Blue Bird Announces 2019 Dealer of the Year

Staff Report From Middle Georgia CEO

Tuesday, December 17th, 2019

Blue Bird Corporation is pleased to recognize its 2019 Dealer Award recipients. Recently announced at the Blue Bird Dealer Meeting in Hollywood Beach, Florida, dozens of Dealers were honored for their exceptional sales and service performance.

Canyon State Bus Sales took top honors as the 2019 Blue Bird Dealer of the Year, the second time the Phoenix, AZ-based dealership has been recognized, after first winning the award in 2016. Canyon State Bus Sales made significant investments in a new facility in 2016, and has continued to grow to better support and service new and existing Arizona customers.

“Canyon State Bus Sales is an outstanding Blue Bird dealer with terrific market share for Type A on up through Type C and D, along with an impressive service presence within their territory,” said Mark Terry, chief commercial officer of Blue Bird Corporation. “Their investment in their business through facilities, people and inventories have enabled them to provide excellent customer service. This strategy has clearly been successful and is the sign of a winning dealer. Canyon embodies many best practices that we recognize as critical to all stakeholders; Blue Bird, their Arizona customers and the Canyon employees. We are looking forward to their continued success in the years ahead!”

“We are honored to be named this year’s Blue Bird Dealer of the Year for a second time,” said Michael McGrath, President of Canyon State Bus Sales. “Our team has worked diligently this year to provide the best for our customers, and will continue to move forward in 2020 to offer exceptional customer support throughout Arizona.”