The Re-opening Hot Potato – Chapter Six

Our portfolio company, Oakhurst Signs, is a specialist when it comes to multifamily branding, signage and graphics. Over the last two weeks, multifamily property management clients began reaching out in earnest to build plans to adjust to the new normal of...

Here to Win – Chapter 5

“I’ve had three losing seasons in the last 28. I’m here to win.” – Coach John Powers, Sales Specialist, Oakhurst Signs Our sales team achieved a major accomplishment last week – twice. We got through to senior officials within the Secretary of State’s office of two...

Survivalist Entrepreneur – Chapter 4

April 14, 2020 “Unlike their traditional counterparts, survivalists [entrepreneurs] don’t innovate. Instead they enter industries with low education requirements and small start-up costs that consumers still need despite hard times.” Chloe Sorvino, Forbes, July 11,...

PPP is Chaos and Everyone is to Blame – Chapter 3

“I think that this situation absolutely requires a really futile and stupid gesture be done on somebody’s part.” – Tim Matheson, playing the role of Eric “Otter” Stratton in the 1978 film, National Lampoon’s Animal House Our bank rolled out its Payroll...

Lightning Striking Twice – Chapter 2

Lightning striking twice. Gray received two phone calls this week within a few hours of each other from family members. The first was an extended family member who is an emergency room doctor in Indiana. The second was from his brother who is an emergency room...

If You Build It They Will Come – Chapter 1

Introduction: Illinois Avenue Partners LLC has three partners – Gray Gifford, Mike Winton and Tucker Twitmyer, and we own & operate a commercial sign and graphics company with about 90 employees, operations in Florida and Georgia and nationwide customers....