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Albany Air Conditioning operates with the same values and objectives that it has since its founding in 1949

A three-generation family business, Albany Air Conditioning operates with the same values and objectives that it has since its founding in 1949.

Owner Clint Newsome talks about his role in the family business and the importance the work has played in his life. “I went to Georgia Tech and graduated in 2002,” he recalls. After graduating, Clint says, “I worked for an HVAC distributor for six years. Dad didn’t want me to come back [to the family business] right after school, and I was of the same mindset.”

After working on the distributor side, Clint decided Albany Air Conditioning was where he truly belonged. He gladly came back to work for the family business where he has been since 2008.

“I was named the president in 2019, and then I became owner in 2022,” Clint says proudly. When Clint bought the company from his father, Ed Newsome, Ed stepped into the role of Vice President in addition to being a Dougherty County Commissioner.

Clint talks about the all-encompassing services they offer their customers. “We do residential and commercial service work. We do residential new construction and residential installation. We do all forms of commercial air conditioning and mechanical work and we have a commercial plumbing department as well.”

Being licensed in Georgia, Florida, and Alabama allows them to commercially service anywhere in these three states. Residentially, they primarily service Southwest Georgia but are not confined to that area.

Albany Air Conditioning boasts one of the largest service departments in Southwest Georgia which often allows for same-day servicing. However, their energy savings agreement ensures even faster response times for current customers.

“If the customer on the residential side has one of our energy savings agreements, they are considered a priority customer so they will automatically be put to the front of the line over somebody that does not have that agreement,” Clint explains. Additionally, those who have the agreement receive a discount on parts and labor in future repairs.

Part of their commitment to offering the best service to their customers includes remaining up to date on the evolving technology and improvements within the industry. To ensure this, they host regular training courses in their conference space for employees to learn new systems and changes within the industry.

“We don’t have as much turnover as one would expect in our industry,” Clint says proudly. “Sixty-five percent of our employees have been with us for four years or more.” This allows the management team the opportunity to develop and maintain good working relationships with every employee.

“As a third-generation family business, we always strive to treat everybody that walks through the door with respect. Whether it be a customer, potential customer or employee, we treat them as we would [our own] family.”

Clint says his dad and grandad ran the company with this same mindset, and he has learned the value of treating others in this way. “We’re all in this together,” he says definitively.

This tried and true business model enables their family to continue helping yours.