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ost of our members’ businesses are their history and family influence. Sarah eventually became the first female manager
Mindependently owned and family is the daughter of Lynn and Beverley Edey. for Beaver Lumber. (She was also the first
operated; and many are multi-generational Most of you will recognize the Edey family: female director of the LBMAO).
with the owner’s children growing up and Lynn, now retired from Alexandia Moulding Lynn travelled extensively with
working in the business. This is probably as their Director of Sales of Canada Alexandria Moulding and Bev started
why the home improvement/hardware working for Beaver Lumber in Owen Sound.
sector has had such resiliency and longevity. With the acquisition of Beaver Lumber by
Hard work, family values and ethics go "It has been a very difficult Home hardware, she was hired by Thornbury
a long way to earn the respect of the period and, as with most of our Home Hardware Building Centre as store
communities they serve. manager in 2001. Although Lynn was on
To demonstrate the type of people members, sales are strong at a the road a lot, they did manage to have two
who contribute to this sector, we are going daughters, Sarah and Samantha, who grew
to profile Creemore Home Hardware and cost of emotional stress due to up in the Meaford area and were influenced
the new owners of this iconic business. extremely busy days." by their parents’ love of retail and the
Patrick and Sarah Charlebois purchased hardware and building supply business.
the business in August of 2019, just a few Once finished their education, both
months before the pandemic hit in March of (Alexandria making Lynn their permanent girls progressed into successful retail
2020. Ambassador for the company out of respect careers. Samantha started in the fashion
To better understand how they were for his long and loyal service to the company jewellery sector but unfortunately, when
influenced by the work ethics commonly and their customers); and Bev, who first the pandemic hit, the company closed. She
found in this sector, you need to investigate worked for Beaver Lumber in the GTA and now has a successful career working for

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