Pete’s Ace Hardware will mark a major milestone next month as the Castro Valley institution celebrates 100 years of service to the community.
For four generations, the family-owned business has supplied residents with tools, materials, and guidance to build homes, maintain properties, and support local businesses. At the center of that legacy today is Linda Roark, who continues to lead the store with the same philosophy of service and community involvement that has defined it since its founding.
“It’s very humbling to say we’ve been in Castro Valley for 100 years,” Roark told the Forum. “It’s something that my grandfather and grandmother, who started the business in 1926, would never have expected.”…