b'r MRCAelcomes Our Newest Members! WMRCA appreciates the dedicationRodney HughesJude LaperouseCharles Schuster and commitment of our new mem- Boone Brothers RoofingEdwardLaperouse MetalMuza Sheet Metal Co J bers! We bid awelcome, andSioux City, IAWorks IncOshkosh, fondWI ouma, hopeyouenjoythebenefitsandH LA services we w h to provide toDeborah CastanerDan Pitts Jr Co Inc orkard all our roofing contractor members.Braden RoofingKevin ScanlonP Roofing itts Congratulationstothe followingOverland Park, KSGreat Plains Roofing &Dallas, TX Sheet members. Welcome to your associ- Metal Inc ation and thank you for joining us!Brook BengeKansas City, KSJim McLaughlin SheetConstruction Below is a list of new membersBRI Roofing &MetalRoberts Roofing & whohavejoined MRCA since theHaslet, TXApril WeatherstonMadison, AL 2008NationalConference.Wei- HNI Risk Services Inc come, and thank you for supportingBrentNew Berlin, WICindy Barrett Nicholson your professional association!C & IContractors IncRoberts Roofing &truction VacuumConsJim PipesIxonia, WIJohn F Oklahoma City, OK razier AD Willis Company IncIndustrial Roofing Inc Austin, TXDavid FosterPleasant H MOCindy Barrett ill, Camo Roofing CoRoberts Roofing &tion ConstrucChris ArringtonArlington,Audie MeredithDallas, TX TX Arrington Roofing Co IncLydick-Hooks Roofing Co Dallas,Fred Cusackof Wichita FallsClarissa Saenz TX oofingobertsoofingConCCIR & Insulation SystemsWichita Falls, TXR R &struction dryanAllenIncEl Paso, TX twell Roofing Co IncColumbus, INPeter Kuzma Tulsa, OKMcGutt R IncJames Hochstetler oofing Jeff ButlerMuncie,Skyline Roofing IN Commercial Roofing ServicesShipshewana, IN Blue Springs,Michael Buttrey MO McQueary Henry Bowles Troy Dallas, TX l\\lRCA Members amoung First "Green Roof Professionals" Continued from previous page "We are very pleased with the caliber of the new GRPs and the fact that theyFounder and President of Greenfor Healthy Cities. "T GRP accredRoofshe greenthegreen come from both thearts side, i.e.,living components of aitation will help to protect the industry by emphasizing best practices, while roof, and the black arts side, i.e.,non comp ", said Jeffrey L.providing additional marketingbusiness development support to those thelivingonents and Bruce,ofRoofs for Healthy Cities. "Industry experts from bothwho attain the new designation," he added. ChairGreen the black and the green arts have worked hard over the past six years toThe GRP accreditationis supportedby four professional development develop training materials and aexam that covers best practicescoursesotteredindifferentlocationsthroughoutNorthAmerica. See professional course across the spectrum of professionals, in order to improve multi-disciplinarywww.greenroofs.org for acalendar. This Fall, GRP exams will be knowledge and practice in the field "offered in Toronto, San F Chicago and New York. rancisco, "Our recent N American in su reports the American green orthdustryrvey roof industry grew by 35% in 2008,we are proud toa soestablishGreen RoofProfessional (GRP)accreditationthatkeepspace with the growing ~emand for qualifiedprofessionalsin this sector,"saidSteven W.Peck, II'