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14 Annual Cool Car Ride
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he LBMAO hosted the 14th annual cool manufacturing plant in Palmerston. Our group recent banner change and added a beautiful
Tcar ride day at the end of September. was treated to a tour of the manufacturing new drive through warehouse complete with
It was a great day to celebrate the open floor as well as a lovely lunch. The group at Auto-Stak racking. Murray proudly explained
road, cool cars, motorcycles, great weather, Trusscore was able to show us their current that this store has recently paved a huge area
and interesting stops. We started the day product as well as some of the new items they of their yard and parking lot as well as the
in Mennonite country. Again the weather are working on for the future. addition of the new shed. This store is known
cooperated for our event, and we had warm We continued through the scenic for some sharp merchandising and displays.
weather and clear skies. We had an excellent countryside to Hodgins Building Centre They have also won the award for the nicest
mixture of dealers and suppliers on this in Wingham. Brothers Brock and Jordan retail store washrooms in Huron county.
outing as we travelled the back country roads welcomed the group to their third-generation After getting a chance to explore the
of Wellington, Huron, and Bruce counties. lumber yard. Their Wingham store has lumber yards of these dealers we headed
We had a chance to visit a number of recently changed banners to Castle and has back to Waterloo for a great dinner and a
beautiful lumber and building material just finished an extensive renovation. This chance to network. The social events we
dealers from a variety of banners. Our first store has also recently added to their yard hold through the LBMAO allow suppliers and
stop was the Eloria Rona where we were with the addition of the connecting property dealers to learn what others are doing in the
welcomed by Charles Westrik. He gave us a giving them close to 16 acres of land and industry and see what they can improve on.
great tour of his store and yard. Special thanks buildings. Mark your calendar and keep June 13th
go to Charles’s wife for the delicious baked Our last stop was along the shores of Lake free as that is the day we have planned for
goods. Huron at the beautiful store of Murray Leis our 15th annual Cool Car Ride Day. You won’t
Our next stop was at Trusscore’s in Goderich. His BMR store has also had a want to miss it!

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