Walters garage expands
Published 10:06 am Thursday, July 24, 2014
The interior of the new building for Krohnberg’s Garage is spacious. Workers were nearly done Wednesday. – Tim Engstrom/Albert Lea Tribune
By Jacob Tellers
WALTERS — Walters will have a new landmark as Krohnberg’s Garage is finishing the construction of a new building across the street from its current shop.
Lamoyne Krohnberg stands between his two sons, Stacy, on the left, and Brady, on Wednesday. They are in front of the new building for their business, Krohnberg’s Garage. The building replaces the Walters Creamery and greatly changes the landscape of Main Street in Walters. – Tim Engstrom/Albert Lea Tribune
A hand-painted sign on the front the shop states that the business has been providing service for 28 years. But like Krohnberg’s Garage, the sign has been around for a while.
Lamoyne Krohnberg founded his shop in 1977, and added additional space on the back of it in 1981.
His two sons, Stacy and Brady, help him run the 37-year-old family business.
“Ever since ’81 we’ve been working in this facility,” Krohnberg said.
His current building is 25 feet by 65 feet, with 1,625 square feet of space. The new location is almost five times larger than the first. It is 120 by 60 feet, with 7,200 square feet of open room.
A creamery in a old-fashioned brick building occupied the plot of land Kronberg purchased.
“It wasn’t usable,” Krohnberg said. “And it didn’t fit our needs. It was too small.”
The old building was torn down and construction on the new garage begin April 15, 2013, and is expected to be finished this summer, according to Krohnberg.
“If everything goes right, probably about two weeks,” Kronberg said about when he expected the construction work to finish. “We’re waiting on electricians and plumbers. They’re painting the office today — all the little things that finish it up.”
The larger structure, which will house Krohnberg’s Garage’s offices, will be a major improvement for his business.
“The efficiency is going to come way up,” Kronberg said.
Krohnberg said that one aspect of the building that will be most beneficial will be the ability to do all of his work inside, regardless of the size of the vehicle that he is working on. The business does a fair share of work on farm equipment. Tractors and harvesters keep getting bigger.
“It’s big enough that we can take the semis that are sitting there and drive the whole thing inside,” Krohnberg said, pointing at a few semis with trailers parked along the street.
Kronberg will keep his current building to use as storage space, something he said he can never get enough of.
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