LeGrande Electric Opens Shop in Townsend
 | Author:
Nancy Marks, Reporter
Nancy Marks: MT43 News Secretary and News Editor |
LeGrande Electric Opens Shop in Townsend
Nancy Marks
Reporter
Mitch Hunsaker finally found his way back home. In an interview, Hunsaker, a native of Townsend, related how he went to work for an electrical company in Colorado as an apprentice electrician right after he graduated from Broadwater High School. He has worked as an electrician since then.
Hunsaker moved back to Montana in 2003. He received his journeyman’s license under a four-year Montana state program while he was working for Sundance Electric in Bozeman. Because of the huge buildup of housing in the Gallatin County area, he pretty much got burned out. His wife Megan, a psychologist who has an online practice, agreed.
The work was mostly for high-end custom homes and homes built on speculation, all new construction. “The work was grueling,” he said, “Sometimes we worked 80 to 100 hours a week – even holidays.”
By 2015 Hunsaker decided he wanted to open his own business, so he set up LeGrande Electric Company while he was still in Bozeman. He and Megan decided it was time to move home in 2022 to be closer to family and “out of the Bozeman rat race”. While he still does some work in the Gallatin County area, he is trying to build up a clientele in Townsend and Broadwater County. He is interested in helping people with new residential construction, home remodels, small business improvements and service calls.
Hunsaker can reached at his email: legrandelectric@ yahoo.com or call (406) 579-6404.
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