Craftsmen Farms

Craftsmen Farms is a family of fine companies including property development, consulting, landscape design and implementation, material trucking, and property maintenance. We are dedicated to working with you to make your holdings as attractive as possible working with local and exotic materials to create for you a vision of beauty, both set apart, and United with nature.

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Property Maintenance

Landscape Materials, Stone Driveways Material Hauling

Organic Outdoor Architecture, Nature and Nurture United

Professional audio and video services

Plants and Design

Consulting services for the ailing nonprofit

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Walk through of a driveway project!

Stone driveways is where our roots lay. We have been creating and repairing elegant stone driveways since we began. From pothole repair, to creating the circular drive we can deal with any aspect of driveway and parking pad construction. Stone driveways are a labor of love, and nothing looks as charming as a long, beautiful lane leading to your home, business, or religious center. Stone driveways are a wear item and need to be maintained. The under layer is done in 3B stone, and over this a 4” layer of 2A, and a cap of pea gravel. Potholes are a special problem. As they form the contents of the roadbed is pushed and compacted by automobile tires until they collect water. The water further softens the surface and again the tires push deeper and deeper. The pot hole needs to be re-constructed roadbed. These is no quick fix to this process. A quick fix will only serve to fail again in a short time. Once the potholes have been fixed, the wear layer of the 2A and pea gravel need be replaced over the entire surface of the driveway. This is the Pocono’s and as such we have snow. Plowing takes off that wear layer and needs to be replaced. Each year you should have us out for a driveway inspection and an addition to the wear layer lost in the winter.

Reinforce Your Basement with Basement Wall Braces

Is your block basement wall showing signs of distress? At Craftsmen Farms we specialize in providing effective solutions to restore and reinforce your home’s structural integrity. Our installation of basement wall braces, combined with sturdy 6×6 posts, offers a reliable method to support and stabilize your basement walls.

About

George T. Mason is an executive, entrepreneur, educator, community leader, and nonprofit volunteer with more than four decades of experience in technology, operations, audio-visual production, business management, and organizational development.

His professional career began with Bellcore, where he worked from 1989 to 1995 designing, constructing, and operating conference rooms, press briefing rooms, auditoriums, and distributed-auditorium systems. During this time, he developed expertise as an audio engineer and was frequently assigned to public television projects, including work associated with Sesame Street and Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood. He also contributed to multimedia slide shows, television programs, and commercials, serving in roles ranging from producer to grip and gaffer.

From 1996 to 2003, he owned and operated A Second Byte Computers, a chain of retail computer stores providing professional computer sales, service, and network support. His expertise led to invitations to serve as a subject-matter expert and adjunct faculty member for County College of Morris, East Stroudsburg University, Monroe County Technical Institute, and The Alliance, the educational arm of the seven regional Bell operating companies.

From 2003 to 2008, he served as an advisor to the management of Office Director, following that company’s acquisition of A Second Byte Computers. In 2008, he joined ADT as Vice President of Information Technology and was promoted in 2011 to Vice President of Operations. He continued in that role until retiring in 2021.

Since 2021, he has served as CEO of Craftsmen Farms, a landscaping and materials-trucking company; George T. Mason Audio Visual Video, an audio-visual and video-production company; and Save My Non Profit, a consulting firm focused on helping nonprofit organizations develop, strengthen, and grow.

His nonprofit and community service has been extensive. From 1983 to 1986, he worked in both administrative and financial capacities for The New Jersey Foundation for the Blind, a 501(c)(3) organization providing practical education and support to blind residents of New Jersey.

He has been involved with DeMolay since 1980, first as a participant and later as an adult leader. He served as Master Councilor of his chapter six times and served as Chapter Dad of Kenneth E. Hendrickson Chapter from 1988 through 2022.

Since 2000, he has been a member and Secretary of the Blue Ridge Cherry Valley Rod and Gun Club, a nonprofit organization dedicated to firearms safety, responsible participation, and fellowship.

A Freemason since 1988, he has served as Worshipful Master of two lodges five times and as acting Worshipful Master for an additional year. He has also been a member of the Order of the Eastern Star in New York and New Jersey since 1989, serving sixteen times as Worthy Patron and holding office in the state officer line as a Past Grand Officer.

Since 2022, he has served on the Board of Directors of the NJOES Charity Foundation. He is also a member of Wooddale United Methodist Church and is currently enrolled in Methodist seminary studies.

In 2024 George wrote the book Expectation VS. Reality: Non-Profit Edition a guide to fundraising, and soon to be released, his second book Save My Non-Profit! A guide to rebuilding building membership.

His experience reflects a combination of executive leadership, technical expertise, entrepreneurship, nonprofit service, education, production management, and long-term community commitment.