South Oregon News

The Ace Hardware in Eagle Point, Oregon has a special date coming up this weekend.

The upcoming date was announced in a company news release and a social media post by the Eagle Point Ace Hardware location.

"We will be celebrating our 10-year anniversary!" the Eagle Point Ace Hardware said in its Facebook post. "Mark your calendars for March 19. So many great giveaways and events happening!"

The Facebook post also included the store's events from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. that day at the store's location at 10840 Hannon Rd. in Eagle Point. The town of about 9,400 is in Jackson County, north of Medford in the Rogue River Valley along Oregon's Route 62.

The store brings to the local communities many of the same products and services that can be found in many Ace Hardware stores in larger towns and communities worldwide, according to the company news release announcing the Eagle Point store's upcoming anniversary.

"The store is packed with thousands of essential products and supplies, including some of the most respected brand names and best-selling items to help people take care of their homes," the company news release said. "Key product offerings include paint, lawn and garden, hardware, electrical, plumbing, automotive and home décor, as well as niche products such as Yeti, Scotts, STIHL, Big Green Egg, Milwaukee, Ben Moore, Traeger and Weber."

Headquartered in Oak Brook, Illinois, Ace Hardware has been a neighborhood staple in thousands of communities throughout the United States and throughout the world for about 90 years. Ace Hardware is the largest hardware cooperative in the industry with more than 5,500 stores locally owned and operated across the globe, including all 50 U.S. states and the District of Columbia, as well as in about 60 countries. Ace and its subsidiaries operate out of 14 distribution centers in the United States and also distribute in Shanghai and Panama City, in addition to Dubai, United Arab Emirates.

In 2014, Ace Hardware was ranked "Highest in Customer Satisfaction with Home Improvement Retail Stores, Eight Years in a Row" by J.D. Power.