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Home Builders Association of Northern Kentucky receives two awards from national association


The Home Builders Association of Northern Kentucky (HBA) received two awards from the National Association of Homes Builders (NAHB).

According to NAHB’s website, “The Association Excellence Awards is an annual program designed to recognize the outstanding accomplishments of state and local HBAs and executive officers in the field of association management.”

The awards represented achievements for “Best Council Development” for the association’s creation and growth of its Commercial Council in 2016 and “Best Workforce Development Program” for the association’s new pilot High School Introduction to Construction Trades courses.  Awards can only be given in each category once every three years unless significant changes and advances have been made in that category.

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“For the second year in a row NAHB has chosen our local association among the best in 20 categories awarded to the top of our 800 local associations from across the nation,” said Brian Miller, Executive Vice President of the organization. “We have never achieved back to back multiple award wins since 1993-1994.  We believe this recognition is a sign of how vibrant and innovative our association is to solve the issues our members face every day and how we are constantly retooling to strengthen our membership and represent the breadth of the entire construction sector.

The Commercial Council was established to represent the commercial component of the construction sector.  The Council is led by a guidance committee made up of commercial builder/developers and support companies.

In 2016, the Council concluded an incentive/business barrier study of all municipalities in Northern Kentucky, have developed an Endangered Species Mitigation Bank model, worked with SD1 to open areas to development and keep current areas open, and created quarterly business networking events that focus on commercial projects around Northern Kentucky.

“This is the seventh time we have been recognized for our efforts in workforce development over the past eight years,” Miller said. “We are constantly evolving our efforts in this area and by garnering many accolades in a short time span we believe we are on the cutting edge of construction workforce development among our counterparts across the country.  We are extremely proud of the work that our members and staff have teamed up to accomplish and look for many outstanding years of achievements in the future.”

The Introduction to Construction Trades High School pilot program placed 55 high school students in basic carpentry, electric, plumbing and heating, ventilation and air conditioning courses during the 2016-2017 school year.  Students were introduced to the beginning learning concepts of the trades in hopes that they would find a career path in the skilled construction trades.

Participating school systems included Boone County Schools, Ludlow High School and the Northern Kentucky Educational Cooperative Service.

According to NAHB’s website, “The Association Excellence Awards is an annual program designed to recognize the outstanding accomplishments of state and local HBAs and executive officers in the field of association management. These outstanding entries also serve as valuable case studies for HBA executive officers and their staff interested in pursuing similar programs.”

The mission of the Home Builders Association of Northern Kentucky is to promote and enhance the integrity and visibility of the construction industry and the members of the organization through advocacy, communication, education and political action. For more information, visit www.homebuildersnky.com.

 


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