Long-time Wright dealer celebrates 50th anniversary
From left to right, James Bissett, founder of Bissett Nursery Corporation, accepts a plaque from Judith Ross, northeast regional sales and marketing manager, Wright Manufacturing, and Buddy Merz, territory manager, KPM Exceptional LLC.Bissett Nursery Corporation, a long-time dealer for Wright commercial mowers, celebrated its 50th anniversary with a day-long open house on June 22. Activities took place at the third-generation company’s headquarters in Holtsville, N.Y.
Throughout the day, visitors enjoyed food, competitions, prizes and vendor displays. Wright had a display at the event and sponsored a dessert bar.
Judith Ross, Wright’s northeast regional sales and marketing manager, presented James Bissett, founder of Bissett Nursery Corporation, with a plaque commemorating this milestone and thanked the dealership for its continued support of the Wright product line.
“We were really pleased to be a part of this great celebration with one of our major dealers,” Ross said. “Bissett has been a Wright dealer since 1999. That’s just two years after the company invented the stand-on mower, our popular Stander.”