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HBA Announces 2007 Award Winners and Installs 2008 Officers
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On Tuesday, Jan. 22, the Greater Atlanta HBA announced its 2007 individual award winners and installed 2008 officers. The evening began with a cocktail reception, festive dinner and presentation highlighting the HBA’s successes throughout 2007, and then six individual association-wide awards were presented.
The evening was an opportunity for the HBA to honor our members who work every day to make our industry a success and for these members to be recognized as leaders among their peers.
- Lewis Cenker Award—Millard Bowen of Millard Bowen Communities
- Builder of the Year—DuVall Brumby of Homes by Brumby
- Associate of the Year—Carol Stone of Colonial Bank
- Presidential Award—Ray Bouléy of Full Circle Real Estate Marketing
- Chapter President of the Year—Phil Gressly of Summerfield Homes, serving as Cobb Chapter president
- Council Chair of the Year—Al Capogrossi of Concept Creators, serving as Remodelers Council chair
Click here to read more about the 2007 award winners.
The 2008 HBA Board of Directors were installed following the awards presentations. Lt. Gov. Casey Cagle administered the presidential oath of office to Steve Palmer of Bowen Family Homes, and Bowen then delivered the oath of office to other HBA board members. HBA senior officers installed include:
- President—Steve Palmer, Bowen Family Homes
- Vice President—Steve King, Ivey Chase, LLC
- Treasurer—Les Stumpff, Ryland Homes
- Parliamentarian—David Clough, Waterford Homes
- Builder at Large—Steve Brock, Brock Built, LLC
- Builder at Large—Dean Cowart, Dean Cowart Homes, Inc.
- Builder at Large—Phil Gressly, Summerfield Homes, Inc.
- Builder at Large—Dan O'Dwyer, O'Dwyer Homes, Inc.
- Associate Vice President—Bob Chapin, SunTrust Bank
- Associate at Large—Mitch Hires, Atlanta Marble Mfg., Inc.
Click here for a full list of the HBA 2008 Board of Directors.
Call for Entries in 2008 Best of 50+ Housing Awards
Entry Deadline: Feb. 29
The National Association of Home Builders 50+ Housing Council has issued a call for entries for The Best of 50+ Housing Awards 2008, the premier design and marketing competition for the seniors housing industry. Professionals involved in this market niche have until Feb. 29, 2008 to enter their best community designs, model merchandising, and advertising and marketing efforts.
The 2008 program features more than 50 categories covering all aspects of the 50+ housing market. Active adult categories range from overall community and clubhouse design to condominium unit design and model home merchandising. Other design categories include aging-in-place, assisted living, congregate-living community, continuing care retirement communities, mixed-use, multifamily housing, renovated housing and special-needs housing. Individual marketing categories are logo, community brochure, direct mail piece/campaign, Web site, black-and-white and color print advertisement, radio and television commercial, sales center and special promotion.
The Best of 50+ Housing Awards ceremony will be May 20, 2008, at the Sheraton New Orleans Hotel in New Orleans, La., during Building for Boomers and Beyond: 50+ Housing Symposium 2008 (May 19-21).
Entry forms and contest rules are available at www.nahb.org/50plusawards.
Applications Now Being Accepted for 2008-2009 Lewis Cenker Scholarships
Entry Deadline: March 1
Students entering or continuing their education in a course of study related to the homebuilding industry at an accredited post-secondary college/university or certified technical school are eligible to apply to the Home Builders Association of Georgia’s (HBAG) Lewis Cenker Scholarship Fund.
Lewis Cenker was an Atlanta builder and lawyer who was president of the National Association of Home Builders in 1974 and is the only Georgian to have held that position. He was president of the Greater Atlanta HBA in 1960 and HBAG president in 1969.
Students applying must submit their applications through Greater HBA, where it will be verified and signed by the HBA’s executive vice president before being submitted to HBAG. The application must be received by the Greater Atlanta HBA to allow time for processing before the March 1 deadline to HBAG.
Selection of scholarship recipients will be made by the Lewis Cenker Scholarship Committee during the HBAG Spring Board Meeting in May 2008. All applicants will be notified by mail in June 2008. Scholarship checks will be mailed to the applicants’ schools in July 2008 to be available for the Fall 2008 through Summer 2009 semesters.
Click here for the application. Contact Jan Royals at 404-763-2453 with any questions or concerns.
