{"id":27668,"date":"2022-08-22T22:00:17","date_gmt":"2022-08-23T05:00:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/community.nrs.com\/?p=27668"},"modified":"2022-08-23T08:00:18","modified_gmt":"2022-08-23T15:00:18","slug":"celebrating-50-years-on-the-water","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/community.nrs.com\/duct-tape\/2022\/08\/22\/celebrating-50-years-on-the-water\/","title":{"rendered":"Celebrating 50 Years on the Water"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\"  width=\"970\" height=\"546\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/T9llrOgFDI8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cSometimes you guys tell me that I&#8217;m important to the company and I pretend to believe them. It\u2019s about the people at NRS now.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>50 years ago, a business professor wondered if he could do the things he was teaching. Could he build a company? Better yet, could he build a company that he would want to buy from or work for? That business professor was Bill Parks.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cNow here we are, 50 years later, and I can\u2019t say that I can do the things I was teaching, but NRS can certainly do the things.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>That approach helped create loyal, long-lasting relationships with customers, employees and business partners in the Northwest and beyond. Since 1972, NRS has grown from a mail-order business operated in Bill\u2019s garage to a global outdoor sporting goods brand and prominent employer in the small town of Moscow, Idaho.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;It&#8217;s just an amazing company that I am really so happy to have been associated with.&#8221; &#8211; Bill Parks<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Learn more about NRS\u2019s history: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nrs.com\/about\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.nrs.com\/about\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cSometimes you guys tell me that I&#8217;m important to the company and I pretend to believe them. 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