Wednesday, December 29, 2010

CRA in 2011!!

Collectively we are making a difference in the cleaning and restoration industry. Our Association has many benefits that are being enhanced and defined each day. CRA offers education in the form of webinars, industry related training courses, and networking with fellow professionals to help us gain even more knowledge. We encourage you to take part in your industry through conventions, continuing education, informative webinars, and shared knowledge with others.


"With Education Comes Success"
  • CRA will begin holding its Annual Membership Meeting at Connections Convention in Las Vegas each year.
  • We have created a Marketing and Business development series that will begin in 2011. Webinars will be presented that are designed to help our members and their staff to make the most of their marketing efforts.
  • We are also expanding our Webinars to include not only carpet and upholstery cleaning, sales and marketing training but to the fire and water damage restoration field. The webinars will be presented once every other month and feature topics of interest that you select or are current issues that the industry as a whole are facing.
  • We have arranged for our CRA member that have volunteered to establish, organize and facilitate 4 face-to-face meetings per year in each the regions of Sacramento, Los Angeles, and San Diego, Phoenix and the San Francisco Bay Area. These programs will be educations and will be in half-day or all-day formats.
  • Other Outreach training programs that are designed to create business relationships for the membership have been scheduled. We have created strategic alliances with several other organizations that highlight the benefits of using CRA members.
  • CRA would like to welcome our 4 new Board Members:

Lynsey Camara from PuroClean Home Rescue

O.P. Almaraz from Allied Restoration Services.

Gabe Matthews from Christian Brothers Cleaning & Restoration, Inc

Don Banister from The Garment Restoration Company

Wednesday, December 22, 2010

CHECK OUT OUR UPCOMING TRAINING COURSES!!

Check out CRA's Upcoming Training Courses & Events! www.crassociation.org


Keep updated with CRA's new Marketing and Business Development series by contacting Brandi at brichardson@crassociation.org.

Thursday, December 2, 2010

Surfing with Christian Brothers Cleaning & Restoration

Christian Brothers Cleaning & Restoration

Written by Gabe Matthews


Christian Brother Cleaning & Restoration has been in business for 30 years, Mark Matthews (the owner) surfs more than he works and I am trying to be right there behind him. Mexico is our second home due to all the surf. Hobbies include surfing, surfing and surfing. We finally got caught by our office manager when we were putting in our schedules that we were at a "board meeting", surf board that is.