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“Blish-Mize helped us in all the ordering, from lighting displays to electrical. Then all the material came in, and Blish-Mize sent out a crew and set up all our shelving and stocked and labeled items for us.” —Jason Witt, co-owner, Burke Building Center

Putting It Back Together A month after the tornado hit, Jason and Bryan attended the Blish-Mize market to get ideas and get the new Burke Building Center location set up and fully functioning again. With help from their sales representative Scott Leech and regional manager Jason Drury, they were able to get all the questions they had answered and start making important decisions. “I really appreciated that Jason [Drury] let me do what I wanted to do,” Jason says. “He offered ideas and suggestions, but ultimately, it was my decision.” The new Burke Building Center location was under construction from August 2019 until February 2020. They did a full renovation, gutting and insulating the building. “We put effort into the design of the building so we have things where we want them,” Jason says. “When we did this, we also rebranded our logo to go

all our shelving and stocked and labeled items for us. It was great.” Looking to the future, Jason says the family is interested in opening a third location, and they will rely on Blish-Mize again when that time comes. From the aftermath of the tornado to today, he says the support they received from Blish-Mize made the difficult process easier to manage. “For us to set up our store in the time they did it would’ve been impossible,” Jason says. “It was a great team to work with. I was so happy they had their team come out and help us.”

with this new building. We’d wanted to do this for a while, and it was a great time to do it.” While they were still running Burke Building Center throughout the remodel phase, they officially opened in February 2020. “Blish-Mize helped us with all the ordering, from lighting displays to electrical. Scott Leech was great about finding them and letting me know what would fill spots for me,” Jason says. “Then all the material came in, and Blish-Mize sent out a crew and set up

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