Evergreen Patio coming to Cave Spring
♦ The outdoor furniture manufacturer is expected to open in the old hardware location.
Andrew Jones is getting more excited by the day as he plans to move his Evergreen Patio business from Monroe to Cave Spring.
“I hope to be open in April, but I’ve just been telling everybody sometime this spring,” Jones said.
Jones started his business as a way to help pay his way through college.
He made Adirondack chairs to start with, then branched out into other items ranging from fire pits to other outdoor living products.
Jones and his wife were in the Cave Spring area a little over a year ago visiting his wife’s brother.
“Ultimately we wanted to be near family and we really kind of fell in love with Cave Spring,” Jones said. “It’s a small one-red light, smalltown USA feel, and everyone seems very friendly.”
When Jones saw the old Cave Spring Hardware store building at 14 Mill St., he knew right away that it was the perfect location for his business.
“The space for the business works great,” Jones said. “We’ve done a lot of work outside and are adding two new buildings to it.”
One of the new buildings will be a metal fabricating shop for the fire pits and other welding projects, along with a metal barn which will provide space for some Amish furniture and other handmade goods ranging from gliders, rockers, swings — even bird houses.
“Everything I do is something I would use myself,” Jones said “We like being able to offer people really high quality stuff at wholesale prices. I price things for something I personally would pay for it.”
“We’re real excited about this,” said Sandra Lindsey, director of the Cave Spring Downtown Development Authority. She said she was particularly impressed that Jones actually bought the old hardware store property as opposed to leasing it, representative of a long-term commitment to Cave Spring.
“It’s been empty for several years, and they’ve already bought a house here,” Lindsey said.
Jones said he is expecting a lot of growth and anticipates hiring people from the local community, and has already hired two from Cedartown. He said another draw to the move to Floyd County is the availability of student workers, particularly from Georgia Northwestern Technical College, that he can bring in and train.