Hardwood Floors April/May 2019

The Hardwood Industry (Continued)

Manufacturers Association, the National Hardwood Lumber Association, the Railway Tie Association, and the Wood Component Manufacturers Association. Additional support was provided by the Hardwood Market Report and the Pennsylvania Lumbermen’s Mutual Insurance Company. e Hardwood Federation greatly appreciates the support of the NWFA in the execution of this project. We simply could not have done it without the nancial contribution as well as the input and insight as we moved through the process. Dana Lee Cole is Executive Director at the Hardwood Federation, a Washington, D.C.- based hardwood industry trade association that represents thousands of hardwood businesses in every state in the U.S. and acts as the industry’s advocacy voice on Capitol Hill. She can be reached at dana.cole@ hardwoodfederation.com.

e report will also have a starring role when the industry gathers for the annual Fly-In toWashington, D.C. in September. e full study may be found at hardwoodfederation.com. If you lobby in your state, you can nd data by state to present to local o cials. e hardwood industry economic impact study was conducted by Agribusiness Consulting. Generous funding for the project was provided by the NWFA along with the following Hardwood Federation members: the American Hardwood Export Council, the Appalachian Hardwood Manufacturers Inc., the Decorative Hardwoods Association, the Hardwood Federation, the Hardwood Manufacturers Association, the Indiana Hardwood Lumberman’s Association, the Kitchen Cabinet Manufacturers Association, the Lake States Lumber Association, the Maple Flooring

able to use the data to communicate with governors, state legislatures, and the public about the positive economic bene ts of the industry and how policymakers can help support and sustain hardwood businesses.

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