chief financial officer in 1992 and purchased it in 1999. "Montana’s cereal grains are renowned for their excellent quality."