[Citizens National Bank Helps Celina Tent, Inc. Tailor Their Business Growth]
Citizens National Bank is proud to have Celina Tent as one of its customers. Rod Stover, Vice President and Celina City President, states, “I enjoy working with the Grieshops and seeing their business grow and succeed. It’s great to see a local, family owned and operated business have such an impact across the United States and world-wide.”
Celina Tent designs, manufactures and distributes tents for dealers, retail customers and the government. Started as a tent rental company in 1996, this family owned business realized the need for high quality manufactured tents, and expanded to tent manufacturing in 1999. Jeff Grieshop serves as President, with his mother, Janice, serving as Vice President; and father, Herb serving as a Board Member. By designing the tents at Celina Tent, the company can manufacture tents to fit many various needs. Celina Tent is a one-stop shop for special event and party rental businesses. Celina Tent provides quality, long lasting tents at an affordable price to meet the rental business’ needs. Additionally, Celina Tent sells tent components, tables, chairs and party related accessories; along with offering financing and web site design to provide rental companies exceptional products and service. Celina Tent also manufactures Humanitarian/General Purpose Tent System (HGPTS) shelters for humanitarian aide in the events of natural disasters or conflicts worldwide. The shelter is 100% Berry Amendment compliant, meaning that the shelters and components are totally made in the United States using all American labor. Currently, Celina Tent has a contract with the US Department of Defense to manufacture 1,210 tents for disaster relief. The Grieshops are proud to manufacture handcrafted, high quality tents that are sold worldwide.
Having had a great banking relationship with Stover, the Grieshops brought their Celina Tent accounts to Citizens National Bank when Stover began working at Citizens almost two years ago. The Grieshops are impressed with Stover’s genuine interest in their company. They are pleased that he comes out to their place of business a couple of times a month to keep current on what’s happening with their business. Jeff Grieshop says, “In our business, things change and move quickly. Rod works with us to develop a lending program that’s flexible to meet our changing needs.” He adds that Rod knows his family and their business, and suggests and provides lending products such as Small Business Administration and State programs that are advantageous to Celina Tent.
In addition to the government lending programs, the Grieshop family also appreciates Stover’s suggestions of products that make their daily operations more efficient. The Grieshops use Citizens’ business online banking service, Online for Business. They are impressed with its security features and the quickness of wire transfers. Using the wire transfer feature in Online for Business, they are able to receive and see their customers’ funds much quicker; therefore, they are able to ship out the customers’ products much quicker. Additionally, the Grieshops use Citizens’ VISA Merchant at trade shows to conduct transactions in a fast, effective manner. Janice Grieshop says, “We feel that Rod looks out for us. He suggests products to help our business continue to succeed and grow.”
Celina Tent is located at 5373 State Route 29 in Celina. For further information about Celina Tent, please call 419/586-3610 or toll free 866/438-8368, or visit www.gettent.com. To learn more about the humanitarian tent program, visit www.hgpts.com.
