D.G. Meyer Inc —About Us
2023… 36 Years in Business
History
Donald G. Meyer, founder and long time president of D.G. Meyer Inc. was born in DeLand, FL on Wood Avenue on June 17th, 1934. He and his family lived on the Tomoka River until he was two years old. From there, they moved to a home in National Gardens where he lived until marrying and starting his own family.
In 1949, Donald started working part time at D.W. Browning Company in heat, air conditioning and sheet metal. He was also employed at Piggly Wiggly Grocery Store located at the intersection of Madison Avenue and Carswell Avenue. Perhaps not coincidentally, he eventually bought and remodeled the building that had been that grocery store. It is the present day location of D.G. Meyer Inc. In a working life that spanned over 65 years, Don Meyer worked all of those years at business sites on or adjacent to Carswell Avenue.
Upon graduating from Mainland Senior High School (At that time it was located on Bay Street near downtown Daytona Beach) in 1952, he went to work full time for D.W. Browning Company. He Started out as a sheet metal helper and advanced through the years to shop manager, foreman, supervisor, and in 1978 became the Executive Vice President of the company. When D.W. Browning was sold to Ferran Services and Contracting in July of 1986, Donald Meyer was asked to stay on as General Manager, but chose instead to leave and pursue other business ventures. Among these was a successful Lawn Service.
With the assistance of daughter Linda Longfritz and then son-in-law Joseph Berger, Donald started the D.G. Meyer Company. The business was incorporated on January 9, 1987. Steven Jones joined the staff later that same year and became a partner in 1989.
Through the years, as D.G. Meyer Inc. has continued to grow and prosper, it has changed locations several times. From a rented warehouse and office building on Carswell Avenue, the company moved to 400 Madison Avenue (on the Carswell intersection) in about 1993. In 1998— having outgrown that location— D.G. Meyer Inc. purchased the building (Formerly the Piggly Wiggly where Don worked in 1949-50.) that is its present home, remodeled it extensively and moved across the street in 1999.
Today, D.G. Meyer Inc. is one of Central Florida’s largest and most reputable Air Conditioning, Heating and Sheet Metal contractors. The company now occupies over 2 acres of business/industrial land in Daytona Beach. The fleet of distinctive orange and royal blue DGM trucks are a common site on the streets of this area. The company operates throughout the state of Florida and also holds a mechanical license to work in Georgia. D.G. Meyer Inc.’s services include residential air conditioning and service work, commercial refrigeration repairs and installations, commercial HVAC work (both new construction and renovations), and a sheet metal specialty shop that performs custom fabrication.
D.G. Meyer Inc. is proud of its local roots as a Daytona Beach, Florida business, as well as being an integral part of the community that has made them so successful. They are also proud to call themselves a family business. Though not all of the Staff are actually related, they have truly become a family in the years of their association.
Donald Meyer passed away on December 9, 2015. His presence and his leadership will be sorely missed. D.G. Meyer Inc. will continue to serve the Central Florida area, and will strive to maintain the high standards set forth by its founder. His legacy is one of superlative service, exacting craftsmanship and passionate community involvement. Neither he, nor the principles his company was founded on, will be forgotten.
