“We’ve been growing it a little bit, but we are pretty much out of space,” Colerain RV owner Steve Jung said of his current Riverside location. “So we needed to get more room, a better facility, a little bit easier access for customers, and it’s easier to get in and out.”
Colerain RV bought the Riverside location seven years ago to create a presence in the Dayton area and be closer to some of its customers, Jung said. He hopes to open move his Riverside staff of 12 workers to the new location and open by Jan. 1.
He said post-recession business has been good.
“People are traveling, buying,” Jung said. “It is just what they want to do, so they are out there spending money and traveling with their families.”
Employees are already starting to move inventory over to the new location, and Jung is working to get the showroom ready.
He said there could be up to 25 employees at the location in 2015.
“We look to hopefully double the staff of what we have right now and continue to grow,” Jung said.
He explained if business continues to boom, with the new location closer to Interstate 70 it could eventually grow to the size of the company’s Cincinnati location, which employees more than 70 people.
Clark County Commissioner John Detrick said he is excited about the opportunities this new business will bring to the area.
“Anytime you can bring things that bring in consumer traffic from out of the county it’s a plus for everybody,” he said.
Detrick said the county will benefit greatly from sales revenue generated from the business and Colerain RV will benefit from having no localized government in the new location, which means lower overhead costs.
He said he expects the company to do well because of the better visibility of its new location.
“This (Ohio 235) is a very busy road with more than 15,000 cars a day and its right off Interstate 70, so it will be a great location for them,” Detrick said.
Colerain is a family owned and operated business that started in Cincinnati in 1968.
“Business brings business, and this will be a real plum for Clark County,” Detrick said.
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