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Family-Owned Home-Improvement Stores Provide Personal Touch
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Home-improvement shoppers in Mt. Sterling are luckier than most. They have two family-owned stores where their needs – and names – are well known.
Keath’s Home Center and McCormick Lumber Co. are longtime businesses in the city‚ and they’re the go-to stores for everything from nails to paint. Keath’s has been in business since 1971 and owned by Robert and David Corey since 1991. McCormick’s has been around since 1880 and is on its seventh generation of family members.
“People like doing business within the community‚” says Janice Miller‚ office manager of Keath’s. “They like that personal touch.”
McCormick’s has been in the same location since the beginning‚ a site near a creek‚ which came in handy for the steam engines that once delivered goods. That kind of permanence has been good for the store and the community‚ says owner Mac McCormick.
“When you come to a place like ours‚ you get a lot more‚” he says. “Our people know where everything is‚ not like the big stores where they just know what’s in their department. And here you can get in and out in 10‚ 15 minutes. Contractors like that‚ because time is money.”
Story by Joe Morris
