For Valley Businesses
List your business
If you run a business in the Mission Valley, you belong in the directory. Restaurant, hardware store, dentist, plumber, gallery, lodge, accountant, ranch supply, brewery, daycare, dog groomer, anything.
Who can be listed
Three conditions, and most businesses clear all three.
Location
In the Mission Valley
Operates inside the Mission Valley: Polson, Pablo, Ronan, St. Ignatius, Charlo, Arlee, Big Arm / Dayton, Ravalli, Dixon.
Service
Serves the valley
Paying customers, clients, patients, students, members, congregants, donors, or other local businesses. Commercial businesses, non-profits, churches, schools, professional offices, tribal enterprises. All eligible.
Presence
Stable operation
A storefront, a regular schedule, an established service area, or a real address in the valley, physical or online.
We don't list spam fronts, multi-level marketing recruiters, or businesses without verifiable presence in the valley. Everyone else is welcome.
What we'll need
Send what you have. Missing pieces aren't a blocker. We can publish and add the rest later.
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Business name As you want it shown publicly.
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Category Eat & drink, stay, do & see, shop, or services.
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Town Which place in the valley you primarily operate from.
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Address If you have a physical location. Optional for service-area businesses.
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Hours Days and times you're open, plus seasonal notes if applicable.
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Phone, email, website Whatever you want public. Skip anything you don't.
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Social media Facebook, Instagram, or other links.
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Short description Two to four sentences on what you do, in your own voice.
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Photos Three to ten high-quality images. We'll use the best as your hero shot.
If you don't have photos or hours, that's fine. We can list you without them and add them later. Many businesses on the directory launched with "call ahead" while we built out the rest.
How to submit
Fill in what you have – only the starred fields are required. Prefer email? listings@exploremissionvalley.com works too.
Tell us about your place
Fill in what you have – only the starred fields are required. Everything else we can add later, together.
Already in the directory? Claim your listing instead – you'll manage it directly.
Listings typically go live within a week.
Editing your listing
If something changes (hours, phone, photos, summer closures), the fastest route is claiming your listing – you'll edit it directly, and your changes are protected from our automated updates. Or email us and we'll do it for you. We don't charge for edits, ever.
We re-check listings through the year. If your contact info goes stale, we'll reach out before assuming the listing is dead.