Area Firm Celebrating Five Years Of Service

    “It’s done better than I ever dreamed.”
   Marathon Electrical Services owner John Davis, III, this week was all smiles about the company, which is celebrating its fifth year in business. A full-service electrical service provider with residential, commercial, and industrial branches, the company is experiencing explosive growth that has included its recent move from Eustis to Umatilla, where it now resides in a new building inside the Gateway Commerce Center.
   Davis, a Tavares native, created Marathon Electrical Services with his father, who had retired from his own electrical company, as well as from the Lake County School Board, before reentering the workforce with his son.
   “We got to work together every day. It came full circle for us.”
   Davis’ father passed away in 2019, but the ideals associated with running a successful community business remain strong today.
   "This is our community, and it is a tight-knit community," Davis said. And so is the staff that works the business day-to-day. "This company is built on those guys," Davis said of the office and field staff that shows up at 7 a.m. on workdays. "We are blessed with good people."
   And after five years, a business that is growing by leaps and bounds. Which made the move to Umatilla that much more important.
   “Getting this building was the big step,” said company vice president Lewie Keen this week, a move that allowed the office and warehouse to be under the same roof, and also allow for the company to stock supplies in such a way as to avoid constant trips to outside suppliers.
   The firm handles large projects, including new custom homes and projects at The Villages, but Davis says the company is proud to also serve individuals at their homes with the many smaller items that crop up.
   “There’s no job too small,” Davis said this week. “We’ll do them.”
   The company’s move to Umatilla has also seen it raise its public profile. Employees recently led participation in a chili cookoff in Eustis, as well as competed in Umatilla’s Big Orange Day chili and BBQ cookoff.
   “We want to have a community business that employs people in the community,” Davis said.
   Marathon Electrical Services is located at 1065 Duck Box Road in Umatilla, and can be reached at 352-742-5010.