Five Years of Concrete Decor Magazine

Dear Readers,
Believe it or not, nearly five years have elapsed since the first issue of Concrete Decor was published. Those years have proven to be a valuable learning experience — one that becomes increasingly rewarding with each new issue we publish. Our knowledge of architectural concrete applications has grown, but more importantly, so has our desire to deliver to our readers the industry’s most insightful and educational articles on decorative concrete. As a family that’s been in publishing for 150 years, our primary goal remains editorial excellence.

It’s at this time of year that we once again start to consider what Concrete Decor magazine will focus on in the coming year. Each year, we spend considerable time researching and discussing what we’ll write about. And always, we seem to walk away from the table sensing we’ve missed something important. It’s not easy to anticipate industry trends or predict the direction of consumer interests, or most importantly, to decide the direction Concrete Decor will choose to take its readership. Often, we don’t have much information on what our readers would like. So, rather than rely on educated guesswork, we would like to ask for your help.

We need your input to keep Concrete Decor relevant to the work you do each day. Keeping you up to speed on the latest industry and product news is easy, but we’d also like to know what kind of new knowledge you’re looking for: whether it’s learning about new applications, finding new ways to use existing ones or solving problems.

It goes without saying, your involvement in Concrete Decor is an integral part of our success and the success we share as an industry.

If you have story ideas you would like to share with Concrete Decor magazine, simply write us or e-mail your comments to us at info@protradepub.com.

We look forward to hearing from you.

Sincerely,
Bent Mikkelsen, Publisher