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In 1971, the price of a first-class stamp rose to 8 cents, The French Connection won the Academy Award for Best Picture, and Leroy Burgess was a few years from retirement and looking for a way to keep busy.
“He wanted to sell uniforms to his fellow bus drivers after he retired,” says Lynne Burgess-Holmes, who as a 19-year-old helped her father open Enterprise Uniform and is now president of the company. “We didn’t get a license to sell to bus drivers right away, but we did apply for a postal license and we got that immediately, so we sold those.”
In the beginning, Burgess-Holmes, her dad, and a friend split an eight-hour shift to keep the business open. More than three decades later, what started as a 1,000-square-foot store is now a full-service uniform company with three buildings and its own large parking area a few blocks down the street from General Motors. Along the way, Enterprise has lived up to its name, operating a second store in Atlanta in the 1980s and even selling fire pumping engines and EMS trucks.
“Elbeco has been a great company for us and a great friend,” says Burgess-Holmes of our 33-year relationship. “My dad told me that people come to us because we give good service. That always stayed with me. Elbeco is No. 1 in service and caring about our business.” Next up for Enterprise? A Web site. Burgess-Holmes has put her husband in charge of the project and expects to launch it later this year.
Enterprise Uniform Co.
2862 E. Grand Boulevard
Detroit, MI 48202
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9:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. |
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