News and Opinion from Sisters, Oregon
News and Opinion from Sisters, Oregon
Linda Alldredge has opened the doors on her Country Financial office.
Linda Alldredge opened the doors at Country Financial in Sisters in June.
Opening an office in Sisters was a long time coming for the Country Financial representative. She first established her business in Redmond, but she always had her eye on her hometown.
"I had a feeling that my best chance of success was to start in a little bigger town and build a client base, which I did over six years," she told The Nugget. "As a result, I'm so much more relaxed. I'm busy all the time, right out of the gate."
Country Financial offers insurance services for home, auto, life, business and retirement. Alldredge particularly emphasizes her work helping people enroll under in the Affordable Care Act. She has "superagent" status in helping people navigate through that often-confusing welter of options and requirements.
"I'm going to be working with businesses also in this next year," she noted.
Alldredge brings a lot of passion to her work. For her, it's not just a matter of business, but a matter of serving individual clients and the broader community of Sisters.
"The question you have to ask yourself as a business is, "what can I do for them ... what is your value as a business?'" she said. "I feel like I'm already contributing to the city."
She described working with one client as an example of the importance she places on serving a client's needs - and the rewards that brings to her. The client had a wife with Parkinson's disease, and he wanted to set up a life insurance plan so that she would be taken care of in the event something happened to him. As it happened, his demise came very quickly.
"The peace he had knowing I was there to help him have everything settled for her... I don't think there's anything that I will be able to accomplish professionally that will be more important than that," she said.
Alldredge describes her business as "the best kind of independent business." She's her own boss, but she has significant backup.
"It's not just me," she said. "The resources of Country Financial can be brought to bear to support what I do."
For more information on Country Financial in Sisters, contact Linda Alldredge at 541-549-6946 or 541-728-1573.
Jim Cornelius is editor in chief of The Nugget and author of “Warriors of the Wildlands: True Tales of the Frontier Partisans.” A history buff, he explores frontier history across three centuries and several continents on his podcast, The Frontier Partisans. For more information visit www.frontierpartisans.com.
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