Laundromat News January 17, 2025

Jordan Berry [00:00:00]:
Welcome to Laundromat News. Today, I am your anchor, Jordan Barry, and we’re coming at you with the latest and greatest from all around the world in the Laundromat industry. Today, I wanna start off with a story from a pro member over at Laundromat Resource. Huge shout out to Jos and Caitlin Ferguson who own, Cleanse and Renewal Laundry in Oxnard. It’s not just a laundromat, it’s also an outreach. It’s a ministry, that they’ve got going on in there, and, they consider it an outreach ministry. It’s staffed by those with disability superpowers, which I love that. And they did 1,000 of dollars in toys and feeding 100 of people over the holidays, raising money and and donations for that.

Jordan Berry [00:00:47]:
So huge shout out to Josh and Caitlin Ferguson who are doing great things. If you happen to be out there and you happen to wanna connect with Joce and Caitlin, or you want to just be a part of what they’ve got going on or donate to help the cause or whatever you want to do, I’m just going to give you the email address right now. Joce, j o s [email protected]. Josfergusson. That’ll be in, in the news article on lawnrentresource.com/news, or if you’re on YouTube, that’s down below. And obviously, if you’re in our newsletter, you’ll also be getting that information in the newsletter. So that information is there. Reach out to Joss doing really cool stuff in Oxnard, California.

Jordan Berry [00:01:34]:
So shout out to those guys. Keep up the great work, and I hope that your business, just booms because when we’re helping other people, you know, good things tend to happen to us. So awesome to you guys. Wanna give a shout out to Fairbury, Fairbury, Nebraska that, a a long time laundromat that was there shut down a while back, and they don’t tell me who it is, but somebody jumped in there, bought the building, restored the laundromat to its former glory and some, and now Fairbury, Nebraska has a laundromat again. And in a similar vein, in Palatine, the laundromat there, owned by Edward Gomez, who’s owned this for a while, went 24 hour, laundry. And, you know, it’s really interesting, concept to take a laundromat that’s not 24 hour and take it 247. And there’s some, interesting hurdles, but also interesting opportunities with that. So congrats to Edward Gomez for doing that, and best of luck to you in serving your community better.

Jordan Berry [00:02:40]:
That’s what it’s all about. Right? That’s what it’s all about. One other, person owner I wanna shout out here is Luke LeCroy, who, is in Northfield, New Jersey, I believe. Okay. Maybe I can’t remember now if it’s New Jersey or not, but in Northfield. And, he started a laundry service business out of his garage and has since moved into a laundry facility now. And so very cool. I mean, there’s just I I talk to people all the time.

Jordan Berry [00:03:12]:
We’re trying to get in this business, and maybe you don’t have a lot of money to buy a location, but congrats to Luke to, you know, for just getting after it and, building a business before moving into that laundromat. It’s not an easy road to go, but, he did it and he’s doing awesome. And, you know, the core of this I just wanna read this quote from Luke, that he says, I love the people, love the job, love everything about it, and you find your calling and you just go with it. So, I think that’s a huge, shout out to Luke and a huge component behind finding success. You know, weirdly, he says he did not have a lifelong dream of doing laundry. I don’t know. I don’t know. No.

Jordan Berry [00:03:58]:
But huge shout out to Luke for that. Let’s, you know, I I just want to point okay. One other thing that happened in Nebraska. Nebraska is going off in the laundry business right now. I don’t know what the deal is, but in Lincoln, Nebraska, there was a dryer fire. Firefighters responded to that. I just wanted to mention it because we all know, dryer fires happen. This one caused $20,000 worth of damage.

Jordan Berry [00:04:22]:
Just a reminder, keep those lint traps clean, clean up those lint traps every day, but also your vents, your dryer vents. Make sure you’re cleaning those. I know that so many of us let that go by the wayside. I know there’s a lot of water bath owners out there right now, maybe you listening, who have never cleaned the dryer, events. So might be a good time to do that. Let’s stay away from dryer fires. Lint is the enemy of the laundromat. So let’s get that out of our spaces.

Jordan Berry [00:04:56]:
I just wanted to acknowledge or or, I guess, inform anyone who’s in Marlin, who’s in Central Texas there. There’s a drought contingency plan in there, which is effective immediately. And until further notice, includes a ban on vehicle washing, lawn irrigation, and laundromat operation. So hopefully, fingers crossed, there’ll be some water coming your way in Marlin, so that you can get your operations back up and running. Feel free to reach out if you are in that area and have had to shut down operations and have any needs. I I gotta say this. I don’t like to focus on, you know, the negative sensational stories where, you know, something bad happens in a laundromat. However, I will say in England, there was a laundromat where an 84 year old man was attempted to be robbed, and he was in he’s an ex military veteran, and he fended off the robber with a pair of jeans.

Jordan Berry [00:05:59]:
So I just thought that was so cool, and congrats to that guy. But also, you know, just reminder, let’s just keep our places as safe as we can. I know we can’t avoid everything, but, take, you know, whatever steps you can take to keep your customer base safe. And maybe that’s just hiring 84 year old veterans to hang around your laundromat and fend off robbers. I don’t know. Just a thought. And in the world of entertainment news and laundromats, I’ve got a shout out New York Underground Rapper, Mike, all caps. He’s been a fixture in the all indie hip hop scene since his teens, but he just came out with a brand new music video featuring a laundromat with some great shots of the laundromat.

Jordan Berry [00:06:42]:
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Jordan Berry [00:07:29]:
Jordan Barry for Laundromat News Today. We will see you next week.