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Important NADRA registrations
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To learn more and to register for NADRA's GA Chapter Holiday Dinner, Click here.
To learn more and to register for NADRA's NJ Chapter Deck Awards & Holiday Dinner, Click here.
To learn more and to register for NADRA's NJ Deck Competiton, Click here.
Go to www.NADRA.org to learn more about all of NADRA's Chapter events!
Happy Thanksgiving
In keeping with tradition, feel free to take a few minutes (or 18 minutes and 37 seconds to be exact) to sit back, relax and enjoy Arlo Guthrie's, Alice's Restaurant!
Lumber prices spike on jump in US building
The Vancouver Sun
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Lumber prices have taken an unseasonal price spike as U.S. wholesalers and retailers start buying well ahead of the expected construction season next year. Spurred by low inventories, strong apartment construction and a surprise jump in building permits in the United States, the price of spruce, pine and fir construction lumber closed at $240 a thousand board feet, a $22 jump from the week before when it was at $218.
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Battered construction industry finally has a good week
The Huffington Post
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If you've been following the housing market as closely as I have this past week, then I'm sure you'll agree that the construction industry has reasons to be a little more optimistic these days. Looking at the numbers being reported on Housing Starts, the NAHB Builder Confidence Index and the BuildFax Residential Remodeling Index — it's fair to say that this week has been one of the best for housing news that we've seen in a while.
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Homebuilders go green
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Green building is one of the latest trends to hit the construction market. While conversations about improving energy efficiency are swirling around the industry, the question remains: Is it something buyers really want in new homes?
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Nyloboard decking gives new life to recycled carpet
PlasticsNews
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After a year of transition, Nyloboard LLC hopes to roll out its decking that is made from 100 percent recycled carpet fibers into major distribution markets in 2012. "We spent much of the year modifying our process to become much more efficient so that we could become more competitive and be able to produce much more volume," said Kevin Guthard, vice president of operations for the Covington, Ga., company, in an interview at Deck Expo in Chicago in mid-October.
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Valerie Kelleher Herzog retreats to outdoors at home
San Francisco Chronicle
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The Kelleher family initially made its mark in the Napa Valley 15 years ago when they opened Brix Restaurant & Wine Shop in Yountville, Calif. In 2004, they established Kelleher Family Vineyard, relying on grapes grown on the 16 acres surrounding the restaurant.
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Important dates to remember
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- Nov. 24 - Happy Thanksgiving!
- Dec. 5 - Deadline to register for NADRA's Atlanta, Ga. Holiday Dinner. Deadline to enter NADRA's New Jersey Chapter Deck Competition. Please go to www.NADRA.org to learn more.
- Dec. 8 - NADRA GA Chapter Meeting: Annual Christmas Party
- Dec. 9 - Deadline to register for NADRA's New Jersey Chapter Deck Awards and Holiday Dinner. Please click here to learn more.
- Dec. 14 - NADRA's New Jersey Chapter Deck Awards and Holiday Dinner at Ariana's Grand in Woodbridge, N.J., 6:30 p.m. - 10:00 p.m. Click here to learn more.
For more details on NADRA Events, email your questions to info@NADRA.org.
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Here is a list of some examples:
- Make a pledge to lend your creative team to NADRA.
- Make a pledge to send NADRA's eNews (the Industry brief and The BUZZ) to all of your contacts.
- A pledge to add NADRAs logo to your marketing and packaging.
- How about a pledge to help us with PR and distribution?
- A pledge to get your engineers involved in code.
- Make a pledge to sign up just one new member!
- A pledge to have each of your representatives join NADRA under the branch category.
- A pledge to support NADRAs 2012 regional education tour.
- A pledge to donate your air mileage to help offset travel expenses.
- Make a pledge to do the right thing ... for the right reason ... and have some fun doing it!
- If you are not a NADRA member, make a pledge to join!
So, in the days and weeks ahead, fill out a pledge form. Call headquarters and talk to the team. Tell us more about yourself and your company and let's work together...because a small pledge from each of you will make all the difference. It's called The Power of One.
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