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84 Lumber is an operated American building materials supply company. Founded in 1956 [ 2 ] by Joseph Hardy , it derives its name from the unincorporated village of Eighty Four, Pennsylvania , a census-designated place 20 miles (32 km) south of Pittsburgh , where its headquarters are located.
Over a hundred 84 Plus stores opened in the United States. [3] The early 2000s proved to be successful for 84 Lumber. In 2002, the company hit record sales and in 2004, they opened 18 new stores. [1] In 2008, however, 84 Lumber’s profits plummeted when the housing market crashed and brought the building supplies market down with it.
Maggie Hardy (born December 7, 1965) [1] is an American billionaire businesswoman and the owner of 84 Lumber and Nemacolin Woodlands Resort, both founded by her father Joseph A. Hardy III (1923-2023). In 2023, Forbes estimated her personal fortune at around $4.1 billion. [2]
The resort is owned by Maggie Hardy, owner and CEO of the 84 Lumber Company, and was founded by her father, Joseph Hardy. [2] [3] It includes The Lodge at Nemacolin, a Tudor Revival-style hotel which is a member of the Historic Hotels of America. Located at the center of Nemacolin, it was the hunting lodge of Pittsburgh businessman Willard F ...
Sierra Pacific Industries (SPI) is the second-largest lumber producer in the United States. [1] A privately held company, it was co-founded in 1949 by R. H. Emmerson and his son, A. A. "Red" Emmerson, the long-term CEO, and A. A. Emmerson's sons George and Mark are now president and CEO.
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As part of Governor Reagan's Reorganization Plan of 1968, the Department of Employment was placed under the Human Relations Agency. With the signing of chapter 1460 that same year, the department became the Department of Human Resources Development, which assumed the duties, purposes, responsibility, and jurisdiction of the former department.
Charles Edwin Hurwitz was born in 1940, and raised in Kilgore, Texas. [2] His parents were Eva (née Engler) and Hyman Hurwitz, and his father was Jewish and owned a local clothing store, "Hurwitz Man’s Shop" and he built the town's first shopping center.