Solano Sun

Big Creek Lumber in Vallejo, California, is holding its grand opening celebration Saturday, Sept. 24.

America’s most celebrated “helpful place” is opening a new location at 4310 Sonoma Boulevard in Vallejo. Big Creek Lumber brings the company’s unique blend of personal, knowledgeable and helpful service, paired with quality home maintenance expertise and products, to Vallejo residents.

"We're looking forward to our grand opening this Saturday, 9/24, in Vallejo from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Who's joining us? Ribbon cutting at 10 a.m. Free Ace buckets to the first 750 customers, plus save 20% off your purchases in the bucket (Saturday only). Meet our vendors. Product demonstrations. Free hats to the first 500 attendees. Drawing for a Weber Spirit BBQ. Check out our new store," Big Creek Lumber wrote in a Sept. 21 Facebook post.

Big Creek Lumber sells lumber for all contractors, homeowners, resellers, forestry and landowner needs, including engineered wood, GLB, I-joints, plywood, lumber, pressure-treated lumber, redwood siding and trim. They also carry power tools, fencing and items for decking.

Big Creek Lumber Company purchased O’Connor Lumber in Vallejo this past July as the sixth of its Ace Hardware retail locations in the area, according to Hardware Retailing. 

Ace Hardware is the largest retailer-owned hardware cooperative in the world with more than 5,600 locally owned and operated hardware stores in approximately 70 countries. Headquartered in Oak Brook, Illinois, Ace and its subsidiaries operate an expansive network of distribution centers in the U.S. and have distribution capabilities in China, Panama and the United Arab Emirates.

Since 1924, Ace has become a part of local communities around the world and is known as "the place with the helpful hardware folks." For more information, visit AceHardware.com or Newsroom.AceHardware.com.