Business

Made-in-Livingston bag store opens retail space

Published on Tue, 09/06/2016 - 3:03pm

From the outside of this Main Street business, Maranda Lee Designs looks like a small purse store, but inside it reveals how these bags are made.

The business is an online bag and purse retailer that has expanded to a small shop on 225 S. Main St. in Livingston.

The store’s owner and namesake, Maranda Lee, started her business eight years ago as a way to make stylish diaper bags when her children were born. Since then she has established a large online presence with her own website, marandalee.com, as well as through Etsy.com and Zulily.com, where she is also featured.

Livingston Home Outfitters to sell home improvement products

Published on Thu, 08/25/2016 - 2:35pm

Livingston Home Outfitters will sell home improvement products starting in October as part of the company’s expansion.

After Sear’s, Crazy Mountain Cabinetry and Florence Furniture combined to create Livingston Home Outfitters months ago, the company is now working on the next phase of the project, LHO President Krystal Cipriani said.

The business will now offer home improvement products such as lighting, window coverings, storage accessories and others items, according to an LHO press release.

Copper Moose Oil and Vinegar Tap House opens

Published on Tue, 07/26/2016 - 2:01pm

Flavorful oils and zesty vinegars right from the tap are now available in Livingston.

The Copper Moose Oil and Vinegar Tap House, which opened a few weeks ago, is owned by Kim Bonnell. The business is a sister store of Olivelle in Bozeman, meaning that Bonnell can sell Olivelle products like their signature oils, but she can also sell other items of her choosing.

Bonnell said she became interested in owning her own store after talking to some employees at Olivelle and after Livingston residents said they wanted something similar, but more local.

T-shirt company features area-centric slogans

Published on Tue, 07/12/2016 - 2:20pm

People like to represent their community in different ways, and now Livingston and Paradise Valley residents can wear their pride on a T-shirt.

Abby Hernandez, who grew up in Livingston and Paradise Valley, started the Paradise Valley Shirt Company over a year ago out of love for the area while she was living in California.

“It was something I liked to do when I was feeling kind of homesick,” she said.

1Sixteen Wine Bar bubbles up at 116 S. Main St. in downtown Livingston

Published on Tue, 07/05/2016 - 2:59pm

A new wine bar opened in Livingston showcasing a full body of wines paired with local and exotic foods.

Located next to the Sport on Main Street, 1Sixteen Wine Bar — so named after its location at 116 S. Main St. in Livingston — offers a selection of beer, wine and cocktails along with a small-plates menu.   

Business Briefs

Published on Fri, 07/01/2016 - 2:47pm

New personal banker at Opportunity Bank

Opportunity Bank has a new personal banker.

BOBI JO F. BOEH

Bobi Jo F. Boeh is a Park County native and a graduate of Montana State University-Bozeman with a degree in Business Management.  She has been in banking for the past 18 years.

New owner and style revival at Old Saloon

Published on Wed, 05/18/2016 - 3:13pm

The Old Saloon in Emigrant is not only under new management, it is also getting a revival to an updated Wild West style.

Recently purchased by Brett Evje, owner of Plonk, a wine bar in Bozeman, the Old Saloon has been apart of Park County culture since 1902. Evje, a fifth-generation Livingston resident said he enjoyed spending time at The Old Saloon as a child, so buying the business seemed like the right thing to do.

Local butcher shop and deli garners awards

Published on Tue, 05/10/2016 - 3:11pm

Matt’s Old Fashioned Butcher Shop and Deli in Livingston received awards in three categories at the 29th annual Montana Meat Processors Association Convention and Trade Show held in late April.

In the Cured Meat Championship contest, the shop was awarded Reserve Champion in the Whole Muscle Jerky, Innovative All Pork Item and Innovative All Beef Item categories, according to a Matt’s Old Fashioned Butcher Shop and Deli news release.

There were 17 different categories and 227 entries from 25 processing plants across the state participating in the competition.

Handbag Tailor moves into new location

Published on Tue, 05/03/2016 - 3:02pm

A handbag store on Geyser Street is expanding to bring more designer accessories to Livingston.

Handbag Tailor was located on Second Street in the Masonic Temple, but it had little street traffic, so most of the business has been online. Now the business is looking to expand, with more in-store items and its own accessory line.

New hardware store opens soon

Published on Wed, 04/27/2016 - 2:02pm

A new hardware store is opening on Main Street, offering more of a unique hardware shopping experience.

Riverside Hardware is owned by a self-proclaimed paint nerd Dan Durgan. The business moved into the location where Obsidian once was  before it moved to Second Street. Riverside Hardware opens May 14.

Durgan said he is trying to give the place a more “boutique” feeling not typical of hardware stores.