{"id":113954,"date":"2022-10-03T23:53:24","date_gmt":"2022-10-04T03:53:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=113954"},"modified":"2022-10-03T23:53:24","modified_gmt":"2022-10-04T03:53:24","slug":"renamed-wehrungs-macungie-the-former-dries-do-it-center-brings-ottsville-based-wehrungs-family-of-businesses-to-the-lehigh-valley","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=113954","title":{"rendered":"Renamed Wehrung\u2019s Macungie, the former Dries Do It Center brings Ottsville-based Wehrung\u2019s Family of Businesses to the Lehigh Valley."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Wehrung\u2019s Macungie is ready to celebrate.<\/p>\n<p>A grand opening at Wehrung\u2019s Macungie will be held from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., Saturday, October 22, 2022 at its 3580 Brookside Road Macungie location.<\/p>\n<p>Wehrung\u2019s Macungie is part of a service-oriented, dedicated family of businesses operating for more than 75 years and serving the building industry and DIY home improvement sector throughout the Tri County area.<\/p>\n<p>Since purchasing Dries Do it Center in January, 2021 \u2013 the second business acquisition in two years \u2013 Wehrung\u2019s Macungie has remained open during a roughly $3 million investment and extensive renovation and restocking process.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEvery aisle of merchandise from new shelving, new product lines and added depth of product lines\u201d has been realized at Wehrung\u2019s Macungie, said Brad Jacobs.<\/p>\n<p>Jacobs is vice president of purchasing at Wehrung\u2019s Family of Businesses and general manager of Wehrung\u2019s Macungie.<\/p>\n<p>Wehrung\u2019s (pronounced <strong>WEAR<\/strong>\/ings) is known for supplying the professional construction trades as well as DIY homeowners.<\/p>\n<p>From a drive thru warehouse where contractors can pick up orders under cover to state-of-the-art racking systems and fresh, bright retail spaces, Wehrung\u2019s Macungie aims to be a \u201cone stop shop.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur product selection and quality \u2013 we stock better material because we want better outcomes for our contractors\u201d is unparalleled in the region, Jacobs said.<\/p>\n<p>Wehrung\u2019s Macungie includes:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A renovated 35,000 square foot flagship store retail space.<\/li>\n<li>A 4,600 square foot space dedicated to kitchen, bath and flooring.<\/li>\n<li>Drive-thru contractor customer warehouse with covered storage for lumber and building material supplies pick up.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Employee longevity means staff is able to respond to customer questions and have a deep knowledge base from which to draw. Many have been with Wehrung\u2019s for 15, 20, 30 or more years, Jacobs said.<\/p>\n<p>Relationships are at the core of Wehrung\u2019s mission statement \u2013 \u201cTo be known as a respectable and high-spirited company devoted to serving God, our customers, our employees, and our community.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Strong relationships \u2013 from customer service to suppliers and vendors enabled Wehrung\u2019s to continue to meet demand throughout pandemic-related supply chain stalls, sputters and stops.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBeing dependable is critical,\u201d Jacobs said.<\/p>\n<p>From small and mid to large contractor projects, home and tract developers and apartment building contractors \u201cwe cover it all,\u201d Jacobs said.<\/p>\n<p>Wehrung\u2019s Macungie\u2019s grand opening will be held from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., Saturday, October 22, 2022, at the store\u2019s location: 3580 Brookside Road, Macungie.<\/p>\n<p>Free food, visits from CAT Country 96 FM and 99.9 The Hawk radio DJs, as well as door prizes and activities for kids will be on hand. Visit the website at www.wehrungs.com<\/p>\n<p>The Greater Lehigh Valley Chamber of Commerce Executive Vice President of Affiliated Chambers Jessica O\u2019Donnell-Gower shares the excitement \u201cThe Chamber always loves seeing local businesses grow and expand and do so with excellence. We share the emphasis on the importance of relationships and look forward to supporting their mission of serving our shared community.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Facebook Event Page: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/422028283415675?ref=newsfeed\">https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/422028283415675?ref=newsfeed<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Lehigh Valley Chamber Event Page: <a href=\"https:\/\/web.lehighvalleychamber.org\/events\/WehrungsMacungie%20Grand%20Opening-838798\/details\">https:\/\/web.lehighvalleychamber.org\/events\/WehrungsMacungie%20Grand%20Opening-838798\/details<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Information provided to TVL by:<br \/>\nAshley Lorah<br \/>\nSenior Vice President of Affiliated Chambers<br \/>\nGreater Lehigh Valley Chamber of Commerce<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.lehighvalleychamber.org\/\">https:\/\/www.lehighvalleychamber.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0 Wehrung\u2019s Macungie is ready to celebrate. A grand opening at Wehrung\u2019s Macungie will be held from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., Saturday, October 22, 2022 at its 3580 Brookside &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=113954\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Renamed Wehrung\u2019s Macungie, the former Dries Do It Center brings Ottsville-based Wehrung\u2019s Family of Businesses to the Lehigh Valley.<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":113955,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[69,482],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-113954","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-in-the-valley","category-press-release-2"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/werhungs.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/113954"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=113954"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/113954\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/113955"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=113954"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=113954"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=113954"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}