Jon Donhowe:  

Life My H.S. sweetheart and I graduated from Fort Lewis College in '87 and I went to work as a Manager with Avis Rent A Car at Stapleton International Airport. Kristine was a Manager with Cole National, a large company that owns Things Remembered retail stores. Avis transferred me from Denver to Kansas City in '88 then on to Phoenix in '89...Lots of great people there - if any of my Avis buddies read this, shoot me a message: subwaysubs at msn dot com. I would love to hear from you! We left Avis, Cole National and a lot of really good friends behind in Phoenix to open our first Subway franchise back in Denver in 1990. We worked like dogs open to close seven days a week for two years to get our financing of that store paid off. Lived in some pretty ratty places too! Since then we have had nine Subway locations including two in the old Mile High Stadium and throughout the Denver Metro area. Saw The Pope and The Stones (no, not together) while working at Mile High! Currently we have five stores in and around Denver. I finally married Kristine in 1992 after convincing her we wouldn't have to live in the back of our Subway store. I think that's the year we swore off the Subway product too after eating it almost exclusively for a couple of years to save money. Way too much of a good thing! In '98 we started a second small business buying, remodeling and selling beach front condos in one of our favorite places - Florida. I still do all of the work myself - anything from electrical, tile, drywall and plumbing to the final interior decor. Generally, we gut the entire unit and start over from scratch. I find my efforts at this business personally rewarding because when the condo units are finished, they are better than new and show like models. While it didn't interest me too much in High School, I now find anything about architecture, construction, landscaping and remodeling very interesting. I guess my ...Expand for more