Weyerhaeuser, one of the world’s largest private owners of timberlands and manufacturer of wood products, has appointed Devin Stockfish as senior vice president, Timberlands, the company reports. The change will take effect Jan. 1, 2018. Stockfish will replace Rhonda Hunter, who has elected to retire after 30 years with the[Read More…]
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Making a Concrete Shed Pad
One thing a homeowner may not consider when buying a shed is what it’s going to sit on. As a shed builder, you know that there are several options, including concrete pads. Maybe you haven’t worked with concrete pads before. Maybe you have, and you’re wondering how other builders go[Read More…]
Ugly Shed Contest Proves to be a Winner
Helmuth Builders in Virginia has been striving to boost its online presence. They were brainstorming ways to draw traffic to its website and social media platforms, and then they realized—there are a lot of ugly sheds out there. By combining social media and ugly sheds, the inaugural Helmuth Builders Ugly[Read More…]
Have You Seen the World’s Fastest Shed?
It’s no secret that shed builders in England create some “interesting” sheds. Kevin Nicks, a gardener from Oxfordshire, decided to take his shed on the road. As fast as he could make it go. Nicks had a Volkswagen he was going to scrap. Instead, being a shed fanatic, he envisioned[Read More…]
Roseburg Acquires Timberland in Southeastern U.S.
Roseburg has acquired approximately 158,000 acres of investment-grade timberland in the southeastern United States from Forest Investment Associates (FIA), a timberland investment management organization, the company reports. The timberland is located around Roanoke Rapids, largely within the coastal region of North Carolina and southeastern Virginia, and has a strong history[Read More…]
Colorado Backyard Shed Builder Launches New Website
Innovative Structures has been serving the eastern slope of the Colorado Rockies with quality backyard sheds, prefab garages, and other outdoor structures since 2004. But one thing they were lacking was a robust online marketing program. The simple website in place failed to reflect the narrowing of their focus to backyard sheds,[Read More…]
Four Young Men Are Improving Louisville, One Lawn at a Time
For some residents of Louisville, Kentucky, the city isn’t what it used to be because of growing violence. A group of four teens, Travis, Demontae, Thomas, and Alan, are doing something to help improve their neighborhood. The young men mow lawns for free to help those in need in the community,[Read More…]
What’s Your Narrative?
They say a picture is worth a thousand words, so would that mean a compelling narrative is priceless? Everyone has a narrative, from each individual company all the way to the industry level. Who developed your narrative and how are you controlling its power? Was it created by chance through[Read More…]
Where to Next?
One of my mentors once described the economy like seasons: Fall when things were looking dark, winter when things were bad, spring renewal, and then the bounty of summer. Unlike the natural world’s three month cycle for the four seasons, one season in the economy can last years. And unlike[Read More…]
Family I Business Succession Plan
It probably comes as no surprise that shed building and rent-to-own companies are overwhelmingly family-owned endeavors, rather than huge corporate undertakings. In fact, says Scott Zucker, a partner with the Atlanta law firm of Weissman Zucker Euster Morochnik PC, who represents several self-storage entities, approximately 80 percent of those companies[Read More…]
