JUNE 2020
COVER – Oregon Dealer Remains True To Saw Shop Roots –
MCMINNVILLE, Oregon – Riding a wave of community growth and customer demand to significantly increase revenues in the 20+ years since he bought the dealership, Northwest Logging Supply owner Alex Botten has maintained the business’ saw shop roots while expanding into wheeled products and commercial, ag and construction markets in this vibrant and growing community southwest of Portland.
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Oregon Dealer Remains True To Saw Shop Roots
MCMINNVILLE, Oregon – Riding a wave of community growth and customer demand to significantly increase revenues in the 20+ years since he bought the dealership, Northwest Logging Supply owner Alex Botten has maintained the business’ saw shop roots while expanding into wheeled products and commercial, ag and construction markets in this vibrant and growing community southwest of Portland.
Botten has a great lawn and garden success story: He’s a local kid who grew up in the area, a farm kid actually, who had a mechanical aptitude and was always tinkering with things, seeing how they run and fixing them up. He was 14 years old in 1990 when he got a job offer to sign on at the dealership as the classic entry-level gofer, setup, cleanup and do whatever they ask employee.
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