Jeff Nobers
Jeff Nobers
areas growth housing looking miles per starts within year
We looking for areas that have 3,000 housing starts per year within 25 miles of the store. That's our growth standard.
cleaned fuel generators start
Right now we want to get generators down there and fuel and start getting things cleaned up.
areas benchmark customers far growing housing market people percent starts
It was in a market that was growing but has declined, at least as far as housing starts. What it all comes down to is housing starts. Our benchmark is 3,000 starts annually in a market. There were not very many in these areas and 95 percent of our customers are builders. It is not a people issue, it is a market issue.
deciding finding minor stuff
Right now we are just finding stuff to do. Little things like deciding to repaint a railing, just minor stuff. We are ready.
continue decision difficult emotional golf
At the end of the day, it was a very emotional and difficult decision not to continue with the golf tournament.
close earned move nomadic saying since summer took tour tournament turned
We feel like we've earned our way into a summer date. We've been saying to the Tour since we got the tournament in the first place we wanted to move it to the summer. We took a tournament that was nomadic and close to nonexistence and turned it into a quality, first-class event.
sure talking tiger woods
We're after Tiger Woods every year. I'm sure we'll be talking to him.
area associates focused four gotten great hold levels lived people stand stores
We had four that were really impacted. Right now we are focused on assessing where the stores stand and how our associates faired. We had a great many people that lived in that area and we haven't gotten a hold of everyone yet. All we know right now is that all four stores still stand with varying levels of damage.
begin clear help history lost president role situations talk whom
We have a history of doing things in situations like these. And our president has made it clear that we want to talk to all of our associates, some of whom lost homes, and we will help them first before we begin assessing what role we can play overall.
construct donated materials necessary
We donated $15,000 in materials necessary to construct the house.
assignment cases corporate few promotion result store transfer type
If they transfer to another store, they would be at least at the same position. In some cases, like for co-managers, it could result in a promotion to manager. There could be a few cases where they would transfer to corporate headquarters, which, of course, would be a different type of assignment from store operation.
cash donated excess far habitat humanity materials million national
So far this year, we've donated in excess of $2.5 million in materials and cash to Habitat for Humanity on a national basis.
charitable community dedicated effort giving hallmark tour
The PGA Tour is very dedicated to charitable giving. That is the hallmark of the tour. The players' wives, when they are at a tournament, try to get into the community effort somewhere.
hoping minimal
We are hoping for at least 200,000 and those are our minimal expectations.