This is Montana: Modern Malta offers much to explore - Part 2 of 2

By Hillary Sward UM Graduate Student

Malta has an appealing downtown that includes a state-of-the-art movie theater with surround sound joined by a healthy, self-sufficient variety of other businesses. You can find two lumberyards, a hardware store, three banks, a pharmacy, a new brewery and a farm store, currently under construction. A once-vacant storefront is home to Family Matters, a family clothing store established and successfully owned by community members for over 18 years, spawning entrepreneurism and ownership transfer to the next generation.

Many downtown buildings have been restor...