Butte Brewing Co. located off East Park Street at 465 East Galena Street in Butte.
Sunrise Fly Shop located on Montana State Highway 91 in Melrose.
Sunrise Fly Shop owners Ryan Barba and Eric Thorson are photographed in their shop located on Main Street in Melrose.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture recently awarded $51,517 to Butte Local Development and Headwaters RC&D to assist area rural businesses.
The grants were awarded through the Rural Business Development Grant (RBDG) program, which provides loans and grants to help expand economic opportunities and create jobs in rural areas. This assistance supports infrastructure improvements, business development, housing, community facilities such as schools, public safety and health care, and high-speed internet access in rural areas
The BLDC, which provides business services that include entrepreneurship and employment opportunity support in southwest Montana, will use a $5,610 grant to increase its digital presence and capability to better serve the small business community in Butte and surrounding counties. USDA’s investment leveraged an additional $2,000 in private investment.
Headwaters RC&D received four grants totaling $45,907 to assist Butte Brewing Co., Canty Boots, Sunrise Fly Shop and the Montana Economic Revitalization and Development Institute (MERDI).
Butte Brewing will use a $20,707 grant and $24,593 in private investment matching funds to create a canning line. The USDA investment will expand Butte Brewing’s market reach and increase sales, supporting the Montana agriculture industry through the purchase of barley grown, harvested and malted locally at Montana Craft Malt.
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