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cov.er.sto.ry SMART CARTS LLC It’s Not Just A Cart, It’s A Lifestyle! Smart Carts LLC is Louisiana’s fastest growing custom golf cart shop due to a customer centric scope and a can do attitude. We are proud to be a woman owned small busi- ness. Our owner (Jandy Tyl) is a high school teacher with a passion for helping others. This is also one of the rea- sons we offer discounts to all Professional Educators, Military, Police and First Responders. We believe in giving back where we can. It’s not just what we do right that sets us apart, it’s how we recov- er in difficult situations, remaining focused  and goal oriented that sets us apart and keeps our customers happy. Tight deadlines, Christmas Eve builds and last minute birthday presents, no problem, that’s where we stand tall. Custom stereos, paint, seats, powder coat, theme carts, body kits, street legal, motor and controller upgrades, you guessed it: we do these too! From humble beginnings was born a shop that has out grown three facilities in 6 years. Starting out as a one man shop is a common theme these days. Now, selling hun- dreds of carts out of a dual purpose taxidermy shop: not so much. That’s right; our second location was a leased taxidermy shop, from a friend, this allowed us to operate in full compliance with local commercial zoning policies. Our customers really liked to stop by and check out the taxidermy work while ordering their new custom cart! After our first 1200 sqft shop filled up and the taxidermy shop proved to be too small we acquired an additional 7,000 sqft warehouse to help store fleets and serve as a new build space. It wasn’t pretty but with multiple locations and employ- ees, we had to make it work and we did just that. So goes the next two years operating out of multiple locations all while planning our next move. In January 2017 we purchased 2 acres of prime south Louisiana real estate with I-10 frontage. Go big or JUNE 2018 5