June Business of the Month
GW Carwash
Launch the media gallery 1 playerThe Brighton Economic Committee has selected GW Carwash as a June/July 2019 Business of the Month. There are three locations, owned and operated by Gary Werts as a corporation: 113 S. Maple Street, Brighton; 719 N. Edwardsville Street, Staunton; 200 N. Broad Street, Carlinville. The business operates 24/7, offering both self service and automatic roll-over equipment. Gary has been washing cars as a business since 1987. Improvements have been adding automatics in Brighton in 2001; Staunton in 2004 and Carlinville in 2011. When asked about challenges, Gary says, “Working with equipment always has its challenges.” He and employee Randy Holliday “are always trying to update and keep things running.” Gary and wife Sharon and daughters Amy and Hollie have lived in Brighton all their lives. “It’s been a very rewarding business.”