One Million Buildings, One Fresh Start for Proud Winner.
It seems that our One Millionth Building couldn’t have found a better home. The building, installed on December 2nd, is settling into its new space at the Kick Ranch Vineyard in Santa Rosa, CA.
It was purchased by Dick Keenan, a San Francisco resident and owner of the notable Sonoma County vineyard, Kick Ranch in Santa Rosa. The building actually serves as a replacement for his original Tuff Shed building, which was destroyed by recent wildfires.
Keenan purchased his original Tuff Shed building back in 2003 to store tools and supplies for his vineyard. When the California wildfires ripped through the area, the building and its contents were completely demolished. Yet even after the disastrous past months, you’d be hard-pressed to find Keenan without a smile on his face. “All across Sonoma County we’re rebuilding. The wineries are reopened, we’re fixing things, and our local area has really banded together,” says Keenan.
To further celebrate one million buildings and the special occasion, Mr. Keenan and Tuff Shed CEO Tom Saurey also made a joint donation to the Sonoma County Winegrowers’ Association to be used toward their wine workers housing fund.
Mr. Keenan’s new building is symbolic of the spirit in Sonoma County since the wildfires tore through the community. As he proudly stated, “Our new motto in this area is ‘Sonoma Strong’.” We couldn’t imagine a more deserving customer or a more fitting end to our One Millionth Building celebration.
More About Tuff Shed
A network of 48 Tuff Shed manufacturing facilities allow the company to service customers across 36 states. Assortments of Tuff Shed storage buildings, garages and recreational buildings are on display across the country in 119 Tuff Shed factory-direct locations (including the factory locations) as well as in nearly 1,400 Home Depot stores.
TUFF SHED products include wooden backyard storage sheds, larger commercial storage buildings, garages and cabin shells. The company works with its customers to design and accessorize buildings. It then also pre-fabricates key building components at its manufacturing facilities, Therefore it can deliver and install buildings on the customer site. Over its 36 years Tuff Shed has designed, fabricated and installed more than 900,000 buildings. It will surpass its one millionth building later this year.
I sold him his first building back in 2003, and was lucky enough to have him as a repeat customer. That one turned out to be Tuff Shed’s ONE MILLIONTH BUILDING. The Tubbs fire started 1/2 mile from my home north of Calistoga, Ca, and came within about 200 yards from our home. It was later when Dick and I were talking, that we realized the signifcance of the happens of that Fire, and the events with Tuff Shed that we shared. It is a Small World indeed.