The Lite Company, a 40-year-old family-owned Flagstaff business, is operating in 2019 with a big change.Long-time owners Mike and Kathie Knapp have just sold their beloved business. The Lite Company has always been Flagstaff-family owned and operated and it was important to us to make sure it stayed that way. On Jan. 2, The Lite Company sold to two new local Flagstaff families, Kai and Stacy McSwain and Wade and Teena Patten. These two families have been long-time friends and intend to run the … [Read more...] about Lite Company Owners Passing the Torch
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Flagstaff Couple Persevering in Business
Neither one of us had any background in owning our own retail store,” Kathie Knapp said one recent Saturday afternoon while juggling an interview and waiting on customers at The Lite Company. Kathie and her husband, Mike, have owned and operated The Lite Company lighting and furniture store, located on North 4th Street, for nearly six years. Mike Knapp, an engineer by training, was a 20-year veteran of W.L. Gore & Associates when he was approached by The Lite Company’s former … [Read more...] about Flagstaff Couple Persevering in Business
