Riverside Building Materials a Beacon Award Winner
Riverside Building Materials, a Paladin Managed Services client since 2022, will be honored as one of the 2026 Beacon Award winners at the Independent Home Improvement Conference this month in Orlando, Florida.
David Reyna’s store in Rio Grande City, Texas, is one of three stores honored as one of the Best New Stores. Big Rapid Lumber & Hardware, in Big Rapids, Michigan, and Howard Walker’s True Value in Henrietta, Texas are the other two stores honored.
Beacon Award winners demonstrate how innovative store design and execution can create memorable shopping experiences, according to Hardware Connection.
Read more about the 2026 Beacon Awards in Hardware Connection.
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