No matter what Cassie Wick is doing, it seems like her intentions are to better the community.

She does that as a business owner. Her and her husband Jon own 5518 Designs and Dig City Supply in Uptown Butte.

They are almost always the first business owners to step up when there is a community need.

She does that as a citizen, and she does that at her job. For the past 14 years, Cassie has worked as an independent living specialist at Ability Montana.

At Ability Montana, which recently moved into a renovated building at 820 W. Platinum Street in Butte, Cassie works to advocate and assist individuals with disabilities living in Southwest Montana. She works to make sure people with disabilities can continue to live in the community as they choose.

Of course, that is just one facet of what she does. She is currently working to try to change building codes in Butte-Silver Bow so that businesses can more easily make their buildings assessable. 

You name it, and Cassie pretty much does it. She also taught English for a year in South Korea. 

Listen in to this podcast to hear how she is working to make Butte more assessable. Listen in to hear some of the barriers facing our neighbors with disabilities.nListen in to see that you can help by doing something as simple as shoveling your own sidewalk.

Listen in to hear that she was a pretty good basketball and volleyball player while growing up in Whitehall.

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