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Free Webinar: Designing a Sensory-Friendly Room
From 2-3 p.m. ET on Wednesday, March 28, Tom Ashley the 2017 NAHB Remodeler of the Year and 2017 Homes for Life Single-Space category winner and John Guillory of Expand, Inc. will detail their design challenges and solution to create a room for a client with an autistic child. A question-and-answer session will follow. This webinar is free for all NAHB members. Register today. This past week Home Builders’ held its annual Legislative Reception at Dover Downs Tuesday night. The Reception is a great way for legislators to hear from members about various topics relevant to our industry- but in an informal setting over nibbles and adult beverages. This year about 60 HBADE members and Legislators attended and talked and socialized. We were joined by representatives of St George’s Vo-Tech High School talking about our partnership with them to help students build sheds see the video: http://nahbnow.com/2018/03/hba-of-delaware-helps-students-build-sheds-raise-money/#comment-826464 We were also joined by Jerry Howard, the CEO of the National Association of Home Builders. Jerry was in town that day to help us discuss with legislators the problems with Delaware residential electric licensing and how it has slowed the housing market, slowed hosing productin and impacted builders and home buyers. We distributed a series of talking points to legislators, a copy is here: Click here HBADE Talking Points Enjoy the slideshow of pictures from the evening! To help our members make sense of the recent federal tax changes, Brian Stratton and Mike Easton of the Horty CPA firm presented a seminar on March 13, 2018.
Although tax laws and discussion of such can be a dry subject, it seemed to keep everyone paying attention for 90 minutes, with lots of Q&A. Afterward one member even thanked us for the seminar, proclaiming “I believe it was very helpful to a lot of member companies”. Kudos and our thanks to Brian and Mike of the Horty Group for their presentation. Anyone wishing to obtain a copy of the distributed information should ……. Click for Horty Tax Seminar Handout  Jerry Howard (NAHB CEO), Jim McCulley (HBA/DE President), Governor Carney, Chris Schell (HBA/DE Member), Kevin Kelly (HBA/DE Member), and Isabel Shocket (NAHB) The Home Builders Association of Delaware along with Jerry Howard and Isabel Shocket of National Association of Home Builders met with Governor John Carney to discuss training a workforce in building trades in Delaware. Our youth, at-risk youth, veterans and prisoners are all potential candidates for building trade training and job placement. Let's get to work on the economy of Delaware.
 From left: 2017 NAHB Remodelers Chair Dan Bawden and 2017 Leadership Scholarship recipients Jason Spencer, Traci Tenhulzen and John Todd. You can view the Travel Channel for hours on end, but watching an expedition on TV will never even come close to experiencing the real thing. Likewise, you can easily read about current events in the remodeling industry and best practices for running a council. But it’s much more effective to learn directly from industry pros with proven success. The NAHB Remodelers Leadership Scholarship program helps to facilitate that higher level of interaction and industry knowledge for local remodelers council chairs and vice chairs. The scholarship will provide $1,500 to help offset travel expenses to attend NAHB Remodelers meetings and remodeling industry education events at the 2018 Midyear Board meeting in Portland, Ore., July 24-28. “Participating in the program was an incredible experience,” said Elliot Pike, CGR, CAPS, a 2016 recipient of the scholarship. “I spent quality time working with remodeling industry leaders, participated in high-level discussions, and was able to actively learn about and contribute to the development of the remodeling and residential construction industry as a whole.” Scholarship winners not only learn firsthand about the remodeling industry, they also discover tips and ideas for running a successful local council, and network with some of the most talented and accomplished remodelers in the country — many of whom were scholarship recipients themselves. “I was instantly welcomed by the ‘family’ of remodelers and got to meet some extraordinary members, including past and current remodelers of the year,” said Kurt Clason, CAPS, a 2017 scholarship recipient. Some esteemed past recipients include:
Watch as John Todd talks about his experiences as a scholarship recipient:  No, not the Eagles, but Horty’s own first-place bowling champs! The Home Builders Association of Delaware recently held their annual bowling tournament and for the 2nd year in a row the Horty Team brought home first-place trophies for the highest team score! Mike Easton’s bowling ball wasn’t polished, so he had to sideline it this year. He was replaced by Justin Mast. Sure, Justin had plenty of folks doubting his skills, but he showed them what an underdog can do! Brian Stratton retired from tournaments years ago and the skeptics were sure this ol’ guy would fail. Not one to disappoint, Brian proved that he can still hold his own on the alley! Greg Barbish likes to keep his hands in tip-top shape by hammering and trashing on his computer keyboard … and it paid off! Those pins didn’t stand a chance! Last but not least, there’s Wes Veigle. Some questioned whether his balance would be off because his beard was trimmed a little too close. No way! Wes’s game was on point! During his victory speech, Brian had this to say: “This entire team, we’re just a bunch of driven men who accomplished something. We were a bunch of underdogs. And you know what an underdog is? It’s a hungry dog!” Dilly dilly, Brian, dilly dilly. Submitted by Mike Easton HBA/DE Members and St. Georges Technical High School Join To Help Students Build Sheds/Raise Money3/7/2018
Home Builders Association of Delaware members donated supplies and their expertise to the students of St. Georges Technical High School in Middletown so they can design and construct sheds. In mid-April, the HBA will raffle off the sheds as a fund raiser for the school. Raffle tickets are 1 for $25 or 5 for $100 and can be purchased at the Home Builders Association Office located at 1600 N. Little Creek Road Dover, DE 19901. The drawing will take place April 14, 2018 at the St. Georges Technical High School "Portraits of Excellence" Gala. You can read more information about this gala by clicking here.
With the labor shortage affecting builders and remodelers throughout the state, “We see this as a great opportunity to get local kids involved in the industry, said HBA president Jim McCulley. This video tells the story. Click here to view the video! Thank you to the following for supporting this great event by donating supplies and/or their time: Apex Home Loans Beeline Services LLC Best Stoneworks, Inc. DuPont Newark Geo-Technology Associates, Inc. Mr. Go-Glass Leon N. Weiner & Associates, Inc. Middletown Kitchen and Bath Shone Lumber Sundance Custom Homes LLC Check out HBADE's story on NAHB Now: Click Here
 NAHB Remodelers invites you to join our free, monthly, member-exclusive webcast today, March 6 from 1-2 p.m. E.T. "Different is Better!" will be led by Brian Flook, MIRM, of Power Marketing.
This program will destroy the belief that being better than your competition will bring you more sales. Keeping the customer's home clean is not better—it's boring. You will exit this program knowing how to be different in order to increase sales and profits. Register for today's webcast now—only a few spots left! Email remodel@nahb.org with any questions. Another webinar—free for all NAHB members—is on March 28 from 2-3pm E.T. Tom Ashley, the 2017 Homes for Life Single-Space category winner and 2017 NAHB Remodeler of the Year and John Guillory of Expand, Inc. will detail their design challenges and solution to create a comfortable sensory room for a client with an autistic child. A question-and-answer session will follow. Register today. February's Lunch & Learn, "Top Legal Trends to Watch in 2018," is now available in replay under Professional Development Webcasts on the NAHB Remodelers Resource Library, nahb.org/nahbrlibrary. |
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