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Industry Update { Noteworthy developments impacting the kitchen and bath market } GE Appliances Announces Dream Kitchen Competition Louisville, KY — GE Appliances will award kitchens that include GE Monogram appliances in its Mono- gram $150,000 Dream Kitchen Design Contest. A total of $150,000 in cash prizes will be awarded, including a grand prize of $25,000. Kitchens must in- tegrate GE Monogram cooking appliances and refrigerators. Judges will consider criteria of visual ap- peal, creativity, innovation, overall kitchen workfow and design ele- ments/principles in their evaluation. The $25,000 grand prize will be awarded to the Best Kitchen Inte- grating GE Monogram Appliances. Additionally, a frst-place prize of $15,000, second-place prize of $5,000 and third-place prize of $3,000 will be granted in each of the follow- ing categories: Best Home Kitchen Design – Traditional, Best Home Kitchen Design – Transitional, Best Home Kitchen Design – Contempo- rary, Best Showroom Display Kitchen Design and Best Use of GE Mono- gram Appliances "Outside of the Kitchen" Design. Seven regional winners will be awarded $1,500 each, and all winners will achieve national expo- sure through an awards ceremony and GE marketing eforts. The contest is open to all kitchen designers, architects, professional builders and remodelers. Up to three entries may be submitted (one per category) by the same entrant/ entrants, but each entry must be submitted separately. All submis- sions must be received by March 31, 2015, and winners will be announced at the 2015 Dwell on Design show. 14 | Kitchen & Bath Design News October 2014 Marble Institute of America Launches Midwest Chapter Cleveland, OH — The Marble Institute of America has announced the Mid- west Stone Fabricators Association (MWSFA) will become the MIA Midwest Chapter. The goal of the chapter will be to increase educational oferings and networking opportunities to stone professionals in the region (Iowa, Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota and Wisconsin). During the next 18 months of operation, the Midwest Chapter plans to ofer six educational courses. Oferings during this period could include: • MIA Midwest Chapter Kickof Event • Midwest Stone Summit • Geology in the Natural Stone Industry • Panel Discussion of Key Industry Issues • A Technical Session on Stone Installation • CEU for Architects and Designers The MIA Midwest Chapter joins the MIA NY Metro Chapter and the MIA Toronto Chapter as the third chapter in the program. Like the other MIA Chapters, the Midwest Chapter will hold quarterly meetings. Jim Hieb of the Marble Institute said, "This is a great opportunity for the MIA to provide strong educational programming to stone professionals in the region. The MIA looks forward to working with regional members to create a dynamic curriculum which provides benefts for every segment of the industry." For more information about the MIA Midwest chapter, visit the chapter Web site at www.marble-institute.com/midwest.