Performing a wood-cutting ceremony to mark the opening in 2012 of the first annual Staten Island Home Improvement Contractors & Remodelers Showcase are: Steve Coppola, chairman of the 2014 home show event, and past president of NARI-HIC of Staten Island; Butch Galante, member and past president, and Lana Ruggiero Seidman, president.

Performing a wood-cutting ceremony to mark the opening in 2012 of the first annual Staten Island Home Improvement Contractors & Remodelers Showcase are: Steve Coppola, chairman of the 2014 home show event, and past president of NARI-HIC of Staten Island; Butch Galante, member and past president, and Lana Ruggiero Seidman, president.

With warming temperatures, some Staten Islanders may be re-assessing the condition of their homes as the end of Winter 2014 nears. For those seeking solutions to their home-improvement or repair needs, the upcoming Staten Island Home Improvement Contractors & Remodelers Showcase will feature top experts in their fields, providing homeowners with a convenient all-inclusive educational and shopping experience. This free showcase will be held on March 8-9 and will feature 25 contracting and remodeling vendors who are members of the distinguished Staten Island Home Improvement Contractors Association.

Marking its third consecutive year at the Staten Island Mall, New Springville, the event – Saturday, 10 a.m. to 9 p.m., and Sunday, 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. –  will offer an opportunity for homeowners to confer with some of the area’s most knowledgeable and respected experts in the home-improvement contracting and remodeling industries.

Each of the 25 venders to be featured at the two-day exhibition are members of the highly renowned NARI-Staten Island Home Improvement Contractors Association (NARI-HIC), an organization whose mission is to foster a membership of reputable contracting firms dedicated to the highest standards of honesty, integrity, responsibility, unrelenting professionalism, quality workmanship and customer satisfaction.

All NARI-HIC members are government licensed and insured in their respective trades, carefully screened prior to acceptance in the organization and continually monitored for performance.

“Our participating vendors are looking forward to greeting the public at this year’s showcase, which in the past has proven to be wonderfully productive for homeowners seeking the level of experience and reliability offered by our members,” said Lana Ruggiero Seidman, president of NARI-HIC of Staten Island.

Visitors also are invited to obtain a free raffle at the NARI-HIC booth for a chance to win a $500 gift certificate, for use toward a purchase from participating vendors.

“Exhibitors at the upcoming mall event will include general contractors equipped to tackle projects of all sizes, and others who are experts in an expansive array of home-improvement products and services,” said Steve Coppola,” chairman of the home show and a past president of NARI-HIC of Staten Island. “Anyone living on Staten Island or in the surrounding area who is interested in home improvement will not want to miss this event. Visitors will be able to meet with top professionals in such specialties as heating and air conditioning; concrete and pavers; plumbing; flooring; security systems and monitoring; kitchen and bath renovations; roofing and siding; windows and doors; insulation; screen rooms; fencing; chimney sweep, lawns sprinklers; swimming pool design, installation and maintenance; decorating, and more.”

Included among the vendors represented at the home-improvement show are such notable Staten Island firms as: APB Security Systems; Bernabe Home Improvement; Bob Mims Heating & Air; Constructive Concepts; Dream Kitchens & Baths; EnergyPro Insulation; Fence Depot; Firebird Sweep; Galante Home Improvement; Gregg Mechanical Corp.; Richmond Aluminum Supply; Richmond Lawn Sprinkler; Scaran Heating & Air Conditioning; Statwood Home Improvements; The Pool Therapist;  Troost Bros. Home Renovations; Wood Perfect Custom Flooring; Coastal Plumbing Supply; Shamrock Paints; SMK Architects; Golden Key Interiors; Wells Fargo Home Mortgage; Cee-Jay Real Estate Development Corp.; Safari Realty, and Liberty Mutual.

NARI-Staten Island Home Improvement Contractors Association (NARI-HIC) is a Staten Island, N.Y.-based nonprofit trade organization whose mission is to foster a membership of reputable contracting firms dedicated to the personification of honesty, integrity, responsibility, unrelenting professionalism, quality workmanship and customer satisfaction. The NARI-HIC roster comprises general members, and associate and affiliate members, who reflect the membership’s high ethical standards. For additional information, the organization may be reached at 718-356-2323.

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