NLBMDA Announces Kodiak Building Partners as ProDealer of the Year

For Immediate Release:

June 26, 2023

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Kodiak Building Partners Earns National

Recognition As ProDealer of the Year

WASHINGTON, D.C. - It all started in 2011 as an idea to invest in a steel fabricator with loads of potential just outside of Denver.

Over the ensuing years, and following a disciplined path of rolling up a collection of businesses in LBM and distribution, Kodiak Building Partners has grown to well over 100 locations in 25 states. Mixed in with all of its business decisions during that span was a core principle: to maintain a fiercely local approach that honors the proud, family-business legacies associated with these trades.

That impressive growth, along with a commitment to the values of the industry, combined to carry Highlands Ranch, Colorado-based Kodiak Building Partners to a new distinction: It’s the 2023 ProDealer of the Year.

The annual Independent ProDealer of the Year Award, selected by the National Lumber and Building Material Dealers Association and the editors of Hardware & Building Supply Dealer, is designed to recognize a high-performance independent lumberyard (no more than five locations) with a commitment to values consistent with the lumber and building material industry, excellence in customer stewardship, devotion to its employees and a positive workplace culture.

"We founded Kodiak with a vision to create a culture that empowers local leaders to succeed in the communities they serve,” said Kodiak CEO Steve Swinney. “So this award is fitting recognition for our continued focus on empowering our operators in a locally led organization that honors the legacy of the great independent operators who built our industry.”

The chief executive added: “Congratulations go entirely to the 6,100 incredible members of our team across the country who serve their communities every day and collaborate to be ‘better tomorrow than we were today.’”

You can see this continual-improvement approach at work in the operations of market leaders from Zarsky Lumber in Texas to Goodrich Lumber of Massachusetts. And from Sunrise Builders Supply of Mississippi and Tennessee to home town Direct Lumber and Door in metro Denver, to name a few.

“I was extremely impressed by all the lumber and building material dealers I spoke with at NLBMDA’s Spring Meeting and Legislative Conference this year,” Swinney said. “The industry continues to be defined by the driven, entrepreneurial businesses that are essential to the customers they serve in small towns and major cities from coast to coast.”

The ProDealer of the Year award ceremony will take place on Oct. 5, as part of the ProDealer Industry Summit, hosted jointly by the NLBMDA and HBSDealer. The Summit provides an educational forum designed to promote the growth of lumber and building product dealers, distributors, wholesalers, and the manufacturers who supply them.

The ProDealer of the Year Award ceremony will also recognize the Independent ProDealer of the Year, Hilltop Lumber of western Minnesota.

For more information about the 2023 ProDealer Industry Summit, click here.

About NLBMDA

The National Lumber and Building Material Dealers Association (NLBMDA) is the recognized voice and resource of the Lumber and Building Material industry to federal legislators and regulatory agencies in Washington DC. NLBMDA provides its members the resources and education to comply with federal laws, codes and regulations. NLBMDA identifies challenges and growth opportunities to the industry and collaborates with its Federateds to develop solutions that require national implementation. Visit us at www.Dealer.org to learn more.

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