Home Builders Association of Greater Fox Valley

The HBAGFV stands with our fellow associations state and nation wide, in rejecting Mandated Fire Sprinklers.  The NFPA and Sprinkler advocates use misleading square footages and costs to help promote their cause to local municipalities.

Here is a link to the article for you to review and possibly comment on. I hope you take the time to call your St. Charles Alderman and share your thoughts.

If you know of any unfortunate people in need of help. Please refer them to the information on this Brochure.

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Frank Bogdan, one of the most stand-up and vocal advocates for the home building industry, and long-time Northern Illinois Home Builders Association member, passed away last week.

If you are interested in attending the wake or funeral please do so, here is the information:

Wake and Funeral Arrangements ~ Frank Bogdan

Wednesday 1-9pm
Friedrich-Jones Funeral Home
44 S Mill Street
Naperville, IL 60540
630-355-0213

Thursday
Closing Prayers 10:30am at Funeral Home
Mass 11am
Sts Peter and Paul Church
36 N Elsworth
Naperville, I’ll 60540

Luncheon will be held after the services-TBA

The Home Builders Association of Illinois, NAHB, and The Home Builders Association of Greater Fox Valley is against the mandating of Fire-Sprinkler Systems in new homes.

It is in the 2009 International Residential Code, and may be coming to your community.

We believe it is a property owner choice, and should not be forced upon any new home buyer, or person who wants to completely remodel their home.

DOWNLOAD THE PDF OF THE BROCHURE HERE: When you get to the page, you can download the pdf.

This Coming Thursday February 11th, at 5:00 PM we are having a multiple point program on using the internet to promote you and your company as well as Social Networking.

The Program Starts at 5:45 with Cocktails at 5PM.

Byron Wilkons of TR-One (Our web administrator) will be presenting the platform Word Press as a great and inexpensive way to use as a website, and the tools it has to enhance, and tie into the main program that will feature Social Networking.

If you are a remodeler, you are now required to be able to handle, recognize, and protect the home, from lead paint.  This is an issue for many of our Remodeler Members.

Here is information on a local class.  NIHB is graciously allowing all members of HBAGFV to go at the Member Price.

-Green Building for Building Professionals – Feb 17 & 18, at Parksite in Batavia

-Business Management for Building Professionals – Feb 24, at Parksite in Bolingbrook

All 3 days at these two classes will provide a Green Build certification designation from the NAHB, University of Housing.

Take advantage of the opportunity to earn your NAHB Green Build designation in a relative short time! Only one week!

-Estimating for Builders and Remodelers – March 25, at Parksite in Batavia

Additional classes to follow.

Visit www.learn-build.com for more info!

Last night the Elgin City Council voted unanimously to modify the existing building codes to reduce the price of homes. This effort started over a year ago, and was run by AHA before it shut down.

The Mayor has asked the HBAGFV Governmental Affairs Committee to continue where we left off, and come up with more cost saving measures and opportunities.

The Home Builders Association of Greater Fox Valley is the first Builder’s Association to become an official Chapter of Operation Finally Home.  With a simple mission:  Building Homes For America’s War Wounded.

John Hall Homes, will be donating the first home on a property in St. Charles, and A new committee has been formed at HBAGFV with Allen Drewes and Jennifer Streder Co-Chairing, with the mission to find a foreclosed home, or lot that can be donated to build or remodel another home.

BABASUPPORT.ORG started in Texas and built 8 homes.  We are the 9th, and hopefully 10th, 11th…  We were instrumental in them being able to proudly go national with there charity at this years IBS.  HBAGFV was mentioned over three times during the opening ceremonies, and we have helped gain 12 more nationwide chapters, and a $100,000 donation!

Please visit their website, at the link at the bottom.

If you know of a property or home that could be a perfect fit for our Remodelers or Builders, let us know.  If you want to help out in any way, we are there to help facilitate it.  Unfortunately we will have a continual supply of deserving disabled Iraqi, and Afganistan War Veterans and their families that will need this help.  These homes are donated fully furnished, decorated, and 100% free of cost to the Veteran and their family.  BABASUPPORT Carefully works with the Department of Veteran Affairs and with Admiral Mullen (Chairman of the Joint Chief of Staffs) and the Pentagon to pick families that will be active members of the communities that they join.  Disabilities will run the gamut, and each family will have it’s own specific needs to fill.  The goal is for this to be a sustainable and continual effort and charity for HBAGFV to support.

We are working on a huge fundraiser with Kimo Williams of the LT. DAN BAND for this May.  We will need assistance and volunteers to help run this event.

The Fox Valley Association of Realtors is the first group to donate to this home, and we are excited to partner with them.  They donated $2,500 which will be used for the family.  All money raised will be used for homes in our chapter and area.

We will have a lot more information to follow, this is truly just the beginning of something great.

Contact administration@buildfoxvalley.com to serve on the committee!

Check out the great people we will get to help!