Today Renshaw Music opened a music store. My family was there, many friends from the business community, and many from the area of the store stopped by. All the activity of the opening was compounded by a huge UPS delivery of accessories that came just before lunch. My whole staff were all working unpacking , pricing and stocking things like box after box of reeds, guitar picks, and many other small musical products that had to be priced by size or strength and labeled correctly. My staff did a great job and my sister and mom enjoyed the day too.
One friend that was there commented that my dad would have loved to be there. My dad died almost three years ago at age 95. I think he would have been proud of the family pulling together and opening a large business like this one. That thought added even more to the day.
I was thinking to today about how different this is living and working as a businessman in a relatively small town to life in Chicago. Chicago is a great city but here I feel a part of the business community and not a small entity trying to survive in a very big place.
Punta Gorda is a community taken apart by hurricane Charlie not too many years ago but now there is a vibrancy to the community. The economy is effecting things here adversely like it is in the rest of the country but today so many people were encouraged by my new store and I am happy to have a positive influence on this place.
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