Today, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo announced the appointment of 15 business leaders to a new National Concrete Masonry Products Board, an industry-funded program devoted to research, education, and promotion of concrete masonry products. The program, fully funded by industry through assessments on the sale of its products, does not use taxpayer dollars.
It s Christmas week and for my final search for the biggest and best Christmas Light Displays, you have to drive to Crossett, Arkansas the home of Finney s Christmas Wonderland.
Designed by Sam Finney who s display was featured on the ABC television show The Great Christmas Light Fight, back in 2015. The show features contestants all across the U.S. competing to win $50,000 by showing off their stunning massive light displays. Happy to say the former military man from Ohio who now resides in Crossett was the winner that year.
After serving in the military, Finney moved to Crossett where he got married and began working for Georgia Pacific for 43 years before retiring in 2014. Finney has always had a lifelong dream of spreading the joy of the Christmas season not only to the family but to everyone in his community. What started out as a small display has turned into huge colorful displays that feature mostly handcrafted decorations created by Sam s imagination. Over the years his