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2023 Will Be A Great Year!

As you can see from the pages of this magazine 2022 was a great year! Moving into 2023 we have kicked the year off with a bang! For those of you that didn’t make it, Brandi Kruse, host of the undivided Podcast, was the guest speaker at our General Membership meeting in January and she was fantastic! She focused on issues affecting housing and our communities. Her insight was spot on and relevant.

On that note, we have several upcoming events that you shouldn’t miss in 2023, everything from Food for Thought, PWB’s educational breakfast to our monthly Contractors Roundtable! We have a little something for all members! The best way to find out what is happening is to read Chalk Talk-OMB’s Bi-weekly electronic newsletter or visit omb.org.

I am excited to be working with our 2023 President Becky Rieger. Becky is committed to the Association and its health and growth. She is also committed to growing the membership, so we have an even stronger voice before our local government. Check out Becky’s column on page 4. If you know or work with someone that would benefit from membership please reach out to Jenn, OMB’s Membership and Sales Director, at membership@omb.org!

For those of you that don’t know, your membership is a three-in-one membership. By joining OMB you’re joining BIAW and the National Association of Home Builders. This gives us the ability to advocate for affordable housing for all economic segments of society at all levels of government.

Currently we are engaged in the 2023 legislative session and there are several pieces of legislation that our state Association, the Building Industry of Washington (BIAW), is closely watching. For a list of those items visit https://omb.org/advocacy/issues-in-action/ or contact Jessie Simmons, OMB’s Government Affairs Director! You can also read the latest on page 13. Testifying or signing in on issues is a great way to be heard by your legislators!

I can’t wait to work with you in 2023!