Fall/Winter 2019-2020
Cover: Snowline Acres & the Ashley Creek Historic Venue
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Story Highlights
Flathead Nonprofit highlight: DREAM Adaptive
Non-Profit FeatureGo Local donates 3% of each issue’s advertising revenue to a local nonprofit organization. This issue supports DREAM Adaptive Recreation FLATHEAD NONPROFIT HIGHLIGHT: DREAM Adaptive Q&A with Julie Tickle, Executive Director of DREAM Adaptive...
STUMPTOWN VINTAGE PHOTOGRAPHY
Business spotlightStumptown Vintage Photography “Whether you’re 5 years old or 85, it’s fun to get dressed up and hold a gun.”Anna George Richarde W alking down into Stumptown Vintage Photography feels like stepping into a scene from Montana’s past. The old-time photo...
Remedies Lakeside
business highlightREMiedies LAKESIDE Ask anyone in Lakeside and they’ll likely tell you it’s a pretty perfect little spot with at least one of everything to meet life’s needs – you know, the basics, like a lake, a ski mountain, and a brewery. And yes, other essentials...
Q&A with Maranatha Cleaning
business Q&AQ&A with Maranatha Cleaning Commited to the deep clean. c atrina & Doug Davis, owners of Maranatha Cleaning, a local cleaning service based out of Bigfork. What does your business offer? Maranatha Cleaning offers what we and our customers...
Reclusive Moose Cabins
business highlightThe Reclusive Moose Cabins Cozy cabins away from the crowds. Allison Batch C hristy Dunn jumps out of her seat to point out an impressive buck through the window. We’re sitting inside Moose Cabin, one of the four cozy...
HUMANIZING THE DIGITAL REVOLUTION
Nonprofit highlightHumanizing the digital revolution The digital age has challenged almost every industry to reimagine their service models. It’s not an easy adjustment. One local institution that’s consistently stayed at the forefront of innovation might surprise you...
Old Traditions – New Ambitions
business featureOld Traditions - new ambitions Snowline Acres, formerly Snowline Tree Company, forges new seasonal rhythms under new ownership. Clare Menzel E very autumn for half a century, Clinton DeLong has watched morning sunbeams stream through rows upon rows of...
Flathead Nonprofit highlight: The Abbie Shelter
Non-Profit FeatureGo Local donates 3% of each issue’s advertising revenue to a local nonprofit organization. This issue supports The Abbie Shelter. FLATHEAD NONPROFIT HIGHLIGHT: The Abbie Shelter Q&A with Hilary Shaw, director of the Abbie Shelter Hilary ShawWhat...
Shop Sisters
business featureSHOP SISTERS Patricia and Lorien Johnson, the sisters and business duo behind Mountain Valley Foods, on their family tradition of feeding the Flathead Valley. Shea Swenson T he smiling faces of regular customers can be found throughout the aisles,...
WILD WINTER
outside adventureWinter Wild Exploring the stillness of winter in Glacier National Park. David Powder Steele Make a chill inside yourself and imagine a wind that does not heed seasons. A wind churning across the landscape, a wind as feral as any animal treading the...
The Perfect Cut
business featureTHE PERFECT CUT Old-school butchering is alive and well in the Flathead Valley at Perfect Cuts in Columbia Falls. Shea Swenson It only takes a minute of watching Karla Hansen with a razor-sharp knife and a slab of meat to realize...