March 2026
5 profiles
Seattle’s Zaytura went from hanging wallpaper to building decks on rooftops
Farkhati Ashurov, a civil engineer from a family of engineers, started Zaytura in 2024 doing handyman jobs and has steered it up onto Seattle’s flat roofs.
At AmeriTop Roofing in Wilmington, the roof is sometimes only the first job
Raised among his father’s contractor friends, Richard Linville runs a Wilmington roofing company that will also build the deck or the retaining wall.
At Gino’s Concrete in Denver, the work that matters is under the driveway
Gino Martinez has poured Denver driveways, patios and steps since at least 2014, and his customers keep describing the part they will never see again: the ground underneath.
Mark Solomon learned the painting trade in San Francisco, then brought it home to Medford
A union apprenticeship in San Francisco shaped Solomon Painting, which has worked across the Rogue Valley since 1992 and sprays its doors and trim in a heated shop.
The owner of My Tree Guy of Franklinton won’t take a job more than 15 minutes from home
Jonpaul started out splitting barbecue wood; now he runs My Tree Guy himself, climbing and cutting trees for customers no more than 15 minutes from his house.