Cheryl and Peter Caffrey, who have owned the businesses since 2005, invite locals to experience the new car wash and laundromat after it was demolished by the tornado of 2012.
The Village Laundry has a new layout that is more accessible than the previous layout. Washing machines line the walls of the building, rather than standing back to back in the middle of the building, making the space feel larger.
The extractor style washing machines and dryers survived the tornado in style and have been refurbished. Multiple 18-pound washers, one 35-pound washer and one 50-pound washer are available.
Customers can use the 35-pound and 50-pound washers to wash comforters and blankets or just a very large load of laundry. All washers are front loaders and extractors, which means very little water is left in the clothes for the dryers to remove.
Additionally, several new in-bay features enhance the Village Car Wash, including new signs, booms and bay ceilings. The five self-serve bays, including one outside bay for larger vehicles, allow customers to wash in comfort.
Along with the mechanical room equipment being refurbished, the car wash is outfitted with LED lights. The new lighting system provides more light than the previous system, and it is also very energy efficient.
A new token system is in place at the Village Car Wash. Fleets, businesses and other customers can purchase car wash tokens to use or give as gifts. To buy tokens, call the phone number on the coin machine at the front of the car wash.
“We are very appreciative of customers returning to the business and the encouragement they have offered,” Cheryl said. “It has been a very long process going from destruction to reopening and their smiles and appreciation make a world of difference.”
To do this, the company received a $2.4 million grant from the Department of Energy for work expected to last through 2015, the company said. The work is specifically looking at improving the manufacturing process of light-emitting diodes to speed the process by three times the current rate, reduce LED light engine costs by five times and reduce assembly costs by 50 percent.
LED lighting is six to seven times more efficient than conventional lighting and can last 25 times longer, the company said in a statement, but that might not be enough.
“LED is currently more costly than traditional lighting,” Mark Eubanks, president of Eaton’s Cooper Lighting Division, said in a written statement. “Eaton is focused on innovation that will simplify design and manufacturing process to maintain high quality and lower costs for consumers.”
This grant is part of a larger $10 million DOE program. Eaton’s work on this research is expected to happen at the company’s Wisconsin and Georgia facilities. Eaton’s electrical division is based out of Moon Township.More information about the program is available on the web site at www.streetlights-solar.com.
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