Awaiting the Next Empyrean Chapter

So, we heard today that Empyrean International ceased operations this week. Apparently, the current economic tide has taken its toll. Hopefully, one of the other firms (Lindal or someone of that ilk) will pick up the designs and approach, or someone with smarts around brand focus, marketing and operations will come along with enough funding to ressurrect it.

The area here is filled with original deck houses, many of which are likely to need significant updates in the coming years. It would be nice if there was a locally-headquartered company in the area that the current and future deck house owners could turn to when they're ready to update or replace their homes - rather than the generic McMansions that the towns have been sprouting.

A number of people worked a long time for Deck House and have seen some interesting changes there the past few years (the pursuit of the Dwell Homes and renaming to Empyrean), I'm sure many cared a great deal about the core of the company.

Here's a toast to everyone who helped make our place happen - you know who you are. Best wishes.