Business View Magazine | July 2020

99 BUSINESS VIEW MAGAZINE JULY 2020 JZE BUI LDING & RESTORAT ION make sure you’re getting what you’re supposed to. I do what I say. “Right now, I’m restoring a 1942 home around the corner from Texas Southern University. We started two months ago and we’re almost done. I didn’t know that this was my passion. I had no idea, but God uses the broken, and crisis brings new visions, new dreams, new opportunities and you have to take advantage of them. I knew there was something better for me and now I have everything I could want. Especially my self- confidence. That was the hardest part.” BVM: What does the future hold for Patty Bear and JZE? Bear: “Looking ahead, I’ll continue to keep the company going and growing. My dream was to be a homebuilder and now I am, but for private people. I’ve already turned in six plans to the developer and we’ll start building soon in that community in Bridge City. When I sit with a client, I like to give them as much visual but I have a lot of sub-contractors, as well. It all depends if I have to send them to different cities – Orange, Beaumont, Port Arthur, Dallas, Austin, you name it. “There are also other companies who hire me to sell for them. And I do the actual teardown and rebuilds for new construction and restoration. Everything from underground foundations to roofing – a complete home from the bottom up. Business in the area is booming. A lot of people are coming to me because they aren’t working during the pandemic, but by the grace of God I haven’t stopped working. I don’t even advertise, I’ve basically just built a name for myself because people have seen my work through Billy Graham’s program. First of all, it’s an honesty thing. Especially in construction. There are a lot of thieves out there, taking money and not finishing the job, especially during the storm season. I wanted to be that safe haven for people to know there is someone who will be honest and lead you through the process and