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Read the reference letter provided by Our Lady of Victory:

Read the award letter provided by the PDCA:

Our Lady of Victory
5212 Agatite
Chicago, IL 60630
773-286-2950

April 30, 1998

To Whom It May Concern,

Last Spring a major roofing problem caused widespread and significant damage to the beautiful ceiling of our church. We contacted Fortune Painting Company to discuss what could be done and, eventually, to do the work.

I dealt primarily with Tom Fortune in this phase of the job. I found him to be honest, knowledgeable, pleasant to deal with and extremely flexible. Our needs included some very tedious restoration of detail work in our ceiling frescos. Tom knew what needed to be done and was able to work out a schedule without significant disruption to our weddings and other major liturgical celebrations. The work began and ended on schedule despite several changes requested by us as work progressed.

Tom’s workers were courteous, friendly and always professional. Their clean up after the work was done may have left the church cleaner than it was before they started! When one leak in the roof persisted, Tom assured us that he would return to complete that portion of the work whenever the leak could be found and stopped. This work would also be done as part of the original contract.

I found Fortune Restoration’s prices to be competitive with other contractors and reasonable. The many "little extras" that Tom threw in were just added reasons why I would recommend Tom Fortune and Fortune Restoration to any and all.

Sincerely,

Rev. Daniel McCarthy
Pastor

PDCA PAINTING AND DECORATNG CONTRACTORS OF AMERICA
Voice of the Professional Painting and Decorating Contractor
LOCAL CONTRACTOR AWARDED FOR EXCEPTIONAL WORK

Fortune & Associates Painting Contractors, Inc. has received national recognition for demonstrating creativity and skilled craftsmanship in their project, "Our Lady of Victory Catholic Church."

The project was a winner in the "Picture It Painted Professionally" (PIPP) Awards contest sponsored by the Painting and Decorating Contractors of America (PDCA).  Now in its fifteenth year, the competition honors professional painting contractors for their skillful and creative use of paint in residential, commercial and industrial settings.  Fortune & Associates Painting Contractors' project won an honerable mention award in the Commercial Interior category, and was one of 21 ward recipients honored at the PDCA Annual Convention held in Nashville, TN, on March 12, 1998.

After a roofing project in 1996 caught the contractor off guard and water damaged the inside of the Our Lady of Victory Catholic Church, Fortune & Associates was called upon to fix the situation.  Since the insurance company would not reimburse a complete restoration of the entire ceiling, their expertise was required as they faced the challenge of graining, stenciling, glazing and custom color matching to exactly match areas that had not been painted in 40 years.

This year's PIPP contest generated more than 40 entries in eight categories: interior residential, exterior residential, interior commercial, exterior commercial, industrial, wallcoverings, faux finish and charity paint projects.  Projects were judged on the basis of use of color, use of specialty painting techniques and unusual treatments, overall creativity, safety management and overall skill and execution.

PDCA is a national trade association representing over 3,200 contractors committed to leading the coatings applications industry to the highest levels of performance, profitability and professionalism.