By Diana Maloney
BCJ News 

Big Flat Co-operative Considered to be a Gold Standard for how to get things done

 

November 2, 2016

Shown here are kids of all ages enjoying shopping after school at the Big Flat Grocery Store. Maggie Kimmel, manager of the store, is happy to see the kids after school and looks forward to serving you! Stop in and see this great asset to our little community!!

In April, a Statewide Meeting of the Montana Cooperative Development Council was held at Fairmont Hot Springs. The Big Flat Co-op was asked to attend to share their success as they were the "poster child" for cooperative success.

Shannon Van Voast, secretary of the Big Flat Co-op, was the representative of the co-op from Turner. She met Sam Rikkers who was the keynote speaker at this conference and apparently what Van Voast had to say made a lasting impression on him. After the conference, both Rikkers and Van Voast were both interviewed by a reporter. It was some time later that Van...



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