Employees Keep Saxton's Legacy Intact With New Storefront
Saxton's Power Equipment LLC, run by former Saxton's Garden Center employees, based in rear of Saxton's building.
Saxton's Garden Center's 84-year legacy remains intact, even after the closing of its longtime storefront near downtown Plymouth in 2012. Saxton's Power Equipment LLC, run by former Saxton's Garden Center manager Tom Vanmoorleghem, started running out of the rear of the Saxton's building, 587 W. Ann Arbor Trail, in November, as Plymouth Crossfit, a gym, quickly occupied the business' vacant showroom. Citing a difficult sales year in 2012 with a dry summer and mild winter, the Saxton family announced plans to close the store, just months after the death of longtime owner William Saxton. Vanmoorleghem, who worked as an assistant manager at Saxton's Garden Center, brought three Saxton's employees with him to the new business and earned the …
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Dale Behler
9:10 am on Monday, January 14, 2013
I'm really glad to see the equipment repair business continue with the Saxton name associated with it. The Saxton business name is a well known fixture in Plymouth and I wish the new owner much luck and success it keeping it alive. I have know the Saxton family including Dean and Bill all my life, and my dad worked for Dean for a couple of years back in the late 1940s. My brother Dick, who passed… more ›