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Rich Christianson
President/Owner/C-Level

Rich Christianson is the owner of Richson Media LLC, a Chicago-based communications firm focused on the industrial woodworking sector. Rich is the former long-time editorial director and associate publisher of Woodworking Network. During his nearly 35-year career, Rich has toured more than 250 woodworking operations throughout North America, Europe and Asia and has written extensively on woodworking technology, design and supply trends. He has also directed and promoted dozens of woodworking trade shows, conferences and seminars including the Cabinets & Closets Conference & Expo and the Woodworking Machinery & Supply Conference & Expo, Canada’s largest woodworking show.

Memphis Urban Wood

Woodworking Industry News

NIMBY activists fell Memphis Urban Wood’s biomass campus

MEMPHIS, Tenn. – Memphis Urban Wood is going back to the drawing board after cancelling plans to develop an urban lumber sawmill operation due to staunch opposition from some members of the community and Memphis City Council.According to WREG TV, Memphis Urban Wood proposed converting “a blighted property in North Memphis into a facility that would upcycle lumber into other useful products.” The operation would have created approximately 10 jobs to recycle trees removed due to age, storm of other causes.
By Rich Christianson, March 19, 2024 | 12:25 pm CDT
Embassy Suites by Hilton Schaumburg Illinois

Closets Conference & Expo News

Closets Expo HQ hotel sold out; nearby hotel room block added

SCHAUMBURG, Ill. – Due to overwhelming demand, guest rooms at the Renaissance Schaumburg, host hotel of the Closets Conference & Expo and Wood Pro Expo Illinois, are sold out.As a result, organizers of the three-day event scheduled for April 17-19, have secured a room block at the Embassy Suites by Hilton. The Embassy Suites located half a mile from the Renaissance and Schaumburg Convention Center.Amenities of the Embassy Suites include: ✓ Free made-to-order breakfast ✓ Complimentary evening reception ✓ Free parking
By Rich Christianson, March 12, 2024 | 12:23 pm CDT