A Behind the Scenes Look: Vexrid Pest Management

The PCT staff met with Aaron and Leatrice Tate in January at Angelo Merendino's studio in downtown Cleveland to shoot this month's cover story.

PCT’s February cover story is a series of feature stories of Black-owned pest control company owners — individuals who’ve all traveled different paths to the industry, but all share the common thread of having a support network. PCT staff met with Aaron and Leatrice Tate, owners of Vexrid Pest Management, in January for a photo shoot for the story. That's when they found out they'd be on the cover.

Since starting his company in 2012 after working for a larger pest control company, Aaron and Leatrice have focused mostly on commercial clients like restaurants, nursing care and health care facilities and apartment complexes throughout the northeast Ohio region, which includes Cuyahoga, Summit, Sandusky and Stark counties. 

Watch a behind the scenes, sit-down interview with Aaron and Leatrice as they describe how working in the pest control industry is like "a crime scene investigation." 

Read the cover story here.