ReNews -- Remodelors Council News - 07/22/2003 (Plain Text Version)View Graphical Version | Subscribe to NAHB Publications | Email our Editor... Get ConnectedThe Remodelors Council Web site has changed its address. The new site features public information to help educate consumers about the home remodeling industry as well as content developed specifically for NAHB members. NAHB members can log in to www.nahb.org using their current www.nahb.net username and password. Go to www.nahb.org, click on the blue Member Log In button, and enter your username and password. Once you’re logged in, you’ll be prompted to change your username and password to a current email address. If you require additional login assistance please contact a Customer Service specialist at 800-368-8242 x0 or send an email to login@nahb.org. Site Navigation: From the www.nahb.org home page;
From there, you may access each of the subsections listed below: About the Remodelors Council — Learn more about the Remodelors Council, its mission, and the benefits of joining. Get information on staff contacts, our leadership, strategic partners, and download a membership application. Remodelors Council Resources — Access Remodelor 20 Club information, upcoming industry and council events, the Remodeling Market Index, lead and mold reference materials, NAHB research results, helpful links, and plenty of material to help you run a better remodeling business. Remodelors Council Meeting Minutes — Missed a meeting? In this section, you can review the minutes from recent Remodelors Council conference calls and board meetings. ReNEWS — Get NAHB Remodelors Council news first and fast with ReNEWS, the Remodelors Council's e-newsletter. Browse past issues here. Remodelors Council Professional Designations — Review the CAPS and CGR designation requirements, course outlines, and find answers to commonly asked questions. Access links to CAPS and CGR classes and download applications and brochures here. Remodelors Council Awards — Find out the application requirements for the Remodelors Council CADRE awards and the America’s Best Remodeling Hall of Fame awards, review highlights of past winners and download brochures and applications. If you require additional navigational assistance please contact the Remodelors Council at remodel@nahb.com or 800-368-5242 x8216. Tax Credit Legislation That Affects Your BusinessDid you know that the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) is actively lobbying two tax credit bills that could affect your business? These tax credits could help you make the sale to your clients. As the voice of the building industry, NAHB is your representative on Capitol Hill. The two pieces of legislation that you should be aware of are:
NAHB is currently working to develop support for creating a homeownership tax credit (HOTC) through support of the Homeownership Tax Credit (S. 198 / H.R. 839). The HOTC is modeled after the Low Income Housing Tax Credit. A tax credit up to 50% of the cost of building or rehabilitating home in a difficult to develop area that is sold to a low- to moderate- income homebuyer would be “paid” to a developer. The developer could then sell the credit to investors. The credit would be claimed on investors’ tax returns over five years and would not be subject to recapture once the home is sold to a qualified buyer. Contact NAHB’s Legislative and Political Relations department at 800-368-5242 x8470 for more information. Get involved! It’s your business. [return to top] Become an Industry LeaderThe Remodelors Council encourages you to become a leader in the remodeling industry by attending the NAHB Fall Board of Directors meeting to be held September 17-21. Committee meetings are open to everyone, and members of the NAHB Remodelors Council are eligible to join several of the Remodelors Council’s committees including Public Affairs, Membership, and Education and Business Development. Go to www.nahbexpos.com to register for the Fall Board Meeting. Remodelors Council Events at NAHB Fall Board Meeting Wednesday, September 17 Thursday, September 18 Friday, September 19 A Night OutThe Remodelors Council will be hosting the Remodelors Night Out during the fall NAHB Board Meeting on Thursday, September 18. Come join your peers at Jillian’s Boston located at 145 Ipswich Street, Boston from 6:30 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. Tickets are $50 in advance or $60 at the door. The event tickets include a Texas BBQ Buffet and two drink tickets. Contact Karen Miller at 800-368- 5242 x8323 or email kmiller@nahb.com to purchase advance tickets. Sponsored by Pella, Dupont-Tyvek, Georgia Pacific, Marvin Windows and Doors, Simonton Windows and CertainTeed. Remodelor™ of the Year Entries Due September 2The Remodelor™ of the Year award is a special category of the Council Awards For Demonstrating Remodeling Excellence (CADRE) program. The Remodelor™ of the Year award recognizes exemplary NAHB involvement at any level, superior business management, and an outstanding contribution to the remodeling industry. State and Local Remodelors Councils are invited to nominate individual remodelers (but the nominee must write his or her own entry essay). Click here for the CADRE/Remodelor of the Year application. All completed applications must be received by September 2. The winners will be announced at the Remodelors™ Council Gala during the 2003 Remodeler’s Show in Baltimore (October 23 – 25). The CADRE/Remodelor™ of the Year Awards is sponsored by Pella Corporation and Professional Remodeler magazine. Learn More — Earn More In BostonFor the first time, the NAHB University of Housing is offering a CGR course, Customer Service, in conjunction with the NAHB Fall Board of Directors meeting. The marketplace finds and rewards those companies that differentiate themselves through service excellence. This comprehensive program provides insights into customer expectations and behaviors, practical techniques for working successfully with customers from the initial selling stages through the warranty period. Topics covered include setting service criteria, empowering employees, delivering the product as promised, organizing warranty service, resolving customer conflicts, and motivating satisfied customers to maximize repeat and referral sales. Approved for CGB, CGR, and CGA credit (mandatory CGA course). For scheduling and registration information on Customer Service, click here. Space is limited, so register today! [return to top] New Award Category for RemodelersThe NAHB Seniors Housing Council has added a new category for remodelers to its 2004 Best of Seniors Housing Design Awards competition. The awards program, now in its 13th year, recognizes architectural and interior designs that have brought quality, innovation and spirit to the seniors housing industry. The awards program is open to project owners, builders, developers, remodelers, operators, architects, land planners, interior designers and marketing/advertising firms that serve the burgeoning 55+ market. Winning a Best of Seniors Housing Design Award gives companies the opportunity to promote their projects as "the best of the best" in the industry. Remodelers can compete in a new category for remodeled home, which looks at innovative design features that allow seniors to remain in their homes as they grow older. Other aging-in-place categories are available for new custom and production homes. "While many seniors choose to live in active adult and others seniors communities, the vast majority prefer to stay in their existing homes," said Quincy R. Johnson III, chairman of the 2004 Design Awards Committee and president of Boca Raton, Fla.-based architectural firm Quincy Johnson Architects. "The Seniors Housing Council has added a new category for remodelers to reward excellence in renovating homes that allow older Americans to comfortably age in place. One of the goals of the awards program is to give builders, developers, remodelers and other industry professionals more opportunities for recognition while promoting the value of quality design." A panel of noted professionals in the 55+ seniors housing field, including builders, architects, designers and gerontologists, will judge entries and present gold and silver awards to current and "on-the-boards" projects in various active adult housing, continuing care retirement community, congregate care community, assisted living, special needs housing, renovated seniors housing and multifamily categories. The total number of categories has more than doubled to 66, including three in aging-in-place design categories. Gold and silver awards will be given in each category. Award winners will be announced at an awards presentation and recognition luncheon in January 2004 during the NAHB International Builders' Show (IBS) in Las Vegas, a convention that drew a record 92,000 people in 2003. Award-winning projects will be exhibited prominently at the IBS, displayed on the NAHB Web site and featured in the NAHB Seniors Housing Council's quarterly industry magazine, Seniors' Housing News. The deadline for entries is October 10. Visit www.nahb.org/seniorsdesignawards to review the call for entries brochure, which includes entry application, rules and a list of categories, or call 800-368-5242 x8220 for more details. [return to top] Nominate Your Community Service Project for Home Builders Care AwardThe National Housing Endowment and NAHB have joined once again to award the National Housing Endowment/Home Builders Care Project of the Year Award to recognize an outstanding home builders association or member community service project. Submit your project entry by October 15 to ensure it is considered for this prestigious national award. 2003 marks the final year for this award program that honors our industry’s commitment to the community and exemplifies the spirit of Home Builders Care. The winner will be recognized at the 2004 International Builders’ Show, awarded a plaque and given $5,000 to be donated to a charity of the winner’s choice. The National Housing Endowment Board of Trustees will select the 2003 winner at its December meeting. Click here to download additional entry guidelines and the official entry form from the Public Relations Resources section of the Public Affairs Committee pages of the NAHB web site. Projects will be evaluated based on whether they provided a needed service in the community; effectively promoted the goal of providing safe, decent, affordable housing; succeeded in motivating NAHB members or company staff to participate; had a positive impact on the beneficiaries; was creative; met project goals; and whether it is sustainable in subsequent years. To be considered, projects must have been started, in progress or completed between January 1 and October 15. Contact Kimberly Wilbur or Kym Kilbourne in NAHB Public Affairs with questions about the award or guidelines at 800-368-5242 x8061. [return to top] Register Now for the 2004 International Builders’ ShowMake your plans now to attend The 2004 International Builders’ Show®, the biggest home building industry event of the year. See thousands of new products and technologies from 1,400 of America’s foremost suppliers. Learn the latest on design and construction, land development, housing finance options, business management, and more from a selection of more than 200 educational seminars. The Remodelors Council committee and Board of Trustee meetings will be conducted from January 16-18, 2004. A detailed Remodelors Council meeting schedule will be available in late fall 2003. tecHOMExpoä — the show within The International Builders’ Show, will be better than ever with Discovery Day. Don’t miss Discovery Day! You’ll discover the latest breakthroughs in building industry technology on Tuesday, January 20, 2004 throughout both tecHOMExpo and the entire Show floor of the International Builders’ Show. Register now for next year’s Show: Monday, January 19 – Thursday, January 22, 2004, Las Vegas. Visit www.buildersshow.com to register and reserve a hotel room. You can SAVE UP TO $50 if you register on or before December 17. If you would like to receive news throughout the coming months about The 2004 International Builders’ Show, please click here. [return to top] Platinum and Gold IPRO/Strategic PartnersThe Remodelors Council thanks the 2003 Platinum and Gold level IPRO/Strategic Partners. Show your appreciation for their support by visiting their web sites. It’s just a click away! Platinum Gold [return to top]Member Advantage: Save on Dell® ComputersNAHB members, with all types and sizes of business, keep coming to Dell to save money on computers and equipment from one of the most respected brands in the business. Call 888-577-3355 and identify yourself as an NAHB member. The discount will be automatically applied and will be reflected on your invoice. The NAHB discount cannot be combined with other Dell discounts or promotions. To order online and for details on more than a dozen other money-saving Member Advantage discount programs send a blank e-mail to membersavings@nahb.com. Go to www.nahb.org to explore the numerous advantages associated with membership in your local, state and national home builders association. For more information or to contact us directly, please visit www.NAHB.org | ©2003, National Association of Home Builders |