Butte Ace Hardware

This rural Montana hardware store is doubling their current size by building on a former dumpsite allowing them to expand commercial goods and services offered and create accessible jobs.

Investment

  • NMTC Amount: $6,800,000
  • Total Project Cost: $6,846,263

IMPACT

  • 26 FTE jobs
  • 40 construction jobs

CDEs

Investor

Voices from the Community

With NMTC assistance, we doubled the size of our store. Our sales have almost doubled in 18 months. We have been able to increase employee compensation, hire more employees, increase our charitable giving and better serve our community.

-Tom Shellenberg, Butte’s Ace Hardware, Livingston, Montana

Project Description

This rural Montana hardware store is doubling their current size by building on a former dumpsite allowing them to expand commercial goods and services offered and create accessible jobs.

MAP

Address: 2607 Harrison Avenue, Butte, MT 59701

Census Tract: 30093000300

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