Mark Runkle and Greg Dahl joined forces to design and develop the best community possible at Mountain View Meadows. 

As the financier and general manager of this tremendous undertaking, entrepreneur Mark Runkle brings over 40 years of business experience to the project.  

A graduate of Veterinarian Science from the Ohio State University, Mark got his start developing a horse riding program with over 150 head of horses serving Girl Scout camps and other groups throughout Ohio to help pay his way through college. 

His next endeavor introduced him to the burgeoning world of computers and his small operation in his back room at his old farmhouse in St. Paris, Ohio grew to a 700 employee business with his own line of computers. 

At the age of 50, Mark made the decision to sell his company and (semi) retire with his wife, Joyce, to the beautiful mountains of Montana. Together they designed and built the Elkhorn View Lodge about 10 miles south of Helena. 

A  1700 acre development with multiple distinct residential communities and over 200 commercial acres--all served with city paved streets and sidewalks-- requires dedication to working one’s way through the complicated subdivision process.  Greg handles these many challenges with consistency and respect.   

Mark and Greg’s vision of a community that provides not just a quality home but a quality of life is reflected in their plans for five miles of paved hiking and biking trails, over 40 acres of land that has been (or will be) donated for future city parks and green spaces, a new elementary school and a community church.

Together Mark and Greg have overseen the task of building the massive infrastructure that underlies the development--which grew to include four miles of sewer mains and five miles of water mains that required boring under I-15 and Highway 12. 

During the five-year phase of infrastructure development, some one and a half million cubic yards of earth were excavated for new city streets and lots. 

Mark and Greg are excited to have reached the community and home building phase of development where they can share their dream with the citizens of Helena and others from outside the area who will come to call Mountain View Meadows their home.

When neighbor, Greg, approached him about working together, the two launched their first successful development “Moonlight Ridge”. 

From there the concept of Mountain View Meadows was born. With his new wife, Rebecca, (married New Year’s 2010), Mark has adopted Montana as his permanent home and brings his two strongest attributes to his work: Integrity and Perseverance.