Imel

It was my Uncle Imel -- a cranky guy who never did anything for me except complain that my long hair long compared to his! made me look like a girl -- and he was bringing me a present... a Batman sweatshirt!

Archive 2006-01-08 2006

It was my Uncle Imel -- a cranky guy who never did anything for me except complain that my long hair long compared to his! made me look like a girl -- and he was bringing me a present... a Batman sweatshirt!

Holy Anniversary! 2006

Joe Imel is an all-American boy with Smartsville roots, a Slavic last name, and discipline cultivated from years of recreational Japanese Taiko drumming.

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"People had trouble finding me," said Imel, dressed in a cutoff shirt and baseball cap as he put the finishing touches on the interior of the new Imel Flooring

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"I've been through other downturns, but this was so much worse," Imel said.

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After years of working with other companies, he opened Imel Flooring in 2000.

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For Imel, who serves as a director of the Penn Valley Chamber of Commerce, contributing to the community is important.

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Business boomed in the early years, and Imel won an award from a national flooring association for a project at a retirement center in Davis.

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Joe Imel: "Good, solid growth is better than fast growth."

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Before he discovered the trade, Imel aspired to be a veterinarian.

The Union - All Categories By Michelle Rindels Staff Writer 2010