It's official! In order to sustain growth and its financial, diversion, quality and customer-service objectives, TRP is seeking a fulltime operations manager. If all goes well, the person who fills this position will become executive director within a couple of years.

Given TRP’s entrepreneurial nature, evolving business model and aggressive business plan, the successful candidate needs to understand the company’s corporate culture and become thoroughly familiar with deconstruction and the role that TRP plays in the used building-materials industry.

TRP is organized by geographical region. Over a period of about two years, existing regions will one-by-one come under the stewardship of the operations manager. He or she will then assume the title of executive director, reporting directly to the company’s board of directors.

Our embryonic industry and pioneering company demand a formidable combination of skills. Leadership is the key skill -- the ability to maintain the vision, develop the talents of existing staff and add to and expand the company’s talent base while developing new business opportunities that utilize its core competencies.

The ideal candidate will also be a good administrator, a talented sales person and a competent financial manager, and will be adept at blending these abilities to address the changing priorities of the company.

TRP has completed the second year of a long-range strategic plan to build a distribution system for used building materials based upon the precept, "think locally and act globally." The company accomplishes this by salvaging the maximum aggregate of reusable materials and distributing them to markets where they can be used to greatest advantage. Local markets can rarely absorb all the materials salvaged from every deconstruction project, so when necessary TRP moves materials to other, more viable markets.

If you want an excuse to visit a truly Midwestern city in full spring bloom, attend the Building Materials Reuse Association Conference, May 14 to 16, 2007, in Madison, Wisconsin. Visit . www.buildingreuse.org for more information.

The national conference of the USGBC will be held in Los Angeles next year, October 17-19, 2007. 

We have received an abundance of used and new lumber last month. Especially noteworthy are some long 2x12’s in excellent condition, plus new 2x6’s, 4x4’s and 4x6’s. Many of these are treated.

This month we are featuring cabinets. Receive 25% off all cabinets, except complete kitchens, through February 15, with a copy of this e-letter.

TRP is accepting donations of cars, trucks, SUV's, RV's, and motorcycles. Donating a vehicle is a simple process. You just pick up the phone and call. We do the rest. So if you'd like to get rid of an unwanted vehicle, phone now for a pickup. 800-574-0888. Or you can donate your vehicle online at www.vehiclesforcharity.com. Unfortunately, vehicle donations can only be made from the Bay Area counties plus Santa Cruz.

Go to our website www.thereusepeople.org, click on the tab "Opportunities" and look under the heading "Employment Opportunities"

• All materials from a quaint 1,600 sq-ft Manhattan Beach cottage, including French doors, hardwood flooring, teak patio furniture and Casablanca ceiling fans
• Materials from a 5,200 sq-ft home in a prestigious Beverly Hills neighborhood, including oak hardwood flooring, dual-pane windows, a Viking stainless countertop range and premium chandeliers and light fixtures
• Brick patio, flagstone walkway pavers, redwood fencing old-growth timber, cabinets, redwood beam/cedar plank ceilings, Whirlpool washer & dryer, and shoji screen from a charming 900 sq-ft Venice beach house built in 1918
• A Hollywood remodel will yield hardwood flooring and an outdoor hot tub along with windows, doors and kitchen cabinetry
• All materials from a 4,000 sq-ft French Provincial home built in the 1950s, including raised panel doors with premium hardware, antique fixtures, 4-inch oak hardwood flooring, kitchen and laundry appliances (including a SubZero refrigerator)
• All materials from a contemporary Pacific Palisades home, including oak hardwood flooring, modular kitchen cabinets, modern lighting fixtures, appliances and granite countertops
• All materials from a 1940 house, including redwood siding and paneling, antique O’Keefe & Merritt gas range and stove w/ griddle, lots of loose brick, and wood frame single-pane windows
• All materials from 1950 single-story house, including oak flooring, loose brick, and wood frame single-pane windows
• Materials from a 1980 contemporary home, including redwood decking and siding, indoor spiral staircase, contemporary cabinets with granite countertops, and stainless steel roll carts

New Location and Contact Information

TRP ReUse Bazaar
9235 San Leandro Street
Oakland, CA 94603
(510) 383-1983; toll-free 888-588-9490
Hours: Mon through Fri 10:00 to 6:00; Sat and Sun 10:00 to 4:00

Please visit our partnering warehouses in the greater Los Angeles area:

Habitat Home Improvement Store
17700 S. Figueroa (corner of 182nd), Gardena/Carson CA 90248
(310)-323-5665
Hours: Tuesday through Saturday 9:00 a.m. to 6: 00 p.m.

Silver Lake Yards
1086 Manzanita Street
Silver Lake, CA 90029
(323) 667-2875
Hours: Tuesday through Sunday 11:00 am to 5:00 pm
Directions: Manzanita Street crosses Sunset Boulevard in Silver Lake. Go south 1 short block and turn right just before Santa Monica Boulevard.