Midwest Masonry Promotion Council Celebrates First Year

Words: Dan Kamys

Members of the Midwest Masonry Promotion Council (MMPC) celebrated their first year as an organization at a membership recognition event in October in Bloomington, Minn. MMPC President Todd Frantz of Donald R. Frantz Concrete Construction Inc. presented framed membership plaques to representatives from each of the masonry contractor, producer and supply companies that have joined together to promote the benefits of unit masonry to area architects, engineers, construction managers and owners.

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