A Holiday Message For Us All
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I hope that this holiday season helps to remind us to spend quality time with our families, friends, and other loved ones. We have worked so very hard this year and all deserve an opportunity to relax and enjoy the companionship of those closest to us.
We have seen many great accomplishments occur over the span of this year. So many customers, so many installations, but through it all a sense of comradery and teamwork that makes what we do not just satisfying, but also fun!
The blessings that we have been given in life are too many to count or list here, but I wanted to share with you some of mine and perhaps remind all of us of the unique organization that I am so proud of. We have seen several marriages of our employees over this year. On three accounts we have had employees marry other employees, now if that doesn’t make us a special place to be then I would be interested to hear what does! Additionally, we have had children born this year in some of our work families as well. What a true blessing to be able to share in the joy that these families have been able to have this year. I for one count myself very lucky to be able to participate in so many peoples’ lives. For me personally, the opportunity to be involved in all of your lives and to be able to work with you to better serve our customers has been such a pleasure to take part in this year.
Reflecting back on some of our accomplishments, I thought I might share a few. Record sales numbers for our company this year. We had our first ever 10 Million dollar month! We have nearly 200 employees now!! We have expanded our commercial staff and have grown in both Austin and Atlanta. I feel in this part of our business we have really put our flag in the ground and made our presence known! How could we have known so many years ago that we would be such a force in the commercial flooring market place? Without leadership and dedication, none of this would have been possible. Our team has grown, but it has also changed. Our commercial team presents an extremely Professional front to our customers, as does our ability to complete complex and extremely large jobs in very tight time frames. This ability is a differentiator in the market place and I for one am very excited about what the commercial team will be accomplishing in 2020! Residentially we have seen the effects of what a commitment to one goal can make. I am proud of the dedication that has been made to gross profit and how many of you have put aside your personal apprehensions and signed on to create a strong, unified team on the residential side. We have accomplished some extremely important projects this year for our customers and I am happy to say that we are currently poised to have the greatest year in our history!
The success of our organization is firmly rooted in the work that all of you do every day. So relax, hug your families (20 second minimum!), and take a moment to share with your families what an incredible journey this year has been. I continue to pray for health, happiness and success for all of us. I hope you will join me in that endeavor.
Last, but not least, THANK YOU! Curtis and I are so thankful for each and every one of you. You have shown us so much this year, and it has been our pleasure to be there alongside you in your daily work, trials & tribulations, and ultimately your successes both professionally and personally.
Please enjoy this holiday season and remember to be kind to one another and continue to put people first in your lives.
Merry Christmas and may God Bless you & your families! Wishing you all a happy & a safe New Year as we head into an awesome 2020!
-JR Allred
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Thanks to everyone who volunteered to donate items to our Adopted Family that was in need this season! We gathered gifts for a three year old girl, seven year old boy, eleven year old boy, their mother, and grandmother. We thank you for helping us shower this family with gifts and love to celebrate the Holiday Season!
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We had our annual DCO Christmas Party at Live Wire in downtown Athens. We had so much fun dancing along with the Funk Brothers Band, especially when they were hitting some Prince-style high notes! We enjoyed Trumps catering's heavy Hors D'oeuvres and drinks by the Live Wire bartenders. A big thanks to everyone who joined us and made the evening such a blast! We already can't wait until next year!
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We began renovating the Lake Oconee showroom this year with various goals in mind. We wanted to showcase cabinets, increase our hard surface area, have room for more high-end, fashion-forward carpets, and to stay on & ahead of trends with the installed products in the showroom. We renovated the old warehouse, which was attached to the store, to expand the showroom. The old warehouse is currently where the new carpet section is and where we added some additional touchdown spaces. With this addition, our showroom space is now 5,000 sq/ft.
We were able to wrap up the renovations in early December to show off all of our hard work at the Lake Oconee Area Home Builders Association meeting we hosted. We received many compliments from our local builders and designers with how beautiful the newly renovated showroom came together! We wanted to give a special shout out to all of the designers, installers, schedulers, project managers, and all the folks on our team who jumped in to make everything run smoothly and help us meet our deadline! We can’t thank you enough for all of your time and effort – and it definitely shows!
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FCICA Announces Billy Smith as
Metroflor CIM Scholarship Winner
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FCICA
, the Flooring Contractors Association, in cooperation with
Metroflor Corporation
, is pleased to announce Billy Smith of
DCO Commercial Floors
is the recipient of the Metroflor Certified Installation Manager Program (CIM) Scholarship.
This scholarship, funded by Metroflor Corporation, was raffled off at FCICA’s 2019 Mid-Year in Atlanta, GA. Only contractors were eligible to win the scholarship raffle. It provides for the entire program costs associated with the Certified Installation Manager (CIM) Program including application, content, and assessment fees, a value of $1,225.
“I am excited to take part in the CIM Program,” Billy said. “I’d also like to thank Metroflor for their partnership with FCICA and for supporting the CIM Program.”
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A happy and healthy baby boy, Joseph Joel Dean was born at 11:11 am on Monday, December 9th. Joseph was born weighing 8 lbs, 9 oz and was 22 inches.
A big congratulations to Adrienne and Joel Dean on their baby boy!
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Zabeau was nominated by Andrew Rhodes for the Making It Easy award. Andrew says she always goes above and beyond her job duties. From consistently being a top salesperson within our company, to the amount of customer care she gives each of her clients, to her always supporting her co-workers to be the best they can be - she is a star. He says even when a customer comes to the store when she's not there, she is following up with her teammate, contacting the customers, going out to do a measure - or whatever it may be. Thank you for making it easy for our customers AND our staff, Zabeau!
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Jay Snead
Jay was nominated by Becky Richard, Lindsay Cooper, AND Rosemary Lukasiewicz for the Making It Easy award! They all praised Jay for doing whatever is needed to take care of our cabinet customers. He consistently steps up to the plate to get whatever is needed done. Jay is also working to improve the cabinet division with new strategies and processes to help our installers and designers get better. Thank you Jay for taking care of our clients, and helping all of us continue to get better, so we can make it easy for our customers!
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Ryon was nominated by Andrew Rhodes for the Focusing On The Customer award. Andrew says he is the guy that works harder than anyone he know and does A+ work every day. Ryon understands the importance and urgency on each job. If you ask him to do something, you can consider it done. He goes above and beyond to focus on the customer and helps make it easy! Thank you for all you do, Ryon!
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Kristen Taylor
Kristen was nominated by Robert O'Neal for the Focusing On The Customer award. Robert says she does everything from A to Z to make our customers happy. From exporting orders, transferring materials, adding material to a job, or following up to make sure the customer is happy - I am impressed every day with her commitment. Thank you for focusing on the customer, Kristen!
Sam Stephens
Sam was nominated by Jay Snead for the Focusing On The Customer Award. Jay says Sam has made many of his project run smoother by being the schedule master that he is and he brings the fire when a decision needs to be nailed down. Sam makes JOMA jobs go much easier and Chot Johnson's jobs too, which is saying something! Thank you for always focusing on the customer, Sam!
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Lindsay was nominated for the Focusing On The Customer award by Jay Snead. Jay said Lindsay did a fantastic job designing Chris Graham's kitchen. The home was over seventy years old, had floors that weren't level, and walls that were twisted. All the while, she listened to the customer and made an awesome design around these elements that installed well! The customer was very happy! Thank you for focusing on the customer, Lindsay!
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To hear all of the nominations for the Employee Recognition Awards, click here:
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Jan 2nd - Suzanne Basham
Jan 3rd - Eric Vaughn
Jan 3rd - Jamie Ivester
Jan 5th - Danny Newman
Jan 5th - Keith Guest
Jan 5th - Sean Harrison
Jan 8th - Andrew Rhodes
Jan 8th - Michael Shinall
Jan 11th - Taylor Hicks
Jan 12th - Chad Patrick
Jan 13th - Michael Gregory
Jan 14th - Starr Tillman
Jan 15th - Daniel Sanchez
Jan 17th - Todd Minish
Jan 19th - Alisha Foster
Jan 19th - Jeffery Thomas
Jan 28th - Matt Carawan
Jan 28th - Oswaldo Herrera
Jan 29th - Jason Smith
Jan 30th - Jeremy Kozup
Jan 31st - Jack Gilliam
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Jan 1st - Chad Patrick, 8 Years
Jan 1st - Curtis Blanton, 19 Years
Jan 1st - Jonda Sedlack, 2 Years
Jan 1st - Marcos Rivera, 3 Years
Jan 1st - Paul Dennis, 40 Years
Jan 2nd - Chase Dahlstrom, 4 Years
Jan 2nd - Daniel Sanchez, 1 Year
Jan 2nd - Mike Kerrigan, 2 Years
Jan 5th - Jeremy Friedman, 4 Years
Jan 9th - Luke Canup, 8 Years
Jan 15th, Christian Asare-Tuah, 2 Years
Jan 15th - Michael Shinall, 13 Years
Jan 16th - Sonya Dills, 3 Years
Jan 18th - Jamie Ivester, 4 Years
Jan 21st - Mallory Cash, 5 Years
Jan 23rd - Caty Delaigle, 2 Years
Jan 23rd - Jeffery Thomas, 13 Years
Jan 23rd - Becky Richard, 2 Years
Jan 25th - Chris Saye, 9 Years
Jan 28th - Eric Greenfield, 1 Year
Jan 31st - Kevin Brownlee, 7 Years
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Paul Dennis
40 Years
Paul is one of Dalton Carpet One's first full-time employees, the second one to be exact! He started working for the company when it was originally called Dalton Carpet Outlet. Paul knew Mike Blanton, our founder, through college. Blanton's church was looking for a Youth Director, so he contacted Paul to offer him the job and to also offer him a position at Dalton Carpet Outlet, since an employee was leaving. In the first few years at Dalton Carpet Paul did it all - shipped installers, received products, cut carpet, all warehouse functions, and also sold flooring. Once they gained staff, Paul stuck with Sales. Paul has been married to his wife Christy for almost forty years. Paul and Christy have two kids, Kelley and Kyler. We're so blessed we've had Paul on our team for so many years!
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Mallory Cash
5 Years
Mallory began working at Dalton Carpet One as a Merchandising Assistant and has since joined Andrew Rhodes's team as a Designer. Mallory came to Dalton Carpet One, because she was looking for the opportunity to grow in the Design field. Mallory enjoys helping customers create beautiful spaces they can enjoy for years to come. She enjoys working at Dalton Carpet, because it feels like being one big family and she loves how family-centered the company is, since she is a working mom. Mallory has two sons with her husband, Drake. Her youngest, Wyatt is three years old and her oldest, Landon is four years old. We're so lucky to have Mallory on our team!
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DCO Will Be Closed:
December 24th at 2pm
December 25th
December 26th
January 1st
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