Business plans expansion with $50K prize [Hamilton JournalNews, Ohio]
By Skip Weaver, Hamilton JournalNews, Ohio | |
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Art's Lawnmower Repair, which has been located at
Art's Lawnmower Repair is one of eight businesses that will receive
"I couldn't believe it when they called," said Sauerwein, adding that he did some research to make sure it wasn't a scam. "We were planning the expansion anyway, but this is going to make it a lot easier. It's going to work out great."
Growing up on a working farm, Sauerwein and his older brother Art learned how to fix things out of necessity.
"We lived on
Whenever there was something they couldn't fix, the brothers took the equipment to
"That was our learning process," Sauerwein said.
Sauerwein entered the insurance business after graduating from college, but last year as his brother began focusing his attention more toward landscaping, he came back to run Art's Lawnmower Repair.
"I was happy doing insurance, but this is the stuff I would do at the end of my day at work," Sauerwein said. "It wasn't a tough decision to leave the insurance business because this is what I really enjoy. This is the stuff I would come home and do at the end of my day from insurance."
Sauerwein works on all makes and models of lawnmowers, weed eaters, chain saws, edgers, tillers, generators and snow blowers, as well as blade sharpening. He also has a supply room of approximately 15,000 parts, despite how much the business has changed over the years.
"Thirty years ago, they all had points and condensers and broke every year," he said. "Mowers are much better and more reliable now, but the problems are still the same."
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