LaundryCares Hosts ‘Lunch & Learn’ in Atlanta
On the first day of Clean 2022 in Atlanta, the LaundryCares Foundation hosted a free luncheon, on the heels of its popular morning educational session on how to leverage community engagement for social impact and profit. Attendees to this luncheon event further...
Clean 2022: Leveraging Community Engagement for Social Impact
Laundromats have a unique reach into under-resourced communities and can upcycle their facilities with dedicated learning spaces, as well as by hosting free laundry events, among other initiatives. The Coin Laundry Association’s second educational session on the first...Clean 2022: CLA Explores the ‘Next Generation’ of Laundromats
CLA Director of Membership and Education Danielle Bauer welcomed nearly 600 attendees to the organization’s first educational seminar of Clean 2022 at the Georgia World Congress Center in Atlanta. With laundromats designated as an “essential business,” the industry...
LaundryCares Hosts Free Laundry Day in Atlanta
On the day before Clean 2022, the Coin Laundry Association’s LaundryCares Foundation hosted a free laundry day in Atlanta. This event was held from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. at five laundry locations in and around the show’s host city: Bustin Suds Laundromat, Atlanta...
Clean 2022: A Southern Accent
An Overview of What the Trade Show’s Host City Offers Its Visitors After a three-year, COVID-induced hiatus, the laundry industry’s largest trade show and convention is back. The Clean Show is returning to the industry’s center stage for the first time since 2019 –...
Are You a Quitter?
The Key to Success is Knowing When to Quit – And When to Hang On “Never, never, never give up.” – U.K. Prime Minister Winston Churchill, on October 29, 1941, as World War II raged through Europe Winston Churchill was a strong believer that persistence is everything...
Online ‘Stain Removal’
How to Effectively Manage Your Business’ Digital Reputation When you Google your business, what do you see? I’d hope that you’d be viewing your brand at the top of the heap – complete with pages full of five-star reviews, links to helpful content and a sterling online...
HappyNest Expands Reach in Virginia
Laundry pickup-and-delivery service HappyNest has partnered with Sammi’s Econo Coin laundromat in Hampton, Va. The deal brings HappyNest laundry service to the Hampton, Newport News and Yorktown markets. The company’s service is also available Fort Eustis, Fort...SBA Releases New Lending Data
The U.S. Small Business Administration Office of Advocacy recently released its “Small Business Lending in the United States, 2020” report, which shows that small business loans (those below $1 million) increased by nearly 40 percent from 2019 to 2020, largely due to...
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