U.S. Small Business Administration’s Small Business Awards
U.S. Small Business Administration, Montana District, notified Big Sky EDA-EDC Small Business Development Center that our nomination for “Family Owned Small Business of the Year” was accepted. Alpine Plumbing and Heating will receive their award on June 5, 2009."As unique and prestigious it is to be selected as SBA's family owned business of the year, it's the result of the hard work and dedication of everybody at Alpine Plumbing, Heating & Cooling that made this nomination possible. At Alpine, we may not all share the same name but we share the same family values. Thanks for the honor of such a great title.” - Robert & Diane Tehle
In submitting the nomination for Small Business Journalist Champion Big Sky Executive Director Steve Arveschoug noted that since taking over the Billings
Business publication Tom Howard has established a good working relationship with SBA officials from Montana and the Rocky Mountain region. “I have found him to be
accurate, timely and concise. The other members of our staff, some of whom have known Tom since he came to the Billings Gazette some twenty years ago, speak appreciatively of his professionalism —his relentless quest for the facts — his balance.” Congratulations Tom!