Events

2012 Spring Parade of Homes

The Home Builders Association presents the 2012 Spring Parade of Homes: April 28, 29 & May 5, 6, two week-ends – Saturdays and Sundays, 1:00-5:00 p.m. Explore new home construction across the Triad and learn more about builders in your area. This year’s Parade will have two Association Homes, one built by Alan Fletcher Construction and the other by Buck Horn Construction. Both homes are located in The Lake at Lissara development in Lewisville, NC. The 2012 sponsor for the Spring Parade of Homes is The Lake at Lissara. The featured homes are located throughout Guilford, Forsyth, Stokes, Davie and Davidson counties.

Showcase of Remodeled Homes

Home Builders Association of Winston-Salem, announces the 10th annual Showcase of Remodeled Homes. The event will take place in several homes across Forsyth County on August 25 & 26, from 12 to 5pm each day. The 2012 Showcase offers the public an opportunity to explore newly remodeled homes, meet licensed, professional remodelers, and support Habitat for Humanity. Proceeds from this event provide Vocational Education students at FTCC and WSFCS Career Center the funds to build two Habitat Homes in Forsyth County each year.

The Buck Horn Tribute Home @ The Lake at Lissara

Great News! Buck’s spec home in Lake at Lissara will be completed! Our HBA leadership has offered to assist Nikki and Amanda with the completion of the spec home in Lake at Lissara with the goal to have it completed by the end of April for the Spring Parade of Homes. This project will be a cooperative task to assist Buck Horn Construction to finish the home with the proceeds going to the family as a Tribute to Buck’s life and dedication to our association and industry.

Safe Sober Prom Night Celebrates 22 Years!

Safe Sober Prom Night has been using positive peer pressure to help high school students make smart choices on prom night for over 22 years. David Daggett, co-founder of this incredible program, says he often meets students whose parents participated in the program when he started it in 1991. Daggett is proud to be bringing the Safe Sober message to a whole new generation of teenagers and is looking forward to giving T-shirts to their kids someday. Originally, the program involved handing out free T-shirts at Hanes Mall to kids who signed a pledge not to drink and drive on prom night. This year, David Daggett and Griff Shuler, along with other representatives of the law firm, will hand out over 14,000 free T-shirts at 36 area high schools. www.SafeSober.com.

Housing Starts Continue Improvement

This is Great News! Housing starts in the U.S. hovered in February near a three-year high and building permits rose, adding to signs that the industry at the heart of the last financial crisis is stabilizing. Builders broke ground on 698,000 homes at an annual rate, in line with the median forecast of economists surveyed by Bloomberg News and down 1.1 percent from a January pace that was stronger than previously reported, Commerce Department figures showed. Building permits, a proxy for future construction, climbed to the highest level since October 2008. Rates are low and builders are ready to build your new home!