Saying Goodbye

As 2012 comes to a close, Holland Home Leisure will be experiencing some changes in our ownership team.  Our Business Partner Brad Sweet has decided to “Move On” and we will be welcoming Mark & Andrea Van Zoost as our new Business Partners.

It is hard to believe that it was 7 years ago that Brad decided that he wanted to make a career change and we welcomed him as our Business Partner.   Brad came to us with a marketing background, so he naturally led our marketing team.  Brad was the visionary behind our “Backyard Escapes” magazine, which we first produced for our 30^th anniversary in 2010.  The “Backyard Escapes” magazine is now being published by 20 dealers across the country, with a circulation of over 300,000 copies, making it the most widely distributed magazine in the Backyard Leisure Industry in Canada. 

Internally Brad led both our Hot Tub Division, and our Above Ground Pool Division.  Brad continued to push our belief in expanding the knowledge of our staff members in these divisions, helping to develop training days and seminars devoted to improving the overall sales experience, for our customers.  Brad was also instrumental in the planning and building stages of our new location here in New Minas.

Brad has been our voice at the table, at the local chapter of the “Pool & Hot Tub Council of Canada”.  Brad has served as Vice President of the Atlantic Chapter, and has been instrumental in developing industry training seminars, which have been hugely successful.  Brad was also an active participant in the growth of the LeisureScapes’ Group, Canada’s leading group of pool and backyard living professionals.   He understood the importance of “peer networking” and that the sharing of knowledge with your peers, helped strengthen the industry, plus also our own company.

Brad will be staying active in the company until the end of February to help make sure the transition will go as smoothly as possible.  We would like to say a huge “Thank You” for the past 7 years, and we will miss your involvement in the company.  We would like to wish you, Patricia and the Kids all the best as you look forward to the next stages of life.

Mike and Debby vandenHof