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HBA Home Show Dollar-Off Promo Yields 1,887 Pounds of Food for Hungry
The Home Builders Association of Greater Springfield’s 2011 Home Show drew more than 13,000 people in attendance. That was good news for professionals in the building industry, as it likely bodes well for 2012 as a recovery year. But the HBA also leveraged the show’s robust attendance to provided needed support for the work of Ozarks Food Harvest to feed …
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Habitat For Humanity Call for Volunteers: ‘Six by Six’ Build
Habitat for Humanity of Springfield, MO is working with multiple organizations, individuals, and businesses to complete SIX homes between March 1st and May 20th. This will ensure that those SIX families will be moved into their new homes before June 1! Download Habitat’s “Six by Six” brochure here. Habitat has SIX wonderful families who have been working very hard to …
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You Saw the Show – Now See Joplin Extreme Makeover Behind the Scenes!
Last Friday, ABC Television Network aired its two part series finale: the largest build in the history of the show – seven homes in seven days in Joplin, Missouri. You can watch part one and part two of the historic show online via these links (Finale Part 1 & Finale Part 2). And, for a peek behind the scenes, see …
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Extreme Makeover: Home Edition Joplin Project Airs this FRIDAY
The heart-tugging original feel-good series “Extreme Makeover : Home Edition” will conclude its 9th and final season on ABC with its biggest-ever build — the 200th episode, in which the team builds 7 homes in 7 days for tornado victims in Joplin, Missouri. The final regularly scheduled episode, “Joplin, Missouri,” January 13 (8:00-10:00 p.m., ET), on the ABC Television Network. …
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News-Leader Thanks Springfield Fire Department, HBA for Smoke Alarms
The Springfield News-Leader recently featured an editorial applauding an historic achievement by the Springfield Fire Department in 2011. On January 5, the local newspaper reminded readers of the department and City Council’s initiative a year ago to make 2011 the “Year of the Smoke Alarm.” The Fire Department set the goal of installing 1,100 smoke detectors in the city, in …
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Merry Christmas! Families Cut Ribbon on Green-Built HBA/Habitat Homes
Habitat for Humanity of Springfield hosted a very special “Hammering for the Holidays” dedication ceremony on December 22 to celebrate the completion of three Green Certified, Energy Star rated homes. Two of these homes (sponsored by BancorpSouth with financing provided by the Federal Home Loan Bank of Dallas) have been purchased by the Barnett and Carpenter families, and were built …
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HBA-Built Habitat Homes at Builders’ Circle to be Dedicated Thursday
The official dedication ceremony for the two HBA-built Habitat for Humanity homes in the Builders’ Circle subdivision will be held on Thursday, December 22, at 4:30pm at the site of the homes. HBA members are encouraged to attend the dedication, where the families who will move into the homes will be on hand, and the homes can be viewed at …
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Builders Circle Blog: Out of Sight, Out of Mind
We all have things we would rather not think about. Three that come to mind are taxes, dental appointments, and Crawl Spaces. Even though we may not like to think about any of these, the last two are definitely in the “do not like to go there” category. Are you surprised to find Crawl Space in my list? Most are …
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HBACF Annual Auction & Go Kart Races: THIS TUESDAY!
The fourth annual Home Builders Association Charitable Foundation Scholarship Auction and Go Kart Race is just a week away! It will be held at Incredible Pizza at 5pm on Tuesday, November 15, 2011. Those HBA members in attendance will also elect members of the 2012 HBA of Greater Springfield Board of Directors. Learn more below and RSVP your attendance to: …
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Extreme Makeover: Home Edition – Joplin Build Photo Slideshows
When home builder (and HBA of Greater Springfield board secretary) Sam Clifton (Millstone Custom Homes) agreed to lead the most ambitious Extreme Makeover: Home Edition project in the history of the wildly popular program (his second with EM:HE), he believed the building industry in the area would rise to the occasion and inspire continued, ongoing rebuilding efforts in Joplin. He was right. …
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