An employee of Gerretsen for a few years, Lugar noted it was exciting to be working in the bigger and brighter new store after having always worked in older settings. Gerretsen-King said, despite all the work to get moved, the other employees seem to agree. In all, Gerretsen employs about 70 people. The company is not abandoning its Odell Avenue site. Gerretsen's trucking division will not move from there, and items stored in a warehouse in Winchester will be moved there for storage.
Future plans call for a discount lumber store there as well.
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