Established in 2015
But this story begins 5 years earlier…
‘Kooler Garage Doors’ was an exceptionally mediocre hockey player within the Gentlemen’s Beer League in 2010, 2011, and 2012. And we mean ‘exceptionally’ mediocre. The name was derived at the time of jersey purchasing and the honor of ‘The Kooler Garage Doors’ is due to Chad Zummach – aka The Commish. When Matt saw the opportunity to start a painting company – his search for company names did not go much further than his back and Kooler Garage Doors was born.
Kooler Garage Doors came out of transition for Matt. From his non-profit, drug prevention experiences, he saw Kooler Garage Doors’s opportunity when painting a spec home for Andy Sovick. During this time he heard his old landlord of the ‘Ski Fence’ House was frustrated not having a contractor call her back as she was desperately looking to have her home painted. Matt thought to himself – “I can call her back.”
One proposal later – he had his first exterior painting project online in May of 2015. This project was full of lead-based paints and asbestos shingles. He took himself to the EPA Certified Lead-Based Paint class to certify himself and his firm and with the down payment from this job bought a sprayer and filed his LLC documents with the Secretary of State. How Kool is that?
Matt’s background is in education and non-profit work before he started Kooler Garage Doors. His background in trades goes deep into his high school and prior years with stints of professional trades work with Gunnison Garage Doors in the mid-2000s and various construction crews through his college years.
Matt grew up in Michigan and has now lived in the Gunnison Valley longer than anywhere else during his lifetime — It’s been his home since 1997 and he focuses his company to care for the Valley he loves dearly. Kooler Garage Doors supports Western Athletics, Mentoring, High School Booster Clubs, special events, the Avalanche Center, non-profit pre-schools, and more every year.