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SANDPOINT, ID - November 13, 2026 - PRESSADVANTAGE - 
July 20 workshop opens Aspire’s construction business coaching to remodelers and custom home builders across the metro
Aspire for Contractors will hold its one-day “Where GC Profit Actually Comes From” workshop in Minneapolis on July 20, 2027. The company is also now offering its contractor coaching to residential remodelers and custom home builders throughout the Twin Cities.
The workshop and coaching serve construction business owners across Hennepin, Ramsey, Anoka, Dakota, Washington, Scott and Carver counties. Aspire works only with residential remodelers and custom home builders.
“Twin Cities remodelers and builders do excellent work, and a lot of them stay booked all year with less in the bank than they should have,” said Fred Farris, CEO of Aspire for Contractors. “Most were never taught how profit gets made or lost between the estimate and the final payment. We start with their own numbers and show them exactly where it goes.”
The region’s housing stock shapes that work. Remodelers in Southwest Minneapolis take on 1910s and 1920s bungalows and Craftsman homes, where old wiring and plumbing turn up behind the walls. In St. Paul’s Summit Hill and Highland Park, prewar homes run on long renovation cycles. Around Lake Minnetonka, builders handle custom lake homes and additions. Medina, Plymouth and Chanhassen bring newer custom builds, with drive times that belong in every estimate.
Farris leads the workshop, a classroom day covering pricing, job mix, cash flow, marketing and hiring for residential construction. Attendees send their profit and loss statement ahead of time. Aspire restates it into a Road Map showing their true cost of production, their true gross margin and the job mix that reaches their goal. Each owner then reviews the Road Map in a one-on-one meeting.
Sessions address conditions specific to Minnesota. These include how a slow January changes loaded labor rates and how to project cash flow through winter so a schedule gap shows up in March instead of December. Attendees also learn how a Professional Services Agreement gets contractors paid for design and estimating on high-end remodels before the final contract. Each attendee leaves with an example agreement, sample matrix pricing sheets and a list of the eight most common profit leaks.The workshop also shows why the right job mix matters more than job count. Ten jobs at a 15% gross margin produce $150,000 in gross profit, while six jobs at 28% produce $210,000.
The workshop carries a written guarantee of a 3% net profit increase, plus a refund if the day isn’t worth it. Registration is $349.
Owners who want help carrying out their Road Map can join the Business Mastery Program, Aspire’s two-year, one-on-one construction business coaching partnership. The program is guaranteed in writing to increase profitability by more than double its cost. Twin Cities contractors can start coaching now without waiting for the workshop. Across Aspire clients, 86% of owners increased their net worth in the first 12 months, average owner workload dropped 51%, and clients have added more than $618 million in profit.
The workshop runs from 9am to 4pm. Event will be in Minneapolis, location is TBD. Registration is open at theaspireinstitute.com/events/minneapolis. Contractors can also call an Aspire coach at (208) 597-7294.


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For more information about Aspire For Contractors, contact the company here:
Aspire For Contractors
Fred Farris
888-252-8998
info@theaspireinstitute.com
Aspire For Contractors | 414 Church St Suite 306, Sandpoint, ID 83864

Scala Design & Construction Launches New Home Remodeling Website Featuring Owners and Design-Build Process

SHOREWOOD, MN - November 13, 2026 - PRESSADVANTAGE - 
Scala Design & Construction has launched a new website that, for the first time, introduces the company's owners and details how they run their residential design-build firm. The site gives Minneapolis and Twin Cities homeowners a central resource on Minneapolis home remodeling, covering kitchen, bathroom, and whole-home projects along with local guidance on costs, financing, and typical timelines.
The redesigned site publicly introduces owner Erika Carrillo and her business partner, placing their roles and approach at the center of the company's story. According to the firm, the decision to feature the owners grew out of recurring questions from homeowners who wanted to understand who would be managing their projects before committing to a remodel.

A central feature of the new site is a plain-language explanation of the company's four-stage design-build process, which walks homeowners through consultation, design and planning, construction, and final walkthrough. The site also consolidates information that homeowners frequently search for separately, including budgeting considerations, financing options, and expected project durations for different types of work.
"Homeowners kept asking the same questions before a project ever started, about how the process works and who they would actually be working with," said Erika Carrillo, co-owner of Scala Design & Construction. "The new site puts those answers in one place and introduces the people behind the company, because we felt our process and our story should be public rather than something people only learn after a first meeting."
The website groups services by project type, including kitchen remodeling, bathroom remodeling, basement finishing, full home renovations, home additions, and home restoration. The company's work as a kitchen remodeler in Shorewood is represented alongside projects completed for homeowners throughout the surrounding region. Each section outlines how a project moves from initial design through construction and completion.
Carrillo said the owners wanted the content to reflect the way the firm actually operates. "We approach remodeling as a single integrated service rather than a series of handoffs," she said. "Putting the full scope of design-build remodeling online, from the first conversation to the last detail, gives homeowners a clearer picture of what to expect at each stage."
The site organizes local guidance by topic so homeowners researching a remodel can review cost ranges, financing paths, and timelines without navigating multiple pages. The company developed the content in response to the planning stage questions it most often receives from residents across the Minneapolis-St. Paul area.


Founded in 2009, Scala Design & Construction is a Shorewood-based residential remodeling company serving homeowners throughout Hennepin, Ramsey, and Carver counties. The firm is a member of the National Association of the Remodeling Industry and has received Best of Houzz recognition. It is licensed and insured and offers kitchen remodeling, bathroom remodeling, basement finishing, full home renovations, home additions, and home restoration, handling projects from initial design through final completion.

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For more information about Scala Design & Construction Services Inc, contact the company here:
Scala Design & Construction Services Inc
Erika Carrillo
(952) 913-3294
info@scaladesign-construction.com
5330 Vine Hill Rd, Shorewood, MN 55331

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Ornate Home Highlights Year-Round Military Discount at Santa Ana Furniture Store Ahead of Veterans Day

SANTA ANA, CA - November 12, 2026 - PRESSADVANTAGE - 
Ahead of Veterans Day on Wednesday, Nov. 11, 2026, Ornate Home is drawing attention to its year-round 8% military discount, which the company introduced in July 2026 for members of the military community, pointing to recent survey data on the financial strain reported by veteran and military family respondents.
The Military Family Advisory Network’s “2025 Military Family 360° Survey,” released June 22, 2026, found that 36.7% of veteran and retiree family respondents had less than $500 in emergency savings or no emergency fund at all. Among currently serving family respondents, 34.1% reported the same. The survey drew on 10,089 respondents, with data collected between Oct. 2, 2025, and Jan. 16, 2026, and the figures describe those respondents rather than all military families.

Rather than offering a one-day holiday promotion, the Santa Ana furniture store makes its 8% discount available on eligible orders throughout the year. Eligibility is verified through ID.me, which issues a single-use code for each order and confirms only that a customer qualifies. Ornate Home does not receive or review service records. There is no annual cap on the discount, which applies to the living room, bedroom, dining room and home office collections.
“Financial pressure does not follow the holiday calendar, so a single day of savings never matched what families told researchers they were facing,” said Mehmet Uncuoglu, CEO of Ornate Home. “When survey data shows that more than a third of veteran and retiree family respondents have less than $500 set aside, it makes sense to keep the military discount in place every day of the year instead of tying it to one date in November.”
The military discount is open to verified members of the military community, including active-duty service members, veterans, retirees, National Guard and Reserve members, and eligible military family members.
The program has local relevance in Orange County, California, where the U.S. Census Bureau QuickFacts page reports 87,155 veterans, based on the American Community Survey 2020-2024 five-year estimates. Ornate Home has been part of the Santa Ana furniture retail community since 2021 and offers nationwide delivery across the United States.
“Keeping the discount active year-round is a practical way to recognize service,” Uncuoglu said. “A household furnishing a bedroom in March deserves the same consideration as one shopping during a black november sale period, and the year-round structure reflects that.”
The retailer serves customers through its Santa Ana location and at ornatehome.com, where shoppers can browse furniture organized by room, including living room, bedroom, kitchen and dining, home office, entryway and storage categories. The verified military discount applies to eligible orders placed online and is processed through a single-use code after ID.me confirms eligibility.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b0c_WCwnGUA
Ornate Home is a furniture and mattress retailer based in Santa Ana, California, operating since 2021. Founded by Mehmet Uncuoglu and Ozzie Ozkan, the company offers living room, bedroom, dining room and home office furniture through showrooms in Santa Ana and Charlotte, North Carolina, and online, with white glove delivery available nationwide. Ornate Home ranked No. 689 on the 2026 Inc. 5000 list of the fastest-growing private companies in America and is a member of the Santa Ana Chamber of Commerce.

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For more information about Ornate Home, Santa Ana, CA, contact the company here:
Ornate Home, Santa Ana, CA
Mehmet UNCUOGLU
(844) 955 - 3399
hello@ornatehome.com
2235 N. Tustin Ave. Santa Ana, CA 92705

AELO Swiss Academy Unveils International Transformation of Its Airline Pilot Training Operation

GORDOLA, SWITZERLAND - November 12, 2026 - PRESSADVANTAGE - 
AELO Swiss Academy has announced the strategic repositioning of its flight school as an international airline-focused training organisation operating across three European bases in Locarno, Lugano and Cuneo. The transformation reflects more than four decades of aviation training heritage evolving into a modern organisation aligned with the requirements of commercial airlines.
The repositioning follows a period of substantial operational growth. AELO Swiss Academy reported a 186 percent year-on-year increase in September 2026 operations, recording 2,829 block hours and 2,396 flight hours in a single month. In August 2026, the academy logged 2,283 flight hours, representing a 101.5 percent increase compared with the same month in 2025. During the first eight months of 2026, total flight hours reached 10,704.

This growth has been supported by significant investment in the academy's training fleet. During the first eight months of 2026, the organisation added ten aircraft, including Tecnam P2008, Diamond DA20, Diamond DA40 and Diamond DA42 models, bringing the total fleet to 34 aircraft. A further order for 18 Diamond DA20 aircraft is scheduled for delivery across 2026 and 2027. The academy has also recruited additional instructors to support increased visual and instrument flight training activity.
Central to the transformation is a training philosophy that integrates professional airline behaviours from the earliest stages of instruction. European airline pilot training at AELO Swiss Academy incorporates concepts derived from Evidence-Based Training and competency-based evaluation, developing both technical and non-technical skills in parallel.
"The transformation reflects a clear shift in what airlines expect from newly qualified pilots," said Jaime Ordovas, Business Development Director at AELO Swiss Academy. "Obtaining a licence and becoming an airline-ready professional are not the same thing. The focus has been on building an organisation that prepares pilots for the discipline and standardisation of a commercial cockpit from their very first flight."
The academy has established partnerships with major airlines and aviation organisations, including SWISS International Air Lines, the École Nationale de l'Aviation Civile (ENAC) and Air France, SkyAlps Airlines, European Pilot Selection and Training, and AMRIS Aviation. These relationships include a Multi-Crew Pilot Licence programme with SkyAlps, Air France cadet training at the Cuneo base, and the allocation of approximately 70 EPST students for training in 2026.
AELO operates as a Swiss Federal Office of Civil Aviation Approved Training Organisation under approval ATO.CH.0311, supported by a Safety Management System subject to regulatory oversight. The academy has reported that approximately 96 percent of its graduates secure an airline position within six months of graduation.
"Sustaining this level of growth requires more than additional aircraft," Ordovas added. "It requires systems for standardisation, safety management and planning that allow the organisation to scale while preserving training quality."
AELO Swiss Academy is the trading name of Aero Locarno SA headquartered at Locarno Airport in Switzerland and operates satellite bases at Lugano and Cuneo. Operated by Aero Locarno SA, the academy delivers integrated ATPL, MPL and airline cadet training programmes, drawing on more than four decades of aviation training experience and a network of airline and institutional partnerships across Europe.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VfXwN04Pq9c
 

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For more information about Aero Locarno SA, contact the company here:
AELO Swiss Academy
Diego Paris
+41 79 544 07 77
diego@aeloswissacademy.com
Via Aeroporto 21
6596 Gordola, Switzerland
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