Furniture & family
La-Z-Boy South celebrates 50th anniversary There were a number of factors that played into La-Z-Boy choosing the City of Newton for its first furniture manufacturing plant outside of its home base in Michigan back in 1960. However, perhaps the biggest reason was the company found a good fit in the small, comfortable town and [...]
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