inspiration

starts with PASSION

From an early age, Arthur Goldammer, owner and CEO of Verity Homes, showed signs of his future path as a homebuilder. His favorite toys to play with growing up were all tools of the trade.

“I was known to wear a carpenter’s tool belt around the house at the ripe old age of 2,” Goldammer says. “My parent’s couldn’t keep me away from construction sites when I was a kid, and I’ve been building things ever since. I’m just lucky to have discovered my passion and even more lucky to be able to pursue it each and every day.”

Goldammer launched Verity (Latin for "honesty plus truth") about ten years ago in Bismarck, North Dakota, after a sudden realization that hit him as he sat through a business class at the University of Mary. He looked around at his peers, all future mid-level managers, and imagined what his life might look like post-graduation.

“I just couldn’t imagine spending the rest of my life sitting in a maze of cubicles in some high-rise in downtown Minneapolis,” Goldammer says. “I decided to follow my passion right then and there, and set my focus on building this company.”

Goldammer’s passion and determination has since paid off. The company is the largest by volume homebuilder in the Bismarck-Mandan area, and Verity has seen steady growth in the Fargo-West Fargo-Mapleton area since expanding eastward in 2015. The opening of Inspirations by Verity, the region’s most modern custom home design studio, will help the company further establish itself in the Fargo market and give area buyers a fresh experience.

“At the end of the day, Inspirations is all about the customer experience,” Goldammer reiterates. “That was the plan since day one more than a year ago when we first put this idea into motion. The hardest part about building your own home is all the decisions involved. Being able to simplify that process and provide the hands-on experience and expertise like we now can with this new space, it’s really going to delight our customers and make the whole process fun for all involved.”