September 2015
Fall 2015 Offers Two Home Tours BUILD-PAC Fundraiser – page 9 Fall Parade Entries – page 10 IBS Registration Info – page 22
Hillman Home Building’s Parade entry in Shawnee
Check inside for Fall’s Special Events: Associate Appreciation-page 18 Fall Awards Celebration-page 21 Clay Shoot-page 7 BUILD-PAC Cigars & Scotch-page 9
The Home Builders Association of Greater Kansas City is proud to present two new-home tours this fall. The KCHBA presents some of the largest new home tours in the country and the Artisan Tour is an exciting addition to new home marketing in the area. The inaugural edition of the Artisan Home Tour begins on September 12 and runs through the 20th. Tickets for this event, which benefits the Ronald McDonald House Charities Kansas City, are sell-
ing rapidly. Special activities to be held in conjunction with the Artisan Home Tour include a VIP Kick-Off at the Hotel Sorella, Associate Appreciation and Home Tour on September 16 and Realtor Hospitality Day on September 18. Tickets to tour these ten beautiful homes are available through the event’s website, artisanhometourkc.org. Then, on October 3rd, the 68th annual Fall Parade of Homes will feature 301 entries open to the public through Oc-
tober 18th. Homes have been entered into the Parade by 102 builders and are located in all eight counties of the Kansas City metro area. With prices ranging from $200,000 to just over $1.5 million nearly every local potential buyer should find an appealing home. See a preview of Parade entries beginning on page 10. The Pick of the Parade and Distinctive Plan and Design contest winners will be announced at the Fall Awards Celebration on October 7th.