Awards season is coming up- Are you using the HBA to help market your product?

Awards season is coming up- Are you using the HBA to help market your product?

Awards season is coming up fast…and while we still have a few months to go have you thought about how you can use an award to market your business? It is really very simple and many of our 2013 Bridge Award winners are already displaying and using their Bridge Awards, along with the HBA membership logo, as a marketing tool.
So, keep your eyes and ears out for more information in the months to come about the 2014 Bridge Awards along with other ways to market your business to consumers and those in our industry.

If you would like more information on the HBA of Greenville logo and using it in your materials please contact the HBA office at 864-254-0133.
Take a look at how these members are using the HBA to help with their marketing.

2013 Bridge Awards for Best Kitchen and Best Exterior- Fairview Builders
2013 Builder of the Year- Hadrian Construction
Did you know: the Affordable Care Act could have been a lot worse for small builders?

Did you know: the Affordable Care Act could have been a lot worse for small builders?

Robert Markel, CGR

By Robert Markel, CGR
President, Home Builders Association of Greenville 
President and Owner, Hadrian Construction Company

Now that the U.S. Supreme Court has ruled on the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare), it is worth revisiting the point that this legislation could have been a lot worse for small Home Builders and Remodelers if not for the actions of the National Association of Home Builders.

In the version of the Affordable Care Act that passed the U.S. Senate, the mandate to require employers to offer health insurance to its employees would have been effective for any “construction-related business” with five or more employees, even while other businesses had a threshold of 50 employees.  NAHB aggressively lobbied Congress to remove that requirement that clearly would have harmed construction firms.  NAHB organized its members and together the five-employee mandate was removed before the bill was presented to the President for his signature.

As a member of the Home Builders Association of Greenville, you enjoy a three-in-one membership that includes the National Association of Home Builders and the Home Builders Association of South Carolina.  While locally our mission is broad and includes advocacy, as well as promoting and serving the industry, at the state and national level your Home Builders Association has one central mission: representing Home Builders in the halls of government.

Your membership in your Home Builders Association is a vital part of insuring that all Home Builders and related businesses are properly looked after in Washington DC and Columbia.  Please remember that the next time you receive your membership renewal notice.