Small Business, Big Mission: National Coatings

Zeb Hadley, the 37-year-old owner of a commercial and industrial painting company, knew the business was in trouble when news started trickling out in mid-March that California was moving toward a stay-at-home order for its 40 million residents. The 24-year-old National Coatings company employed about 150 workers (and another 150 seasonal workers) and finished 2019 with more than $27 million in sales. Hadley’s brick-and-mortar operations are in North Carolina, Michigan, Idaho, Colorado and Montana,…