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WEDNESDAY, MARCH 16, 2016
AUSTIN DAILY HERALD
Austin Daily Herald
BUSINESS REVIEW Name of the business: Roger & Sons, LLC
ness with long-term ties to the community. Providing a service backed with family pride in a day of large corporation services located elsewhere.
Please provide a brief history of the company: Roger Bastyr established his original company Roger’s Industries in 1966. Changing the name to Roger & Sons, LLC in 2009 – he added a second generation to the business. His sons Joe, Dan and John joined him in providing quality and commitment t o Au s t i n – benefiting from Roger’s 40 plus years of experience.
What are your goals for the upcoming year? C o n t i nu e t o grow with the community – provide a new outlet for local and visiting contractors to recycle job site materials – concrete and asphalt. Look at surrounding c o m m u n i t i e s, expanding areas in blacktop and seal-coat services.
Tell us a little about your business. What are your specialties? Best known in the community by our signature yellow trucks and equipment. They’re seen installing blacktop for parking lots and driveways, follow-up maintenance to protect the asphalt by seal-coating and even striping areas when needed. Even in winter their equipment is around town providing snow removal for commercial customers.
What are some of the new things your business is doing? What are you most proud to tell customers, and why? Fall of 2015 expanded customer service by offering crushed concrete and/or asphalt in bulk. With approval of long-term crushing permit – allows the business to help contractors with a place to dispose of their concrete salvage and to supply them with a recycled material for other jobs.
How many employees do you have? 8 employees
What sets you apart from other companies and why? A second generation busi-
Any other information that would be helpful to know? 2016 will start the 3rd generation of Bastyr’s to work at Roger & Sons, LLC. Jaiden Bastyr, oldest son of Joe Bastyr, joined the crew officially this year. He has been riding in equipment since he was a toddler – eventually getting old enough to run equipment himself. What is your address? 3701 – 4th Street NW Austin, MN 55912 What is your website? rogerandsonsllc.com
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