Market House has Grand Opening

It may have been raining outside, but it didn't dampen the spirits of the crowd that showed up late Wednesday afternoon for the formal Grand Opening of the renovated and expanded Market House. The new store, which includes several other businesses, including Hudson Pharmacy, Brown's Advanced Medical Supply, Hungry Howie's Pizza, Malibu Tanning, McCarty's Bakery, Do It Best Hardware, Vandevender Law Offices and a County National Bank branch office is the largest retail investment in Hudson history.

Hundreds, if not thousands of people worked to make the opening a reality, Market House owner Brett Boyd commented during the opening ceremony. The project, which was managed by Claude Rowley of Rowley, Inc., was on the drawing board for nearly a decade, and took nearly a year of construction to complete. The list of contractors, subcontractors, and others that had a hand in the construction of the store is  extensive. It includes: Rising Excavating, Inc., Brand Construction, Inc., Duckworth Brothers, Inc.,Schiffer Mason Contractors, Inc., Paradigm Design, Spartan Stores, Rhoades Engineering Corp., Marks Electrical, Ryan and Bradshaw, Griffith Mechanical, Clark Electric, Wilcox Fire Protection, Blonde Painting & Decorating, Briskey Brothers, P. H. Construction Services, Shively - Bouma Inc., Braman Roofing, Mad-dalene's, AAA Fence, Adrian - Tecumseh Fence, Seelig Enterprises, Jackson Glass, Bean Creek Carpet, Blank Telephone, Posthemus Sign Co., The Energy Concern L.L.C., County National Bank, Hillsdale County Building Inspection, City of Hudson, Do It Best Corp., Consumers Energy, Hartley Seamless Eavestrough-ing, Hoover-Wells Floor System, Stevenson Lumber, Inc., and Cross Tech Digital LLC, along with Rowley, Inc. "We wanted to use local contractors wherever we could," Boyd commented. Rowley reported that the construction job is not quite done, and there are a few things still on the "punch list" to complete, but not many.

"We're extremely excited," said Market House owner Brett Boyd. "This is something that my family has been dreaming about and working toward for about ten years now and it's great to see it coming together. We hope to be a great asset to Hudson and provide a lot of employment to a lot of people. I would be extremely remiss if I didn't thank our customers. They're the reason we've been in Hudson for a long, long time and why we hope to be in Hudson for a long, long time."

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