GREAT FALLS — A father-and-son team is brewing something special at 5600 Seventh Avenue South: community, not just coffee.

Matt Van Grinsven and his father both hail from a long line of first responders, with his father serving as a paramedic and his grandfather as a law enforcement officer.

Quentin Shores reports - watch the video here: Heroes Rise Coffee now open in Great Falls

After years of working long shifts and drinking awful coffee, they resolved to take action.

"One thing about first responders — we drink crappy coffee at crazy hours of the day," he remarked. "We wanted to bring a good cup of coffee to those heroes that are out there. So we started roasting small; we’ve upgraded several roaster sizes since, and to date, we’ve been open seven years.”

That dedication inspired

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