2025 President’s Letter
Hello Fellow Association Members,
Welcome to the Mid-Atlantic Floor Covering Association! I am reaching out to you with our annual newsletter. Looking back on the last year, 2024 was a busy year for all of us. Our industry was affected by the economy and interest rate pressure, and we hope that any rate declines this year can jump start some of our businesses. Last year we were all able to enjoy each other’s company at the Annual Golf Outing, and everyone had a great time. This event is a major fundraiser for our Association, and we look forward to everyone’s participation in 2025.
As mentioned in last year’s letter, building membership is a priority for our Association. We need everyone to renew their membership and contact one dealer to encourage them to join our group. The membership cost is $199.00 annually but can be offset by the coupons offered by our participating vendors: Elias Wilf, UCX, and Fishman Flooring Solutions. We thank all our suppliers for their support of our association. We will continue to develop and implement industry-leading training programs that can benefit your operations and professionalism. As other events and opportunities arise, we will reach out and let you know.
Moving into 2025, with the new administration in place, we will be focused on issues that may affect our businesses. Last year, we saw the worker misclassification become an issue again with some very serious fines and penalties. With a lot of input from this Association, we got this bill rewritten to defeat the initiative effectively. With the anticipation of similar bills being proposed this year, your MAFCA Board has engaged with a well-respected lobbying firm, Harris Jones, and Malone. At the beginning of this year’s session, there was a bill, HB264/SB218 proposed that had some more issues that could affect our businesses. They have both been withdrawn as it is on Attorney General Brown’s agenda under one of his legislative priorities. We will continue to monitor and act when necessary. If anyone would like more details on these meetings, please feel free to contact me.
In closing, I believe we can continue to develop our association into an even stronger group representing our membership and that we can be proud of.
Steve Weidner
President