Montana Business

What struck us was the mammoth impact our population’s aging will have on the very fabric of our communities: our businesses, schools, hospitals, social services, you name it. So we set out to talk with folks about how the new, grayer Montana will look, and how they’re preparing for the change.

Among the possibilities that this new technology will provide includes video to the home.

"We’ve always tried to be a community supporter with the bank, but it just doesn’t make any sense to go forward," Clark, the Heritage CEO, said in late September.

From Tappan’s shop in Kalispell, the company ships tens of thousands of rubber stamps all over the world, from Singapore to South Africa to New Zealand to Norway. There are 800 accounts in the United States alone.

"It used to be much easier to find people, but unemployment is low all over Montana," said Wall, who has about 85 employees. "Here, the state is expanding, the federal government is expanding at (Fort Harrison) and the airport, and then there’s all this new retail."

The nature of Montana commuting got mention in the Wall Street Journal last week. Tapping Census data, the newspaper concluded that Cascade County residents enjoy the shortest average commute time of any county in the country.

Wesco, which has in the past done work for several state departments, recently became a subcontactor of Raytheon, one of the biggest national defense firms in the country.

RightNow reported its 35th consecutive quarter of revenue growth, with third quarter consolidated revenue of $30.1 million, an increase of 30 percent from the third quarter of 2005.

Montanans can be successful in the global market when branding their products with the “Montana” name, according to an international marketing consultant.

"Visual Learning Systems is a machine learning R&D company creating 21st century information technology tools for the GIS industry."