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Webcast Answers Your Questions About NAHB’s New Governance

Posted on May 15, 2019

Do you have questions about how NAHB’s new governance structure works? The NAHB Senior Officer Team is hosting a webcast outlining the governance changes on Thursday, May 23 at 2 p.m. ET. All interested Delegates, members a...

Building Business News May 2019

Posted on May 14, 2019

The Artisan Home Tour entry fee has been lowered, the HBA joined Missouri Governor Mike Parson's Workforce Roundtable and the spirits flowed freely at the "The People Are Thirsty" Build-PAC event at Tom's Town Distilling Co. ...

Showcase Your Finest Build/Remodel in this Exclusive Custom Homes Tour

Posted on May 13, 2019

The Artisan Committee is looking for a few more companies to participate in the 2020 Artisan Home Tour — and good news, the entry fee has been lowered to $9,900. If you have built or extensively remodeled a custom home in t...

New EPA Guidance Says Groundwater Discharges Do Not Require Permits

Posted on May 13, 2019

EPA released interpretive guidance on April 16 to clarify whether groundwater pollution that eventually reaches federally regulated traditional navigable waters — e.g., seas, rivers, lakes — requires a permit under the Na...

Brian Tebbenkamp Member of NAHB’s New “Connect 10” Program

Posted on May 13, 2019

“Connect 10” is NAHB's new program geared toward companies that may not yet be established enough to warrant a traditional membership in the NAHB 20 Clubs, yet it offers similar networking and educational benefits. KCH...

Workforce Area Council

Posted on May 7, 2019

The May Area Council is a combined council for everyone! ...

First Quarter Permit Activity Keeps Pace with Q1 2018 (March 2019)

Posted on May 1, 2019

Residential permit growth for the first quarter of 2019 has maintained a pace similar to the first quarter of 2018, according to the Home Builders Association of Greater Kansas City’s (HBA) monthly Residential Building Perm...

KSHB-TV Visits Cecil & Ray Parade Home

Posted on April 29, 2019

[caption id="attachment_6792" align="aligncenter" width="1024"] Cecil & Ray, Tour #42[/caption] KSHB-TV reporter Rae Daniels went inside Cecil & Ray's Spring Parade home in Loch Lloyd with all the details of this b...

Suma Design’s Parade Home Highlighted on Better KC

Posted on April 29, 2019

Mark Sumada of Suma Homes shows Better KC host Bill Hurrelbrink around his Spring Parade homes in Overland Park, Tour #248. In this segment, they talk about unique features of the home, the fact that it is a "smart" home and ...

Courier Tribune Highlights Spring Parade of Homes

Posted on April 29, 2019

[caption id="attachment_6788" align="aligncenter" width="1024"] Homes by Chris, Tour #120[/caption] "Since 1947, millions of greater Kansas City residents and visitors have enjoyed viewing the latest in-home innovations, s...

President Trump Signs Executive Order on Housing Affordability

In a key victory for NAHB, President Trump put housing at the forefront of the national debate by signing an executive order that cites the need to cut costly regulations that are hampering the production of more affordable h...

USDA Announces Plan to Relocate 500+ Jobs to KC

[caption id="attachment_7199" align="alignright" width="300"] Photo Credit: Visit KC[/caption] U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue today announced the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) will relocate the Economic...

OSHA’s Use of Drones: What Builders Need to Know

Over the last several years, the use of Unmanned Aircraft Systems — commonly called drones — has grown exponentially. It is predicted that by the year 2021 commercial drone use in the United States will expand tenfold. Dr...