MINNEAPOLIS — The MRAA Educational Foundation and Spader Business Management have launched the Duane Spader Leadership Development Scholarship and are seeking applicants. The scholarship was founded to honor the marine industry service of Spader Business Management founder Duane Spader, as well as his leadership philosophy of life-long learning. The recipient, who receives full tuition to […]
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MRAA supports efforts to stop over regulation
One of the biggest issues facing small business, and especially marine retailers, is the continuing movement in the federal government to over regulate. MRAA would prefer that many federal regulations simply be eliminated, but a key first step is to simplify the process. Three key House bills with companions in the Senate have been reported […]
MRAA asks marine retailers to support Goodlatte “Dear Colleague” letter on RFS
Rep. Bob Goodlatte (R-VA) is asking Members of Congress to sign his letter to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), “Dear Colleague,” to lower the renewable fuel standard. MRAA supports this letter and has asked retailers and trade associations to encourage their Member contacts to also sign the Goodlatte letter. The RFS mandates that 36 […]
Washington’s shutdown limits boaters’ recreate opportunities
The Federal government has shutdown, and Democratic and Republican leaders are not bending in their discussions on how to achieve fiscal responsibility. Concern is deepening in financial markets, and among businessmen, about the potential for a U.S. default of its debt.In just one day this week interest rates rose, making it twice as expensive for […]
Kentuckiana Becomes Cobalt Boats Newest Authorized Dealer
Boaters on Kentucky Lake and Lake Barkley will no longer have to drive hours to look or test drive a fiberglass boat now that Cobalt Boats has authorized Kentuckiana Yacht Sales as its newest Cobalt Boat Dealer. Clark Boone, Central Region Sales Manager at Cobalt Boats, was very pleased making the announcement this week to […]
MDCE Registrations on Record Pace
MINNEAPOLIS – Dealer registrations for the 2013 Marine Dealer Conference & Expo set a new record during the early-bird registration period and are currently tracking nearly 25 percent ahead of last year’s record registrations. A total of 473 dealers have registered for the MDCE to date — up from 379 last year at the early-bird […]
NMDA renews its support of MDCE
ORLANDO, Fla. – The National Marine Distributors Association (NMDA) has signed on to provide Educational Funding Support for the Marine Dealer Conference & Expo for the second year in a row. “It’s no coincidence that the MDCE educational content received the highest ratings in the history of the event in 2012, which was the first […]
Marine Sales Welcomes Kentuckiana Yacht Sales to its Family
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,” […]
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 […]
