Hoping the Trend Grows

From time to time, I do hit on “adaptive reuse” as I genuinely believe that is a must as we move forward. Old inventory with good bones and no one using it should be reset into housing. It was nice to see this article running down a great success story in San Antonio. This shows it can be done. This may not benefit our industry a ton, though usually windows need to be changed, and they can always use shower doors, but it’s critical for our world, and that takes priority here.

Elsewhere…

Industry milestones

North of the border had two significant anniversaries recently. Goldray Glass celebrated its 40th anniversary in business, very cool stuff for excellent people. And my guy Art Huard, the sales GOAT, reached his 50th year in business. Half a century, folks, and Art still looks like he’s 35. Love it. Congrats to all on the milestones, and keep it going.

Website launches

Three website launches recently, and kudos to all who worked on them. Great stuff. First off, Apogee Architectural Metals debuted a clean and easy site. The super informative https://apogeearchmetals.com. Well done there. Thanks to the PR Gold Standard Heather West for the heads up on it. Next, my pals at the IUPAT pushed out the new https://iupatglaziers.com site, and it has great elements and quite a few areas to grab the latest info. And if I know the duo of Travis Nevins and Matt Fox, I am sure they’ll be a lot more added as they go. Finally, Thompson IG went live with a fabulous site. This one is beautiful and loaded with info and insight. Impressive from start to finish. Thompson may not have won a Glass Magazine Award this year, but if they have a best site category next year, this one https://www.thompsonig.com/ has a chance. Well done by everyone, and these all make our space stand out!

Loss to the industry

I did see the news that Donald Haley passed away. I never met him, but his influence in our space was obviously quite extensive. Best known for Haley-Greer, which he grew into a top glazier in North America. He was a force in Texas and beyond, and his legacy will live on forever—my prayers and condolences to the Haley family and friends.

New pod next week

I’ll have a new podcast next week, and it is a dandy.  The pod is really working nicely these days, and I am so lucky to keep getting fun and fascinating guests.  Remember, the entire archive is up, so if you want to catch any of the 71 previous episodes or any of the 190+ guests, search for “From the Fabricator” on your favorite podcast site or YouTube.

Glass mentioned in a commercial

Check this out… a car commercial and look at what was showing on the Marquee at the movies… “Tempered Glass”. I had to rewind a few times. Quite wild here and really wondering how that snuck into a car commercial. So whoever did that…very cool.

Football predictions

Last this week… with all I had going on recently (thank you for all the support, both families I know are grateful too) I did not get my Super Bowl and College football picks in. So better late than never, right… So Pro Football… I am still going to ride the Ravens to win it. They’ll top the Packers in the Super Bowl. In college? Ohio State is the pick until they give up the crown. They may not be able to beat Michigan (though I think this year they will, and it’ll be ugly), but they know now how to win in a playoff. So, we’ll see how these go… enjoy the seasons and may your favorite teams- real and of course fantasy, do great!