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Mainland Pawn and Jewelry Shop 106 Highway 3 La Marque, TX 77568 409 935-6673 www.facebook.com/MainlandPawnandJewelry bjjewel@sbcglobal.net Representatives: Betty Holcomb, Mac Holcomb, Mike Holcomb

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Tell us a little about your company’s background.

As a family-owned and -operated business for 46 years, Mainland Pawn and Jewelry continues to serve the Gulf Coast community. Mike and Betty Holcomb opened Mainland Pawn and Jewelry in December 1974. Still going strong, we are proud to have been joined by our son, Mac. Mainland Pawn and Jewelry also has a wonderful staff of friends that are more like family than fellow workers.

How would you summarize what you do?

We sell NEW and pre-owned jewelry, and we do custom designs, make one of a kind pieces, and we also repair jewelry. We also have one of the largest inventories of firearms in Galveston County. We are a NEW firearms dealer as well as having pre-owned firearms. More than 50 percent of our guns are NEW, direct from distributors and manufactures.

How has your business evolved over time?

We make secured collateral confidential loans. We are licensed and governed by the Texas Office of Consumer Credit — the same organization that monitors Texas banks. It is no longer a law that pawn shops have to license and background check employees through the state, but Mainland Pawn and Jewelry will continue to have ev-

eryone on our staff licensed and investigated by the Texas OCCC.

Our store is like a mini mall. Besides the jewelry and firearms, we have tools, musical instruments, TVs, electronics and more.

What are some of your proudest accomplishments?

Our proudest accomplishment is the trust we have earned by treating our customers honestly and with the respect they deserve. We are now seeing the third generation of people we have come to think of as an extension of our family. Hearing someone come in and say “I’m getting married, and I wouldn’t go anywhere else but here to get my rings” or “I’m taking my grandson hunting, and I want you to help me find him a rifle. This is where my dad got my first one” makes us proud that we are still part of this community.

We have seen our community of customers through Hurricanes Ike and Harvey and births, marriages and loss of loved ones. We hope to be here for many more La Marque and Texas City celebrations of good things to come — making La Marque and Texas City the best of places to live and thrive.

What are you working on now?

We now have a Facebook page with pictures of our merchandise.

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