CMRA Supports “I Make America” Campaign

The Construction Materials Recycling Association was one of several organizations that showed support for the “I Make America” campaign during the recent CONEXPO-CON/AGG show in Las Vegas. More than 3,000 attendees joined the campaign to tell Congress that investment in transportation and other critical infrastructure puts more Americans back to work.

“I Make America” created excitement across Las Vegas as show attendees passed through a dynamic booth in the Grand Lobby featuring a grassroots lounge complete with a prize wheel featuring American-made giveaways and a visit by Mike Rowe of Discovery Channel’s Dirty Jobs. For weeks before the show opened, the “I Make America” campaign was featured in industry and show publications and, even before stepping onto the show site, attendees were greeted with “I Make America” messages at hotels and on transportation routes all over the city.

“The “I Make America” campaign is dedicated to the future of our industry,” said Dennis Slater, president, Association of Equipment Manufacturers (AEM), the trade group that founded “I Make America.” “At CONEXPO-CON/AGG 2011, we expanded our growing list of influential manufacturing and construction industry representatives from across the country who are focused on the urgent need to pass a highway bill and invest in comprehensive, national infrastructure improvements to grow American jobs and to keep our country competitive globally.”

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