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Hardscape North America 2009, the show for hardscape contractors, is scheduled for January 14th-17th at Atlanta’s Cobb Galleria Centre.  New programs for 2009 include sessions for distributors and specifiers of hardscape products.  Download additional information below. Hardscape North America 2009 Attendee Brochure Learn how to increase profits by improving the sales and operations side of …

Visit with distributor and Whitacre Greer personnel and learn more about the Permeable Boardwalk and other Whitacre Greer products at the following trade shows: American Society of Landscape Architects, Philadelphia, PA, October 4-5, Booth #428 Mid-Atlantic Nursery Trade Show, Baltimore, MD, January 7-9, with Church Brick South/Rock Products, Booth #1908 Hardscape North America, Atlanta, GA, January 14-17, …

Ellwood City, PA project using 9×4-1/2×3-inch buff firebrick.  Thank you Brian for sharing photos of your project! The Masonry Heater Association has wonderful resources for the design and construction of masonry bake ovens and pizza ovens.  Additional resources and an active online community can be found at Forno Bravo. Superior Clay Corporation offers oven kits as well as excellent pictures of …

Creative Pavers, Inc., West Deptford, NJ, created the attractive patio and fireplace shown below.  The project features Whitacre Greer Buckeye Blend Cobbled pavers.  Whitacre Greer Buff Firebrick line the fireplace.  Church Brick South/Rock Products, also of West Deptford, supplied the material.  Thank you Nick, Jack and Doug for sharing your project.

August 29th, in an effort to test the durability of the recently released fired-clay Permeable Boardwalk Paver, Whitacre Greer installed a 300 ft2 test plot at the Alliance, OH manufacturing facility.  The test plot, positioned and sized to simulate a typical municipal crosswalk, spans the main entrance to the facility and will be subjected to truck traffic and …

Samples of Whitacre Greer’s new Permeable Boardwalk Paver are now available.  The Permeable Boardwalk Paver is a genuine fired-clay brick paver.  The paver’s dimensions, 2-1/4-inches wide, 9-inches long, and 3-inches deep allow it to be installed in several bond patterns including:  running bond, herringbone, double herringbone and basket weave.  Contact your nearest Whitacre Greer distributor or …

In a July 27th ceremony directors of the Beech Creek Botanical Garden official opened the Beech Creek Butterfly House.  Donors to the project, including The Whitacre Greer Company, were recognized by Alliance Mayor Tony Middleton.  The Beech Creek Butterfly House features butterflies native to Ohio and is just one initiative of the Beech Creek Botanical …

Properly designed masonry fireplaces and heaters can contributed four and six points respectively to the National Association of Home Builders National Green Building Standard.  Fireplaces with gasketed doors, outside combustion air, and a means of sealing the flue provide heat without compromising indoor air or heat loss.  Masonry heaters of brick are energy efficient and …

Officials at the Village of Minerva selected a blend of Whitacre Greer dry-pressed brick pavers for phase two of the village’s Market Street project.  Phase one, completed in August 2007, also used Whitacre Greer pavers.  Whitacre Greer, originally based in Waynesburg, OH, has considerable ties to Minerva.  Read The Press News account of that history here.  Photos …

Sulphur Springs, TX city officials recently selected Whitacre Greer pavers for the city’s Main Street project.  Distributor Metro Brick of Dallas will supply the material.  The vehicular pavers, over 10,000 ft2 of them, will be produced in August.  Read more about the history of Sulphur Springs here.