NFIB

Name: Jack Haessly
Business name: Haessly Hardwood Lumber Company
Location: Marietta, Ohio

"There is a need to return to a better business climate" said Jack Haessly, NFIB member and owner of Haessly Hardwood Lumber Company (HHL). "NFIB is on the leading edge of the issues affecting business, especially small business, and makes a positive impact in the business environment."

Originally located in Columbiana County, HHL was founded in 1941 by Jack's father, the late Norman E. Haessly. Since the company started, it has been a family-run business and continues to be family-operated with five members of the Haessly Family on staff and a total of 70 employees. About 15 years after the founding, the Haessly Family moved to southern Ohio, and now the company is located in Marietta, Ohio.

HHL provides timber elevation and timber management plans to landowners. They are a buyer of timber, veneer logs and sawlogs and are manufacturers of lumber for furniture and flooring markets. HHL can make various kinds of hardwood goods. "We can manufacture hardwood to most any type of products needed today," said Haessly. As a result, HHL is one of the leading manufacturers of Appalachian hardwood in Ohio.

A member of NFIB for approximately 12 years, Jack was first attracted because he liked the ways and methods that NFIB employs to represent small business. He has been very pleased with the services NFIB has provided his business, and he mentioned that the information, timely meetings and good leadership have helped HHL. Haessly has been involved in NFIB by actively attending meetings and speaking out on the issues. 

Haessly has very much enjoyed himself as a small business owner. "The best thing about being a small business owner is that you have a little more freedom to say what you want when its felt needed," Haessly said. "Only in America!"