Q&A: Fusek’s Hardware CEO Steve Fusek previews the store’s downtown move

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  1. Having worked on and off stationed downtown for IFD for years, I can’t estimate the times I needed something for HQ, a station I was assigned to in the downtown area or my home.
    Always friendly, helpful and took care of their firefighters.
    I think this is the beginning of good things for downtown and Fusek’s

  2. I really like Fuseks and the people that work there. Now, there’s a LOT of stuff that I wouldn’t purchase there simply because some of their prices are absurdly high, but overall I enjoy the convenience of having them downtown.

    1. I’m sure that their overhead being downtown has a lot to do with that……support them or lose them to a big box located many miles away with employees who really don’t give a hoot.

  3. Good move! Visibility and accessibility are the two main keys, especially within the same basic neighborhood and market! The original store was not visible or easily accessible and the temporary second store on E Washington St was even worse for even more reasons.

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