March 2014
Spring’s My Thing!
Continuing the Home Show Tradition Page 4 HBA-PAC Trustees Recognize Members Page 6 NAHB Safety Award Winners Page 9 Member Q&A Page 12-13
To be featured at the Home Show – Demonstration Home will be built inside Bartle Hall See more on page 5
Monica Pedersen speaking at the 2012 Home Show Bartle Hall will be brimming with activity as preparations for the sixty-sixth annual Home Show and Flower, Lawn & Garden Show begin during the last week of March. The excitement starts on Monday of that week as the landscapers arrive to bring the outdoors inside as they assemble their displays of flowers, plants and hardscape elements. Bartle will transform into a construction zone as Chris Ragland (Homes by Chris), HBA President, and other volunteers build this year’s demonstration home, the “Love Shack”. As the week progresses, the stages for special presentations will be assembled and exhibitors will line up at the dock to bring in their products. And, finally, on Friday March 28 the doors will open to consumers eager to see the latest in home products and services; decorating, design and building demonstrations; premier landscaping, and special attractions. Saturday’s special presentations will be headlined by HGTV star Monica Pedersen. Monica is an interior design expert and author of Make It Beautiful. She is also a judge on NBC’s new program “American Dream Builders”, which premiers
on March 23. Cari Cucksey, host of HGTV’s “Cash & Cari” brings her expertise to the Home Show audience on Saturday and Sunday. In addition to her television work, Cari runs estate sales, operates a vintage store and refurbishes just about anything she can get her hands on. The Home Show will also feature Kansas City’s own Jennifer Allwood. Jennifer’s
specialty is faux finishing through her company, the Magic Brush, and she also offers advice to business people based on her entrepreneurial experience and tremendous success with social media. Two popular presenters, Kristin Rieke and Jennifer Bertrand, will return to the Home Show stage. Kristin Rieke currently works in the interior design industry in Vail, Colorado. Continued on page 3
“Builders Row” Trade Show While the Home Show gears up for consumers, HBA builder members will have their own “Builders Row”, Friday, March 28, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. at Bartle Hall. HBA associate members will showcase their products and services at the Trade Show, which is held in tandem with a host of education opportunities being offered to HBA members at no charge. The purpose according to Phil Yancey, Membership Manager, is to give builders an opportunity to talk with associates oneon-one, member to member. “This is the first time the HBA has offered so much to
see and do for builders at a Home Show,” said Yancey. “Builders will be able to learn the latest in education and see the latest products for the homes they are building.” The Trade Show will be open to builder members only and will include BBQ and beverages from 11 am till 5 pm. Builders are encouraged to spend Friday, March 28 at Bartle Hall at the Trade Show, participating in one or more education sessions and wrapping up the afternoon with Elliot Eisenberg as he presents his Economic Outlook.