Montana SBA director announces statewide, 7-day small business tour

Press release

HELENA — U.S. Small Business Administration Montana District Director Brent Donnelly has announced the “Peaks to Plains Business Resiliency Tour,” a seven-day statewide small business tour to highlight the importance of supporting small businesses during the holidays and the impact of local entrepreneurship.

Donnelly will visit a business in each of Montana’s 56 counties between Dec. 10 and Dec. 18. 

“When local small businesses succeed, they create jobs for families, infuse new revenues into hometown economies, and preserve the unique identities of our communities,” Donnelly said. “The SBA has played a pivotal role in supporting small businesses this year amidst the pandemic, but no amount of aid compares to customers in stores or families in restaurants. By visiting businesses in each of Montana’s 56 counties this week, my goal is to highlight and encourage small business owners while also challenging Montanans to make a point of shopping small and supporting local this holiday season.”

Small businesses make up 99.3 percent of Montana’s businesses and employ more than 245,000 people. For more information, view the 2020 Montana Small Business Profile online at https://cdn.advocacy.sba.gov/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/04143117/2020-Small-Business-Economic-Profile-MT.pdf .

Donnelly will launch the Peaks to Plains Business Resiliency Tour at 7:30 a.m. Dec. 10 in Helena at 1889 Coffee Shop. Each stop of the tour will last approximately 15 minutes.

The tour starts Dec. 10 in Lewis and Clark County, at 1889 Coffee Shop in Helena.

It ends Dec. 18 in Gallatin County, location yet to be determined.

En route, Donnelly will be in Fort Benton Monday, Dec. 14, at Terri Baker Airbnb, 1212 Front St., Fort Benton, at 5:05 p.m.

Tuesday, Dec. 15, his stops include Liberty County, location to be determined, Tuesday, 11:40 a.m .; Boxcars Restaurant and Casino, 619 1st St., in Havre at 1:05 p.m. and Shores Floral at 304 Indiana St. in Chinook at 2 p.m.