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I’m sure that I am like most of you in wanting to put this pandemic far in the rear-view mirror. The past 16 months has certainly been a challenge from both a personal and a business perspective and here is hoping that we will be able to get back to some sense of normalcy over the next few months.
With this in mind, we have been actively planning our US market development activities heading into the fall of this year. We are going under the premise that fully vaccinated folks will be able to travel back and forth between the US Canada border by October. Upcoming events that we are planning on participating “live and in-person” include; two Bond Events for both the custom home and interiors communities, the NAWLA Traders Market for the remanufacturing sector, and a Pro-CONNECT event for manufacturers that target the multi-family sector. We are exploring the possibility that if an attendee is not wanting to participate in person, we may be able to offer a hybrid option, where direct pre-set meetings between buyers and suppliers will take place online. We are working with our trade event partners to develop this alternative and will review further in an upcoming Wood Connections article.
If you are interested in these upcoming events this fall either live or online, please feel free to reach out to me at [email protected]. In the meantime, I hope you get some time to get out and enjoy your summer.