Author: Karah Hawkinson
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Big News – Latest Update on our Move!
Big things are coming to Country Lumber – here’s the latest update on our move! This spring we are moving to our new location in the Becker Industrial Park. Our management team has been dreaming of this for a long time, and it is finally becoming a reality. Last year we bought acreage at 14095…
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State of the Inustry: The 2020 Lumber Shortage
By Karah Hawkinson, Social Media Coordinator 2020 has been an unprecidented year in many ways. From wildfires to hurricanes, a viral pandemic to race riots – it’s been a lot. The ripple effect from this year’s events will be felt for a long time to come. The lumber industry has been impacted by those ripples…
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Roots to Leaves: Part Three – Leaves that Attract Energy
Welcome to day three of Roots to Leaves: Small Business Growth in Trying Times. Today I’m talking about leaves! When one looks at a tree (in season), the leaves are the first thing that get noticed (unless there’s something obviously wrong with the tree, but let’s assume our metaphorical tree and your small business are…
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Roots to Leaves: Part 2 – A Solid Trunk
By Karah Hawkinson, Social Media Coordinator Welcome to part two of my look at small business growth in challenging times. If you didn’t read yesterday’s post (Roots), you might want to go back to that one first. It gives you the introduction to this blog series, as well as info on who I am and…
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Roots to Leaves: Part One – Roots
By Karah Hawkinson, Social Media Coordinator In the midst of the Covid-19 chaos, many small businesses, including independent contractors, are struggling. I decided to bring you a series of blog posts this week with my thoughts on small business growth and inexpensive things that you can do right now to strengthen your business. Even if…
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Top 10 Reasons to Work in the Building and Remodeling Trades
by: Karah Hawkinson, Social Media Coordinator In the midst of the Covid-19 pandemic, I hope this finds you and yours well and healthy. We appreciate all the necessary workers out there, including the tradespeople, builders, and remodelers who are helping our homes stay safe and warm. Be careful out there. There are lots of reasons…
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Questions: Or, what happens when an outsider joins the lumber business
By Karah Hawkinson, Social Media Coordinator If you’ve read the employee spotlight about me, you know that I’m not originally from the lumber/building materials (LBM) industry. My background is in history and marketing. Sure, I’ve done my share of home improvement projects, but I’m an amateur and I know it. In the ten months that…
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Home Winterization
By: Karah Hawkinson, Social Media Coordinator As much as I hate to admit it, winter is coming. And they’re predicting a bad one. Sigh… It doesn’t have to be all bad, though. Winter is beautiful, and I do love a good, cozy snow day with hot cocoa and jigsaw puzzles. But I digress… A little…
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Getting the Most out of Online Design Tools
By: Karah Hawkinson, Social Media Coordinator Have you ever played with online design tools? The ones where you put in a picture of your home and see what it would look like with a variety of updates? I’m a big fan of this tool. For one thing, you get to see what different exterior products…
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Investing for the Sale: Preparing your home to get top dollar in a hot market (Interview with Realtor Cass Studor)
By: Karah Hawkinson, Social Media Coordinator Sometimes, we do home improvement projects because we want to be more comfortable or make our home work better for our family and lifestyle. Sometimes, we invest to help make a sale. I wanted to know more about which projects make a difference in home sales, so I went…