It's rare for any business to make it 20 years these days, let alone fifty. Ballard's Plumbing and Heating in Petoskey has made it to 60 years, which is pretty celebration-worthy.
Excerpt: At age 94, Don Ballard still feels a sense of pride when he passes through the intersection of Division and Mitchell Roads, and sees the brightly-colored sign for the plumbing and heating business he founded 60 years ago this year.
Ballard’s Plumbing and Heating has been a Petoskey mainstay since April 1952, when it began operating out of a house on Emmet Street.
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Source: Petoskey News-Review
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