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Matt Morrow serves as Chief Executive Officer for the Home Builders Association of Greater Springfield, Missouri - a post he has held since 2001. He supervises a staff of five HBA employees, serving approximately 400 member companies. He serves as a frequent spokesperson in the media and in public appearances on behalf of the local housing and construction industries.
In the HBA's "CEO Blog," Matt voices the HBA perspective on key issues facing the construction and housing industries.
CEO 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 …
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Morrow 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 …
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Morrow 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 …
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CEO 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 …
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CEO 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 …
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CEO Blog: News-Leader Sings Praises of Our Housing Strategic Plan
For more than a year now, dozens upon dozens of Springfield city residents and stakeholders have given thousands of hours of their time to the process of strategic planning for the future of the city. The efforts …
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CEO Blog: Real-time Messages from the Ground in Joplin
Since I came to work for the HBA of Greater Springfield more than ten years ago, it has been my pleasure to work closely with other Executive Officers from other Home Builders Associations from across the country. …
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Home 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 …
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CEO 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 …
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CEO 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 …
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