Mabton resident fulfills dream of being successful business owner

Posted on December 30, 2013

Gregorio and Marcelina Bustos received a loan to help expand their appliance repair business. (ROSS COURTNEY/Yakima Herald-Republic)

MABTON Finally, my dream has become a reality!

Those were the words of Gregorio Bustos at the grand opening of his new store, Pedros Appliances, which first welcomed customers Dec. 6 in Mabton.

Bustos couldnt hide his smile upon seeing his longtime ambition come true: his own store where he can work all year without being limited by the weather.

Don Gregorio as hes known by his customers and friends has been working for 17 years repairing washers, dryers, stoves and refrigerators.

But Bustos had no proper shop in which to do the work, so hes been fixing appliances on the patio of his Mabton home.

Since 2009, Ive been repairing appliances from my patio, even when it was really hot or really cold outside, he said. But still, I had to be able to do my work so I could provide for my family.

For the past year or so, Bustos and his wife, Marcelina, have been participating in a series of training courses with Rural Community Development Resources. There, they received finance and business administration classes, which made them strong candidates to receive one of the agencys loans.

Rural Community Development Resources is a nonprofit organization thats been designated a certified financial development institution by the U.S. Treasury Department. Its mission is to boost new business owners and help them reach a point of operating their businesses long term.

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