Become an AJ Shades Dealer in Linn County

Albany's historic districts are the postcard, and Linn County's dealer story starts on those streets. The Monteith and Hackleman districts hold some of the finest Victorian and craftsman stock in the valley -- about 135,000 people live in the county, in Albany, in Lebanon, and in the Santiam River towns -- and the older homes carry the awning frames to prove the recover funnel.

The historic districts are the trust lane. Monteith and Hackleman homeowners maintain their houses to a standard, and refabrication is the craftsman's entry: re-skin the aging frame, match the streetscape, and the full motorized sale follows on the same block. Historic-district sensitivity is the dealer's credential here.

Lebanon's Strawberry Festival is the town's calling card. Every June the festival fills the streets, and the town's pride runs year-round through the downtown revival. Festival-town businesses buy the visitor-facing facelift; a striped retractable on Main Street is the most visible advertising in a celebration town.

Brownsville brings the film fame. The Stand By Me town draws movie tourists to its preserved downtown, and the Linn County side of the Santiam holds the small-town charm the location scouts loved. Tourism-town storefronts compete on curb appeal, and the dealer who knows the film-tourism calendar pitches like a local.

The Santiam River ties the county together. From Sweet Home's reservoir country to the valley floor, the river corridor holds the recreation cabins and the family streets: practical buyers who want the system that survives valley weather with the warranty to prove it. No wholesale shade program serves the Santiam Valley; the dealer who sets up in Albany owns it outright.