Remember to read Starlog for ongoing discussions of floorcovering issues! This month, a lot of good reasons — even in (or especially in) a down or slowly recovering market — to use quality products and network with top-notch vendors on every aspect [...]

Our friends at Mats Inc. sent us news about the launch of Floorazzo™, their:
“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 [...]

We got a fun email from the good folks at Wilsonart that we want to share:
“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 [...]

Matt at Floor Covering News lets us all know about their new social media — now there’s lots of fun, easy ways to get the latest scoop on the flooring industry:
Matt writes:
“I just wanted to make everyone aware that Floor [...]

Last May, our friends at Heritage Contract Flooring planted 30 trees at Buffalo Public Schools. Heritage has partnered with LPCiminelli, Lees Carpets, and Starnet Worldwide. All 30 trees were donated by Re-Tree of WNY.
Each tree was planted by Heritage staff members, [...]

Our own VP of Operations Fred Williamson on YouTube! Here Fred discusses Starnet in general; here he talks about our relationships with vendor partners; and here he explains our best practices committee’s work. Fred, you are a star!

Welcome to our newest Starnet Members Pat, Gloria, Adam, and Paul Bryan, of Bryan’s Flooring, Inc. in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Pat Bryan started his family-run business in 1978 and has grown the business steadily since. Pat and Gloria [...]

Randy Rubenstein sends us fun photos of Rubenstein’s Contract Carpet LLC and Teragren working together on their Earth Day 2010 project of caring for the magnificent Madrona Woods in the Pacific northwest. Thank you for these inspiring and lovely images!

Congratulations to Consolidated Carpet for their striking work for the Coty Beauty Lancaster Group in the Empire State Building, New York, NY.
Consolidated Carpet worked with architects Ted Moudis Associates and designer Luis Valcarcel, with products from  Karastan, Lees, Tarkett-Azrock, Armstrong, Johnsonite, Burke-Mercer, [...]

Our 2010 Category winner for Education was Starnet Member New England Floor Covering, for their lovely, gracious work in Proctor Hall, Middlebury College in Middlebury, VT.
New England Floor Covering worked with architects Freeman French Freeman and designer Jesse Beck AIA NCARB, and used [...]

CCA’s Sean Flannery participated in the 16th Annual Special Olympics Challenge day at the James E. Duckworth School, located in Beltsville, Maryland on May 21, 2010.
Assisting AOBA (Apartment and Office Building Association of Metropolitan Washington) who hosted the day’s events, [...]

Starnet member Corporate Floors, Inc., a Grapevine, Texas, based commercial flooring services company, has acquired the assets of Dallas-based ReSource Flooring Group.
Corporate Floors, a minority certified business, member of the StarNet Commercial Flooring Partnership and a MilliCare Textile and Carpet [...]

From Sam Prager of Carpet Services Inc. in Irving TX and Joshua Perry of Sally Beauty Company in Denton TX, here’s a great testimonial to the power of Starnet — the cooperation that gets everybody the floor they want, when [...]

In our 2010 Category: Public Space, Starnet Member Floors and More won for their strong, natural floors, which designate space and help to guide shoppers at Harps Food in Benton AR.
Universal Flooring worked with J Price Architecture and manufacturers Armstrong, [...]

Here’s a fun, interesting PR from our friends at Mannington — a mobile app for designers!
Mannington Commercial announces the launch of Choices that Work, the floorcovering industry’s first mobile application designed to serve designers’ process. Using a smart phone’s integrated [...]

In our 2010 Category Winner: Unique Installation Challenge, Starnet Member Universal Flooring won for their magical project at the Pretend City Children’s Museum of Orange County in Irvine, CA.
Universal Flooring worked with Ben Haskins from Kraemer Design + Production Inc., and manufacturers [...]

Awarded Honoree in our 2010 Student Achievement category, Rachel Erickson from the Virginia Tech School of Architecture and Design created a clean, open space for the World Wildlife Fund Headquarters, Washington, DC.
Rachel worked with Teragren on the lovely bamboo surfaces.
Another Honoree in our [...]