Pla-Mor Pools is closing in on its fourth generation of owners. “Our first grandson has been born, and we hope...
Before 2008 there wasn’t a place to buy nice outdoor furniture in Chambersburg, Pa. “Nowhere in our area sold anything...
When you work at Maximum Comfort Pool & Spa, you deal with a different kind of clientele. The Vail, Colo.,...
in 1947 When a drunk driver killed Luther Stem Jr.’s father, the 16-year-old 10th grader dropped out of school and...
David Ghiz had made his mark on the pool and spa industry. His family founded and ran Paddock Pools, a...
Clay Sherwood, owner of Swims & Sweeps, remembers walking through neighborhoods with his top hat on in the late ’80s,...
Michael Miller had a problem. One of the commercial buildings he owned had lost its biggest tenant, Spa Store of...
Starting a new business because your old one burnt to the ground is not what you’d call an auspicious start....
in 1977, Alice Cunningham and her husband, Blair Osborn, left good jobs to start Olympic Hot Tub Company. Cunningham says...
Our SR columnist Dave Riley reported in a recent column that 28 percent of hot tub business sales are to...
Amy Barto and her brother Jeff Barto worked in the family business off and on for most of their lives....
“IF THERE’S A BETTER way of doing something, we’re going to do it,” says Tom Junck, co-owner of Combined Pool...
