Cla ss of 2017 It takes a little more to be a Stihl Hardware All Star. Since 2011, HBSDealer has reached out to suppliers, distributors, manufacturers, vendors, retailers and home owners in search of high-performing, service- oriented, community-minded hardware store, lumberyard or farm and ranch dealers worthy of All-Star status. It’s a tribute to this industry that each year brings a surplus of high-qualtiy nominations. The companies profiled on the following pages have earned their place on the list, and join an elite fraternity of honorees Here’s to the class of 2017. And let the star-gazing begin. HBSDealer.com Alabama: Anders Hardware Alaska: The Lumberyard Arizona: Ace Hardware of Tucson Arkansas: Whit Davis Lumber Plus California: Miner’s Ace Hardware Colorado: Woodland Do it Best Hardware & Home Connecticut: True Value of Litchfield Delaware: True Value of Wilmington Florida: Hagan Ace Hardware Georgia: Islands Ace Hardware Hawaii: Kula True Value & Nursery Idaho: Rathdrum Trading Post Illinois: RP Lumber Co. Indiana: Santa Claus Hardware Iowa: Lockridge Inc. Kansas: Flatlanders Farm & Home Kentucky: Rough River Hardware Louisiana: Mary’s Ace Hardware Maine: Randolph Hardware Maryland: Dyson Building Materials Massachusetts: Rocky’s Ace Hardware Michigan: Zeeland Lumber and Supply Minnesota: Carlson Do it Best Hardware Mississippi: Military Hardware Missouri: M Kay Supply Montana: Sliters Lumber & Building Supply Nebraska: Builders Warehouse Nevada: Home Hardware & Variety New Hampshire: East Coast Lumber New Jersey: Niece Lumber New Mexico: Ruidoso/Socorro True Value New York: Buckingham Hardware North Carolina: Burney True Value North Dakota: Smith Lumber Do it Best Hardware Ohio: Farm & Home Hardware Oklahoma: Ross True Value Oregon: Joseph Hardware Pennsylvania: Steele’s Hardware Rhode Island: McQuades Ace Hardware South Carolina: Heuser Ace Hardware South Dakota: Dell Rapids Ace Tennessee: Gatlinburg Ace Hardware Texas: Morrison True Value Utah: CJ Do it Center Vermont: Martin’s Hardware & Building Supply Virginia: Capps Home Building Center Washington: Johnson’s Home & Garden West Virginia: Means PRO Lumber Wisconsin: Qualheim’s True Value Wyoming: Lovell Building Center HARDWARE + BUILDING SUPPLY DEALER MAY 2017 19