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July 2013
McCurley ultimately spent the next decade
running the dealership his father had start-
ed. Over this time, he would marry and be-
gin raising a family, but growing the business
proved particularly challenging. With seven
new car dealerships in a town of 7500 peo-
ple and declining market area population, it
became clear that better opportunities laid
elsewhere. McCurley began making a list of
communities that he perceived would pro-
vide an exceptional environment for not only
growing an enterprise, but raising-up a fam-
ily. While he was generally optimistic about
opportunities to the west, a chance encoun-
ter with someone who touted the Tri-Cities
prompted McCurley to explore the area.
McCurley soon met a Pasco Chevrolet deal-
er, Tony Osborne; six weeks later McCurley
purchased the dealership. It was now 1981,
and McCurley had a new business in a new
community and a new $500,000 loan obli-
gation that amounted to payments of just
over $10,000 a month, yet he never missed a
payment and was never late.
Making good on assurances, analyzing
and acting on opportunities for growth, and
