John can be called a serial entrepreneur. Previous lives include ownership and management of a very popular restaurant and a really great sporting goods store. As a frequent shopper at Logan Hardware, John got to know the managers and the staff and enjoyed the overall atmosphere of the location so much that it lead to him spending some time helping us open Tenleytown Ace Hardware.

One day he said “Hey Gina, I want to move to Baltimore and you once wanted to open a store there” So he moved to the trendy Federal Hill neighborhood, quickly memorized volumes of Baltimore history, and opened our first outpost in a new city – all in about a three month time span. Two years later, John ushered in Waverly Ace Hardware just off Greenmount Ave. And the rest is history!