Hardwood Floors October/November 2017

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Keith started in the ooring business more than 20 years ago with a truck and a work ethic. His business, in partnership with his brother, David, has grown into a multimillion-dollar-a-year company that includes the selling, staining, and sanding of wood oors – almost 10,000 square feet a week. He enjoys working with the popular and very sustainable reclaimed wood from old barns, factories, warehouses, land lls, or even river bo oms to use for wood ooring. Keith is also very commi ed to giving back. In October 2016, the company participated in the Stop Breast Cancer for Life Campaign and contributed to the Carlton Breast Center at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. In January of this year, the team helped the

community by having a Pool Brothers Saturday Clean-up Day for those a ected by recent tornadoes. Employees and their friends and families gathered at the showroom and dispersed into the community to help those in need. ey also set up a victim relief fund called the Albany StormRelief Fund and were able to donate approximately $3,000.

CODY RHODES General Manager, Rhodes Hardwood LLC Cody’s work has been featured on HGTV and DIY Network. He has managed projects for the University of Minnesota, e Walker Art Center, 27.

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TOMASZ POZNANSKI President, Eko Flooring & Woodwork Tomasz has more than 14 years of experience in the wood ooring

e Museum of Russian Art, worked for the Department of Natural Resources, the National Guard, Microso , Apple, and has done work withWhole Foods and many more. At just 29 years old, he already has unparalleled experience in some of the custom nishing aspects of the trade. Rhodes Hardwood has a great reputation in the Minneapolis/St. Paul metro area and Cody has been a huge part of that. Cody has volunteered by participating in ABC’s TV show “Extreme Home Makeover.”

industry and is an NWFA Certi ed Wood Flooring Inspector, Installer, and Sand & Finisher; NICFI Wood Flooring Inspector; and Bona Certi ed Cra sman. His main goal is to support and help people with their projects. He reviews, analyzes, tests, and nds solutions in every situation. Tomasz graduated from a “self-discovery workshop” three years ago. Since then, he has commi ed himself to working on self-development and changing his life and the lives of people around him to create a be er future for generations to come. With a group of friends, he raised more than $23,000 to support the LGBT Community in New York by renovating the LGBT shelter for young people. He also volunteers as a life and self-development support coach in CEC (Consulting and Educational Center of NY) to change people’s lives and help them achieve personal and business goals.

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DUSTIN RHODES Owner, Rhodes Hardwood LLC Dustin has operated Rhodes Hardwood in Minneapolis for 10 years. His work has been featured on multiple HGTV shows, various DIY Network programs, and he has volunteered on ABC’s “Extreme Home Makeover.” He’s also done work with e Walker Art Museum, e Museum of Russian Art, Microso , University of Minnesota, Target Corporation, Apple,

e Minnesota National Guard, e Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, Whole Foods and many other schools, businesses, builders, designers, architects and homeowners in the Twin Cities Metro area. Dustin adopts a Minnesota family to provide gi s to each year around the holidays.

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