As I spent time preparing for this post, I thought it would
be nice to point out a great article about our friends at Savoy Furniture that
features the Montoursville, Pennsylvania company and their storied history.
With humble beginnings as a machine wood carving shop to a
modern furniture manufacturing company, this feature spells out their business into 2011-when the article was written.
Beds. Chests. Desks.
It is what they do best. They are an American success story surviving the
ups and downs of our Nation's economy over the past six decades. They also were "green" way before
their competitors. Savoy and their
practices have been environmentally friendly-a model for other corporations in
their industry to follow. Take the time
to read the Williamsport Sun-Gazette article-it is pretty good.
On a side note, I had a brief talk today with Jason Saylor of
Savoy who was on the road in Georgia. It
was the reminder of just how busy the Savoy team is in developing business
around the country and our important role with Savoy to grow their business where America's Day Begins. Savoy's place with
a GSA Schedule generally means a huge advantage to them with the federal
government-this despite a Sequester that has many concerned about the fate of
doing business with Uncle Fed in the near term.
The fallout?
Hopefully the policy decisions on Capitol Hill act as a
catalyst for growth of the U.S. Economy which the U.S. Chamber of Commerce described
in their recent outlook for 2013 as "solid but not spectacular".
I say, "Hey Washington DC-Get your act together for the
sake of Americans all across the globe!!!".