Franchise. There are benefits to a corporate owned chain and a franchised chain. restaurant image by Dmitry Nikolaev from Fotolia.com. As a business grows there are many strategic decisions that must be addressed.
Town of Basalt The Town of Basalt is a Statutory Town in Eagle and Pitkin counties in the U.S. state of Colorado. The town population was 3,857 at the 2010 United States Census
Basalt erupts at temperatures up to 1,250 degrees Celsius and forms the pumice stones often found in Washington, Oregon and Idaho. Basalt is the most abundant rock on earth, making up the majority of the bottom of the sea.