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Powersports Business, June, 2005 by Filatoff, Julie
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2002 13th Avenue Drive SE
Hickory, NC 28602
828/327-3030
www.blueridgehd.com
OWNERS
A Corporation
BUSINESS PROFILE
30,000-sq.-ft. dealership founded in the mid-1970s by the Livingston family and purchased by Kibby and Jim Albright in July 2002. Five miles from original location (still in the town of Hickory). Carries Harley-Davidson and Buell. 40 employees. "My husband and I were owners of radio stations up north," says Kibby Albright, vice president of internal operations. "We were relocating to Florida-looking for a company with maybe two other employees-when this opportunity came up."
GREATEST CONCERN
Albright says her greatest concern is sustaining the...
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