Teamwork (Part 2)

by | Jan 26, 2015 | Featured Articles, Feature 1, Feature 2, Feature 3

Originally posted – Jul 23, 2014 [This is the second of a two-part series on ways to build a successful team of laundry attendants.] We recently reached out to a number of self-service laundry owners and asked them to briefly outline their team management...

CLA Member of the Year

by | Jan 26, 2015 | Featured Articles, Feature 1, Feature 2, Feature 3

An Interview with Chicago Multi-Store Owner Paul HansenPaul Hansen is a third-generation laundry owner who owns six vended laundries in Chicago. He also currently serves as the president of the Illinois Coin Laundry Association.This past June, at the Clean Show in Las...

Build Your Brand

by | Jan 26, 2015 | Up Close

Originally posted – Dec 23, 2013 As CEO of brand management firm Turkel Brands, Bruce Turkel has been creating and working with valuable brands for more than 25 years. Born and raised in Miami, Mr. Turkel studied design at the University of Florida and rushed to...

Committed to Your Success

by | Jan 26, 2015 | Up Close

Originally posted – May 06, 2014 Julie O’Rourke has spent the last 20 years in trade association management. For the past four years, she has served as the director of membership for the Coin Laundry Association. Prior to joining the CLA, Julie was the...

‘The Quarter is Our Workhorse’

by | Jan 26, 2015 | Up Close

Originally posted – Apr 02, 2014 Jon Cameron’s career in U.S. currency began in 1972 at the Baltimore Branch of the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond. In 1987, moving from cash operations to cash policy and Reserve Bank oversight, he transferred to the...

The Tax Man

by | Jan 26, 2015 | Up Close

Originally posted – Feb 20, 2014 Joe Crosby is a senior vice president and principal at MultiState Associates, which provides ongoing legislative monitoring and lobbying assistance to the Coin Laundry Association. Prior to joining MultiState, Crosby spent 11...

Giving Back

by | Jan 26, 2015 | Business Spotlights

Originally posted – Nov 19, 2013 Jeff Lindemann likes to say that he’s probably not the best businessman. However, the facts are the facts. And the former police officer and his wife, Mandy, currently own and operate not one or two – but three...

‘Landlord and Tenant’

by | Jan 26, 2015 | Business Spotlights

[ Originally posted – Feb 25, 2014 As the president of Alabama-based Joy Enterprises, Mark Joy is clearly one of the leaders within the franchised fast-food business in his state. With nearly 20 Subway restaurants, a half dozen Long John Silver’s locations...

Second Time Around

by | Jan 26, 2015 | Business Spotlights

Originally posted – Sep 24, 2013 Avenue Coin Laundry in Libertyville, Ill., opened its doors for the first time this past July. However, store owner Ron Parsons is hardly new to the self-service laundry industry. “In 1979, I bought a place called the...

A New Beginning

by | Jan 26, 2015 | Viewpoint, Business Spotlights

Originally posted – Jan 27, 2014 After years of unclogging other people’s pipes as a licensed master plumber, Florida’s Willy Gibson turned his attention to a completely different type of pipe, as the co-owner – along with his wife Margie...