For over 30 years owning a surveying and mapping company, Jon Webb had walked the terrain of thousands of projects…and built his company into a success. But Jon had reached a point where he wanted to walk some new ground in retirement.

Jon bought what is now New Albion Surveys in 1991. “Our clients range from local farmers to large companies, and our projects from topographic surveys for someone building a house to comprehensive surveys for a company buying a winery or vineyard,” says Jon.

“When I started in the business, I was 30 and I always told myself I would retire when I was 50. I went right past that, and when I was approaching 60, I told myself, it’s time to get on this and sell.”

 “I tried selling my company to several employees, but they decided they didn’t want to be owners. I needed a new approach. My brother-in-law recommended I talk to Jim Odney at Crescenda…I reached out and liked him right off the bat. I also met his son, Jamer and liked him too.”

“I gave them some basic financial information, and they came back and said they thought I was wrong on valuation, and I thought ‘oh no, here we go.’ They said they believed the company was worth triple what I originally planned to sell it for. Jamer and Jim put my business onto the market. Within a month, they had three interested parties, and shortly after that, two parties with offers. True to Jim’s word, they got me their predicted price. And Crescenda made the whole process so easy.”

“The buyers wanted to continue to run the company the way it had been successfully run before. They have held true to their word and been very fair to our employees. They’re the best buyers I could hope for.”

“My wife Stacey and I have many retirement plans. We’ve had a home in Montana for seventeen years and are now spending more time there. I go back and forth and work out of Montana in my transitional role with the company. We’re near Kalispell, not far from Glacier Park…I enjoy fly fishing wonderful rivers here like the Flathead and Blackfoot…also hunting and snowmobiling. We go down to Baja several times a year to fish or dive.”

“I also want to mentor people in surveying and help to attract more people into the business, because it’s an important field and difficult to find enough good people to work in it. Our ultimate plan is to be in Montana full time, and to travel internationally. We had a beautiful new granddaughter in May, so there will be more time to enjoy her. Bottom line, we just wanted to get out there and have adventures and Crescenda helped us do that.”