Archive - June 2021

Summer is here and it looks to be a crazy next three months for home access contractors and manufacturers. We are seeing a lot of members have business pick up to pre-pandemic levels or better, but with it is coming price increases and an alarming amount of product being damaged in shipping.  The Good News  In April and May, we’re getting reports that the slight lulls in business in the first quarter of this year is a memory and that many members are seeing...

Registration opened on Monday, May 3 with early bird pricing through July 15 VGM & Associates is pleased to announce Mark Scharenbroich, CSP, CPAE, as the keynote speaker for its 20th Heartland Conference scheduled for Sept. 13-15, 2021, in Waterloo, Iowa. “Mark is phenomenal at creating those authentic connections our members want with their customers and coworkers,” said Sarah Conger, vice president corporate projects at VGM Group, Inc. “His messages are a great fit for...

Ali Soltani has always enjoyed helping others, and he does so by providing mobility and accessibility to those who need home modification services. Born in 1977 in the capital city of Iran, Tehran, Ali grew up in a well‐educated family. “My parents both are physicians and my two [younger] sisters both have their master's degrees,” said Ali. Ali is happily married to his wife, Azadeh (Azi), since 2014, and they have a daughter, Maygol (which means Wine flower in Farsi),...