For as long as I have lived in Lowell, there has been a lumber yard on main street. When we first came to Lowell, it was Erb Lumber. A few years ago, the Erb family decided to get out of the lumber business and sold the lumber yard to Stock Lumber.

While Erb catered to the contractor business, they also catered to the public in general. Stock, on the other hand, seemed to cater mainly to contractors and ignored the public. So, I guess that it was no surprise that they decided to move out of Lowell.

What was a surprise is that they didn’t tell the public that they were moving. In fact, I don’t even know where they moved to.

I suspect that they moved to Caledonia but I don’t know. I imagine that they told their contractors about the move and the location of the business, but they didn’t tell the general public. I guess they figured that no one was going to drive all of the way to Caledonia just to buy a box of nails.

So, now the lumber yard is empty. The only thing left are some pallets. I kind of wonder what is going to happen to the property. Will another lumber yards take over the place or will they just sell the property? Time will tell.