Gary Flores

Gary Flores is a native Houstonian who was raised in the North side Barrio and has seen the tremendous growth throughout the City, especially in the Houston's East End. He attended Houston public schools all his life and graduated from Jeff Davis High School in 1974. Since that time he has been in the automobile service and repair industry, Several of those years were spent with Firestone Tire Mfg., he handled firestone service centers throughout the greater Houston area, and also operated service centers in San Antonio for a brief period. He now owns his business in the East End.

In 1995, Gary Flores invested his years of hands-on knowledge and experience into his own small business. He became owner/operator of Auto-Check Service Center located at 6821 Harrisburg in the East End. As a small business proprietor, Mr. Flores' company does over $500,000 in revenues and employs a trained staff of servicing specialists handling most aspects of auto repairs. As previous Zone Manager with The Firestone Corp., he oversaw the production of numerous Master Car Care Centers and handled profit centers in excess of $1 million annually.

He is active in community work through his ten years membership in the East End Chamber of Commerce, serving on Membership and Financial committees whose focus is assisting other small businesses succeed. He also sits on the Chamber's Annual Golf Steering Committee.