SpotlightJuly2018

By David MacDonald I n the beginning, Timberlea Tire was not the respite Crowell had been seeking. “It originally started as a backyard business. They were long days. I would start in the early morning and often work until 11 at night. When we got even busier, we experienced resistance from our neighbours – they didn’t like the traffic volume. So we had to relocate. The first garage I rented had no heat and no waiting area but the clients were happy regard- less because of my service and pricing. I knew I was on to something so I continued to give it 110 percent – and still do,” explains Crowell. Fast-forward four years and travel east from Timberlea along NS-103 for 10 minutes to 35 McQuade Lake Crescent in Bayer’s Lake – “One of the major concentrations of

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