Tia-Mari Starr Brown dreamt of qualifying for the US Olympic Track & Field team. Tony and Clover Brown – like most parents – were supportive of Tia-Mari and always wished to fulfil her dreams of being a successful athlete. They both firmly believed that their daughter, Tia-Mari desired to be the best in pushing herself to achieve new heights of success. With her immense dedication, hard work and commitment, Tia-Mari was shortlisted for an international athletic competition in Australia.

The struggle for Tony and Clover Brown were far from over when they realized the paucity of resources which could prevent their daughter’s dream run to compete at international level.

Tia-Mari Starr Brown (3rd from Left) scored 2 silver medals at Australia

Tia-Mari’s desire to win a medal at an international contest received encouragement and support from Express Kitchens team.  Tony Brown, a long-serving employee at Express Kitchens, was ably supported by Management Team at his workplace including his colleagues, employees and staff members.

They all came up with the idea of hiring the services of Clover Brown by purchasing food every week that will support Tony and Clover Brown’s efforts to send Tia-Mari to global athlete competition.

A small thought of support from Express Kitchens turned out to be a great success effort for Tia-Mari Starr Brown, who not only went ahead and participated in Australia but also achieved the feat of 2 times silver medals won at the global athlete competition.

As an organization, Express Kitchens genuinely support its employees in their personal goals and continue having conversations about what they do and who they are becoming. The fulfilment of purpose not only keeps people satisfied in their roles but goes a long way towards establishing the strong bond to keep its best talent — and keep its talent doing their best. Creating a sense that you care about your employees can both motivate and inspire them.

CEO of Express Kitchens, Max Kothari, says, “We look forward to bring a change in the lives of people by connecting and associating ourselves with causes and dreams of people. When we hear about someone’s dreams, our natural response is to aid in their realization. When they achieve personal goals, the resultant satisfaction and positive energy comes back and influences everything they do.”

Express Kitchens is supporting community development activities with an objective of empowering people to achieve and fulfil their dreams. The workplace culture at Express Kitchens encourages its employee to come forward and become change agents for the initiative of supporting people’s dreams by helping them achieve professional and personal success.

Express Kitchens is adopting a collaborative community development model to create shared value and develop healthy, long-term relationships with external stakeholders, as well. In another initiative aimed to engage with the community, the Commercial team at Express Kitchens spent valuable time at Connecticut Children’s Medical Center. The team gifted toys, books and goodies to the Child and Family Support Services department. As Max Kothari, states, “They had the choice of spending a substantial amount and they could have spent it restaurants or for their personal use. Instead, they chose to spend it wisely by donating it to the hospital. We celebrated the spirit of giving back to society and serve the community.”

Express Kitchens store at Springfield, MA

Express Kitchens, has ramped up its presence in Massachusetts with its 15^th store location at Springfield. The new location of Express Kitchens store will feature an intriguing range of kitchen cabinets, countertops, and kitchen accessories. Connecticut’s leading kitchen cabinet manufacturer, Express Kitchens brings custom cabinets to the Massachusetts market, which is primarily driven by the willingness of the customers to invest in exclusive designs for dream kitchens.

Express Kitchens offer its flagship Star Cabinetry line of solutions that have already captured the fancy of buyers across Connecticut and Massachusetts. In addition, the company deals with other nationally-acclaimed brands of kitchen cabinets and is endorsed as the one-stop designation for hundreds of kitchen cabinet options. A family owned and operated business, Express Kitchens supplies the entire Northeast market. Producing and assembling their own cabinet line, including laminate and granite countertops, allows Express Kitchens to directly pass along the savings to their customers. Monthly store-wide promotions are offered.

The company is actively involved in designing and installing tailor-made kitchen solutions for over a decade and is among the fastest growing names in the region’s cabinetry industry. The state of Massachusetts has been a happy destination for Express Kitchens with retail customers endorsing the supreme quality of customer services – Bill & Carmen Blatch from Springfield, MA share their Express Kitchens experience. Watch https://youtu.be/KdP1y18MFXc.

CEO of Express Kitchens, Max Kothari, said, “Homeowners have distinct tastes, preferences, and needs when it comes to kitchen cabinets and countertops. Based on what’s popular across the world, we offer some very diverse range of alluring cabinet finishes like Oak, Cherry, Maple, Birch, Hickory, Thermofoil, Plantation Wood, and Laminate. This enables our customers to choose styles matching their tastes and create a wonderful overall appeal. We have been able to cater to different budgets over all these years. Moreover, we unveil exciting promotional offers from time to time to make prices affordable for one and all. Our secret to success is very simple: We are best aligned with customers’ needs when they are looking to remodel kitchens.”

In 2014, Express was the winner of Forbes Magazine Inner City 100 with a growth rate of 172% over 5 years. To date, Express Kitchens has installed over 22 thousand kitchens in Connecticut and Western Massachusetts. The company’s focus on customer service has established itself as an industry leader.

Express Kitchens has locations in Bridgeport, Brookfield, Hamden, Hartford (2), Newington, New London, Norwalk, Orange, Stamford, Torrington, Southington, Waterbury, Connecticut and West Springfield, Massachusetts. For more information, stop into a store, call them at (860) 247-1000, email us at Marketing@expresskitchens.com or visit www.expresskitchens.com.

Visit our store in Springfield, MA: https://goo.gl/maps/De5fDkNzwRM2

Photo Caption: Station 11 Captain Ken Kowal, Express Kitchens CEO Max Kothari, Station 11 Captain Chris Driscoll, Hartford Fire Chief Reginald Freeman and Hartford Fire Captain Raul Ortiz.

Engine 11 in the City of Hartford has a full-time, live-in Fire Department that services 125,000 residents with an average of 2,700 service calls per year. The average age of a firehouse in Hartford is 74 years old. The kitchen in the firehouse on Sisson Ave was way overdue for improvements. The firefighters who live there did not have anywhere to store dishes, cups, or pots and pans. Everything was left out on the countertop and had to be washed before it could be used. Unfortunately, because of budget constraints, for the fifth year in a row, the firefighters were denied capital improvements to the building. Luckily, having seen our truck on the road and knowing we were based in Hartford, Captain Raul Ortiz called Express Kitchens to see if we could help. Without having to explain, Express Kitchens immediately donated cabinets and countertops so the brave firefighters would have a clean and modern kitchen space. Express Kitchens is honored to help our brave firefighters in any way we can.