About Us
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Richard Connelly and Gretchen Swanson (photo by Ofelia Saenz, Signal Tribune)

 

The Company

RichCo Gates is a part of RichCo Outdoor Construction located in Long Beach, California. We are a small, local builder that specializes in outdoor woodwork and strives to offer the best product possible in a variety of price ranges.

Due to a large demand for our gates, we created RichCo Gates in order to offer our product to a wider market and to expand our catalog.

Our Philosophy
We believe in doing good work and having fun in the process. We also think that in a world filled with mass-produced junk and imported products there is still time and need for a locally hand-crafted item built specifically for a client.

The People

Richard Connelly
– Owner-manager, develops all the construction formats for the company. He is a craftsman and a licensed contractor and a man who loves a challenge. He invites you to use your creativity and vision for your home, and he will do his best to make it happen.

Gretchen Swanson
– Co-owner, gate and exterior home accessories designer. Consultation and development of whole exterior concepts for home refurbishment. In other words, she creates curb appeal!

Acknowledgements
Here are some of the folks that help us communicate what we do:

Dorothy Spirus – writer
Neena Chawla – illustrator and artist
Claudia Tammen – photographer
Mike Ross – graphics designer and web specialist
Tamara Grossman – niece and web developer extraordinaire

We’d like to acknowledge the sites where we have photographed our gates:
Brita Lemmon, Brita’s Old Town Gardens , Seal Beach
Earl Burns Miller Japanese Garden , California State University, Long Beach
Hilltop Park , Signal Hill, California

And a special thanks to the folks at the Signal Tribune for all their support.