This year is going to be full momentous occasions for us at CorpRec! The year 2017 marks our 20th business anniversary. We are finally settled in to our new, third location. Today, the Owatonna Chamber paid us a visit and we celebrated our very first ribbon cutting. We gave everyone a tour of larger space and showroom. Now, we have a basement for storage, our office is integrated into the layout of our showroom so you don’t know where one ends and the other begins. My favorite part of the layout is where we decided to place the conference table. Right in the middle of everything! Why not? Customers and guests can gaze at our inventory while in a meeting. Why not use what we sell as decoration? Most of it IS decoration anyway.
Let’s start from the beginning at our first location in the basement of our family home. We had a spare, empty room and it was a pretty decent set-up for our office space. We used the built in cabinets to display our smaller inventory and some tote bags. The false ceiling with removable tiles was used to prop up and hang clothing. The tops of our office furniture, like filing cabinets, displayed awards and recognition plaques.
Our second location was just down the block from our current one. We didn’t have far to move! Our previous location had only 1,500 square feet compared to our new location of 4,000 square feet. Poor Ryan’s desk was in the break room. But he didn’t seem to mind being closest to all the food. We were really lacking in display and storage area, and we had grown to the point where we could house a few more employees. We needed something to better suite our new growth, and as Pam says, “We were trying to fit square peg in a round hole.”
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Our new location showcases almost everything we can offer our customers. We are really proud of this new location. We spent weeks painstaking painting the built-in slat wall, painting within the cracks to make it look just right. We implemented sit/stand desks and everyone has a dual monitor display with Bluetooth keyboard and mouse. Although, Kate is the one who regularly uses the standing capability. Personally, I am very comfortable sitting after spending the past 10 plus years working in restaurants and retail being on my feet for eight or more hours a shift.
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By Stephanie
Originally posted on Award Professional
