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Bitterroot Gymnastics Transformed with Help of MCDC and SBA

This is a story about being nimble. Later this week an industrial warehouse in Missoula, which has been completely transformed, will reopen as Bitterroot Gymnastics – providing children and families throughout our community with a safe...

Montana Small Business Benefits from Small Business Jobs Act

Temporary Refinance Provision available under 504 Loan Program As part of the Small Business Jobs Act of 2010, the SBA provided temporary authority allowing refinance of existing eligible debt under the SBA 504 loan program. ...

A Bowl of Ice Cream, a Dream, and the SBA

The love of ice cream and the desire to get into business is what drove Brian and Kelly Ackerman to purchase The Parrot Confectionery, a Helena Landmark. The Parrot is currently celebrating it’s 87th year in Helena and is saying...

Veteran Turned Business Owner With the Help of SBA’s Patriot Express Loan

Veteran turned business owner…that seems to be a common theme these days. For the men and women of the U.S. military, returning to civilian life is often bittersweet. Veterans who have left the U.S. military in the past 10...

Business Brings Manufacturing and Jobs to Flathead Valley

Fifteen years ago, Jason Sonju was pounding out dents at his father’s auto body repair shop. Today, he’s director of programming for the family-owned business, Sonju Industrial Inc., which has acquired top-dollar defense contracts with...

Billings Business Uses Economic Recession and 504 Opportunity as a Time to Invest in the Company

While many businesses are shying away from taking out more debt and looking at cutting back or even throwing in the towel, one Montana business sees this time as an opportune time to invest in their business. Bill Kronmiller and Paul Neutgens,...

fourOsix...Not Just Montana's Area Code

Alex Rincon, Jr., known by his friends as “Papu”, always knew he would start his own business someday. It wasn’t until after graduating from Carroll College in 2004, and managing multiple retail businesses, that his business idea...

Company Hewed Success Despite Tumultuous Economy

During the collapse of the building industry in 2008 and 2009, while other lumber businesses were scaling back and even shutting down, Steve Marks, of Marks Lumber in Clancy, Montana, boldly invested in new equipment. The outcome of...

Revolutionizing the Diaper Industry from Bozeman, MT

Kim Ormsby, CEO and President of The Natural Baby Company, has been named SBA’s 2010 Montana Small Business Person of the Year. After being laid off as a corporate exec in 2001, Ormsby started an online retail store...