Weston Jacobs was scrolling through his Facebook newsfeed when he learned that Weakley-Watson Hardware was closing after 140 years of business. It had been years since Weston had lived in Brownwood, Texas, but anytime he went home, he stopped in the store. The news upset him, but it wasn’t until speaking with his father, Tim Jacobs, that Weston decided to do something about it.
“My dad is a small business owner, running an independent pharmacy in town,” Weston says. “He was so upset when he learned about the store closing. After some research, he determined the viability of keeping Weakley-Watson alive was huge.
