The events leading up to Woodard's founding has the story line of a Hollywood movie: War setting, returning hero, pretty girl, and lots of ambition and drive...
As an Army Air Corp navigator during WWII, Earl Woodard was shot down over occupied France. He escaped on foot through the Pyrenees Mountains, eventually finding freedom in Spain. Soon after being reunited with the allied forces, Mr. Woodard received his discharge papers and returned to St. Louis.
Upon his return, he and his wife, Nancy, started a carpet cleaning service, working out of a canvas-covered trailer - pulled by their only family car. From these humble beginnings in 1946, Woodard grew into the dominant player in carpet, rug and furniture cleaning, and more recently as the Midwest's leader in fire, smoke and water restoration and reconstruction work.
The company is still family-owned, by Charlie Woodard, one of Earl and Nancy's sons. Charlie's son, Justin, joined the company after working as a business consultant in Chicago.
Today, Woodard has more than 175 well-trained employees who utilize a 100-vehicle fleet to handle carpet, rug and furniture cleaning, along with water, fire and smoke restoration projects, and reconstruction work. Our client base includes homeowners as well as commercial and institutional customers. Woodard maintains the leadership position in carpet and rug cleaning as well as restoration services.
We've charted steady growth over the past several years, due in part to our ongoing commitment to business development, but also because of our commitment to put customers first in our business. This has allowed us to build a committed following of customers who seek us out when they need our services.
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"(The commercial restoration was) absolutely great, went very well. Clean up was great, will use Woodard again."
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