Marine Sales is proud to announce that it has acquired a new 10,000 square-foot showroom dealership in western Kentucky. The dealership, Kentuckiana Yacht Sales, is located at 5888 Hwy 641 North in Gilbertsville, Kentucky, 3 miles south of Kentucky Lake Dam. “We are excited to be expanding our sales operations into the Kentucky Lake area,” […]
MRAA News
EPA Finalizes 2013 Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS)
In August the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency established the 2013 annual percentage standards for the RFS program for biofuel, biomass based diesel, biofuels and renewable fuels. These standards will apply to all gasoline and diesel produced or imported in 2013. The EPA also provided more lead time to obligated parties to demonstrate compliance with the […]
Ethanol Update
MRAA attended a meeting last week organized by the Ethanol Coalition. The overall feeling was that Congress itself has done little legislative work. However, the coalition felt Congress is still on schedule for hearings and perhaps reform/repeal legislation in October, which is the original goal. A press gathering was held in San Francisco in August […]
Update on Second Home Mortgage Interest Deduction
Members of the House and Senate tax-writing committees are putting together legislative drafts that may determine the fate of one of our most prized tax benefits, the second home mortgage interest deduction. In addition other key tax deductions, such as, property tax write offs and capital gains exclusions are on the table for elimination too. […]
Applications sought for Kevin Lodder Scholarship
MINNEAPOLIS — The MRAA Educational Foundation is seeking applicants for the 2013 Kevin Lodder Scholarship. The Kevin Lodder Scholarship Fund, which was founded in memory of Kevin Lodder of Lodder’s Marine in Fairfield, Ohio, provides a full scholarship to attend a week-long Spader Business Management Total Management 1 Workshop to an employee of a Marine […]
My-Villages Named Partner Member
MINNEAPOLIS — My-Villages, a web and mobile technology company and developer of The Boat Village, has been named a Partner Member of the Marine Retailers Association of the Americas. “My-Villages and the MRAA have a lot in common,” says My-Villages Founder and CEO Kevin Hutchinson. “We both have a passion for providing resources, tools and […]
MDCE Dealer Registrations up 31 percent
MINNEAPOLIS – Dealer registrations for the 2013 Marine Dealer Conference & Expo are up 31.7 percent over the same time last year, which represents a new record for the event. More than 270 dealers have registered so far for the MDCE — up from 205 last year on this date — with nearly three weeks […]
Sonja Moseley named MRAA Director of Certification & Benefits
MINNEAPOLIS — The Marine Retailers Association of the Americas announced today that it has named Sonja Moseley as its Director of Certification & Benefits. Sonja, who recently earned a Master’s Degree in Nonprofit Studies, joins the MRAA having most recently served as the Executive Director for the Arizona Parks & Recreation Association. At the APRA, […]
Marine Retail University on track for expansion
MINNEAPOLIS — Almost a year after kicking off the first in a series of seven regional Norman-Spencer Marine Retail University educational and networking events, the Marine Retailers Association of the Americas and Dominion Marine Media are preparing an expanded line-up for year two. On the heels of overwhelmingly positive feedback from the more than 320 […]
MRAA Educational Foundation names executive director
MINNEAPOLIS — Liz Walz has been named the Executive Director of the MRAA Educational Foundation, a not-for-profit 501(c)3 corporation created in 2004 to provide the recreational marine trades with financial support for education, training and professional development. “We see an opportunity to infuse the foundation with some fresh ideas and direction,” says Ed Lofgren of […]
