The good folks at Mr. David’s created a cheerful, clean, and welcoming interior for the Central Dupage Hospital – Pediatric Short Stay Suite in Chicago, IL. Working with architect RTKL Chicago and designer Margi Kaminski, Mr. David’s Flooring International used products from Tarkett-Azrock and Mannington.

Lovely work, perfect for convalescing kids!

“new line of prefabricated terrazzo tile flooring by Mats Inc. Floorazzo™ offers the beauty and luxurious look of terrazzo flooring without the lengthy and expensive installation process. The Floorazzo™ line boasts 35 standard colors across two unique collections, Marbles and Gems. Custom colors are also available.

“We are thrilled to bring this incredible flooring collection to the marketplace,” stated Scott Robichaud, President of Mats Inc. “It provides designers with an excellent alternative to terrazzo.”

Floorazzo™ is crafted from a resilient polyester resin and combinations of marble, glass, and stone and is an ideal flooring solution for virtually any application. When paired with the patent pending FUSION system™, which molecularly bonds tiles to create a seamless, crevice free installation, Floorazzo™ provides a hygienic solution for environments where controlling contamination is a priority or where monolithic flooring is desired. Long lasting and beautiful, Floorazzo™ is available in 2’ X 2’ tiles and 2’ X 4’ FUSION System™ panels.”

Visit Mats Inc.’s website here, their fun and interesting blog here, or find them on Facebook here and Twitter here.

“Dear Starnet team,

We hope you might enjoy reading the latest issue of Wilsonart Flooring’s July Laminate Flooring Journal. It’s a patriotically-themed tribute to this made-in-America company’s latest projects:

“To Honor and Empower Wounded Warriors”: Learn more about Wilsonart Flooring’s latest installation at a new facility from The Wounded Warrior Project called TRACK, to help injured soldiers returning from Afghanistan and Iraq heal in mind, body and spirit. It’s an incredible story about an organization with an audacious vision: fostering the most successful and well-adjusted generation of returning wounded servicemen in our nation’s history.

Synergy dealers now can merchandise new contract designs in the Professional Studio at retail. The collection is inspired by urban and global influences. It’s a voluntary update for dealers to offer fashion-forward business owners and consumers the most durable, eco-friendly solutions.

“Urban Concept”: A residential development in Sacramento, Calif., features open-format lofts that reflect the environmental trend of “less is more” consumers who desire less square footage, but a premium space nonetheless, along with quality, simplicity and easy maintenance. Leave it to Wilsonart Flooring’s American Oak/Walnut to enliven the aesthetics yet perform for these demanding, progressive residents.

The entire [pdf] issue is here.

We also hope you’ll consider subscribing to our RSS feeds from the short-format LFJ Skinny – a roundup of Wilsonart Flooring news from the pen of the company’s down-home “mascot”, Templeton the Armadillo. Like our flooring, he’s tough but with lots of personality.

Cheers,

Susan Bang”

Thanks, and cheers to Templeton the Armadillo!

The 2nd Annual Mr. David’s Bike Challenge is a 50k bike race/ride benefitting Elmhurst Memorial Hospital Foundation.

The schedule for this very worthy event is:

8:00am Registration at Pavilion

9:00am Race start time (rain or shine!)

11:00am All riders and volunteers welcome to join us for a cookout

12:00pm Awards ceremony

The $50 registration fee includes:

• Professional racing jersey
• Awards for all participants
• Aluminum water bottle
• Lunch

The Facebook group, where you may RSVP, is here.

Matt writes:

“I just wanted to make everyone aware that Floor Covering News is moving up the social media ladder in such areas as Facebook, Twitter and Flickr along with a totally revamped website!

In case you haven’t found us yet, here are all our links:

Facebook:
facebook.com/pages/Hicksville-NY/Floor-Covering-News/342120489339.

Twitter: twitter.com/FCNewsmag.

Flickr: flickr.com/photos/floorcoveringnews. See the extra pictures we take at events but don’t have room for in the printed magazine.

New website: fcnews.net. Featuring up-to-date news and information and the ability for our subscribers to view our print edition, along with blogs, videos, forums and more to come, this site is designed not only with the future in mind but to be a two-way communication portal with our readers. The site also has icons with direct links to the above social networking sites.

See you there! If you have any questions, don’t hesitate to contact me.

Have a great day.
Matt”

Thank you, Matt!

Each tree was planted by Heritage staff members, with help from students at the following six schools: PS 82 Early Childhood Center, PS 301 Burgard High School, PS 80 Highgate Heights, PS 32 Bennett Park Montessori, PS 192 Buffalo Academy for Visual and Performing Arts, and PS 74 Hamlin Park School.

“The Buffalo Public Schools are well into an unprecedented program to reconstruct all of our buildings,” said Paul McDonnell, Associate Architect at Buffalo Public Schools. “This has resulted in schools that provide the best 21st century learning environments, while invigorating surrounding neighborhoods and preserving cultural icons in the buildings themselves. In addition, the reuse of our buildings and the effort to provide sustainable facilities makes this the largest green initiative Buffalo has ever seen. In this spirit, we are appreciative of Heritage Flooring’s contribution of newly planted trees at each school.”

“We’re excited to be a part of the Earth Day initiative with Heritage Contract Flooring,” said Tracy Jordan-Cardwell, LPCiminelli’s Community Relations Specialist. “To date, we’ve renovated over 30 Buffalo Public Schools and turned them into state-of-the-art educational facilities, and so it’s only fitting that the surrounding areas of these schools are equally beautiful.”

Heritage Contract Flooring was responsible for installing floors at each of the 30 Buffalo Public Schools starting in 2004.

For more information on the tree planting initiative, please visit their dedicated page here.

Lovely work, and thank you for the charming photos!

You may recognize the name of one of Bryan’s newer employees, Monty Dolph, who previously worked at Allen’s. Monty, being an excellent inside Starnet salesperson, is diligently bringing the Bryan family up to speed on the benefits of Starnet membership.

Look for Pat at the Fall Meeting in Vancouver and welcome him to our cooperative. You’ll want to get to know this newest Starnet Member!

Vortex Commercial Flooring worked with architects Eastlake Studio and designers Tom Zurowski, AIA; Ann Chin, Senior Designer, LEED AP; Ian McCain, LEED AP; and lovely product from Karastan.

An strong interior, opening up to stunning views!