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My father 
 Ron Ammons moved our family to Texas in 1966 relocating with McDonald Douglas. When they told him they
were moving him back to California he didn’t want to go. He always wanted to own his own business and took the leap
into entrepreneurship. In 1968 he opened a tool and equipment rental store with 2 partners in Texas City and named it
“Rent Way”. He quickly bought out his partners and opened his main location on El Camino Real in Clear Lake. He
continued to grow the business and at one point he had 7 locations with Central Repair and Corporate offices. When the
recession hit in the early 80’s he consolidated into 3 locations. One of those locations was Rent-Way “The One Stop Party
Shop”. We were one of a handful of Party Rental Stores in the nation that were separate from the tool Rental store. He
sold the “Rent Way” name and tool rental stores to his son, and changed the name of the Party Rental store to “One
Stop Party Shop”. It was located across the street in a strip Center on El Camino Real. He successfully ran that business
until 1994 when he sold it to me.  Married with 3 small children I grew the business and after 3 years needed to move to a
larger facility. We found land on Highway 3 in Webster and my husband, Mark, quit his job and built our new building. We
continued to grow the business and in 2012 we doubled the size of our warehouse, remodeled the showroom and added
an upstairs of corporate offices. At the same time I felt the need to rebrand. We were no longer a “Party Shop”. We are
an Event Rental Company! So today we have approximately 40 employees, 10 delivery trucks and our revenue in one
month is what we did in a year when I bought the business.  I have continued the family business with my husband Mark,
having had both my sons working here. I still have one of my sons working here and my other son is Vice President of and
Event Rental Com