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Ronnie Hess

Hometown Building

Centers

Back in March of 1990 when I first started our
business, I only had one other employee. I came
from another family lumberyard, then ran
Hometown Building Centers for 30 years
and grew it into five locations with about
80 employees. Several brokers and
“Our employees and customers appreciate
other interested people asked me to sell
during those 30 years, but no one ever
interested me until I met Chris. all the work that Nation’s Best has put
into our stores, including remodeling all
Because of his knowledge and his different
approach, I had confidence in him. five of them. This transition to Do it Best
Chris and Nation’s Best have plenty of has been really smooth.”
industry experience buying and growing
businesses, and that was important to me.
I didn’t want to sell to someone with only
money and no knowledge of how to run
this type of business.

Our employees and customers appreciate all the
work that Nation’s Best has put into our stores,
including remodeling all five of them. This transition
to Do it Best has been really smooth. I’m thankful for
Chris and Nation’s Best and the fact that I can still
have my job and run the day-to-day operations.
Nation’s Best is a very aggressive young company
that’ll be here a long time and will really grow.

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