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THINK LOCAL FIRST + BUY LOCAL WHEN YOU CAN =

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It’s a national movement that began several years ago to encourage consumers to choose local businesses and services.

The message is clear. A community’s economy thrives when local business owners and entrepreneurs are successful and profitable. That, in turn, provides jobs and a tax base for providing services.

It also enhances the standard of living and level of convenience for residents, who can shop for everything from fresh farm produce to a wide range of products made locally or sold at hometown, independent businesses. Residents also can hire service providers like plumbers and contractors and build good, strong relationships that benefit businesses and communities.

Here are five great reasons to buy local, be local and think local first!

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CREATE MORE GOOD JOBS Small local businesses are the largest employer nationally and in our community, provide the most jobs to residents.

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MORE PRODUCTS, AFFORDABLE PRICES

Local shops sell a wide range of great products at affordable prices.

Many people fall out of the habit of shopping locally and are then surprised by the range of products and gifts available.

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Local businesses often hire people with a better understanding of the products they are selling and take more time to get to know customers. Local shops and businesses value their customers.

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SHOPPING LOCAL SAVES YOU MONEY

Marketers have done a good job of convincing us that local business equals expensive. If you add travel costs, or costs to ship items and your valuable time, the overall cost may be higher to go out of town or purchase online.

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SHOPPING LOCAL RETAINS OUR COMMUNITIES

People don’t like losing shops and services in small towns but don’t equate this to how they spend their money. Most people can get to their local shops easily and this is especially important for the elderly and young generations and those without transportation.

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Constructing a dream Service, satisfaction brings customers to City Builders ALLISON MAZZARELLA

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‌CEDAR FALLS — For nearly 30 years, City Builders have been making dream homes come true in the Cedar Valley.

“It’s satisfying I think to see a need or a want … and give (customers) the product or the dream that they’ve been after,” said coowner, Denny Wildebeor.

While the home improvement business serves mainly residences offering everything from siding, sunrooms and roofing to bath remodels and gutters, the company also does some comCOURTESY PHOTO‌S mercial work.

A popular service is window City Builders is known for building sunrooms and four-seasons replacements, and Wildeboer porches.

said they predominately provide exterior work on homes, though some interior remodeling is offered.

“I think we owe the Cedar Valley a lot for trusting us,” Wildeboer said.

Building on years of experience in the construction business, Wildeboer and Dwight Wielenga decided to start City Builders in 1987. Their business ran for two years on Lincoln Street in Cedar Falls before relocating to Center Street. “(It’s) been a great partnership, and we’ve had a great business for a long time,” Wildeboer said.

Since the transition, City Builders has expanded, build-

ing a showroom and purchasing property for warehouse storage.

But the 2008 flood put a plug in their progress when two feet of water flooded the building. The damage demanded a remodel of the showroom.

“It really put us kind of in a bind for quite a few months,” Wildeboer said, “(but) we got a good housecleaning.”

In the early stages of their business, the company built its client base through referral.

“We did a great job for one customer (and) we just built our business from there,” Wildeboer said. “It was a lot of word of mouth back then.”

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vertising has brought people into the shop, but new mediums like the Internet, texting and Facebook have been changing the business.

“The digital world has really changed a lot of ways in how we do things,” Wildeboer said.

Working face to face with customers has become somewhat of an anomaly as the business now receives emails or even text messages with service requests.

“I try to stay connected on what’s working and how things have changed, so I embrace it,” Wildeboer said. “You have to.”

For interested customers, City Builders offers in-home demonstrations in addition to their showroom, where prospective clients can view displays and gather quotes and measurements.

However, Wildeboer said inhome visits are usually the route customers take, “especially if it’s replacement products, when we really have to see what we’re dealing with.”

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Co-owner Denny Wildebeor stands in the City Builders store in Cedar Falls.

When working on a home, project materials must be ordered, delivered to the job site and installed. The company then follows up to confirm everything was installed and functions as promised.

With the many moving parts of working with customers, employees and the installation team, the most challenging part to the business is “wearing the many hats I have to,” Wildeboer said.

In the event of an unhappy customer, City Builders contacts the customer concerning the complaint. A representative visits the customer to take a survey and pictures of the home to gather “strong, personal feedback.”

It all comes down to customer service and ensuring customers remain satisfied with their home.

“If there is a problem we’ll follow up with them and try to make it right,” Wildeboer said.

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JANESVILLE —- Phil and ‌ Meaghin Vossberg initially purchased eight cows to start a cattle business on their Janesville farm. They named their venture Roaming Ribeyes.

The name came from Meaghin’s mother, but it was all too true of the cattle that started the Vossberg’s business in 2015.

The couple didn’t have fences to hold the cattle in the pen.

“We sold those few and realized how easy and simple it was, and we just went from there,” Meaghin said.

Today, nearly 70 cattle roam the pen.

A dusty gravel road, surrounded by sprawling corn fields, leads to the farm west of town. The cows crowded around the grain Meaghin dumped into

Lilly Vossberg, 8, sits in the feed trough as cows eat at Roaming Ribeyes in Janesville. the feeding trough.

The farm, which belongs to Phil’s parents, is gradually transitioning to his family, but it has been a slow process.

“Asking an old farmer to

step down is one of the hardest things you’ll ever do,” Meaghin said.

While the couple expects to own the farm within several years, Phil anticipates his fa-

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Meagan and Phil Vossberg sit with their children Lilly, 8, and Logan, 5, along with their cows while on their cattle farm, Roaming Ribeyes.

“I just love that each cow has its own personality.”

Phil Vossberg ther’s continued involvement around the farm.

Running around barefoot, their son, Logan, attempted to pour grain into a bucket to feed the cattle; their daughter, Lilly, hopped into the pen, Popsicle in hand, to pet the cows. Meaghin said the two children can usually be found outside with the cattle.

“They constantly try to carry buckets,” Meaghin said, “but they’re heavier than they are.”

The Vossbergs purchase their cattle from both private individuals and sale barns.

The cows, depending on the weight they need to reach, are either bottle or grain fed. The Vossbergs also make it a practice to avoid hormones, steroids and unnecessary antibiotics.

“You’re basically giving them a drug to force their body mass to grow rapidly,” Phil said, “and it does alter the quality of the meat.”

The family feeds the cattle grain for consumer’s health benefit, but Phil said grain-fed cattle produce tender meat with a better flavor.

“We just decided to do what we would want to eat,” Phil said.

Currently, the family commutes from their house in town

to the farm. A shed stocked with freezers sits behind their house and serves as a shop for selling ground beef and smoking items like briskets and steaks.

The Vossberg’s sell cuts from all parts of the cow, including the heart, liver and tongue.

The meat sold at their store is state inspected by Winthrop Locker, but for quarter and half cuts, the family goes through Chandler’s Janesville Locker.

Meaghin spends the day at the farm and Phil joins her in the afternoon following his shift at Unverferth Manufacturing Co., in Shell Rock.

The livestock business has been a learning process for the couple, in everything from raising the cows to handling customers and advertising.

“Each year, each day we learn something new,” Meaghin said.

Learning the trends of cattle farming was a component to the Vossberg’s first year of business. With the expectation of sales rising around tax season, the couple was surprised when orders spiked around Christmas, due to freezers being stocked or gift cards and meat packages being gifted for the holidays.

“We thought it’d be a little busy then, but when that month rolled around for the first time — we just got slammed,” Phil said. “We had more orders than we had cattle.”

After raising the cows over a year, the Vossbergs faced the

difficult task of taking them to the locker.

“I just love that each cow has its own personality,” Phil said. “(But) it makes it that much harder to take them to the locker.”

Even with the assistance of

their children and the provided space on the farm, Phil and Meaghin remain the sole employees.

“I think it’s more of a family thing,” Meaghin said, “but eventually I could see it growing a little more.”

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Local salon pampers clients for nearly 50 years ALLISON MAZZARELLA

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‌CEDAR FALLS — Forty-nine years ago, KJ & Kompany salon sharpened their shears for business in Waterloo. Now, the company continues to serve the Cedar Valley from their Cedar Falls location. “(Customers) know they can walk in any time and get a great haircut or a great highlight,” said salon owner, Angie Lashbrook.

In 1970, Keith Blum opened the salon at Crossroads Mall in Waterloo as one of the first businesses to the mall.

Lashbrook started as a stylist for the company in 1997 and became co-owner in 2007.

Throughout those years, Lashbrook gained experience in the trade as well as management of the business.

Last June, Lashbrook became sole owner, at which point the planning for the salon’s relocation began. In March of this year, the salon picked up roots and moved to Cedar Falls.

“I thought the best thing for the company and all the employees was to have a fresh start somewhere else,” Lashbrook said.

The company celebrated its grand opening May 10 at their location on Viking Road.

Growing up, Lashbrook enjoyed styling friend’s hair as well as her own, but “never thought that would be a profession I’d be interested in.”

Today, Lashbrook employs 22 people and five independent contractors at the salon.

The contractors rent chairs in an area partitioned by glass walls.

Lashbrook provides the space, but they work on their own time.

“They’re still very much a part of us,” Lashbrook said.

Housing independent contractors in a parallel work space is not

KELLY WENZEL PHOTOS, COURIER STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER‌

Angie Lashbrook, owner of KJ & Kompany, stands in the Color Bar near the the Barber area.

Colorist Becca Ozegovic curls Andjelka Witt during her appointment at KJ & Kompany. typical for most salons, Lashbrook said, and the building has two entrances to accommodate clients.

“That allows us, when we close at 8 p.m. at night, we can lock our side of this glass door here, and the independent contractors can still continue to work any day or night.”

Lashbrook’s goal is to create a welcoming environment, and the salon offers a variety of beauty treatments.

“We want to be servicing and offering what’s new out there to the beauty world,” Lashbrook said.

Several services provided are haircuts, waxing, manicures and pedicures and a recent addition of eyelash extensions.

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‌WAVERLY — If Neighborhood Home sounds like a friendly business, that’s because the Waverly furniture store owners take measures to put their customers first.

“We realized we had an opportunity to be able to help people save money on things that would really improve their lives,” said owner Matthew Schneider.

He and his wife, Amy, own the retail store. The couple make a point to be honest in a business that is in a position to take advantage of customers, Matthew said.

“We think of the customer.

Nothing else other than that really matters.”

The Schneiders handle business differently and recognize their platform to provide for customers at a reasonable price.

“We charge what we have to charge, not what we can,” Matthew said.

Lower prices can create an “image problem,” he explained, and customers can become skeptical about the furniture’s quality.

Amy takes time to explain to customers that lower prices might mean a shorter product life, for example.

“I think people like knowing you’re not going to try selling it just for the price,” Amy said.

Maintaining low prices is sometimes a collaborative effort.

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Amy and Matthew Scheider at Neighborhood Home in Waverly. ter hours. Customers also help with the loading process, sometimes hauling a piece themselves if they have a truck.

The owners do charge a delivery fee, but that cost factors into paying less for the piece itself.

The Schneiders previously owned Neighborhood Closet, a consignment store that morphed into their current furniture store.

The couple had some experience selling mattresses and used

furniture at the secondhand store. However, road construction at their storefront hindered business and selling donated furniture wasn’t working. When those two factors added up, they decided to make a change.

“We started to supplement with new (furniture) and that’s kind of when that took off,” Matthew said. “Then we changed the brand name.”

After a period of testing and importing furniture from var-

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In 2011, the consignment store moved to its current Neighborhood Home location in Waverly.

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“I don’t even think the customers or us even knew we were doing it, it was so gradual,” Matthew noted.

He also pointed to the decreased environmental impact by not importing products from overseas, and the tax base benefits for shopping local.

“Jeff Bezos (CEO and president of Amazon) isn’t going to do some of the local fundrais-

ing, nor (is he) going to contribute as much tax-wise to the local schools,” Matthew said.

Another cost reducing decision eliminated a warehouse, and employees work hard to manage every facet of the store.

The Schneiders cost-efficient methods trickle down to the customer’s wallet. Dollars saved through their criteria means dollars saved for cus-

tomers.

“Customers kind of like low prices, we found out,” Matthew said, laughing.

The couple also owns four other stores in Iowa, which they or other managers try to visit once a week. The furniture stores employs 54 individuals company-wide with about 15 at the their main location in Waverly.

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Most entrepreneurial generation in small business, according to the Kauffman index : 20-34 (mainly millennials): 15.79 percent 35-44 (mainly Gen X): 24.93 percent 45-54 (half Gen X, half baby boomers): 30.81 percent 55-64 (baby boomers): 28.4 percent

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make it difficult when it comes to scheduling employees.

“We start our day with a certain amount of booked appointments,” Lashbrook said, “And by the end of the day, we usually double that amount of appointments from people either calling in or walking in.”

While weekdays can be busy, Lasbhrook said on certain Saturdays, anywhere from two to four wedding parties bustle around the shop. The salon provides wedding and prom packages for hair, manicures, pedicures and makeup. The parties sometimes bring breakfast and mimosas.

“It’s a really fun way to start our Saturday morning,” Lashbrook said. “It’s so positive and so much energy.”

Shopping local is essential to the success of small businesses.

“Otherwise you’re going to be outsourcing, traveling everywhere to purchase anything, and that does not make your community thrive and grow,” Lashbrook explained.

When the building was under construction, Lashbrook hired local companies from electricians to plumbers. “Everything was right here in Waterloo-Cedar Falls.”

However, the company orders hair products from Aveda in Minnesota and Bumble and bumble is shipped from New York, since those products have no local suppliers.

Offering the products for purchase allows clients to re-create the style they receive in the salon chair, something Lashbrook said is important for business.

“They are your walking advertisement and you want them to look just as good when they left the salon as when they do it themselves at home.”

In the back corner, a barber area was built along with the rest of the salon, but currently remains empty. Lashbrook hopes to hire licensed straight-razor barbers in the future.

“It’s super trendy with the younger guys.”

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Headquarters for your Bicycling & Crosscountry Skiing Needs 4302 University Ave, Cedar Falls, IA 50613 319-277-0734 • europacycle.com

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K & S Wheel Alignment Service

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oFFICE CoNCEPTS LTD

VJ Engineering

915 Technology Parkway

(319) 234-1221

319-266-5829

Cedar Falls, IA 50613

319 Broadway St.

(319) 277-2003

Waterloo

1501 Technology Pkwy.

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Dennis C Christensen & Sons Concrete Construction

Wilber Auto Body & Salvage

MUDD ADVERTISING

Complete line of traffic control devices for sale or rental.

3533 W. Airline Hwy. 235-9356

At Palace Clothiers,

Fred Rewoldt and Martha Bockholt Rewoldt started the bank in Feb., 1926 FDIC. No Service Charge www.frederikabank.com Frederika, IA 319-275-4301

9716 University Ave.

Iowa Securities Investment Corp.

615 Main St., C.F. 266-3525 Noble-Brown-Jung-Kunz-Nelson-Richardson

38 YEARS

Service Signing LC

Spahn & Rose

Serving lowans with Commercial real estate Loans/investments Since 1906.

3346 Kimball Ave., W’loo 236-3334 iowasecurities.com

38 YEARS ®

Palace Clothiers

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20 YEARS

Professional Carpet and Upholstery Cleaning, Inc. The Solution to Your Cleaning Needs 319-266-6947 www.procleaninginc.com

KJ & Kompany

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35 YEARS

Den Herder Vet Hospital

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Enriching lives 4 paws at a time.

4041 Hurst Dr., Waterloo 319-232-5292 www.denherdervet.com

Business & Personal Printing, Embroidery 2515 Falls Ave., Waterloo (319) 235-6085 www.karensprintrite.com

8 YEARS

Dolly’s Transport Call now to get a ride!

821 Lincoln St., Cedar Falls 319-242-2011 dollystaxi.com

Warren Transport, Inc.

233-6113

Harris Cleaning Service 319-235-6647 Waterloo

47 YEARS

Action Garage Builders “If You Need a Garage You Want ACTION!!”

Free Estimate 232-1477 or 1-877-488-1477

26 YEARS Waterfalls Car Wash

224 Tower Park Drive, Waterloo, IA 50701 319-236-6802

CEDAR VALLEY STRONG YEARS IN BUSINESS