Business Journal - January 2015

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ARTISTIC TOUCH Clocking in with luthier Stephen Boone PAGE 3 JANUARY 27, 2015

GIVING BACK

Nonprofits wield positive economic, social influence in Montana communities — PAGE 12

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WHEN PEOPLE TALK ABOUT what they love, about their deepest passions in life, their entire demeanor shifts.

Their shoulders slacken, their muscles visibly relax and their facial expressions convey a sense of ease. I hardly have to ask them questions during an interview, I just sit back, listen intently and write quickly; they could talk all day about the smallest aspects of their product or business.

Their passion saturates their face and flashes in their eyes.

I’ve learned to recognize these subtle body language cues over several years working as a reporter. Sometimes it’s a nearly imperceptible change in disposition, other times it’s a blatant grin or complete change in tone of voice, but when an interviewee is speaking about something that gives them profound happiness, it’s visible on their face and it’s unmistakable.

Seeing this positive energy shine through others is what I love the most about my job. I’m fortunate enough to act as the middleman for these stories, and I can only hope that you see some of this passion conveyed in the articles I write. I’m in

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the business of finding out why people do what they do, and digging deep into people’s motivations often leads me straight to the core of what inspires them the most in life.

Among small business owners, entrepreneurs, artisans and businesspeople in southwest Montana, there’s certainly no shortage of this infectious enthusiasm. There’s an overwhelming and heartwarming sense that a large amount of people here have found their calling.

Whether it’s guitar building, custom fly rod making, artisan coffee roasting or organic farming, the people of Bozeman and the surrounding communities truly love what they do.

People like Stephen Boone, featured in this month’s Clocking In column, who says he has trouble taking a day off from work. People like Mary Peterson, the executive director of Eagle Mount in Bozeman, dedicated to providing therapeutic recreation opportunities to disabled people in the community.

I hope you all continue to build and work toward your passions in 2015. It’s hard to believe that we’re already a month into the year.

Clocking In profiles people with interesting jobs or noteworthy local businesses. Send future feature suggestions to businessjournal@dailychronicle.com.

CLOCKING IN ...

... with Stephen Boone, guitar luthier

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Stephen Boone has been custom making classical guitars for six years, building about 10 guitars a year. Boone began building guitars after years of woodworking.

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“I WOULD DESCRIBE THIS as smooth, crisp and dry,” explains Stephen Boone, a tall, bespectacled and mustachioed man with a warm smile.

Although passersby might assume that

Boone is detailing the tasting notes of a fine wine, he’s actually describing the sound of a classical guitar, one of his own handmade creations, constructed from cedar and East Indian rosewood.

Boone often gives his prospective clients a long vocabulary list to communicate exactly how the guitar sounds to them using color and emotion, includ-

ing descriptors like robust, deep and warm.

For example, Boone explains, spruce, in comparison to cedar, produces a more rounded and penetrating sound while guitars with an interior-frame construction tend to have more bass.

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COMINGS & GOINGS

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Your Yoga expanding to second location On Feb. 1, Your Yoga will be opening a second studio location downtown at 20 East Main Street on the second floor, in addition to its location on the second floor of the Emerson Arts and Culture Center. The extra space will allow Your Yoga to offer classes more frequently, longer sessions, more types of yoga and yoga for children. Your Yoga will now offer 100 classes per week with 30 instructors. Monthly and drop-in rates will remain the same.

Red Chair Café to open in mid-February The owners of Copper Whiskey Bar plan to open a new family restaurant called Red Chair Café in the building that once housed WeeBee’s Café. Owners Jay Thane and Jonathan Sly have purchased the Weebee building, north of the

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Ridge Athletic Club, with hopes of bringing more dining options to the west side of Bozeman.

“We hopped on the opportunity pretty quickly,” said Thrane. “The west side needs cool restaurants, too.”

Café service will begin daily at 6 a.m., with coffee, tea and pastries.

Breakfast items will be served starting at 7 a.m. Red Chair will also be open for lunch and dinner, with casual fare, like burgers, sandwiches and salads for an affordable price.

Thrane expects construction and staff training to be finished midFebruary, with a grand opening shortly thereafter.

Women’s financial planning workshop Prospera Business Network and the Montana Women’s Business Center, in conjunction with MSU Park County Extension and Livingston Job Service Workforce Center will be holding a women’s

entrepreneurship workshop on Wednesday, Feb. 4. The workshop will run from 8 a.m. to 10 a.m.

The $10 registration fee includes a light breakfast and workshop materials. Speakers include Anjie Mikesell, Prospera Business Network and Montana WBC and Darcy Cook, Granite Sports Medicine.

Airport sees rise in passengers In 2014, Yellowstone International Airport had 966,964 people get on or off commercial passenger planes, up more than 9 percent from 2013. Of the 80,722 tower operations at Bozeman in 2014, only about 26 percent were from commercial passenger or corporate aircraft, according to Brian Sprenger, airport director.

Gallatin College aviation instruction program, Summit Air Ambulance services, various charters and air taxis and personal aircraft also added to the increase in traffic.

(Summarized from a recent Bozeman Daily Chronicle article by Daniel DeMay)

Noodles & Company expands into Montana Today, the growing fast casual

restaurant leader announced plans for local expansion with franchise partner Little Deep Pasta (a subsidiary of restaurant management company Food Management Investors, Inc.) to open seven new restaurants in Montana over the next several years. The first location is expected to open in Bozeman in early 2015. The new franchise agreement includes seven new restaurants in Montana. The first restaurant opening will be located at 1459 North 19th Avenue in Bozeman, followed by a second Noodles location at 3624 Brooks Street in Missoula, which is expected to open later in 2015.

Wild Birds Unlimited nature shop opens Owners Debi Naccarto and Jerry Taylor are opening a location of Wild Birds Unlimited, the largest franchise of bird feeding specialty stores in the United States and Canada. The store will be located at 2047 W. Oak St. #105 near Dee O Gee and Coldsmoke Coffee House. Although Naccarto and Taylor are new to specialty retail, they have completed store owner training at the franchise headquarters. For more information, visit www.wbu.com/Bozeman.

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Borden’s Hotel opens its doors in Whitehall Whitehall kicks off the completion of the $1.5 million Borden¹s Hotel renovation project, launched more than a year ago.

The public is invited to the open at the Borden’s Hotel in downtown Whitehall on Thursday, Jan. 29, 5 p.m. to 7 p.m., for the grand re-opening of the Borden Hotel. The hotel underwent a $1.5 renovation project and also recently received the 2015 Outstanding Local Preservation Project Award from the Montana Historical Society.

The renovation project started in 2013 with the formation of a partnership between Rocky Mountain Bank of Whitehall, Barrick Golden Sunlight Mine and the Jefferson Local Development Corporation. The project qualified for the distribution of state and federal Historic Tax Credits, a program that encourages the rehabilitation of certified historic buildings through the provision of tax credits to property owners equal to approximately 25 percent of the qualified renovation expenditures.

High Plains Architects of Billings created the design for the

renovation and Martel Construction of Bozeman was the contractor. The nine loft apartments, located on the second floor, range from $525 to $775 a month, with utilities included and coin-operated laundry on site. For more information contact Tara Mastel at (406) 287-3282.

Weekly Nonprofit Café meetings in Bozeman The fourth Friday morning of every month, from 8:30 a.m. to 9:45 a.m., Bozeman Area Community Foundation hosts the Nonprofit Café, an educational and collaborative gathering for all nonprofit leaders including staff, volunteers and board members.

All Nonprofit Café events are hosted at the Emerson Center for the Arts and Culture, upstairs in the Weaver Room.

RockStar Recreation opening on Main Street RockStar Recreation will supply Bozeman, Big Sky and surrounding areas with a retail outlet for high-end custom recreational products including saunas, hot tubs, pool tables, bars, tanning beds and furniture.

The location features a test room,

complete with a working sauna, tanning bed and custom spa so that prospective clients can try before they buy. RockStar Recreation will deliver and install all products free of charge.

RockStar Recreation opened unofficially on Jan. 19, and will be holding a grand opening at an undetermined date in February.

The store is located at 8th and Main Street. For additional questions, contact manager Michaela Gilmore at (307) 202-1056.

Jefferson Bus depot relocates to Belgrade Jefferson Bus Lines has relocated its Bozeman bus depot to the Flying J Travel Plaza at 6505 Jackrabbit Lane, Belgrade as of Jan. 11.

The new location is within minutes of the old Bozeman depot. The Flying J Travel Plaza remains located off of I-90 with easy access on and off the freeway for customers.

The new location will continue to provide the same services currently offered, which include ticketing, bus drop off and pick up and package express. However, it will also offer new customer conveniences such as an on-site restaurant, convenience store and fuel. All route schedules and contact information will remain the same.

UNEMPLOYMENT RATE

YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK VISITS SOURCE: NATIONAL PARK SERVICE

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8%

Nov. ........... 59,081

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Sept. ......... 571,764 August ...... 773,357

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Feb. March April May June July Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec. 2014 SOURCE: MONTANA DEPARTMENT OF LABOR & INDUSTRY

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LUTHIER F ROM PAGE 3 Different guitars work better for different types of music.

Earlier this month, Boone set up shop in the lower level of the Emerson Center for the Arts and Culture; the small space also serves as his studio, gallery, a miniature museum of the history of guitar building and homage to the original masters.

He is primarily self-taught, aside from occasional seminars, and has been constructing guitars for six years out of his home.

Boone says he “doesn’t really know” how long it takes to complete a guitar, because he’s usu-

“My works are evolving in sound quality and artistic expression. I’m no longer just trying to successfully make guitars —I’ve graduated to making guitars that are works of art.”

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ally too absorbed by his work and rarely keeps track, but estimates that it takes upwards of 150 hours.

Ninety-five percent of the work he does is by hand, cutting and assembling wood shapes as small as a millimeter across. To date, Boone has made a total of 37 guitars and is in the process of constructing number 38, for a total of well over 5,600 hours of detailed handwork.

Boone himself is also a talented musician and plays from time to time, primarily classical, blues and jazz. He first picked up a guitar at age 14 and has been fascinated ever since.

Although he had build up some woodworking

experience, it took Boone almost a decade of researching and “thinking about it” to transition from playing guitars to making them.

“I had a lot of big questions about the process.

How could I bend the wood without it breaking? How could I create something so precise?

When I made the first one, I’d been thinking about the process for so long that I couldn’t believe it worked — it looked like a guitar, it sounded like a guitar, it actually was a guitar,” Boone says.

“My works are evolving in sound quality and artistic expression. I’m no longer just trying to successfully make guitars — I’ve graduated to making guitars that are works of art.”

Boone’s guitars marry classical aesthetics with modern flourishes without compromising sound quality. His designs are intricate, but not excessively ornate; they maintain a certain rugged quality and would fit in just as well in the hands of hippies around a campfire as they would in a concert hall.

“My guitars aren’t frilly or delicate—I’m not a delicate dude. My décor is more bold and aggressive,” says Boone with a laugh.

With an affinity for the traditional, Boone uses the original Spanish method for constructing guitars, in the style of Antonio de Torres, who’s credited with the invention of the modern guitar.

“It seems like a rare art, but you’d be surprised how many of us there are out there. In just about every town this size, there’s a guy like me,” says Boone. “This whole movement is reactionary, in response to mass-produced guitars. Right now is sort of the Golden Age of guitar making.”

Boone was born and raised in Montgomery, Alabama, and says that his Southern roots have a

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Boone’s new guitars, intended for concert musicians, cost around $4,700, while older models typically sell for around $2,000. Several of his older, basic constructions are available at Music Villa for $1,000 or less.

significant impact on his music preferences, which lean toward blues and jazz. After serving in the Marine Corps, he moved to Southern California where he met his wife, Gwen.

He spent 11 years working at a factory in Orange Country, making parts for toilets and other laborious maintenance work.

“It definitely helped me learn how to work with my hands,” says Boone with a humble laugh. “But I was working the graveyard shift, my wife was working all day and we hardly saw each other. We decided, finally, that it was time to get out of Southern California to raise our family.”

The Boones made their home in Bozeman in 2004. Now that their two children are middle-school age, Boone says there is not as much to deter him from working.

“It’s very hard for me to take a day off. I have to force myself. I’m always looking for what I could improve, what I could change,” he says.

Boone’s new guitars, intended for concert musicians, cost around $4,700, while older models typically sell for around $2,000. Several of his older, basic constructions are available at Music Villa for $1,000 or less.

But for Boone, price is more of an afterthought; a symbol of the time and care he devotes to the meticulous construction of each guitar.

“As a person so emotionally and spiritually invested in making quality guitars,” he pauses and shakes his head, “it’s so far beyond making money.”

He is a perfectionist through and through, but quietly so. He’s not neurotic, frenetic or obsessive — simply deeply passionate and prideful of his work.

In 2015 he hopes to construct 10 guitars, a goal he has consistently set for himself but hasn’t yet achieved. But as the poster on his workshop wall advises, he’s apt to “work to a standard of excellence everyday.”

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BUSINESS MATTERS

10 marketing resolutions for 2015

BY DOUG WEBER

IN THE SPIRIT OF THE NEW YEAR, here are 10 marketing resolutions you should make for your business. Keep in mind that these 10 aren’t necessarily the only things to consider, but should at least give you a good start to 2015. Even if you only choose a few of them to implement, you’ll be ahead of most.

Develop a marketing plan: A marketing plan can be 50 pages or five pages. Its primary purpose is to document the marketing function of your business. A business plan will help you organize your thoughts and keep you on track and on budget. If you go online and Google “marketing plan template” you will find all shapes and sizes, oftentimes specific to industry.

Define your target market: Have you been focusing on your most important customers and potential customers? Defining your target market will help you with many other marketing questions including messaging and media buying and improve your overall marketing plan.

Develop a social media strategy: Almost every business in every category should be thinking about social media. How can you connect with your current and future customers through social media?

When used correctly, social media helps build loyal brand enthusiasts that will continue to come back to your business time after time. And, social media can be one of the most cost-effective ways to reach your target market.

Develop content for your business: Invest in content about your business. This can be done through articles, video, photos, whitepapers, infographics and more. Be sure to craft the content to be unique and relevant to your 8

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business. If you can establish your business as the local expert on your product or service and give good, valuable information to potential and returning customers, your business will reap the rewards. This content can be used on social media, your website, on a blog and in many other marketing executions.

Gather testimonials: Testimonials are essentially “word of mouth” advertising. To be effective, testimonials must be authentic, quantifiable, specific, diverse and approved.

Invest in good photography: Good marketing copy has often been ruined by poor photography and imagery. Humans are visually oriented. Good photography on advertising, social media (Facebook, Instagram), your website and other marketing executions can make or break your efforts.

Align with complementary businesses: Look for opportunities to partner with complementary businesses. Ski manufacturers

who team up with resorts for an on-the-snow demo day are a good example. Another example might be a yoga studio making a special offer to natural food store customers. Find a business whose products or services complement your offerings and work on some ideas that will cross-promote your businesses.

Develop a plan to increase customer frequency: So many businesses focus only on new customer development. Often, the best way to show an uptick in revenue is to focus on your existing customer base. How can you increase the frequency of visits? What about the average revenue per visit?

Marketing vehicles like e-newsletters or social media are fantastic ways

to market to your existing customer base. Take advantage of them.

Audit your website: Unless you have built or taken great care to keep your website updated consistently, you may have out of date or incorrect info on your site. Refreshing and keeping content on your website current is important for many reasons including Search Engine Optimization (SEO), which is the way in which people find you online.

Have some fun with it!: People want to get to know who you are and giving your business a little personality can’t hurt.

Doug Weber is the head grunt at Mammoth Marketing in Bozeman. He can be reached at www.mammothmontana.com

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An ‘Age 40’ business transition

FINANCIAL TIPS

BY STEVE HAMPLE

I AM 40 YEARS OLD. Also I’m very good at being 40 years old because I’ve been doing it for over 25 years.

During this time I’m fortunate not to have aged.

However, I’ve noticed a few other things have changed. Apparently a spring in my bathroom scale has weakened over time, restaurants now use less lighting making menus hard to read, and my mailbox no longer gets brochures for white water rafting but instead mailings from AARP. Though I’ve not aged, as a financial planner I need to think of things for people who have.

In particular, several business owner clients who are in their 50s or 60s have quietly inquired how they can someday retire, yet have the business which they worked so hard to build continue without them. Sometimes an owner will consider selling to a younger person, in which case the instinctive feelings of the two parties can be quite different: Business Owner: The owner has probably experienced difficult clients, unpaid invoices, employee crises, increased government regulations and two financial crises (plus three feared recessions that never actually happened). Surviving those items indicates knowledge learned, reserves created and confidence acquired. Past challenges also bring memories of sacrifice and working long hours for little profit which no one else recognizes. But survival also indicates an established business that is potentially quite valuable as indicated by rules of thumb and as suggested by business marketing firms. The owner has thus accumulated a solid net worth, is comfortable that crises can be solved, and wants the business to be run in the way he/ she has formed it yet also be free of daily responsibility.

Possible Employee Buyer: Often this is a good employee who would like to take over the business, but perceives doing so as comparable to jumping off a cliff into water of unknown depth and potentially infested with alliga-

tors. The employee does not have a financial cushion similar to the owner and has less accumulated confidence of being able to survive downturns. (The worries of a person buying the business may seem inconsequential to the seller because when the seller started he/ she did so on a smaller scale and at the time did not realize what could go wrong.) The employee probably has his/her own view of the future and more modern methods of doing things.

Financing is often a challenge.

An employee probably lacks the ability to borrow the full purchase price from a bank. Various strategies exist. If the employee can make a reasonable down payment, the owner may accept an installment note with payments spread over three to five years. Perhaps the business has several parts which could be sold separately in a sequence depending on the first being successful.

Possible Outside Buyer: This person has money and has been found via business broker or advertising and wants to inspect the busi-

ness with his/her lawyer and accountant and likely bargain on price. The buyer may turn the business in a new direction with no assurances as to current employees or clients. In such cases the owner will likely want a full cash purchase or in some cases an installment sale for tax reasons, provided the note is adequately secured.

For franchise or similar business structures, a central corporate office may assist with ownership transfers.

In any event a buy-sell agreement can be a lengthy document which should be reviewed by one’s own attorney.

The basic question becomes whether the check will bounce, along with tax considerations.

We who started a business were probably naïve about future chal-

lenges so we just somehow overcame them. Being able to do so is a great aspect of America.

My own solution has been to find someone smarter and harder working than I, in whom I have total trust because of years of working together.

As of Jan. 1, Lauren Peck, CFP is the head honcho of Hample and Peck Financial Planning and Investments.

I’ve arranged to keep a desk with coffee privileges to work on projects and take three day or longer weekends while Lauren runs her new business.

Dr. Stephen R. Hample, CFP®, of Hample & Peck, is a registered representative of KMS Financial Services, Inc and owns a trust / banking corporation. Opinions expressed are his own. Comments or questions may be sent to Steve.Hample@KMSfinancial.com

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Real estate industry finishes strong

BY ROBYN ERLENBUSH

WE HAVE WATCHED REAL ESTATE sales rebound strongly over the past three years.

By the end of 2013, the number of sales exceeded the peak year of 2005. The numbers in 2014 were even more robust. This summary compares 2014 to 2013 sales information using the Southwest Montana Multiple Listing Service (SWMLS) as the source.

Within the city of Bozeman, single family home sales increased by 7 percent. There were 523 single family homes sold in 2014, compared to 489 in 2013.

There was a hearty increase to 399 condo/ townhomes sold in 2014 which equaled 17 percent growth over the 341 sales in 2013. The average sales price for single family homes also showed further recovery with a 7 percent increase to $331,817 in 2014 from $310,099 in 2013, while attached housing showed a nice 16 percent appreciation from an average of $187,224 in 2013 to $216,525 in 2014. The median sales price was $299,900 for single family homes, up 8 percent from $277,710 in 2013 and $197,000 for condo/ townhomes, up 13 percent from the $174,900 of 2013.

Last year, the supply of single family homes within Bozeman remained stable. At the end of 2014, there were 112 active residential properties listed for sale compared to 111 in 2013.

Homes that are priced even up to $500,000 are selling quite well.

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number of homes sold in this price range in the last 12 months, there is no more than a 6 month supply of inventory in any of the price ranges reported under $500,000.

The subdivisions and rural areas immediately surrounding Bozeman were fairly flat in that single family sales increased only from 350 units in 2013 to 356 in 2014, a 2 percent increase.

However, the average sales price showed a 16 percent increase from $454,893 in 2013 to $529,693 in 2014, as well as a 9 percent median price jump from $358,862 in 2013 to $391,000 in 2014. This area contains price extremes of properties from entry level housing to the luxury second home market. At year end, 205 properties were available for sale, which is almost double the number of homes in the city limits.

Belgrade and the surrounding market showed a very robust 25 percent increase with 303 single family homes sold in 2014 versus 242 in 2013. The average sales price increased by 7 percent from $236,868 in 2013 to $252,873 in

2014, and the median weighed in at $222,500. Much of the activity can be attributed to building lots that were foreclosed upon, resold, and then sold with newly constructed homes. The condo/ townhome market has seen some nice growth with 64 sales in 2014 compared to 47 in 2013, with an average sales price up 15 percent to $123,440 in 2014 from $107,492 in 2013. In the Belgrade area, the supply of homes available for sale remains very low with only 55 single family homes and 11 condo/ townhomes available at the closing of 2014.

Within the Manhattan/ Three Forks region, single family home sales decreased 9 percent from 106 sales in 2013 to 96 in 2014. Average sales price dropped 10 percent from $243,750 to $218,230, while the median decreased 8 percent to $200,850.

Big Sky, including Gallatin Canyon and West Yellowstone, once again showed large market gains with a 32 percent increase in sales of single family homes sold from 84 in 2013 to 111 in 2014. The average sales price increased from $828,200 in 2013 to $1,336,704 in 2014 due to the influence of two sales in excess of $10,000,000.

The median price increased from $524,500 to $650,732. Condo/ townhome sales declined 11 percent to 169 sold units in 2014 versus 189 units in 2013. There was an average price increase from $370,710 in 2013 to $451,387 in 2014. It is interesting to note the wide range of price per square foot, from under $140 in Meadow Vil-

lage to over $1,600 in the Yellowstone Club.

The market in Livingston and surrounding Park County showed a 6 percent decrease in sales with 179 single family homes sold in 2014 compared to 191 in 2013, but there are a fair amount of pending sales to begin 2015 strong. Average sales price declined 14 percent from $275,867 in 2013 to $237,358 in 2014, with a median sales price of $187,750. Condo/ townhome sales in Livingston fell from 16 to 14 units in 2014, but the average price grew from $122,687 in 2013 to $149,503 in 2014.

Ennis and the Madison Valley saw a relatively stable market from 2013 to 2014. While the number of sales for single family homes only rose from 62 to 64 units, average prices increased by 9 percent from $294,833 to $321,321, and the median weighed in at $236,950 for 2014 down slightly from $242,500 in 2013.

All segments of the market continued to improve over 2013.

All indicators show that we should have another strong year of sales in 2015 with anticipated percentage price increases in upper single digits and maybe higher. Buyer demand is increasing based on our population growth, employment opportunities, and the demographic of first time homebuyers.

Robyn Erlenbush is a downtown business owner and the broker/owner of ERA Landmark Real Estate (with offices in Bozeman, Big Sky, Livingston and Clyde Park), NAI Landmark Commercial and Intermountain Property Management.

She can be reached at robyn@eralandmark.com.

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BOZEMAN EVENTS

1/26 • Business Journal Monthly B2B Networking Luncheon, 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m., at the Hilton Garden Inn. $35 reserved, $40 at the door. Register and more information at www.bozemandailychronicle.com/business/events/b2bluncheons/.

1/28 • Bozeman Area Chamber of Commerce Full Board Meeting, 7 a.m. to 8 a.m., at the Bozeman Chamber, 2000 Commerce Way. More information at www.bozemanchamber.com.

1/28 • Bozeman Area Chamber of Commerce Business Lunch SeminarGallatin Ice Foundation Ice Skating Arena Update, 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m., at the Bozeman Chamber, 2000 Commerce Way. $18 for members, $36 for non-members.

Call (406) 586-5421 to register.

1/28 • Bozeman Business and Professional Women Luncheon, 12 p.m. to 1 p.m., at Holiday Inn, 5 E. Baxter.

More information and register at www. bozemanbpw.org.

2/3 • Downtown Bozeman Association Board Meeting, 8:15 a.m. to 9:45 a.m., Downtown Bozeman Partnership Office, 222 E. Main St. Suite 302. All are welcome. Visit www.downtownbozeman. org for more information.

2/5 • Bozeman Area Chamber of Commerce Business Before Hours, 7:30 a.m. to 8:30 a.m., at Complete Nutrition, 1531 W. Main St. Ste. 103. Free for mem-

bers, $25 for non-members. Register at www.bozemanchamber.com.

2/11 • Bozeman Business and Professional Women Luncheon, 12 p.m. to 1 p.m., at Holiday Inn, 5 E. Baxter.

More information and register at www. bozemanbpw.org.

2/17 • Tax Increment Fund Board Meeting, 12 p.m. to 1:30 p.m., at the Downtown Bozeman Partnership office.

2/18 • Business Improvement District Board Meeting, 12 p.m. to 1:30 p.m., at the Downtown Bozeman Partnership office.

2/18 • Bozeman Business and Professional Women Networking Social, 4:30 p.m. to 7 p.m., location to be decided.

More information and register at www. bozemanbpw.org.

merce Business After Hours, 5 p.m to 7 p.m., Madison River Foundation.

Visit www.ennischamber.com for more information.

2/17 • Big Sky Chamber of Commerce Board Meeting, 8:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m., at the Big Sky Chamber, 55 Lone Mountain Trail. Visit www.bigskychamber. com for more information.

2/19 • Big Sky Chamber of Commerce Business After Hours, 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m., at Big Sky Owner’s Association.

Visit www.bigskychamber.com for more information.

BELGRADE EVENTS

1/29 • Belgrade Chamber of Commerce Membership Luncheon, 12 p.m. to 1 p.m., at McKenzie River Pizza. Cost is $15. Please register by 1/28 at www. belgradechamber.org.

2/3 • Belgrade Chamber of Commerce President’s Circle, 4 p.m. to 5 p.m.

Meeting open to past presidents and past board of directors of the Belgrade Chamber of Commerce.

2/12 ª 2014-15 Building Belgrade, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Registration and information at www.belgradechamber.org.

2/17 • Belgrade Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors Meeting, 7 a.m. to 8 a.m. Visit www.belgradechamber.org.

2/19 • Belgrade Chamber of Commerce Business After Hours, 5:30 p.m. to 7 p.m. Visit www.belgradechamber.org for more information.

2/20 • Belgrade Chamber of Commerce 2015 Annual Dinner, 6 p.m. $50 per person or $375 for a table of 8. Visit www.belgradechamber.org for more information.

2/23 • Business Journal Monthly B2B Networking Luncheon, 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m., at the Hilton Garden Inn. $35 reserved, $40 at the door. Register and more information at www.bozemandailychronicle.com/business/events/b2bluncheons/.

MADISON COUNTY EVENTS

2/11 • Ennis Chamber of Commerce Board Meeting, 8 a.m., at First Madison Valley Bank, Ennis. Visit www.ennischamber.com for more information.

2/12 • Ennis Chamber of Com-

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Honorees will be decided by a committee of local business leaders, and the list will be announced Feb. 23 at the Business Journal B2B Luncheon at the Hilton Garden Inn. The deadline for nominations is Jan. 30. Nomination forms are online at dailychronicle.com/20under40.

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GIVING BACK

Nonprofits wield positive economic, social influence in Montana communities S T O R Y B Y K AY L E E WA L D E N

FROM BRIDGER BOWL ski area to the Emerson Center for the Arts and Culture, nonprofits are an important part of the Bozeman community and its culture.

Although the social benefits and human capital generated by nonprofit services are somewhat unquantifiable, their economic contribution, especially in Gallatin County, continues to grow.

Not only do nonprofits contribute to a sense of community solidarity, they have a significant fiscal impact and help boost the local economy.

In 2014, nonprofit community impact, combined with philanthropic impact in Gallatin County, had $1.1 billion in gross economic output.

According to the latest Nonprofit Sector Report conducted by the Montana Nonprofit Association, over 30 percent of residents volunteer or contribute to nonprofits on some level, ranking them 16th among the 50 states and Washington, D.C.

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“Montana has more nonprofits per capita than any other state besides Vermont. We have a nonprofit sector and a large volunteer base that represents the societal agreement of how we’re going to solve problems—nonprofits pick up where the government leaves off,” said Mary Peterson, the executive director of Bozeman Eagle Mount, who has worked in the nonprofit sector locally for the past 30 years.

Eagle Mount provides year round recreational therapy for disabled people and cancer patients in Bozeman and the surrounding area.

Data from the Corporation for National and Community Service shows that one volunteer hour in Montana is the equivalent to approximately $19 worth of paid work. Eagle Mount, one of Bozeman’s largest nonprofits, had 1,979 volunteers, for a total of 30,001 volunteer hours in the 2014 fiscal year.

Northern Rocky Mountain Economic Development District has conducted hundreds of organi-

zation-specific economic impact reports, including one for Bozeman Eagle Mount. In 2014, the nonprofit’s gross economic output totaled $5.2 million.

Gross economic output denotes the total monetary value attached to the services produced by a nonprofit in a specific area. While 81 percent of operating nonprofits in Montana have budgets of less than $100,000, they generate $179 million in total labor income in Gallatin County alone.

“There’s a huge partnership between the paid sector and nonprofits,” said Peterson.

“We have so much volunteer labor per year that our output alone has a pretty significant impact on the local economy. The numbers were unexpectedly high. We’re happy to know that we have a direct effect on the community that supports us,” Peterson continued.

In addition to the economic impact, both local and national nonprofits also have the power to enact social change and generate human capital.

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“Nonprofits provide care, education and a healthy experience for both volunteers and participants,” said Peterson. “There’s a lot of research emerging to suggest that recreational therapy programs like Eagle Mount and Big Sky Youth Empowerment save the health system and taxpayers money.

“Physical exercise combined with friendship from volunteers boosts participants’ health and wellbeing. People who are physically active are more likely to be employed and less likely to have mental disorders,” Peterson continued.

Pete MacFadyen, founder and executive director of Big Sky Youth Empowerment, echoed this sentiment. In the 2014 fiscal year, 60 volunteers with BYEP logged a total of over 8,900 hours.

BYEP uses a similar approach to recreational therapy as Eagle Mount, but its services focus on at-risk and underprivileged youth to provide them with counseling, employment opportunities and tools for success after high school, so that they have a better chance at becoming productive members of the community.

“It’s hard to quantify what a contributing member of the community is, but through our lens, we’re aiming to help kids graduate from high school and gain employment. We’re working with kids that might otherwise potentially drop out or even end up in jail, which would produce a financial burden in the community rather than a benefit.”

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or even end up in jail, which would produce a financial burden in the community rather than a benefit,” explained MacFadyen. “When someone is gainfully employed, they’re contributing much more to the local economy.”

Tenth-grade participants spend a summer focused on volunteering, working in the community for a total of 60 hours. This winter, several BYEP participants will be providing free ski and snowboard waxing to thank locals for their contributions and to learn customer service skills.

Older participants in BYEP, as part of their program curriculum, have to do a service project themselves, helping out with other nonprofits around Bozeman, including Gallatin Valley Land Trust, Heart of the Valley and Eagle Mount.

“There’s a lot of good energy in our nonprofit sector, Bozeman and statewide,” said Peterson.

“Montanans are willing to roll up sleeves for what they believe in, and as it turns out, nonprofits give even more back to the community than I would have imagined.”

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ON THE RECORD CON T. New Retail-Art Studios & Galleries Tripp Studio, Kara Fellows-Tripp, 111 S. Grand #111, Bozeman, Dec. 12 New Retail-Auto & RV Randash on Main, Chad Edward Randash, 920 W. Main, Bozeman, Dec. 9 New Retail-Internet Sales Thomas A. Lawrence, Thomas A. Lawrence, 3179 Oliver St., Bozeman, Dec. 29 New Retail-Jewelry Seven Sparrows, Virginia Ann Richards, 1790 Medicine Wheel Lane, Bozeman, Dec. 30 New Retail-Other Nevada Watt Products LLC, Nevada

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James Chase, 153D Covey Court, Bozeman, Dec. 17 Clayton Busche Building, Clayton J. Busche, P.O. Box 714, Manhattan, Dec. 30 Industrial Light & Energy, Marie Noel Kjosness, 19804 141st Place NE, Woodinville, Wash., Dec. 31 Ink Construction LLC, Willis E. Hartman II, 8241 E. Kellogg #3, Wichita, Kan., Dec. 2 JFK Construction, Kory W. Hackworth, 219 Howard, Edgerton, Wyo., Dec. 8 Kap & Sons Construction, Kevin Andrew Plubell, 114 Great Escape, Wilsall, Dec. 22 Oliver Construction LLC, Persifor Oliver, 413 N. Wallace, Bozeman, Dec. 5 O3Y Electric, Brett Archer, 17 Blackhawk Dr., Livingston, Dec. 11 RCS Carpentry, Rovert C. Sorci, 8260 Huffine #2, Bozeman, Dec. 17 Ross Consulting & Contracting, Derek Mathew Ross, 1211 Holly Dr.,

Bozeman, Dec. 17 Scenic View Contracting, Aleeca G. Fischer, 940 N. 1400 W., Hildale, Utah, Dec. 11 Syversen Construction, Dec. 15 New Contractors-Handy Persons Mr. Phil’s Handyman, Philip John Gates, 425 Little Coyote Road, Big Sky, Dec. 23 What Daddy Won’t Do, Michael Crowder, Dec. 11 New Contractors-Lawn Care & Landscaping Western Horizon Services, Brett David Archer, 2204 Bridger Dr., Bozeman, Dec. 17 New Contractors-Woodworking Authentic Wood Flooring, Mark John Littlefield, 912 Colorado #7, Belgrade, Dec. 18 Benjamin Hull, Benjamin Hull, 9877 Fish Hatchery Road, Bozeman, Dec. 15

New Food Service-Restaurant City Brew Coffee, Rebecca Fields Reno, P.O. Box 22209, Billings, Dec. 17 New Manufacturing-Nonhazardous Gallatin Valley Vineyards, Brett Archer, 2204 Bridger Dr., Bozeman, Dec. 8 Outlaw Brewing, Nicole Marie Hough, 2876 N. 27th Ave., Bozeman, Dec. 8 New Photography/Processing ‘Thru His Eyes’ Photography, Dean J. Garbenis, 3223 Wagon Wheel Road #6, Dec. 10 New Property Managers/Agencies Dutton Development LLC, Donald Carson Cowles, 131 W. Main, Bozeman, Dec. 4 Base Property Services, Erika Lynn Duncan, 1502 Bozeman Trail Road, Bozeman, Dec. 17

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Commercial Tenant Improvement 407 S. Ferguson, Twenty 9 LLC, Goff Construction Inc., 5,264 Sq Ft, $20,500 18 E. Main, Power Building LLC, R&R Taylor Construction Inc., $65,000 211 W. Main, Wells Fargo Bank, Sievert Construction Inc., 500 Sq Ft, $35,000 2155 Analysis, BES Properties LLC, Clair W. Daines Inc., $2,500 1735 W. Oak, Bridger Peaks LLC, Oliver Construction LLC, $80,000 1010 E. Main, 1010 East Main MT LLC, Heller General Inc., $60,000 113 E. Main, Arnolds Rainbow Inc., Western Horizon Services, $600 2485 Manley, Delphini LLC, Schlauch-Bottcher Construction Inc., 3,166 Sq Ft, $40,000

1750 Evergreen, Cardinal Distributing, Tinworks Inc., $1,500 212 S. Wallace, Olive & Wallace LLC, Langlas & Associates Inc., $108,000 290 W. Kagy, Level Investments, Alpenglow Homes Inc., 4,227 Sq Ft, $11,500 867 S. 29th, Mitchell Development, Mitchell Development Group, $35,000 Demolition 322 N. Rouse, Montana Department of Transportation, LM Excavating Inc., $12,250 404 N. Rouse, Montana Department of Transportation, LM Excavating Inc., $12,250 506 N. Rouse, Montana Department of Transportation, LM Excavating Inc., $12,250 141 Chouteau, Harry & Eileen Kirschenbaum, Buffalo Restoration Inc., $40,000 3405 Fieldstone, Lazy Hook LLC, Buffalo Restoration, $2,000

Fire Protection Systems 3079 N. 27th, Chase Skogen Construction, Chase Skogen Construction Homes Inc., $10,500 Residential Accessory Dwelling Unit 4412 Bembrick, Craig Kirchhoff, Kirchhoff Construction, 1,164 Sq Ft, $84,440 Residential Addition 732 S. Tracy, Azure Investments Inc., Rising Sun Construction, 1,484 Sq Ft, $120,000 Residential Alteration 204 N. Black, Joe Newman, Owner is general, $3,500 1316 S. Willson, Homes 4 Rent Inc., Western Building Insights, $500 2475 Fairway, Terrance & Christine Syme, Nordesign, $42,000 8 W. Harrison, Carson & Deborah Taylor, Sutton Homebuilding, $3,000

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By Ris Higgins “2015 is here and as a business owner I’m already feeling behind. I haven’t completed any goals for this year. I struggle every year with this and often just use the same ones year after year. I’d like to find a way to make them different so they can really help my business. Any suggestions?”

— R.A., Entrepreneur R.A., you’re not alone. I still find many people’s eyes glaze over when I bring up the topic of goals. Most of the time, the glaze appears for one or more of the following reasons: First, some people may not know how to develop goals with meaning, so they become merely words on paper. Others may set too many goals and get overwhelmed with trying to accomplish them, so they quit. After all, they have a business to run. Then there are folks who may use a process so complex and cumbersome, that once done, they are so relieved they shelve the goals without another look until next year.

However, figuring out what you want your business to accomplish makes a big difference, no matter how small your operation is. Consider this thought provoking wisdom from an unconventional source, Alice in Wonderland: “Alice came to a fork in the road. ‘Which road do I take?’ she asked. ‘Where do you want to go?’ responded the Cheshire Cat. ‘I don’t know,’ Alice answered. ‘Then,’ said the Cat, ‘it doesn’t matter.’”

But it does matter.

Goals give you the direction you need for the forks in the road you’ll come upon, R.A. It’s good to know which road to take, what decisions to make.

Before we venture further into your question, I must confess to you that I am a born-again goal setter. I wasn’t always this way. During the first Christmas break after I married my husband and business partner, Joe, he suggested we sit down and set goals for our business. I really didn’t want to. I had just left 14 years of setting annual corporate goals and I was burned out.

Fortunately, the look on my face didn’t deter him. Seven hours later we had our goals and I had learned tons about our business and the 20

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direction we wanted to take.

What was even more amazing to me was that we achieved all our goals in six months.

Joe and I are not extraordinary people; we are small business owners wanting to succeed just like you.Yet, something different had happened.

What I came to realize was that during our goal setting discussion, we talked about issues in such depth that when we hit a fork in the road, we were ready to take action immediately.

We knew what we wanted to do. We didn’t have to find time to discuss the situation while working around our commitments, our kids’ football or basketball schedules, or our clients’ schedules. We were able to make decisions right then and there. And we did. Because of our conversation, we knew what to say yes to and what to say no to.

Here’s something else I learned: It’s all about the discussion. Setting goals is not a solitary journey. It makes a significant difference to do this goal discussion with another person, if not more, whether that means involving your employees, a friend or a coach. Set aside a day so you can fully explore all the ins and outs of the questions that impact the direction of your business.

R.A., you asked for ways to make your goals different, so I’m going to offer five ideas I swear by. They inspire me with new thinking and ways to achieve results.

Kick off your day of discussion and action planning by listing your accomplishments from 2014. We get so busy in making our businesses work, we rarely take the time to identify what we accomplished. You’ll discover insights that may surprise you by the value they add in deciding what to achieve this year. Once you’ve created your list, ask yourself, “What did I notice and learn about this list?” and “How can I take advantage of that?” Your answers may contain ideas for you to build on.

Next, balance your achievements by listing all the challenges your business is facing. Prioritize the top five. Involve the other people working with you by asking them to ask you questions.

Probe each top challenge so you can understand

the issues causing it. You will develop a keen understanding of your business, contributing to other goal ideas.

At this point, you may discover your discussion has opened up more than just business goals. You may be tripping over personal issues.

Bravo! Research indicates a balanced life, a successful life, involves five key areas that are very interrelated. Remember, there’s more to life than just work. Why not consider these five in your personal goals? Pick the ones that speak to you: learning, family, exercise and physical wellbeing, relationships, and spiritual.

As you take into account the goal ideas from your achievements, your challenges, and the five life balancing areas, you may find yourself facing 20 goals! That may feel overwhelming, and it is. Try this instead: prioritize your business goals, select the top five, and write them down with steps for completion. Pick one or two personal goals and write them down, too.

A recent study at Dominican University found people who wrote out their goals accomplished 50 percent more than those who did not. Why not set yourself up for success?

This last suggestion may be the most important one of them all. Find an accountability partner and meet with him/her monthly to discuss your goals and action steps. The purpose of this person is to keep you focused by holding you accountable to your goals and dates through a discussion. I promise you less time spent in rat-race urgency mode and more focus on what is important to you and your business.

Need motivation? The same Dominican University study found those people who had an accountability partner accomplished 50% more than those who did not.

I applaud you, R.A., for hitting the pause button to ask about a different way. What you learn will inevitably help you in focusing the direction of your business and your personal life. In the words of Jack Welch, the former CEO of General Electric, “Control your own destiny or someone else will.” Amen to that.

Ris Higgins is a leadership coach, author, and Vice-President of Leadership Outfitters, a Bozeman-based development company that provides life-altering personal leadership development through coaching and assessments, leadership retreats, and teamwork. She has worked with leaders and their teams since 1974, spending the last 22 years learning the joys and challenges of leading her own business with her husband. Ris welcomes readers’ questions and issues to address in her column. You can contact her at 406-586-5504 or e-mail her at ris@leadership-outfitters.com.

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