ZLINE Honored For Business Retention And Expansion Efforts By EDAWN

EDAWN_HEADER_PHOTO — From left: Taylor Adams, President and CEO of EDAWN, with ZLINE Senior Director of Marketing Mason Watkins and ZLINE Director of Design Moe Merkert at the Celebration of Business & Industry in Northern Nevada event on December 12 at the Peppermill Resort Hotel in Reno Photo Credit: Josh Hoover (EDAWN)

Reno-based ZLINE Kitchen and Bath was honored by the Economic Development Authority of Western Nevada with a prestigious “Business Retention and Expansion” award, acknowledging our efforts to support workforce development across Greater Reno-Sparks.

EDAWN held its inaugural Celebration of Business & Industry in Northern Nevada event on December 12, celebrating the incredible companies that fuel the organization’s mission and help drive economic vitality throughout Northern and Western Nevada.

Over the past year, ZLINE filled over 55 jobs from local talent pools in Greater Reno-Sparks and within communities serving our other locations in Tennessee and Ohio. In addition to bolstering our locally based Customer Experience and Warehouse/Logistics teams, ZLINE hired multiple manager- and executive-level positions, including Director of Information Technology & Development, Creative Director, and Director of People Operations, among other roles.

Untitled_design_10 — Photo Credit: Josh Hoover (EDAWN)

“We’re incredibly thrilled to be honored by EDAWN with the 2024 Business Retention and Expansion award,” notes Mason Watkins, Senior Director of Marketing at ZLINE. “We pride ourselves in recruiting local employees, and one of the key components of our mission is to provide a robust training curriculum to ensure staff are keenly aware of our extensive suite of kitchen appliances and plumbing fixtures. This knowledge is crucial to our commitment to offering elite customer service while underscoring our goals to aid economic development by investing in talented individuals who live in communities where we operate.”

ZLINE also prioritizes employee retention by investing in education and training opportunities. Aside from internal efforts, we made significant investments in 2024 to expand digital opportunities by offering employees free access to hundreds of educational courses through online education platform Coursera to foster staff’s desire to learn new skills and provide attainable career pathways to grow within our organization.