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Akron Business Park has its first business

The first business in the newly-opened Akron Business Park will open this month. Capital Car Wash will offer the community several services in Akron. The facility will have three wash bays. One will be a Touchless Automatic bay for automobiles and the second will be a hand-wash bay for automobiles, including pickups. The third bay is larger to accommodate farm tractors and large trucks. Customers will have four levels of washing to choose. Two of the levels include drying their vehicles after the washing. In addition, customers can pay three ways. They may use the coin change machine to get coins, purchase “wash cards” and tokens, or use their debit or credit card. Jerry Hoss, of Akron, will be the attendant assisting motorists at the car wash. Capital Car Wash is the expansion of a car wash business in Hull. Co-owners Joel Heitritter and Les Van Roekel purchased a car wash there two years ago. The high school classmates had been talking about opening a car wash for a few years but somebody beat them to it. However, when it came up for sale, they grabbed at the chance. “It's something we were kind of interested in,” said Heitritter. “A car wash is something we can do the work mostly ourselves.” When they were looking to expand their cash wash operations, a friend recommended Heitritter look at Akron. Heitritter was already familiar with Akron as his grandmother, Rose Meester, and aunt, Barb Johnson, live there. “It's a great community to get involved in,” said Heitritter. “It's a real progressive city. It's clean, seems like it's growing. They have a lot of small local businesses which is good to see in a small rural community. It has a lot of attractive features for businesses that move in.” Heitritter is originally from Boyden and his wife, Connie, is from Hull. They live on a small farm outside of Hull where he raises a “little bit” of corn, beans and swine. Heitritter is an ag loan officer at Iowa State Bank in Hull. Heitritter graduated from Boyden-Hull in 1987 and Connie from Hull Christian in 1987. He graduated from the University of North Dakota with a bachelor's degree in business administration and aviation. Heitritter told The Akron Hometowner he wanted to be a pilot but they decided to continue living in northwest Iowa. “We wanted to raise our family in a small community,” said Heitritter. They have three boys: Jonathan, 10; Justin, 7; and Joshua, 4. Van Roekel grew up in Boyden, graduating from Boyden-Hull Community School in 1991. He earned a bachelor's degree in business administration with an emphasis on management and finance from Northwestern College in Orange City in 1995. He operates a mortgage-broker business, Advance Home Lending, which has its corporate headquarters in Hull. Van Roekel and his wife, Gwen, have two children: Keaton, 7, and Haley, 5. They live in Hull. “We look at Capital Car Wash as a long-term investment,” said Van Roekel. City officials and community members have been really good to work with, he said. “Experience working with the people in Akron has been great,” said Heitritter. “Although we aren't physically living in Akron, we want people to know the car wash will be part of the community,” said Van Roekel, explaining they are interested in fund-raising projects of the community. “We want to be there financially as well as want to be part of the community.” “We look forward to meeting the people of Akron,” said Van Roekel. “We look forward to filling this need in the community,” said Heitritter.