We asked and you answered. More than 1,000 votes were submitted in the inaugural Great Falls Greats contest and here are your top three in most categories. Congrats to the 2020 winners. Head out and about June 25-27 to celebrate them! Best Coffee Shop Broadwater Coffee Brewing Company Electric City Coffee True Brew Best Bar Enbär Elevation 3330 KellerGeist Pub
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Candice English, 35, The Farmer’s Daughter Fibers. Originally, English is from a ranch between Cut Bank and Browning. She lived in Whitefish, went to high school in Missoula. Her husband was in the Air Guard and that brought her to Great Falls. What made you stay here? “Even though my husband left the Guard to join Farmer’s Daughter Fibers, we love
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Lynn Baker, 52, Miss Kitty’s Coffee Cafe opened June 2014. Baker is from Missoula and has lived in Montana her whole life. She’s been in Great Falls for almost 21 years. She came here from Billings to run a pizza franchise with her former husband. She stayed “because this really became my home. My kids were born here and I got
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Jason and Tara Beam, Roadhouse Diner. Opened June 1 2015. Tara was born in Billings, but moved to Great Falls at an early age. Jason was born in Great Falls. Jason and Tara went to kindergarten together as well as going to C.M. Russell High School. Tara had spent her adulthood years in Washington, California and Arizona. Jason spent time
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This month, The Electric has been celebrating its third anniversary with the 2020 Great Falls Greats contest and those winners will be announced June 19. Celebrating three years of The Electric, and introducing Great Falls Greats This week, we’re highlighting some local business owners and why they chose to operate in Great Falls. The Electric sent a short questionnaire to
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Brian and Abby Thompson. The Hi-Line Climbing Center. Opened in 2016. Brian is originally from Butte and Abby is from Deadwood, South Dakota. The following answers are from Brian Thompson. “We had left Montana for post-grad education and wanted to come back really badly. Once a job opened in Great Falls we took it. The climbing gym opened later to fill
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Kari Lane Johnson, 42, owns My Viola-Floral Studio. She’s from Great Falls and stayed for family and the central location of Great Falls to many other cities. Why did you open/acquire a business here? “I wanted to have my own floral shop since I worked at the greenhouse/flower shop in Fort Benton…since I was 19.” What are the top 3 advantages
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The Electric is celebrating what makes Great Falls Great and unique with its local businesses and places. Go through the categories below and enter your choice for Great Falls Greats. The focus is on local businesses, but we know some chains have locally owned franchises. This year, we’re keeping this contest simple since COVID-19 changed everyone’s realities, but we’re planning
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In May of 2017, I did a wild thing and launched The Electric. It was a slow start and I was working three part-time jobs after being laid off from the Tribune. Now, I’m celebrating the third anniversary of The Electric and in celebration of that milestone, fellow small business owners and the strength of this community through trying times,
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