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Thompson Remodeling is in business to provide valuable remodeling services in a professional manner to discerning clients. Our goal is to make it easy for our clients and employees to work with us, operate at a profit to ensure our future as a company, and to provide a reasonable return for the shareholders.

HISTORY
The company began in 1969 when founder and now President, Patrick T. Thompson, began remodeling basements in Toledo, Ohio. Clients quickly recognized the mechanical ability and innate talent of this young (age 14) "whippersnapper" and took advantage of his services. Basement ceilings and paneling quickly led to roofing and siding, garages and eventually every aspect of home repair and remodeling.

The first clients paid with food (he ate a lot!), then books, tools and eventually a $2.00 per hour wage (since Pat's father was an IRS agent, he made sure that he paid his taxes). His father even helped with a loan for his first vehicle, a 1969 Ford Econoline, which Pat promptly paid off six months later.

With the entrepreneurial spirit burning within, he turned to new home building during his college years in northern Pennsylvania with a crew of five and paid his own way through those expensive years of training.

In 1975, Pat was "smitten with love". Sandra J. Parker, a missionary kid born and raised in the jungles of Brazil, won his heart. They became partners in marriage and business in the bicentennial year, 1976. Sandie's intuition and abundance of exciting ideas are responsible in a large part for the continued success and present status of the company.

When Drew was born in 1977, the company was incorporated under the name Patrick Thompson and Son, Inc. The couple moved their business to Grand Rapids, Michigan in 1980. About that time Ben came along and pluralized the name of the family business.

In 1995, with the hope of more clearly defining the company, a new name was proposed. Thompson Remodeling was chosen because it tells who we are and what we do in the name. The fall of 1995 brought about an opportunity that we had diligently pursued for many years - the purchase of a "house" that could be used for our corporate offices. The zoning had to allow for our use, and the location had to be convenient for our clients and employees. We really wanted visibility and a pleasing environment in which to showcase remodeling options for any prospective clients. Our dream has been attained. We moved in on January 2, 1996.

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