Chamber CHat with Hammond Lumber Company

 In 1953, Clifton “Skip” Hammond borrowed $50 from his wife, Verna, bought a sawmill and started a lumber business in Belgrade, Maine.

Total number of employees, including himself: three.
In the years since Hammond Lumber Company has grown into one of Maine’s largest independent building suppliers. In addition to the ever-expanding sawmill, there are now twenty-two retail stores throughout Maine and New Hampshire. Hammond’s also has a Maine Pine Log Homes division, which manufactures and markets log-home and cabin building packages.

Total number of employees today: over 900!
Skip Hammond’s philosophy from the start was to saw straight, talk straight, and do more for his customer than the guy down the road would do. Son Donald, who started the retail stores in the late ‘60s, and grandson Michael, who has added highly successful product lines such as ShoreMaster Docks and spearheaded the company’s recent expansion, have followed suit.

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