Cove Fireworks Business Sees Growth Over the Years

Gary Brumbaugh has been in the fireworks industry for over 30 years doing both professional shows and having a retail store for the last seven years in Royer just outside of Williamsburg.

“I have always enjoyed doing the professional shows — since we opened the store, every year we do better,” he said.

Consumer fireworks were legalized in 2017, the Brumbaugh Fireworks opened in 2018.

The store started out as just one building and there was no sprinkler system at the time, which meant they could only keep 125 pounds of powder in the building, Brumbaugh said.

Once they were able to get a varianc...