2006 NC Small Business of the Year
Flights of fancy
Metal buildings line Gribble Road in Matthews, east of Charlotte, housing a private garbage-collection service, car repair shops and other businesses. In one, Kevin Schoolcraft pushes through a door from offices into a shop that covers a quarter of an acre. It is filled with the smell of wood — Brazillian cherry, walnut, white oak — and the whine of saws. He sizes up a half-finished staircase that nearly reaches the ceiling, its curves as graceful as the treble clef on a score. If this were music, it might be Pachelbel or Vivaldi.
