Casual for a Cause

Crimson participated in ‘Casual for a Cause’ on September 21, 2009, in honor of World Alzheimer’s Day.  Employees could purchase a sticker to don casual attire for a suggested donation of $5 – $10.  We are proud to announce that our entire team participated in this event!

Crimson was able to show our commitment to the fight against Alzheimer’s by dressing down in jeans and purple tees.  Our company donation helps provide funding for the care, support and research efforts of the Alzheimer’s Association.

35 million people worldwide have dementia.  Crimson is proud to have been a part of this wonderful cause.  For more information on Alzheimer’s Disease go to www.alz.org.

Remodeling The Oswego Landscape

My wife, Jennine, and I spent the morning renovating the landscape.  We, along with other volunteers of the Oswegoland Park District, spent the morning planting native prairie plants in the Waubonsie Wetlands.  This watershed connects the Waubonsie Creek to the Fox River.  Over decades of development the natural topsoil has been removed and replaced with clay, sand and gravel.  The park district is attempting to return this area to its natural environment.

We spent the morning in 80+ degrees weather digging holes in the rock-hard clay for new plants. The plants include: liatris, prairie dropseed grass, black-eyed susan and prairie geranium.

Dave Margolis, Oswegoland Park District’s Natural Resource Manager, was very pleased with the progress we made this morning.  We planted over 200 plants!  Not bad for a hot day.  Dave hopes that by next year the roots have taken hold and the plants are multiplying to fill the entire area.

Updating CrimsonDC.com

Currently we are working on updating our website to bring you fresh new content on an ongoing basis.  Please be patient will we work out all the bugs.  In the meantime, if you need to contact us please email info@crimsondc.com.

Thank you.  And check back soon

Crimson Wins 2009 Guildmaster Award

We are pleased to announce that we have been selected as a 2009 recipient of Guild Quality’s Guildmaster Award. We are one of only 95 companies in North America to receive this honor.

Guild Quality provides customer satisfaction surveying and performance reporting for over 500 homebuilders, remodelers, and contractors in North America. Guild Quality collects feedback directly from customers and reports back to the building professional through a web-based service. On average, more than 70% of customers respond to Guild Quality surveys, and their feedback includes rich commentary and quantitative ratings. We use Guild Quality to measure the satisfaction of our clients and to find areas for improvement in our service.

We continually strive to deliver a great customer experience with every project we complete. We know that remodeling is much more than just providing a product. We are a guest in someone’s home, their most valuable possession, for an extended period of time. It is imperative that we communicate and live up to the trust that our clients show in us. This award is a confirmation of those efforts.

Crimson currently maintains a 100% recommendation rate from our previous clients that responded to Guild Quality. To view the rest of our most current survey results from Guild Quality visit our Qlisting.

Upscale Remodeling Features Crimson

Upscale Remodeling featured Crimson in their January issue. Upscale Remodeling is a trade magazine geared to professional remodeling companies.

Staff writer Nina Patel, who I have known for a couple of years through our involvement in industry groups, was interested in our Cavalcade house and how we used that in our marketing plan. I talked to Nina at great length about the project a couple of months ago and was surprised to see an article about me when I was flipping through the latest issue just this week. It’s always an honor to be featured in an article that helps my peers improve our industry.

Check out the complete article.

Fox Valley Wildlife Center Dinner Auction

Saturday, February 7th, Jennine & Neil attended the Fox Valley Wildlife Center’s Fundraising dinner and silent auction. The dinner was in Geneva and was held to raise funds for the center in Elburn. The center takes care of injured and orphaned wildlife in and around the Fox Valley area.

The Great Horned Owl pictured here was found injured and brought to the center where they cared for it and returned it to the wild.

Jennine is actively involved with the center (she is a past president of the organization) and we attend the dinner each year. This year Crimson donated a Chimenea outdoor fireplace that was auctioned Saturday night. It’s a great organization of dedicated volunteers that care for more than 1300 animals each year.

Learn more about the Fox Valley Wildlife Center.