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TRANSACTIONS
WEEKLY BUSINESS BRIEFING
THE MONTANA TAP HOUSE OPENS WITH 58 DRINKS ON TAP
A beloved watering hole has been revived in White sh.
The Montana Tap House
opened recently on Wisconsin
Avenue with 50 beers, including
30 craft brews from across Mon-
tana, ve wines and three non-al-
coholic drinks on tap. The bar and
grill, which is inside a remodeled
space formerly occupied by the
Dire Wolf and The Place, also
o ers a full menu. The restaurant
is open seven days a week from 8
a.m. to 11 p.m., except on Sundays, when the site closes at 10 p.m.
“This is one of the biggest growing markets and a lot of people like to try di erent beers,” said Alan Reisch, who owns the Tap House with his wife, Michelle, and father, Dale. “So far the response has been great.”
The Montana Tap House is located at 845 Wisconsin Ave. Call 862- 6006 or visit montanatap.com.
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“We do need more rentals in town,” Stearns said.
Discussion turned to possible solu- tions, including businesses banding together to build apartments or even forming a workers’ village in Colum- bia Falls with frequent shuttles to White sh.
But Kevin Gartland, executive direc- tor at the White sh Chamber of Com- merce, said the idea is to keep people in the city, so when they’re not working, they’re participating in the community through volunteering, going to church, building a family, and spending their money.
The solution will most likely come from a combination of public and pri- vate sector e orts, Gartland said.
There’s a need for rentals in the $700 to $1,000 range, but private developers are largely driven by pro t, and would most likely balk at making less money than they could.
“The private sector has not come to the fore,” Gartland said.
Another major concern from the business owners and managers was the study itself, and the fear that the city would look at the issue once again and then take no action on the resulting information.
Gartland assured them there would be a second phase to determine how best to tackle the problem, and that the board at the Chamber of Commerce is chomping at the bit to get to work.
“It’s very important to participate in that study,” Gartland said.
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