Parade of Homes featuring the best of new homes in Manitoba, Canada
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ALl in the Family Cont'd from page 27 "This was a mom-and-pop shop that all of a sudden was no longer mom and pop." By age 26, however, Maric was ready to leave the nest, so she headed to B.C. and found work in construction there. "I worked with two amazing women and two great men who really mentored me," she says. 'I've been extremely fortunate to have worked both in the field and in the office with some extraordinary women — the first being, of course, my mother.' "I just basically went along and went from being an administrative assistant to being a development manager for one of the largest multi-family contractors in Western Canada, which was a big accomplishment for me," she says. "And then it was time to leave and come home." That was four years ago and Maric is once again fully entrenched in the family business. Her parents have passed it on to the next generation, which includes Maric, her brother and her cousin Caroline Maric. Her husband Dan Rolfe has taken over the role as president of the company. 28 Parade of Homes Fall 2013 "We are a large company because of the number of homes and the scale of homes, but we still think of ourselves as that mom-and-pop. We're all family — literally — and we try to treat our customers that way too," she says. Tanya says that 40 years after Cathie Maric got into the construction business, women certainly aren't new to the industry, but they are more visible. "I've been extremely fortunate to have worked both in the field and in the office with some extraordinary women — the first being, of course, my mother," she says. Caroline Maric is the show home and marketing director and a member of the design team. She says joining the company was an easy decision to make when her aunt Cathie decided to semi-retire. "Learning from Cathie has been a very educational and inspirational experience. Trying to fill her shoes has not always been an easy task ... they were big shoes to fill!" Caroline says the company's latest show home at 28 Waterstone Dr. in South Pointe is in keeping with ideals Steve and Cathie Maric established. It has incredible finishing and "efficient layouts that achieve a perfect balance of practical and spectacular," she says. "We don't need a random showpiece to impress — the impressive part is the design as a whole." See www.marichomes.com.