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BY TODD FORTUNE
Rappahannock News Staff Writer
Chris and Pat Salmon call their business Third Level because “it’s a higher level of support and services.” They also call it Third Level because the office is on the third floor of their home.
The business is “very diversified” according to Chris Salmon. Third Level is a family partnership that started in Opal in 1981. By 1983, they had moved to their current home in Flint Hill. Chris and Pat run, the operation, with some or all of their three children periodically involved.
The Salmons started off in agriculture. They sold hay and custom beef, but stopped selling beef when the cattle market crashed. They started up the beef side of the business again, but dropped out for good four or five years ago when the cattle market crashed again. They do still sell hay, however.
The Salmons also sold produce door-to-door in Fairfax County for a number of years. The business did very well. However, a number of years back Fairfax County passed a number of licensing requirements that made it too expensive for the Salmons to continue that venture.
Cinecom release a multimedia CD in 1995 titled "Fighting Ships of Pearl Harbor”, about the ships that were stationed at the naval base when the Japanese attacked on Dec. 7, 1941.
Third Level set up marketing, distribution and advertising for the CD, which finished in the top 20 sales for CDs released that year. Jim Eastham and David Wilson were a big help to the Salmons on this project.
More recently, Third Level assisted the county in developing its E-911 system. The Salmons did mapping and addressing for the system, which is expected to be up soon. Their daughter, “DiDi” Hayes, has done some additional addressing work for the county.
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