The Peru Gazette

By John T. Ryan

Peru – Early next year a new business should be operating at the intersection of the Bear Swamp Road and Main Street. Well-known general contractor Leon Blair and his sons Casey and Andrew plan to open Apple Country Cabinets in the former Wilson Farms building. Leon Blair explained, “We’ll have a full line of custom and standard kitchen and bathroom cabinets and we’ll offer professional in-house design and installation.There’s been a lot of interest. That’s what’s driving us.”

Blair purchased the building in 2014. Over the past several weeks the Blairs have transformed a deteriorating structure in the center of Peru’s commercial district into an attractive building. Blair said, “We’ve done an almost total rebuild.”

Over the next few weeks the Blairs will be traveling to cabinet shows across the country. They’ll be bringing back the latest ideas and what they believe to be the best cabinet lines. They hope to open in either January or February.