Our grandpa was a cabinet maker. Our father was a carpenter. We had eight uncles who were all skilled tradesmen. My brothers and I spent our teenage summers working beside them, learning the tricks of the trade. Not many people are fortunate enough to receive lifelong training in a profession they love, but us Clark brothers were.

In the early 2000s we launched Clark Brothers with a simple mission: Create quality construction both our team and clients are proud of; do it in a way that lets us wake up every morning without questioning the decisions we made the day before. The company — our company — that launched with a building addition for a veterinary clinic is now one of lower Michigan’s most sought after building contractors and we did it together.