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Lakeside heritage
Lakeside Industries has been in business since 1952, when Rhoady Lee, Sr. and his son Rhoady Lee, Jr. purchased a sand and gravel, and ready-mix concrete company on the eastside of Lake Washington.

By 1971 the business expanded to include three asphalt paving companies and a dump trucking business. During the 1980s, Lakeside grew to become the largest asphalt paving company in the Pacific Northwest. Today, the company is under the leadership of third generation Lees - Tim Lee as chief executive officer and Michael Lee as president.

Operating west of the Cascade Range from Portland, OR to Canada, Lakeside employs a dedicated quality control staff that is supported by more than a dozen in-house testing laboratories.

Monroe's North Puget Sound market
Ninety percent of the asphalt produced at the Monroe facility serves Lakeside paving crews working in the North Puget Sound area, which extends from North Seattle to the Canadian border.

"It's a competitive market, but the investment we've made in the new facility will position us to meet the needs of our customers," Dempsey notes.