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PITTSBURG —
VinylPlex president Bill Coleman meant a lot of things to a lot of people, and friends and area business leaders say his death over the weekend has created a large void that the Pittsburg community will find difficult to fill.
“It’s significant; Bill was very involved,” said Blake Benson, president of the Pittsburg Area Chamber of Commerce and a friend of Coleman’s. “Bill really impacted our community in a number of different ways. He was well known for his passion and support for programs like the Children’s Advocacy Center. He was still very active and engaged in the community, and it’s a shock to all of because he was taken far too soon.”
Benson said Coleman also was a leader who treated his employees with care.
“One thing that stuck with me was that he was proud of the fact that he paid his employees more than he had to,” Benson said, adding that Coleman would check industry wages to make sure his employees were above average. “That showed the kind of man that Bill was.”
Coleman also was a leader on the city’s economic development advisory committee, and was instrumental in putting on the city’s Christmas celebration in Memorial Auditorium each year.
“He gave a lot of himself and his resources to the community,” said Mark Turnbull, Pittsburg’s Economic Development Director, who also said Coleman was a friend. “To many children, he was Christmas. He provided a lot of joy and comfort to a lot of people. He served the community through his leadership as a business leader.”
Turnbull said Coleman was active on many committees in Pittsburg and “was a great supporter of small business in our community” through his relationship on the Business and Education Alliance.
“Bill would be known as a servant leader. He lead by example,” Turnbull said. “There were many opportunities to serve, and he chose to serve on many of them. The void is going to be very difficult to fill.”
VinylPlex president Bill Coleman meant a lot of things to a lot of people, and friends and area business leaders say his death over the weekend has created a large void that the Pittsburg community will find difficult to fill.
“It’s significant; Bill was very involved,” said Blake Benson, president of the Pittsburg Area Chamber of Commerce and a friend of Coleman’s. “Bill really impacted our community in a number of different ways. He was well known for his passion and support for programs like the Children’s Advocacy Center. He was still very active and engaged in the community, and it’s a shock to all of because he was taken far too soon.”
Benson said Coleman also was a leader who treated his employees with care.
“One thing that stuck with me was that he was proud of the fact that he paid his employees more than he had to,” Benson said, adding that Coleman would check industry wages to make sure his employees were above average. “That showed the kind of man that Bill was.”
Coleman also was a leader on the city’s economic development advisory committee, and was instrumental in putting on the city’s Christmas celebration in Memorial Auditorium each year.
“He gave a lot of himself and his resources to the community,” said Mark Turnbull, Pittsburg’s Economic Development Director, who also said Coleman was a friend. “To many children, he was Christmas. He provided a lot of joy and comfort to a lot of people. He served the community through his leadership as a business leader.”
Turnbull said Coleman was active on many committees in Pittsburg and “was a great supporter of small business in our community” through his relationship on the Business and Education Alliance.
“Bill would be known as a servant leader. He lead by example,” Turnbull said. “There were many opportunities to serve, and he chose to serve on many of them. The void is going to be very difficult to fill.”
