Jim H. Wilson Company, LLC Holds Ribbon Cutting

A ribbon cutting was held at Jim H. Wilson Company, LLC on Wednesday. Jimco is a railcar dismantling company that began construction in Gonzales in May. The company purchased 32 acres from Texas Gonzales & Northern Railway Company north of Gonzales. Representatives from Jimco sated that purchasing the land from the railway company enabled them to build a railroad spur onto their property. “The relationship we developed over the last eight or nine months has been terrific,” said Charles Quintero, CFO of Jimco. The company currently has 23 employees and they are hoping that number will grow to 30 or more by Spring of 2011. Pictured are (back row, from left): Carlos Herrera with BANG Electric; Jim H. Wilson Company, LLC employees Angel Ramos, Isidor Dorantes, Jose Rivera, Manuel Martinez, Jose Osorio, Vicente Saldana, Martin Hernandez, John Garver, Stace Crews, and Cody Schneider; Bryan Herndon- Sage Capital Bank; Joe Harper- UH Victoria SBDC; Jeff Patteson- Sage Capital Bank; Joe Humphreys- UH Victoria SBDC; Jim Logan- GEDC; John Wiebelhause- TxGN Rail Road; Dennis Pruitt, President- TxGN Rail Road; (front row) Gonzales City Councilmen Lorenzo Hernandez and Gary Schroeder; Peggy Barnett- Lone Star Bank; Jim H. Wilson Company, LLC employees Kristen Glazener, Alecia Shaffer, Jim Wilson, Charles Quintero, and Greg McCarty; Carolyn Gibson- GEDC; Kacey Butler- UH Victoria SBDC; Teresa Brzozowski- Sage Capital Bank; Connie Kacir- GEDC; and Kevin LaFleur, Precinct 3 County Commissioner. In the far back are Robert & Martha Guerra, owners of Guerra’s in Gonzales, who catered the function.