When all around you is closing down and the jobs that were once easy to come by have all but gone, how do you expand and grow in this economy? There are companies that are expanding and growing, when all else seems to want to pack up and shut down; the correct answer is to find the right area to grow.

If you are looking at the current figures you will be surprised to see that the job and housing growth is continuing to grow month on month. But there is caution here because this growth in the jobs and the rise in the housing market is becoming more evident in coastal areas rather than in the centralized locations.

It is possible that you haven’t seen an increase in the recovery of the economy because it is moving slowly. There is potential for the momentum to pick up with an increase in businesses in certain areas but it is unlikely to show in the moving business this year.

As there have been several notable achievements within the moving industry in recent months, we thought that we would take some time to tip our hats to the people who put in that little extra effort, to make our industry something so very unique and special. Here some of the achievements of Arpin Group and Interstate Service Group.

Many of those in the moving industry have long since noted the ease and trust of using a barcode system in their warehouses to keep track of inventory. Well, now that practice is about to become even better with the newest advancement in terms of barcode systems: the Lineapro, by Infinite Peripherals.

In the first part of this two-part article, we discussed the most recent Personal Property Forum meeting by the Surface Deployment and Distribution Command (SDDC). In the final part of this article, we will be discussing some additional issues that were tackled at the meeting, as well as some upcoming plans that are presently being set in motion by the SDDC.