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Shortly after starting Parkerville in 2005, we joined a national trade organization called the Wood Products Manufacturers Association (WPMA). Parkerville was finding its way in the early days, and the exposure to a wide range of wood and woodworking-related companies around the country was beneficial for Parkerville.

I more recent news, we were recently able to acquire our main 20,000-sf facility and 4 acers of land at 580 Parker St. in Manchester, CT, where we have been located for nearly 20 years.

I more recent news, we were recently able to acquire our main 20,000-sf facility and 4 acers of land at 580 Parker St. in Manchester, CT, where we have been located for nearly 20 years.

…we had received a call from a Lead Shipwright from McMillen Yachts, in Newport Rhode Island. They had started a multimillion-dollar restoration in 2022 of a 34 m (almost 112 ft.) yacht named Maemere.

I have always had a curiosity and incentive to explore and search for unique things and businesses when I travel. It usually starts with an internet search for hardwood sellers or woodworking operations that provide products and services similar Parkerville.

The Yale Center of British Art is a fascinating place, and I encourage you to visit. YCBA has been closed for the past two years while this major renovation was taking place.

Woodworking, as with all other trades and industries, has multiple genres. Of course, woodworking starts with growing and harvesting the trees, slicing, sawing and drying the logs, and processing that material into lumber, veneer, and plywood. That material is then used to build homes, buildings, furniture, fixtures and cabinets. At Parkerville, we manufacture precision wood parts for Otis Elevator, build high end corporate boardrooms and conference tables, build custom kitchens and furniture, and construct full scale prototype curtainwalls for high-rise buildings.

As we plan for 2025 and beyond at Parkerville, the unknown factors related to our economy pose unique challenges that I have never encountered before. I learned to avoid most conversations related to politics for concern over other people’s potential raw, emotional, divisive opinions. Heck, loved ones get divorced and families are broken because of what our country is experiencing.

Greetings Customers & Friends,

Happy New Year to all of you. Wishing everyone a happy, healthy and prosperous 2025.

As companies grow things change. Parkerville is experiencing some of these changes due to the growth of our Company in recent years. Regulatory pressures weigh heavy on small business owners, according an article published in the Hartford Courant this past Sunday.