We would like to invite dealers to attend the Eighth Annual, Heartland of America Regional Trade Show and Seminar at the Lodge of FourSeasons Resort in Lake Ozark, Missouri. This trade show is for the dealers in Arkansas, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Oklahoma, Tennessee and Missouri. Of course, dealers in other states are more than welcome to attend. The states planning this trade show want to make this tradeshow a fun and successful investment for those attending. This show is directed at the store management level and will let owners and managers alike see all of the latest products. This year will feature a new format based on the past dealer requests. It will allow more time in the exhibit hall after the product trainings the day before. MRDA is celebrating its 25th Anniversary as an association this year and is dedicated to making the 2012 trade show the biggest and best ever. Please join us in that celebration. We want to thank APRO for helping to sponsor this trade show.

To see Event Schedule and/or Register as a Dealer click here!

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Dear Prospective Exhibitor:

The Missouri Rental Dealers Association (MRDA) is pleased to invite you to participate in the 2012 Heartland of America Regional Tradeshow and Seminar, June 12th-14th at the Lodge of the Four Seasons in Lake Ozark, Missouri.  MRDA and our board of directors are dedicated to making the 2012 tradeshow the biggest and best ever.  By exhibiting at this tradeshow you will have an excellent opportunity to make new contacts with rental dealers in the region and be able to showcase your company's products and services.

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The Missouri Rental Dealers Association contributed 24 computers to Joplin; not just to the Four State Home School Program for a new computer lab that hosts 50 plus students and adults for developing and continuing education, but also Americorps Information Resource Center who needed 12 computers to assist Joplin to get back on it's feet.

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Missouri Rental Dealers Association Annual Meeting, Hampton Inn & Suites, Columbia, Missouri. For more information, please contact Ken Steiner at 573/442-2963.

The 2011 Missouri Rental Dealers Association (MRDA) seminar on legal issues in RTO is set for September 20 and 21 and is free to all MRDA members.

The seminars to be conducted by APRO Legal Counsel Ed Winn III on general RTO Legal Topics and collections are set for Sept. 20 at the Holiday Inn North I-44 in Springfield, Missouri and Sept. 21 at the Holiday Inn South County Center in St. Louis.

 Sleeping Room Reservation Deadline: 30 Days before meeting.

 Download full registration information and brochure here or call  573/442-2963 or 573/489-0622 (cell) for more information.

Why become a member?

There are benefits for both vendors and dealers in the Heartland area to become members of the MRDA. Besides our successful annual tradeshows and educational seminars, we offer so much more to our members through constant support.  With our proactive MRDA Board, we are always looking to assist and improve our relationships, networking, legislative awareness, and give the support to anyone or business that is a part of the rent-to-own industry.

Click here for Dealer Tradeshow Packet and Information

Click here for Vendors Tradeshow Full Packet for Exhibiting/Registration and Exhibit Material Handling Form

Please read more, to see some testimonials from some of our long term vendors about our upcoming Heartland Tradeshow!

 

Heartland Furniture and Appliance of Dexter was named "Business of the Year" by the Dexter Chamber of Commerce Saturday, Feb. 5.

The company -- which consists of three stores in southeastern Missouri including Doniphan, Piedmont and Dexter -- has been part of the Dexter community for the past 14 years.

 

MRDA President John "Tiger" Cleek Jr. - "Missouri was honored to receive the State Association of the Year award for the 5th time and I would like to thank all of our board members and officers for their hard work this year.  This year was quite eventful as we donated 35 computers to a middle school in Fredericktown, MO as part of our annual Computers 4 Kidz program.  In June we hosted the 6th Annual Heartland of America Regional Tradeshow and Seminar at the Lake of the Ozarks and had one of our best shows ever with approximately 260 attendees.  We would like to thank all of the vendors who participated in our show and especially the ones who provided sponsorships for our events.  One of our major accomplishments this year was the design of our new MRDA website.  Thanks to APRO and Imagery Marketing, plus with the efforts of our communications chairman, Macy Mitchell of All American Rental, we were able to get a first class website for our state association at a very reasonable rate of $1800. Coming this fall in September we will continue our fall training in St. Louis with a 1 day training seminar featuring 4 different vendors and store level employees will be able to attend this event for free as members of MRDA.  We also owe a great amount of gratitude to Ken Steiner, our Executive Assistant, as he plans and organizes all of our events and makes our jobs easy."

A quote follows next from APRO Executive Director Bill Keese on the success of the MRDA...