The Future Builders of America (FBA) is proud and excited to be participating in the Sarasota Community Foundation 2016 Giving Challenge. The online Giving Challenge starts at Noon on September 20th and ends at Noon on September 21st. During the Giving Challenge every unique donation will be matched 2 to 1. What does that mean?…
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With the 2016 Primary Election Cycle now behind us, FHBA is pleased to announce that 17 out of 19 FHB PAC supported candidates won. Although one of our losing candidates was Wayne Harris in HD-4, FHB PAC split its support in that position, where the winner, Mel Ponder, was also a supported candidate. We are
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The second Workforce Taskforce committee meeting it set for September 29th at the FRSA Education and Training Center in Winter Park. The address is as follows: FRSA 7071 University Blvd | Winter Park, FL 32792 Site Contact: Meghan Roth, FRSA Educational & Research Foundation Director | 407-671-3772 Hotel Information Hampton Inn & Suites Orlando-East-Univ. of Central
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Every year, NAHB invites all members in good standing to consider serving on a committee or council. These groups meet in person twice a year, at the International Builders Show and during the NAHB Midyear Meeting, to discuss legislative and regulatory news, business updates, economic and design trends and other issues of importance to the
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Larry Roberts’ interest in Golden Ocala Golf & Equestrian Club extends beyond its walls now that the trucking company magnate has bought more than 700 nearby acres with plans to build an equestrian residential community. The businessman made his fortune when he built the Ohio-based R + L Carriers interstate trucking company and later RLR
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For several years, Detelina Ivanova had been eyeing a rundown house that was for sale on an overgrown, one-acre lot in Vienna, Va. Just 1,200 square feet, the 1950s two-bedroom house with one story and a basement had been vacant for 10 years, sinking into deeper disrepair even as larger new houses were replacing other
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FHBA is calling all interested residential contractor members to apply for the open seat on the Florida Housing Finance Corporation (Florida Housing) Board of Directors, which will be appointed by Governor Rick Scott. We need builder-friendly applicants who will continue to promote the mission and purpose of Florida Housing while offering a homebuilder’s perspective. FHBA
Jay Carlson, president of Carlson & Soforth in Punta Gorda, will be inducted by the Florida Home Builders Association into the Florida Housing Hall of Fame this November. The honor is for the dedication and improvements he has made to the building industry locally and throughout the state of Florida. Since 1990, the primary mission
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The state spent a little over $2 million guarding Gov. Rick Scott in 2015-16, records show, an increase over the $1.8 million spent the year before. Every summer, the Florida Department of Law Enforcement releases a “Transportation and Protective Services” report, detailing the cost of security for the Governor, the First Lady, their family and the
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Size matters, especially in housing, but preferences can change quickly, and that is the case today. Small is happening in a big way. For the first time since the recession, home size is shrinking. Median single-family square floor area fell from the first to the second quarter of this year by 73 feet, according to
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