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 [...]

On September 25, from 8:00 a.m.  to 2:00 p.m., meet up for Mr. David’s 2nd Annual Bike Challenge at Randall and North Avenue, Saint Charles, IL.
The 2nd Annual Mr. David’s Bike Challenge is a 50k bike race/ride benefitting Elmhurst Memorial [...]

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, [...]

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 [...]

Congratulations to Vortex Commercial Flooring for winning the 2010 Small Corporate Starnet Design Awards with their graceful, serene work for Pfingsten Partners.
Vortex Commercial Flooring worked with architects Eastlake Studio and designers Tom Zurowski, AIA; Ann Chin, Senior Designer, LEED AP; [...]

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, [...]

Starnet members aren’t just smart and skilled — they are strong as iron! In a first for us, member Ian Martin, VP Commercial Sales for Great Floors in Idaho completed the Iron Man! Wow! His time was a seriously impressive [...]

Mannington Commercial has been honored with two Best of NeoCon awards in this year’s competition: for Earthly Elements hardwood flooring in square tiles and planks, and for Choices that Work, a mobile App that truly serves designers.
Designers working in segments [...]

Hot Topic #1: New Ardex K55 Rapid and Microtec Self Leveling Underlayment with a general overview of self leveling underlayments
Date: Tuesday, June 29th
Time: 1:00 – 2:00pm Eastern; Noon – 1:00pm Central; 11:00 – Noon Mountain; 10:00 – 11:00am Pacific
Focus: [...]

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, [...]

Congratulations to  Alexandria Carpet One Floor & Home — awarded the prestigious 2009 Angie’s List Super Service Award!
The Super Service Award, now celebrating its 11th year, is reserved for companies who have achieved and maintained a superior service rating on [...]

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 [...]

The good people at Floor Daily have an interview with Randy Weis about what Starnet Flooring has been doing to help its membership during these difficult economic times. Listen to the interview to hear Mr. Weis’s — and our — [...]

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 [...]