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MAIN STREET No Horsing Around A growing equine community has helped boost business for a Granite Bay feed and pet-supply store BY Tom Couzens Douglas Feed & Pet Supply Owner: Craig and DeeDee Lyman Where: 5460 Douglas Blvd., Granite Bay, Placer County, (916) 791-3202 Website: douglasfeedandpetsupply.com Purchased: 2007 (founded in 1980 as Douglas Ranch Supply) Business: Pet and farm-animal feed and supply store DeeDee and Craig Lyman have owned Douglas Feed & Pet Supply in Granite Bay since 2007. Craig credits a growing equestrian community as a big reason for their success. PHOTO BY TOM COUZENS Why a feed and supply store? In 2007, Craig and DeeDee Lyman decided to leave their financial- and lending-industry positions after more than 25 years, sell their home in Portland, Oregon, and move to California. “We made the decision to find something back in California that would suit our family,” says Craig, the CEO of Douglas Feed & Pet Supply. Craig grew up in Napa and spent many summers on his grandfather’s ranch raising chickens and other farm animals. DeeDee, the company’s vice president, owned horses into her mid-20s and welcomed the opportunity to own a feed store in a community of equestrians and animal lovers. “(The store) provided us what we were looking for. It was a lifestyle fit, it was priced right and it was an amazing location serving a wonderful community,” Craig says. “At the time, it seemed that if I could run a lending center with 200 employees, I could run a feed store with 12 employ- 22 comstocksmag.com | September 2020