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title: "Nanaimo News Bulletin: Alair Regional Partner Stu Hopewell Honored at Georgie Awards"
url: https://burnaze.com/article/8952e160-618f-48d5-b019-5aeb8c4880db
source: "1851 Franchise"
original_url: https://1851franchise.com/nanaimo-news-bulletin-alair-regional-partner-stu-hopewell-honored-at-georgie-awards-5918
category: "Home Services"
industry: "Home Services"
published: 2016-09-23T16:11:27.000Z
modified: 2026-11-01T12:18:37.225Z
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# Nanaimo News Bulletin: Alair Regional Partner Stu Hopewell Honored at Georgie Awards

**TL;DR:** Alair Regional Partner Stu Hopewell was honored with a Gold award at the Georgie Awards, highlighting the growth of the franchise brand. Hopewell has taken over the construction side of Alair in Vancouver, allowing founder Blair McDaniel to focus on growing the franchise brand.

*originally published in 1851 Franchise on 2016-09-23. [Read the original](https://1851franchise.com/nanaimo-news-bulletin-alair-regional-partner-stu-hopewell-honored-at-georgie-awards-5918).*

## Story

According to the article, Hopewell has taken over the construction side of Alair in Vancouver, allowing founder Blair McDaniel to focus on growing the franchise brand.

Said Hopewell, "We just had our annual general meeting in Arizona and looking around the room at 200 and some people from 77 locations and three or four years ago there was four of us. It's kinda neat.”

The article also explains how Alair works to get local contractors focusing on what they do best.

Said Hopewell, "It allows all of our offices to just focus on client satisfaction and quality control on-site because we all know that these guys that are building beautiful homes, typically aren't great at bookkeeping. So if we take care of all that, they focus on what they're good at. We take that away from them and it's been successful and that's why our growth is what it's been."

Finally, the article mentions Hopewell and Alair’s international expansion, as he now is Regional Partner for Washington State as well.

## Entities

- 1851 Franchise (publication)
- franchise growth (topic)
- Home Services (sector)
- international expansion (topic)
- Arizona (location)
- Vancouver (location)
- awards (topic)
- Washington State (location)
- local contractors (topic)

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Originally reported by 1851 Franchise (https://1851franchise.com/nanaimo-news-bulletin-alair-regional-partner-stu-hopewell-honored-at-georgie-awards-5918). Summarized by Burnaze (https://burnaze.com/article/8952e160-618f-48d5-b019-5aeb8c4880db).