[Carriage Hill]

“Five years ago, third-generation owner Walter Meck and his family were feeling so good about the company’s prospects they doubled capacity...”

I did the same thing with the Family Farm Business, in 2007; in 2010-2011, a thriving $8.5mm business came tumbling down, after 21yrs, even though I downsized from 28 to 6 employees, and cut overhead by 60%.

EPA, USDOT, ACoE, DER, DEP, Ag Dept, Int Dept etc etc etc just buried us with taxes/rules/regs/taxes/fees/permits/fees/taxes/inspections/fees/taxes until I closed it down Nov 1, 2011.

[DoughtyOne]

FesslerUSA had survived war and depression, free trade and foreign imports, producing millions of knitted garments from its base in eastern Pennsylvania. Five years ago, third-generation owner Walter Meck and his family were feeling so good about the company's prospects they doubled capacity, moving into a former pencil factory outside the small town of Orwigsburg.

But alas, they couldn't survive hurricane Obama. Four years of wind. Terrible amounts of damage. No relief in sight.

[DoughtyOne]

Sorry to hear that Carriage_Hill.