Saturday, June 17, 2017

The 17-in-17 Program Recognizes Matt Churchill from Water Street Brass

The DPHA 17-on-17 Program recognizes up-and-coming influencers in the decorative plumbing and hardware business. This program will profile 17 DPHA members with 10 or less years of experience. Each month from June through October 2017, members will be inducted into the 17-in-17 club, and their stories will be featured in DPHA's weekly newsletter, Connections.  This week we recognize Matt Churchill, the founder and president of Water Street Brass.

 In 2012, Water Street Brass (formerly known as Jamestown Furniture Hardware), comprised six employees, but since that time and under Matt's leadership, the company has grown to more than 35 employees. Matt has truly embraced the decorative hardware industry and has a natural ability to understand the needs of his customers whether it be designs, finishes or customer service. He is constantly looking for new ways to drive Water Street's product, designs and custom capabilities to the next level.

Involved in the DPH industry since 2008, Matt was surprised on how small this industry actually is and how close the people are within the industry. He is thankful for the many relationships he's formed in the business and which drive Matt to continually strive to do better and push him harder each and every day.

Matt feels that his biggest personal challenge in the industry right now is keeping up on displays. With a growing product line, it is hard to keep Water Street Brass' retail partners up to date with their latest and greatest offerings.

What does Matt enjoy about being in the industry? The people. The people are fun, which in turn makes his job fun. As Matt told us, "there are so many interesting individuals in the industry". Congratulations, Matt!


If you would like to nominate someone for inclusion in the 17-in-17 program, click here  to download the nomination form, complete it and send your nomination to Jim Babbitt via email at jbabbitt@dpha.net or fax to 866-623-6180. It takes only a few minutes to complete a nomination form, but isn't that time well spent for recognizing someone who is making an impact on your business and/or our industry?

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