Alger Hardware's temporary store is now open! It is located just south of our construction on the parking lot side of the building. Our hours are as follows:

Mon-Fri: 8:00am-7:00pm
Sat: 8:00am-4:00pm
Sunday: Closed

We hope to have our permanent location open by the first of April.
Thank you all once again for your continued support.

Bill and Kevan

Alger Hardware's temporary store is now open! It is located just south of our construction on the parking lot side of the building. Our hours are as follows:

Mon-Fri: 8:00am-7:00pm
Sat: 8:00am-4:00pm
Sunday: Closed

We hope to have our permanent location open by the first of April.
Thank you all once again for your continued support.

Bill and Kevan

Alger Hardware Customer,
Kevan and I would like to thank you for your support, encouragement, and prayers. We woud like to publically express our gratitude to Keith, Pam, and their kids for all their hard work and contributions to our store over the past four years. We would also like to thank Jereme for his hard work and encourage him in his new role at The Gathering Grounds. Though these changes won't be easy, we are confident that we will be able to continue the high level of customer service you have grown to expect and appreciate.
We are excited about your response to our rumors announcing our reopening in the spring. In the meantime, we will be opening our temporary store during the first week of November. It will be located just south of our future store in the former Alger Shoe Repair location. We plan to stock many of the item s to meet your needs. In addition to that, we will be happy to special order items we are unable to stock in the smaller store.
Once again, Kevan and I would like to thank you for all your support. We look forward to seeing you soon, and we welcome your input at this site.

Bill DeJong

Good bye my very fine friends

Dear Customers, Friends, and Family,

The Buys family is leaving the hardware business but will still be a part of the community. Thanks for your wonderful support - we could not have done it without each of you. We regret leaving, but your store will now be in the hands of the DeJong and Krenz families. We wish them the best as they seek to serve the community. We are disappointed that our time with the store ended this way, but are thankful for God's leading in a new direction. I will be working for a Music, Phone, and Video company and helping part-time to reopen the store. I will also be working with ViewNet Video, the company that had the pictures for the police from the recent event at Alger Foods. All in all I'm sure I'll keep busy. You are so much more than my customers, you are my Alger Family. I shall miss seeing you on a regular basis, you are very special to me. God is Good, All the Time, God is Good.

Shalom my Friends,

Keith Buys for the Buys Family

Alger Hardware Falling Down!

On September 13, the hardware store building was torn down and now the demolition company is cleaning up the mess. Pictures were taken and we hope to have them on the site soon. Plans for the new store are also being decided.

Mower or Blower Repair

Many of you have asked about mower repair. For right now we are recommending that you take your machine to:

Fulton Heights Mower Service
1311 Fulton St E.
Ph. 458-2200

These guys do excellent work for a fair price.

Sorry we have not been updating as often as we would like.

So many decisions to make and so much is dependent on other input or decisions. We are getting closer to the main decisions. Thanks for the continued input it has been more helpful than you can imagine. We are working very hard toward some major decisions on Sept 11th and 12th.

Demolition is scheduled for Sept 13th

We will be trying to film the event. This is how it will work. About 8am a crane will be dropped off in the rear parking lot. It will take about an hour to push the front and the floors into the basement. The crane will then drive on top of the debris and move into the building. From its position inside the building the crane will be used to remove the building and debris from the Eastern street side working back toward the parking lot.

Clear up some concerns

To ray@union and others wondering about the future of Alger Hardware. NOTHING has been decided yet. We are anticipating some changes that would make business more difficult but have been seeking alternative solutions to make up the difference. It also seems that the community is being drawn together by the thought of possible loss and that might have a positive impact on our future. This we do know. The new building would be clear span and all one level. That would add 25% new sales floor with more selection and easier access to all the products. As it stands we would not be able to do small engine repair or gas engine rentals. However, we are trying to come up with reasonable alternatives to still make those happen. We would need a lot of cooperation from the city and others to make it work. We have not yet given up hope. Please note: the poster is somewhat true, but was not posted by Alger Hardware and does not fully reflect our intent. If possible we are requesting that these posters are taken down. Please watch this blog for further information. We will try to keep you posted and answer as honesty as possible.

Thanks again dear family - we do consider you our family - for your continued support and reflections on this blog. Please share the blog with others so that accurate information will be diseminated to all those in our community. We at Alger Hardware cannot begin to express our thanks for your continued support and prayers.

Yesterday I was approached by a "customer" who hardly knows me yet she offered to bring a meal over to our house. "We had a period of time when my husband and I were both unemployed and I remember how much it meant when someone helped us out," she said. There are not many places left in which this type of care and concern is still shown. Certainly, we tried to have that type of an approach at our store but, that again is simply a reflection of the larger community. Think about it "Alger Heights" a place where old fashioned community is still in fashion. THANKS