From the NADRA NJ President: We had a successful meeting on Tuesday night, July 21st. The chapter was well mixed with builders, manufacturers, distributors and lumber yards. Actually, we were skewed higher in builder attendance which was pleasing since it was a concern of some meetings in the past. We had a [...]
From the NJ Chapter President: Lainie Sleppin On Tuesday night May 19th I opened the NJ meeting at about 6:40 and welcomed everyone. The chapter was notably light on our regular deck builder attendees. As we know this is not the easiest time of the year to get deck builders to [...]
January 14th, 2015 From the President: On Tuesday night Jan 13th I opened the meeting welcoming everyone back with the hopes that all attendees had a wonderful Holiday and a happy New Year. I was extremely pleased that we had a very healthy turn out for the first meeting of 2015. [...]
From the President: Last night was an excellent meeting, we had over 30 attendees. In fact we had 33 people attend. What pleased me the most was the blend of builders vs. distributor’s vs. manufactures vs. retailers. It was an awesome mix of all levels of the channel. I stayed on [...]
Hello All, I want to thank everyone who attended the awards dinner and helped to make it a total success. It was great seeing all of our members and reps having a great time. So that being said, this is a perfect time to dig out that card from a sponsoring [...]
January 21st, 2014 Joseph Ward Simmons, aka Rev. Run from the rap group, Run DMC, makes it a family affair as he and his whole family work together to completely renovate their 9,000-square-foot New Jersey home. Rev's back deck has seen better days. Completely untouched since the house was built, it's [...]
January 17th, 2014 The Value of Trade Associations for Professional Contractors by Greg Hartmann, National Account Manager Why doesn't every deck builder belong to NADRA? What can we do to spread the word about the benefits of belonging to trade organizations? I see some NADRA chapters that have become relevant, educational, [...]
