Bathroom Addition, Scituate Ma

Almar's 2011 Eastern Massachusetts NARI Silver COTY (Contractor of the Year) Award Project

CRAIG is an AWARD WINNER!

A Huge Congratulations to Craig Guido. Who was honored on June 9th by Cape & Plymouth Business Magazine as one of this year 40 Under 40 Award Winners. Which honors distinguished businesspeople under the age of 40. This program spotlights the region's top young business leaders who excel in their industry and show dynamic leadership.

Cape & Plymouth Business 40 Under 40 winners announced

Almar is please to share that our very own Craig Guido has been named as one of this years 40 under 40 by Cape & Plymouth Business Magazine. From the Cape & Plymouth Business Magazine webiste: Cape & Plymouth Business 40 Under 40 winners announced Published on Thursday, March 31, 2011 Cape & Plymouth Business’ 40 Under 40 Awards spotlight the region’s top young business leaders who excel in their industry and show dynamic leadership. The 2011 class is exceptional in many ways, showing the diversity of paths to success in our region. Working in conjunction with the Cape Cod Young Professionals and South Shore Young Professionals, hundreds of nominees have been culled down to the 40 who best exemplified an entrepreneurial spirit, commitment to community service and potential to positively contribute to the future of our region. Cape & Plymouth Business is proud to announce the 2011 40 Under 40 Awards honorees: Peter Abraham, Convention Data Services; Shawn A. Avery; Dennett Elementary School; Bill Baker Jr., Cape & Islands Glass; Nicole Bernard Dawes, Late July Organic Snacks; Meghan Blair-Valero, Fogged In Bookkeeping; Jamie Bohlin, Cape Cod Celebrations; Bryan Braley, New York Life; Brian Carey, DePaola, Begg & Associates; Cecelia Carey, Carey Commercial; Amy Carpenter, Plymouth Area Chamber of Commerce; Matthew Cole, Cape Associates; Adrienne Cormier, Cape Cod Five Cents Savings Bank; Jeff Cotto, Rogers & Gray Insurance Agency; Eliza Cox, Nutter McClennen and Fish; Heather Cozby, Cozby & Bruno; Shawn Delude, Nauset Disposal; Nicole DiGiusto, Carmen's Café Nicole; Stephen Drowne, BackOffice Associates; Michael J. Duffley, Maffei Landscape Contractors; Vincent Fantasia, The Bank of Canton; Molly Garcia, Mayflower Bank; Craig Guido, Almar Building & Remodeling; Laurel Hartman, Catania Hospitality Group; Felecia Hilliard, Why Weight Coaches; Annika Iliadis, Centerville Yoga & Wellness Center; Justin Labdon, Cape Cod Beach Chair Company; Craig M. LeBlanc, Allen Harbor Marine Service; William L. Leone, Wells Fargo Advisors LLC; Sue Malomo, 20Mile Technologies and Surf Web Studio; Kristen Mitchell Hughes, Cape Cod Chamber of Commerce; Catherine Oldham, Alzheimer's Services of Cape Cod & Islands; Tracy Post, Town of Yarmouth; Bobby Rice, Reel Deal Fishing Charters; Sandy Rubenstein, PureHeat/Camp Wingate*Kirkland; Saul Schrader, Acella Construction Corporation; Dan Shaughnessy, Joyce Landscaping; Jenny Spurling, Simply Be Creative; Jessica Tinti, Hyannis Area Chamber of Commerce; Danielle G. Van Ess, DGVE Law; and Taryn Wilson, Cape Cod Cooperative Bank. The honorees will be celebrated at a special event on June 9, 2011, from 5:30 to 8 p.m. at the Cape Codder Resort & Spa in Hyannis. The Master of Ceremonies will be Shailene Jackson of Cape Cod Broadcasting. Jackson is best known as Morning Show Host “Shai” on Cape Country 104. Behind the scenes, she is also Traffic Director and Producer for Cape Cod Broadcasting. Sponsors to date of the Cape & Plymouth Business 40 Under 40 Awards event include Constant Contact, Comcast Business Class, Ryan Family Amusements, Cape Promotional Products, Advacned4Color.com, Cape Cod Broadcasting, Cape Cod Young Professionals and South Shore Young Professionals. Further details on speakers and sponsors will be announced as they are available. Seating is limited at this event, register online here.

Award Recognition

The Almar team was pleased to find out that we have been award 2 Angie's List Super Service Awards for our work in 2010.

The Award was present to us in the Remodeling - General as well as the Architects & Building Design Categories "for achieving and maintaining a Superior Service Rating on Angie's List throughout 2010 as determined by Angie's List members."

We appreciate and are honored by the support our friends and clients have given us over the years and look forward to continuing and improving upon our systems in 2011 so that we can live up the high standards and expectations we have set for ourselves in the past.

Allison is named South Shore Women's Business Network: Networking Nova for November

We are proud to announce that our General Manager Allison Q. Guido was named the South Shore Women's Business Network's Netwokring Nova for November. Below is the article from the SSWBN's lastest newsletter.



Network Nova

‘Net-Weaver’ Allison Guido of Almar
Building and Remodeling Company

I have been with the SSWBN since 2004 or 5, so about five years. I found the Network after talking to another woman contractor I know in Pennsylvania, who said that she had joined a local networking group for women … and I thought, ”What a great idea!” So I searched on line, found SSWBN and stopped by a networking lunch.

At my very first meeting, the facilitator at my table told me to always find someone at every meeting whom you can help, or whom you can connect up with someone else. I really took that to heart: I try to really listen to what people’s wants and needs are, and to then find a way to help them with that. I also try to follow up right after the meeting with every new person I meet, and then again later on as part of my marketing. Remodeling is one of those businesses where I probably won't get a referral at every meeting, but if I can keep making connections and educating people at every meeting, when the time comes that they or someone they know needs work on their house, Almar and I will be their only call.

The Network has helped me get to know a lot of new people, and has solved a lot of my wants and needs both personally and for my business. From a business perspective, the people in the Network have helped me improve my interpersonal skills, and helped keep Almar going during the slow times. What I love about the Network is that if you have a need and put it out to the group, then someone will respond and help you.

I recommend that you all be a net-weaver. Always listen, and always find a way to help someone else. The “giver” really does gain.

I am really honored to be nominated for the Networking Nova. I want to thank everyone for this honor. And for those people whom I haven't had the chance to get to know yet, I hope we can connect soon