The Flathead Valley, at least in terms of its workforce, has radically changed over the past five years. While there are still those who long for the days when manufacturing and construction dominated the landscape, many of those jobs are gone – perhaps for good.
That was part of the message delivered last week by analysts at the annual Economic Future of the Flathead seminar, where statistics flashed on a large screen backed up what many local business leaders already know: Things may never be the same.
