I love to hear how family traditions are carried on from generation to generation. I love to learn about a son or daughter taking over the family business and then making that business grow. That’s what’s happening here in Fairview.
I’m visiting Poor Richard’s Bait and Tackle Shop on West Lake Road. The business has been open at this location for about 75 years. Current owner Brittany Campanella grew up here. Her dad bought the shop in 1996 when Brittany was one year old. She’s been handling worms and minnows for longer than she can remember.
“My mom and some of the other people who worked here, they would be packing bait, and I would be all in. Now my daughter does the same thing. She’s all about it,” says Brittany…