Flathead Business Watercooler

TikTok hosts event for Montana businesses

TikTok, a social media platform with approximately 1 billion users, is hosting a Small Biz Block Party for Montana businesses on Sept. 2 at 1 p.m.

The virtual event will be held on the interactive events platform ForYouniverse.

During the Small Biz Block Party, business owners will learn the basics of TikTok as well as industry-leading tools and tactics to reach new communities and grow their business. There will also be an open Q&A with small businesses during the last half hour. To learn more, visit: https://tiktoksmallbizblockpartync.splashthat.com/.

Glacier Distilling celebrates first 10-year-old whiskey

Glacier Distilling Company is releasing a 10-year-old expression of its award winning "North Fork" rye whiskey. It will be the first bottling of a 10 year-old whiskey 100% distilled, aged and bottled in Montana.

North Fork is a straight rye whiskey distilled from a mash of organic rye, rye malt and corn. It is aged in new white oak charred barrels for a minimum of two years.

To honor this significant milestone, Glacier Distilling will be auctioning the very first bottle of its 10 Year North Fork rye whiskey at 7 p.m. on Oct. 1. Proceeds from the auction will be donated to a local charity. Following the auction, a limited release of 120 bottles will be offered for sale in a commemorative decanter.

There will als be live music, food and drink at Glacier Distilling Company from 6 to 8 p.m.

Tunnel Vision project seeks volunteers

Tunnel Vision 2021, a joint project of Rails to Trails of NW Montana and KALICO Art Center, is seeking community volunteers to help paint a mural on the interior walls of the pedestrian tunnel behind the My Place Hotel.

Phase 2 of Tunnel Vision starts Sept. 13 and lasts for 10 days. No prior experience is necessary to participate. All supplies and instructions will be provided on site. To sign up for a shift, go to www.signupgenius and search for chair@kalicoartcenter.com.

Four murals have already been painted in two tunnels on the trail. A mural by artist Griffin Foster has been selected for the Phase 2 tunnel.

For questions about volunteering, email chair@kalicoartcenter.org. Donations are also being accepted for Phase 3 of Tunnel Vision 2021 slated for next summer at the Lone Pine tunnel south of Foys Lake Road. To contribute, email Kip Smith, Rails to Trails Project Coordinator, at kipmansmith@gmail.com.