Friday, February 12, 2010

Being A Good Fairlington Neighbor

At FW&D, we want more than to simply be the contractor for your remodel project. We want to be people that you can trust when you are in need. This winter has definitely caused some needs in the Northern Virginia area! We started off the season with a wallop – December 19th turned out a record snowstorm, with some areas seeing as much as two feet of snow. The snow numbers continued to creep up with occasional flurries and inches left on the ground.

This past weekend we had another big one come through – and I mean BIG. This record-breaking storm dropped over 32 inches at Dulles airport, skyrocketing this season’s numbers, closing schools and businesses, and shutting down roads.

With all this snow, many people were snow-bound. Even after the plows came through, cars were buried under feet of snow. Check out this car in Fairlington – you can’t even make out the make or model!

We here at FW&D saw a lot of people that were not able or equipped to get their cars cleared from the snow. Owner Ned Overton could not stand to see his Fairlington neighbors stranded. So Sunday morning, he called up our crews. While these guys normally spend their time artfully applying new tile in bathrooms or installing gorgeous cabinets in new kitchens, Mr. Overton was asking that they work to help out in a time of need. Many crew members were snow-bound as well, but those able braved the elements and treacherous road conditions to help Fairlington residents “de-snow” their cars. The crews worked Sunday and Monday, digging out over thirty cars. Remember that car above? The one that you couldn’t even make out? Check out how it looked after the FW&D crew got finished with it.

That’s what we believe in here at FW&D – that helping out a community is more important than pushing a product, that friends are better than clients, and that being a good neighbor is really what it’s all about.

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