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Acting on Impact: Mountain West’s 30-Year Commitment to the Utah Shakespeare Festival
Acting on Impact: Mountain West’s 30-Year Commitment to the Utah Shakespeare Festival Published on: August 15, 2025 For more than three decades, Mountain West Small Business Finance (MWSBF) has proudly supported the Utah Shakespeare Festival (USF)—a Tony...
Matt Morris’ Own Private Idaho: An Interview with Matt Morris
Matt Morris' Own Private Idaho: An Interview with Matt Morris Published on: July 22, 2025 Whether the phrase has you singing along with the B-52’s, or gets you nostalgic for a young Keanu Reeves, we caught up with MWSBF...
Living and Lending in Historic Ogden: An Interview with Curtis Singleton
Living and Lending in Historic Ogden: An Interview with Curtis Singleton Published on: June 24, 2025 We recently had the opportunity to interview Curtis Singleton, Vice President and Loan Officer at MWSBF. Curtis is a lover of golf, good food, kayaking, and...
Small Business Feature: Midway Bakery
Midway Bakery: Honoring Debbie Small’s Legacy Through Family, Community & Cinnamon Rolls Published on: May 30, 2025 If you find yourself traveling along Main Street in Midway, Utah—an idyllic mountain town known for its Swiss heritage and vibrant community...
It’s Kimberly’s Colorado – We’re Just Lending In It!
It's Kimberly's Colorado - We're Just Lending In It! Published on: May 21, 2025 Earlier this month, the Colorado SBA district office honored Mountain West Small Business Finance as the “2025 Colorado Community Lender of the Year.” This award recognizes a lender...
May is Mental Health Awareness Month: #DoItForDucky
May is Mental Health Awareness Month: #DoItForDucky Trigger Warning: Mental Health, Loss, Suicide Each May, we shine a light on an often-unseen struggle—mental health. This month offers a crucial opportunity to reflect, listen, and break the silence...
Small Business Feature: Aztec Empire Barbershop
Building an Empire: How Aztec Empire Barbershop is using its growth to inspire positive change within the community It's a special Sunday at Aztec Empire Barbershop. Angel Arriola, the owner and founder, has opened his doors for a unique client day. This event...
Princess Bombyck: A HERstorical Revolution in the Making
Princess Bombyck’s story embodies the essence of the American Dream. A migrant from war-torn Liberia, she has dedicated years to the public health sector and recently won a $15,000 grant at the Mountain West Foundation’s pitch competition for her activewear brand,...
Take it from a Local: Your Ultimate Guide to St. George
Mountain West Small Business Finance has always prioritized building strong personal connections with our lending partners. That’s why we have consistently placed a dedicated Loan Officer in St. George to support the entrepreneurial spirit and foster growth in our...
Small Business Feature: Scrambled! Breakfast + Lunch
Scones, Skillets, and Success: The Scrambled Story Located on Washington Boulevard in Ogden, Utah, Scrambled’s new location is clean, fresh, bathed in light, and orderly. The food, much like the overall vibe, shares many similarities. The red brick exterior and...
MWSBF Welcomes Two New Loan Specialists to the Team
Mountain West is pleased to announce the addition of two new Loan Specialists to the team. Rory Holley joins the Denver, CO office and Ashli Lundwall joins the St. George, UT office. Rory is an accomplished residential lending professional with 25 years...
30 Years of Partnering with Labor of Love
The bottom of Alyssa DeHart’s work email includes her title – Director of Development & Communication for TURN Community Services, and a quote from Helen Keller: “Alone we can do so little; together we can do so much.” TURN is Utah’s largest nonprofit provider of...