Remembering 9/11: Artist Peggy Weis discusses her paintings

This week, all of us at RD Weis Companies remember our and our loved ones' experiences during -- and after -- the attacks on the World Trade Center.

We want to hear your story of your 9/11 experience - where you were, where your loved ones were, how you got home...

If you would like to share your story publicly, please comment below.

If you would find it easier to share your story in email, please write us at rdweiscompanies@gmail.com and we will blog your story for you.

Feel free, of course, to tell us in your email that you prefer to be anonymous and we will respect your privacy by posting your story with no name.

Here, artist Peggy Weis discusses her paintings commemorating 9/11:

USGBC Emerging Professionals

Mariah Howard-Porath, Social Media Coordinator, Earth Day New York, is one of the USGBC's Emerging Professionals and has a lovely post on the USGBC Blog:

Imagine having the ability to gather a village of engineers, architects, designers, lawyers, teachers and advocates of green building practices in one place for a week...

Read her whole article here.

CARE Annual Report

More great work from Carpet America Recovery Effort (CARE) in their Annual Report. Click here for the pdf.

An excerpt:

KEY RESUlTS FOR CARE In 2009
• In 2009, CaRE introduced a new aligned Dealer program, to provide additional benefits and support to Commercial Dealers and Residential Retailers across the United States. Members of the Aligned Dealer program receive a number of special benefits, including marketing materials to display in their showroom, highlighting their support of CARE. We are especially grateful to the 111 members of the Starnet Worldwide Commercial Flooring Partnership who have signed up for the program, and the 97 members of the Resource Commercial Flooring network, who are now registered members of CaRE.
• In addition to the marketing materials enjoyed by all CaRE members, CaRE created a Dealer members’ website page on the CARE Website. The webpage includes a state-by-state roster of CARE dealer members to highlight their involvement in the CaRE organization. The listing is also used as a reference for customers looking to purchase flooring from an organization actively supporting the carpet reclamation movement.
• For the past year, a dedicated team of CaRE bOD members, representatives of the carpet industry, suppliers, entrepreneurs and government representatives have been working on strategies to sustainably grow carpet diversion and recycling. While there has been an intense amount of time and effort devoted to this challenge, the CARE BOD believes that it will ultimately contribute to the long-term growth and health of CaRE members and the CaRE organization. Although it is too early to report on the results of the Strategy Team efforts, we will keep our members updated on our progress as soon as possible.
• In 2009, CaRE established a working relationship with the Canadian Carpet Recycling Effort (CCRE) organization whose mission is to facilitate industry led and market driven solutions for the diversion of post-consumer carpet from landfills and the advancement of secondary markets using recycled content. CARE shared information and perspective with the Canadian team as they establish their post-consumer carpet recycling efforts.
• Our CaRE Entrepreneur network continues to grow and expand. In 2009, we increased our collector network by 7 new collectors, for a total of 65 collectors nationwide.

Thank you for joining us at our 4th Annual Flooring Expo

Thank you

for joining us

at the

4^th Annual RD Weis Companies Flooring Expo

RD Weis Companies, friends, and colleagues met at the Innovant showroom in NYC to wrap up NeoCon 2011!

Manufacturers attending included:

Atlas Carpet Mills

Blueridge

Bolyu

Cambridge

Mannington Commercial

J&J/Invision

Fortune

The Mohawk Group

Masland

mats inc

Tandus

NY Surfaces featuring Capri Cork and Alumafloor

Teragren Bamboo

Mondo

FreeAxez

Ecoglo

Stile