‘One on One’ with Jay Short
Georgia-based Short & Paulk Building Supply will accept the 2024 Independent ProDealer of the Year award at the upcoming ProDealer Industry Summit, slated for Savannah, Georgia, Oct. 9-11.
The annual Independent ProDealer of the Year Award, selected by the editors of Hardware & Building Supply Dealer in concert with the National Lumber and Building Material Dealers Association, is designed to recognize a high-performance independent lumberyard (no more than five locations) with a commitment to best practices and the best values of the lumber and building material industry.
The five-location Southwest Georgia family business is reshaping its footprint, building a door shop and millwork facility, reorganizing logistics, jumping into new merchandise categories and settling into its new headquarters in Sylvester, Georgia.
“We’ve got a lot irons in the fire right now,” said Jay Short, who represents the fifth-generation of family ownership. “But things are good.”
Short described the award as the culmination of a team effort.
“It may be my name on the building,” he said, “but we've got a great team of folks out in the trenches on the lumber yard, the guys unloading the trucks, the guys making the deliveries, the salesman on the road, the guys at the counter —they’re the ones that make things happen.”
