January 2023 HBAL President’s Message

January 2023 HBAL President’s Message

My fellow Home Builders, Happy Holidays or as we say at our house Hoppe Holidays. If you missed the holiday party, you missed a good one. Eddie Brown and 402 rocked on. Julie and I and Staff and spouses pretty much were the last ones to leave. And we had fun. This is...
January 2023 HBAL President’s Message

December 2022 HBAL President’s Message

Dear Members, Doggone cold the last couple of days — that is compared to the heat we’ve had the rest of the year. The other day I had the pleasure to participate in “HBAL 101.” Lori Wellman, Jim Christo, Denny Van Horn and I hosted a bunch of new members (or...
January 2023 HBAL President’s Message

September 2022 HBAL President’s Message

Time flies. School has started again. It is almost Labor Day and don’t we all, builders and associates, wish we had more labor to get what we need to get done. In spite of all the challenges, our business, home building, is great and in demand. There are more...
January 2023 HBAL President’s Message

August 2022 HBAL President’s Message

In these crazy construction times, I really appreciate our Associate members. How could we get by without them? When I first joined HBAL, the mantra was “do business with a member.” I might have heard it from the family since my uncle was an Associate and a founding...
January 2023 HBAL President’s Message

July 2022 HBAL President’s Message

June is National Home Ownership Month. That is what my REALTOR® friends tell me. Well, what do you know, that is what we (Lincoln homebuilders) do – build homes – predominantly owner occupied. The Spring Parade of Homes is over. We had 31 entries by 24 Builders which...