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The company was originally founded in 1985 by Tim Miller. Tim grew up in the industry as his dad was also a local homebuilder. In fact, Tim first began framing homes when he was in high school. It was only a year after starting Fireside Homes that Tim Miller began developing residential neighborhoods. As Miller began moving towards his retirement, he had discussions with James Byars, the current President of Fireside and friend of Miller, about taking over the company. Byars and Miller have a long- standing history together in their personal and professional lives. “I grew up as a friend of the Miller family,” reflects Byars. “My first job was working for Tim’s dad. Through a few other jobs I came to work with Tim in November of 2016. Tim brought me on as VP of Sales for our Hearth Homes division, and I eventually took over all sales for both Fireside & Hearth. I slowly started taking over administrative responsibilities. In2019,westartedour transition plan to shift ownership from Tim over to myself over a span of five years. We are currently executing that transition plan now.” Byars seems like a perfect fit for Fireside Homes. Byars’ father had a passion for construction, which allowed Byars to work on AUG - SEP 2021 “The company was originally founded in 1985 by Tim Miller. Tim grew up in the industry as his dad was also a local homebuilder. In fact, Tim first began framing homes when he was in high school. It was only a year after starting Fireside Homes that Tim Miller began developing residential neighborhoods.”