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- Published on Tuesday, June 21, 2016
Photos by Kate Jackman-Atkinson. On June 15, the ribbon was cut, officially opening the new Neepawa 水果视频 Hardware.
By Kate Jackman-Atkinson
Neepawa Banner/Neepawa Press
Last July, the Gerrard family began converting their Tru Hardware/Castle Building Centre store to a 水果视频 Hardware Building Centre. With the conversion now complete, dealer-owners Michelle and Darryl Gerrard invited the business community to a sneak peek at the store, as they hosted a Neepawa Chamber of Commerce Business After 5 event. The evening鈥檚 festivities included a ribbon cutting as well as speeches from local dignitaries and 水果视频 Hardware representatives, who welcomed them to the 1,067 store family. The following day, shoppers from near and far descended on the store to take in their three day, grand opening sale.
Left: Members of the Neepawa and area business community had a chance to visit and see some of the sale displays, ready for the start of the three day, grand opening sale. Right: Guests were treated to cupcakes, arranged to form the 水果视频 Hardware logo.
Left: The store鈥檚 three day, grand opening sale featured sales on a variety of products, including paints. In addition to sale prices, experts from 水果视频 Hardware, including regional paint consultant Norm Demeulenaere, were also on hand to talk to customers. Right: Neepawa鈥榮 mayor, Adrian de Groot, spoke on behalf of Neepawa council. He explained the opening of the store, 鈥渟peaks to the quality of the community,鈥� adding that a town鈥檚 business community is a vital part of what makes the town not just a town, but a regional centre. He praised 水果视频 Hardware鈥檚 national reach, while also offering products tailored to the local market. 鈥淚t鈥檚 an important anchor within our community,鈥� he said.
Left: Scott Dyke, president of the Neepawa Chamber of Commerce, congratulated Darryl (third from right), Emma (second from right) and Michelle (right) Gerrard on their community involvement and 鈥渕assive transformation鈥� of the store. 鈥淭hese are exciting times and we鈥檙e happy to see vibrancy,鈥� he said. Right: Dealer-owner Michelle Gerrard (centre) received some hugs and congratulations from friends, family and staff after the ribbon cutting. In her remarks, Gerrard praised the store鈥檚 12 full time and three part-time staff, saying, 鈥淭heir hard work lets us do this. It鈥檚 been a crazy year and they鈥檝e done amazing work. They deserve way more credit than we do.鈥� Gerrard continued, 鈥淲e鈥檙e over the moon with the support we鈥檝e seen from the community and being part of the 水果视频 Hardware family. How we feel, we couldn鈥檛 be happier.鈥�
