{"id":1785211,"date":"2018-04-02T18:40:40","date_gmt":"2018-04-02T22:40:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/?p=1785211"},"modified":"2018-04-02T21:16:30","modified_gmt":"2018-04-03T01:16:30","slug":"john-loacker-and-the-kroll-map-company","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2018\/04\/john-loacker-and-the-kroll-map-company\/","title":{"rendered":"John Loacker and the Kroll Map Company"},"content":{"rendered":"

It’s nice to see media coverage of a map publisher or store that doesn’t involve it going out of business. The\u00a0<\/a>Seattle Times<\/em><\/a> looks<\/a> at a local institution, the Kroll Map Company<\/a>, which has been mapping the city and its environs for more than a century, and its current owner, John Loacker.<\/p>\n

The survival of a company like Kroll is a small act of rebellion against the forces reshaping the city by the day. And yet lately, John has wondered what will become of the business his grandfather bought in 1920 and his father worked at for 72 years. John is also a co-owner of Metsker Maps<\/a>, a retail store in Pike Place Market, but he leaves the day-to-day operations there to others. He is the sole owner of Kroll.<\/p>\n

\u201cI have to craft my exit,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

[MAPS-L<\/a>]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

It’s nice to see media coverage of a map publisher or store that doesn’t involve it going out of business. 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