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COVID-19 Construction Job Site Practices – Flatten Coronavirus
Basic Infection Prevention Measures New announcements concerning Coronavirus (COVID-19) continue coming at a quick pace. We want to make sure you are aware of the following: St. Louis and Kansas City have issued “stay-at-home orders” that are either in effect or go into effect soon. Fortunately, your local HBA and HBA Missouri have been working…
Read MoreGreene County Presiding Commissioner Candidate Bob Dixon
The HBA Political & Legislative Advocacy committee routinely meets with and interviews political candidates. This month, they met with Bob Dixon, candidate for Greene County Presiding Commissioner. Next month, the committee plans to meet with Bob Cirtin.
Read MoreNEW Opportunities for Workforce Development
The HBA is excited to announce that we will be partnering with Holland Elementary during the 2018/2019 school year to promote construction career opportunities. A group of HBA members (and MSU construction and interior design students) will meet monthly with 3rd through 5th graders to complete small projects while exploring construction career opportunities. How can…
Read MoreProposed Bylaw Amendments by the recommendation of the HBA Board of Directors
The following bylaw amendments are recommended by the HBA of Greater Springfield Board of Directors for approval by the HBA general membership. The process for bylaw amendments is that, approval is by a two-thirds vote of those members present and in good standing at any meeting provided that a copy of any proposed amendment shall…
Read MoreUpdate from HBA President Brett Godfrey
Ken Thrasher has submitted his resignation as the EO of the Home Builders Association of Greater Springfield. “We wish Ken and his family the very best as they begin a new journey in their lives,” said Brett Godfrey, President of the HBA Board of Directors. “Over the last year, the HBA has incrementally developed a…
Read MoreCEO Blog: So Thankful for our Dear HBA Friends
Dear Friends, Rachael and I have been saying “good-bye” to friends for a little over a month now, and that part isn’t getting any easier. Last night, we were blessed with a privilege that very few people are afforded: an evening with friends, designed by friends, for the sole purpose of heaping kindness on us…
Read MoreMorrow Resigns from HBA of Greater Springfield; New CEO Search Underway
Matt Morrow, CEO of the Home Builders Association of Greater Springfield since January 2001, has resigned his position with the local association to accept an offer to serve as Executive Vice President of the Greater Birmingham Association of Home Builders in Birmingham, Alabama. Morrow shared his decision and submitted his resignation at the October 9…
Read MoreMorrow Elected Secretary of NAHB Executive Officers Council
Home Builders Association of Greater Springfield CEO Matt Morrow was elected by his peers Friday to serve in the office of Secretary of the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) Executive Officers Council (EOC). Annual election of EOC senior officers took place as a part of the NAHB Association Leadership Institute held last week in…
Read MoreCEO Blog: Build With Christmas Inspiration
It was my eleventh opportunity to be blessed by spending an evening with HBA members and friends at the association’s annual Christmas party and banquet. Each year is special in its own way, and I’m always so touched by the bonds and friendships that form, and by our chance annually to share in each other’s…
Read MoreCEO Blog: The Huge “Win” You May Never Notice
We all have our guilty pleasures, and one of mine is disaster movies. Armageddon. Deep Impact. 2012. Independence Day (okay, one of my other guilty pleasures is movies about invading space monkeys). A recurring theme in disaster movies is the “narrowly-averted-catastrophe-that-no-one-saw-coming.” By the heroic, just-in-time actions of a few brave (and usually stunningly attractive) Hollywood…
Read MoreHome Building in the Ozarks is Turning the Corner!
A couple of weeks ago I had the privilege of attending the National Association of Home Builders’ annual International Builders Show in Orlando. Like the industry it represents, the Builders Show is not nearly as big as it used to be. But it still ranks as one of the largest trade shows in the world…
Read MoreCEO Blog: ‘Univerally-Mandated’ Universal Design?
Recently I was invited to the state capitol by area legislators to testify before a house committee in Jefferson City about a proposal (House Bill 1737) that would require all new state-supported affordable housing in Missouri to meet Universal Design standards. The legislation is being advanced by well-intentioned advocates for people with disabilities to help…
Read MoreCEO Blog: Live from Las Vegas
It is Sunday evening and I’m in my deeply-discounted Las Vegas hotel room (Imperial Palace, if you must know) working to recap the highlights of my first day at the 2010 National Association of Home Bulders’ International Builders Show (IBS). If you never have been to an International Builders Show, you certainly should at some…
Read MoreMay I Tweet You from IBS?
If you haven’t yet caught onto the Twitter bandwagon (or if you have but have yet to discover the new world of membership value provided through the HBA’s social media connections), a grand opportunity is just around the corner. The National Association of Home Builders annual International Builders Show International Builders’ Show® (IBS) officially opens January…
Read MoreCEO Blog: Welcome to the NEW HBA Housing News Weekly E-Newsletter!
In September of 1908, Henry Ford released the first production Model-T automobile. Previous to the release of this car, horse-drawn carriage was the preferred mode of transportation. From 1908 into the late 1920’s, carriage and buggy companies worked furiously to improve their product in order to compete with the expanding automobile industry. Luxury seating and…
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