"Jay Taft with (NRMCA Associate member) Monarch Cement never misses an NRMCA seminar in his area," NRMCA Senior Director, National Resources Jon Hansen said recently. "Jay not only attends, he takes the information and puts it into practice where he works and lives in Southwestern Missouri."

The most recent success for Taft is the new Woods Supermarket in Sunrise Beach (seen here) which consists of approximately 105,000 square feet of concrete parking lot. And if the success of this Full Loop Promotion effort isn’t enough good news, Taft told Hansen and other local promoters that the supermarket's concrete placement took place even after some asphalt had been installed. Taft said the general contractor and owner "were not happy with the asphalt and decided to switch the parking lot to concrete," proving it's never too late to switch a project to concrete.