Twenty Years and the Future Looks Bright

Launched in 1988, L-A Electric is now celebrating its 20th anniversary, a milestone which vindicates the leap of faith L-A's president, Bill Arnold, took with his former partner when he left a more secure position at Shambaugh and Son to start his own electrical contracting outlet. Despite the difficult economy in the late 80s, Arnold knew he needed to strike out and take initiative.

"I always wanted to be independent and self reliant," he says. "I never had any second thoughts or doubts about it."

That isn't to say that it wasn't a risk. Arnold and his wife were already parents to four young sons, and Arnold says that they started without any jobs lined up for the fledgling …