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      <pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2020 23:17:42 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Responding Financially to COVID 19 and more - Presented by Ross Dietrich, Managing Partner at Price Kong, CPAs</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;ROSS DIETRICH, CPA, CIT, CCIFP, managing Partner at Price Kong, CPAs, presented an insightful and relevant presentation to the AWCI-AZ community on how to fiscally prepare for the financial impacts of COVID-19, navigating the current PPP program guidelines, managing cash flow, and tips to keep fraudulent activities at bay.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Here's a link to the recorded webinar that our community was able to watch, live yesterday.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;https://youtu.be/X7Hv5Pa8cYA&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://www.arizonawallandceiling.com/news/9060885</link>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 31 Jul 2018 01:39:59 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>New Member - Construction Tool &amp; Supply</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src="https://www.arizonawallandceiling.com/resources/Member%20Logos/Construction%20Tool%20and%20Supply%20Logo.jpg" alt="" title="" border="0"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;AWCI-AZ is proud to welcome Construction Tool &amp;amp; Supply to the team!&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;About Courtesy Fleet &amp;amp; Commercial:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;Construction Tool &amp;amp; Supply is a local run and family owned and operated business serving the valley for more than 30 years.&amp;nbsp; They specialize in customer service and product knowledge and are exceptionally well trained for the drywall market.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Why did you join AWCI-AZ:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;"AWCI-AZ is a great organization with current and future customers that we like to associate with.." - Vince Ferguson, Jr&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;strong style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;Contact person:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;Vince Ferguson, Jr&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 15px;" face="Calibri, sans-serif"&gt;(602) 323-2807&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 15px;" face="Calibri, sans-serif"&gt;jr@constructiontoolaz.com&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 15px;" face="Calibri, sans-serif"&gt;AWCI-AZ Committee: Program (Golf)&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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      <pubDate>Mon, 30 Jul 2018 22:20:40 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>New Member - Courtesy Fleet &amp; Commercial</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;img src="https://www.arizonawallandceiling.com/resources/Member%20Logos/Courtesy%20Biz%20Elite%20Logo.jpg" alt="" title="" border="0" width="250" height="119" style=""&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;AWCI-AZ is proud to include Courtesy Fleet and Commercial on-board as a contributing member to the association led by Monte Hoskins, Commercial Fleet Manager.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;About Courtesy Fleet &amp;amp; Commercial:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;Courtesy Fleet is a full service Chevrolet, Isuzu, Ram, Chrysler, Jeep, Dodge, and Volvo dealership in Arizona.&amp;nbsp; We specialize in supplying commercial trucks and vans of all makes and sizes.&amp;nbsp; We are family owned and have been serving Arizona since 1955.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Why did you join AWCI-AZ:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;"Courtesy Fleet believes in supporting associations that support our clients.&amp;nbsp; The choice to secure membership was easy: great leadership, clear vision, and exciting opportunities!&amp;nbsp; Our goal is to offer ourselves to the association in any way we can." - Monte Hoskins, Commercial Fleet Manager&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Do you offer any special discounts or programs for members?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-family: Lato;"&gt;Courtesy Fleet offers AWCI-AZ members and their employees a hassle free experience as well as fleet pricing no matter the size of the company.&amp;nbsp; Keep an eye out for New Membership Incentives in October, 2018.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Contact person:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;Monte Hoskins, Commercial Fleet Manager&lt;img src="https://www.arizonawallandceiling.com/resources/Member%20Headshots/MonteHeadshot.png" alt="" title="" border="0" align="right" width="154" height="238"&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 15px;" face="Calibri, sans-serif"&gt;(602) 833-6810&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 15px;" face="Calibri, sans-serif"&gt;mhoskins@courtesychev.com&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 15px;" face="Calibri, sans-serif"&gt;AWCI-AZ Committee: Program (Golf)&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;</description>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 30 Jul 2018 21:08:44 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>New Member - Lovitt &amp; Touché Insurance</title>
      <description>&lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;img src="https://www.arizonawallandceiling.com/resources/Member%20Logos/LT%20Logo.png" alt="" title="" border="0"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;AWCI-AZ is proud to have&amp;nbsp;Lovitt &amp;amp; Touché Insurance on-board as a contributing member.&amp;nbsp; Their company was pivotal in helping bring together this year's Annual Member Meeting.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;About&amp;nbsp;Lovitt &amp;amp; Touché Insurance:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;As one of the largest independent insurance brokerages in the United States, with nearly 200 employees in three offices and over $400 million in total premiums – Lovitt &amp;amp; Touché has the experienced personnel and financial strength to solve your insurance problems all over the world. Our commitment is to satisfy our clients’ needs and expectations through the development of quality programs, underwritten by sound companies and delivered by exceptional employees. We promise to work at building a long term partnership with you …a partnership based on the fact that we will always do what’s best for you regardless of its impact upon our fees. We promise to work at building a long term partnership with you …a partnership based on the fact that we will always do what’s best for you regardless of its impact upon our fees. In addition, we will continue to search for better ways to serve you and to solve your insurance related problems. This includes examining the factors which make your risks unique while helping you with workplace safety, loss control and risk management. Finally, we will always be available to assist in adjustment or settlement of claims.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Why did you join AWCI-AZ?&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;"We have a long standing history of being involved in our community. We wanted to join to give back to this organization and get involved in the issues and solutions surrounding this association and these members in order to make an impact." - Nicole Johnson, Vice President&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Do you offer any special discounts or programs for members?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-family: Lato;"&gt;We would be happy to offer a free evaluation of your current insurance and safety programs to help determine areas that may be in need of attention or improved upon as well as validate areas that are solid.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-family: Lato;"&gt;&lt;img src="https://www.arizonawallandceiling.com/resources/Member%20Headshots/NicoleJohnson%20LandT.jpg" alt="" title="" border="0" width="133" height="200" align="right"&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Contact person:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;Nicole Johnson, Vice President&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;njohnson@lovitt-touche.com&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;(602) 904-1184&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;AWCI-AZ Committee: Membership&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://www.arizonawallandceiling.com/news/6405708</link>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 26 Jun 2018 23:38:44 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>AWCI-AZ Board Proud to Announce Updates to Board Positions</title>
      <description>&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;img src="https://www.arizonawallandceiling.com/resources/Website%20Images%202017/AWCI-AZ%20Logo%20-%20email2.png" alt="" title="" border="0"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="justify"&gt;PHOENIX, ARIZONA, JUNE 26, 2018 / SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT --&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="justify"&gt;&amp;nbsp;Association of the Wall and Ceiling Industry of Arizona (AWCI-AZ), announces growth and additions to their prestigious Board of Directors.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="justify"&gt;On Wednesday, June 20th, the AWCI-AZ Board of Directors welcomed four new members to its table and elected the Executive Board to round out the leadership team for the 2018-20 term.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="justify"&gt;Joining the Board of Directors are Scott Schuster, President of Integrated Lath &amp;amp; Plaster; Bill Borselli, General Manager of Saguaro Drywall Company, Aspen Construction and Aspen Interiors; Doug Dedrick, Jr., General Manager of Stucco Renovations of Arizona, LLC; and, Jesus Ramos, outside sales representative of Western Stucco, bringing a combined 45 years’ experience in the industry to the Association’s leadership.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="justify"&gt;Results of AWCI-AZ Executive Board elections were as follows:&lt;/p&gt;

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    &lt;li&gt;President: Jeremy Barbosa, President - Precise Drywall, INC&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;Vice-President: Ken Fenolio, President - Division Nine Construction, INC&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;Treasurer: Howard Schapira, CEO - Action Scaffolding&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;Secretary: Scott Schuster, President - Integrated Lath &amp;amp; Plaster&lt;/li&gt;
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&lt;/div&gt;

&lt;p align="justify"&gt;The Board is also proud to announce Mark Bogard, attorney/partner at Jaburg Wilk as legal counsel for AWCI-AZ and ex-officio board member. Mark’s support and focus on construction law makes him an invaluable asset to the Association’s success.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="justify"&gt;The Board is eagerly excited to continue with the realignment, redefinition and progressive contribution of our long-standing Association in and to Arizona.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://www.arizonawallandceiling.com/news/6344344</link>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 23 Aug 2016 22:31:37 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>AWCC Is Now A Chapter of AWCI</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src="https://www.arizonawallandceiling.com/resources/Pictures/awci%20LOGO.jpg" alt="" title="" border="0" width="133" height="58"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;AWCC aligned with Association of the Wall &amp;amp; Ceiling Industry on August 17, 2016. That means all AWCC members will also be members of AWCI. &amp;nbsp;There will be a change in our dues structure to adjust for the alignment, yet many more benefits will be available. &amp;nbsp;Learn more about AWCI at &lt;a href="http://www.awci.org" target="_blank"&gt;www.awci.org&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://www.arizonawallandceiling.com/news/4206616</link>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 03 Jun 2016 17:54:04 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>HEAT ALERT</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#FF0000" style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;Stucco Heat Advisory&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;The Summer Heat Is Here.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Learn how to avoid soft stucco.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.arizonawallandceiling.com/resources/Documents/AWCC%20Stucco%20Alert.pdf" target="_blank"&gt;AWCC Stucco Alert.pdf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://www.arizonawallandceiling.com/news/4056396</link>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 05 May 2016 18:11:20 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Share Your News</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Share your good news on the AWCC website.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Have a new team member? Did you receive an award or accolade? Let us know and we will post it here. &amp;nbsp;Email &lt;a href="mailto:susan@arizonawallandceiling.com"&gt;susan@arizonawallandceiling.com&lt;/a&gt;. Photos are welcome.&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://www.arizonawallandceiling.com/news/4004953</link>
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