The company was well-established and was family-run before being purchased by Darren and Andrea, and ironically the pervious owners were a husband-wife team as well. When the Bests first got the business, it wasn’t about changing things, but making things work for them. “We each bring some- thing different to the table.” “The company was well-established and was family-run before us, done by a hus - band-wife team as well. We just wanted to make it ours, and we came in with some fire in our belly,” Andrea said. Being in any business for more than a half century brings a lot of change, and the Refrigeration & Air Conditioning sector has seen more than most, when it comes to changing technologies. “Being a small local company in a rural area requires us to be diversified in our approach. We can’t be narrow-minded in the projects we do,” Andrea said. “Being a small local company in a rural area requires us to be diversi- fied in our approach. We can’t be narrow-minded in the projects we do,”
“We work hard, we are proud of what we’ve done and how we’ve grown things,” Andrea goes on to say, “The decision ended up being a fantastic choice for our family. We work hard, we are proud of what we’ve done and how we’ve grown things,” as Acadia Refrigeration is now one of the valley’s largest refrigeration con - tractors. Darren had always wanted to be self-employed and a business owner and thought that this was the opportunity to make this want a reality. It was a big decision. Some would say life changing at the time for Darren or Andrea, as the couple had two little boys, but they decided that it was the right decision for their family and purchased the company in 1997. They knew that it was going to be an adjustment for their young family however, Andrea says, “We chose to make it work.” Now, 24 years after they purchased it, Acadia Refrigeration now employs the entire Best family as the boys are now grown and have come back into the fold and work here making it a true family affair. “We each bring something different to the table. Darren has a keen mechanical mind and an integrity that people are drawn to. I would say I am more analytical which lends well to the roll of handling the finances and human resources,” Andrea says.
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NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 2021 • SPOTLIGHT ON BUSINESS MAGAZINE
SPOTLIGHT ON BUSINESS MAGAZINE • NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 2021
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