WHOLE LOG RECLAIMED - Key Persons
Jim is both the Team Captain and Head Cheerleader for the Whole Log Reclaimed group entity. Growing up in Hartford, CT, his love of the forest and all things wood started long before he began Whole Log Lumber.
After college and a stint in the military and Tennessee, Jim found his way to NC, near the headwaters of the Green River, where he built a second home and his business.
The original name of the company blended the synchronicity of his homesteading interests and the Whole Earth Catalogue, along with his skill of quarter-sawing oak timbers and utilizing every part. Hence, the "Saw Sage of the New Age" got an alias as well as the name of his company.
Jim wears many hats, but the part of his daily work he enjoys most is working with clients, developing relationships and creating agreements.
In his free time, Jim enjoys hiking, biking and going to the beach!
Founder Jim Stowell was cutting trees, clearing property, and building a house when he was introduced to antique heart pine in the early 1980's. He recognized the value of that ancient wood at a time when demolition contractors and others were still tearing down cotton mills and taking it to landfills.
Loy is Jim Stowell's partner in business and in life.
She is WLR's "ghost in the machine", working