Garner Electric expanding family business in Millbrook

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Cliff Williams / TPI Harris and Cathy Garner, center, are surrounded by their children and spouses as they break ground for a new building in Millbrook.
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Cliff Williams / TPI Harris and Cathy Garner, center, are surrounded by their children and spouses as they break ground for a new building in Millbrook.
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A new building is going up on Main Street in Millbrook for Garner Electric and Garner & Associates Engineering. Just because the building is new doesn’t mean the Garners are new to Millbrook. Three generations of Garners have worked in small businesses in Millbrook and a fourth will soon be.

Harris Garner remembers his parents having a radio shop in town. He rode his bicycle everywhere. He and his wife, Cathy, decided to give up a steady job to open Garner Electric in Millbrook.

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Cliff Williams / TPI Cathy Garner, Vice President of Garner Electric looks to her husband Harris during a groundbreaking ceremony for their new building last week.
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Cliff Williams / TPI Cathy Garner, Vice President of Garner Electric looks to her husband Harris during a groundbreaking ceremony for their new building last week.
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