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Service is Paramount.(NAHB Remodeler of the Month)
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June 1, 2008
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Copyright informationCOPYRIGHT 2008 Cygnus Business Media. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)
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Byline: Kenneth W. Betz
Service is Paramount
By Kenneth W. Betz
Santa Fe remodeler builds a second career on basic principle
Douglas Maahs wasn't always a remodeler. He was in the shoe business for close to 30 years. Looking for a change, he moved to Santa Fe in 1996 and started a part-time, one-man home repair business.
That humble beginning evolved into Honey Do Home Repair and, later, Kitchens and Closets Too, now a $3 million-dollar company that employees more than 30 people and has become, Maahs likes to say, a household word in Santa Fe County.
Maahs makes a careful distinction when he says he's in the service industry and that his business is ...
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The Santa Fe New Mexican Bob Quick Column.
Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News;
December 31, 2001 ;
787 words
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Santa Fe Reporter;
June 1, 2005 ;
Anonymous;
787 words
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Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News;
July 5, 1993 ;
Burke, Jack;
652 words
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Santa Fe Celebrates 9th Annual ARTfeast: A Winter Weekend of Fine Art,...
PR Newswire;
October 11, 2005 ;
573 words
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The Boston Globe;
November 20, 1996 ;
Martin F. Nolan, Globe Staff;
622 words
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Santa Fe powers up Hyundai's popular SUV gets more punch
Chicago Sun-Times;
August 3, 2003 ;
Dan Jedlicka;
787 words
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Singer recalls Santa Fe sojourn Opera, school gave mezzo-soprano Mentzer a...
Albuquerque Journal;
June 24, 2007 ;
DAVID STEINBERG Journal Staff Writer;
502 words
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Walking tours open up Santa Fe.(The Dallas Morning News)
Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service;
June 5, 2000 ;
Botter, Mary Ellen;
787 words
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The magic of Santa Fe
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel;
November 5, 2000 ;
CHRIS CASSON MADDEN;
575 words
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Auto review: 2007 Hyundai Santa Fe.
Orlando Sentinel (Orlando, FL);
December 15, 2006 ;
693 words
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Santa Fe, N.M., Area Boasts Healthy Supply of Jobs, According to Survey.
Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News;
April 25, 2003 ;
442 words
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Santa Fe, N.M., Economy Slugs Through Tough Times.
Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News;
September 4, 2001 ;
787 words
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Olympia & York intends to nearly double its stake in Santa Fe
Chicago Sun-Times;
February 17, 1988 ;
Cindy Richards;
431 words
...The second-largest shareholder of Santa Fe Southern Pacific Corp. is bidding to become...to thwart a proxy battled threatened by Santa Fe's largest shareholder. Olympia & York...to 14 million shares of Chicago-based Santa Fe. The offer, which will cost O&Y up to...
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All Aboard for Santa Fe: RAILWAY PROMOTION OF THE SOUTHWEST, 1890S TO...
Montana; The Magazine of Western History;
October 1, 2006 ;
Schwantes, Carlos A;
572 words
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