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Jimmy’s Garage: Couple opens auto repair shop | Community News
Vehicles break down on occasion, and when they do, Erwin has a new auto repair business that can help make repairs. Jimmy’s Garage, located at 1210 North Main Ave., is owned by Jimmy and Michelle Linville, The couple spoke to The Erwin Record about their background in auto repair, their interest in dirt racing and their hopes for their new business. Jimmy Linville said he graduated in 2018 from the diesel safety and rebuild program at the Tennessee College of Applied Technology. At that time, he said he did not consider becoming a small business owner. “There’s a lot that goes into just the mechanics’ side of it,” he said.…
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Thompson went from backyard garage to Entrepreneur of the Year
What began as a backyard procedure has definitely paid out dividends for Culpeper resident Donny Thompson. Thompson began operating on cars out of his 1,800-sq. foot backyard garage as a side task in addition to his entire-time situation with Chrysler of Culpeper in 2017. Five several years afterwards, he owns and operates Thompson Automobile Fix, which is now situated in an 8,500-square foot making in Brandy Station. The monumental expansion of Thompson’s operation has not absent unnoticed. As such, he was not too long ago regarded as the Culpeper County Chamber of Commerce’s 2022 Entrepreneur of the Yr. Thompson’s reaction to the honor, which he obtained at the Chamber’s annual…
