Longtime computer services company moves back to Midtown Grand Rapids

UserEasy Computer Systems, Inc. used to be a familiar face in the Midtown/Fulton Heights area of Grand Rapids. The one-person shop occupied about 300 square feet in the rear of LightHouse Furnishings next to The Schnitz Deli. Now, after 12 years of operating UserEasy in an industrial area south of 28th St., owner Paolo Ladomato has moved the company and his seven employees back to E. Fulton St.  

Family ties run deep. Ladomato's parents, Bob and Betti Allen, owned LightHouse Furnishings, now located at 1141 E. Fulton, next door to the Fulton Street Farmers Market. Recent changes at LightHouse (see related story here) freed up some 3,500-square-feet in the building for UserEasy Computers.  

The shop, which opened this week, repairs and services desktop and laptop computers, sells computer accessories, sets up networking for residential and corporate needs, custom builds desktop computers and custom designs laptops. UserEasy also designs software businesses can use to track inventory and sales, handle accounting and perform other functions.

Internet sales a large part of the business, with sales coming through UserEasy's website, as well as Amazon and eBay, says Allen.

"We moved back to the city to be more centrally located to our customer base," says Bob Allen, who has worked for his son for the past eight years. "Plus we have more exposure being right on Fulton Street."

Source: Bob Allen, UserEasy Computer Systems, Inc.
Writer: Deborah Johnson Wood, Development News Editor
Photographs: Deborah Johnson Wood