David Taylor says he and his wife Tonya were not necessarily interested in running a bowling alley when they took over B & B Lanes three years ago.
“I had a desire to own it, but not to run it, but when my brother stepped down, it was time for me to step up, and it has been a chapter in my life that I couldn’t be more happier to have,” Taylor said.
That chapter concludes Monday as the Taylors transfer ownership of the bowling alley to L & S Entertainment LLC, which will continue the operation as Strike and Spare B & B Lanes.
Taylor said he is proud of his family’s contribution to the community for more than six decades, and while walking away is hard it is easier knowing a family-owned operation is here to carry on the legacy.
“It’s bittersweet, but at the same token, I’m getting ready to turn 65, and I feel that I found someone to take it over, to take it above and beyond what we could do for this community,” Taylor said. “I think they will give back and you’ll have a bowling alley here in Elizabethtown, Kentucky, for as long as the Taylors did for 60-plus years.”
L & S Entertainment will continue the new lanes project the Taylors got started for the bowling alley and have started other renovations, and Taylor said they were committed to retaining B & B employees that wished to stay on.
Taylor said keeping the local bowling alley alive means keeping the community better.
“Our kids need it, our adults need it, and we try to make it a great family fun center to give them something to do, and since COVID we all know that families have become more families today than they have been in years, and that’s the kind of places that you’ve got to have and you need for your community,” Taylor said.
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