Rep. Murphy Talks Housing
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Yesterday, exactly one year from the 2018 election, Representative and candidate for governor, Erin Murphy, met with Housing First Minnesota leadership to discuss a variety of housing issues and her campaign to be Minnesota's next governor.
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Polls Open Until Eight!Municipal seats, school board, and many referendums are on the ballot today. Find your voting place here. Do you live in Bloomington or Mahtomedi? Check out the Housing First PAC endorsements for city council.
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Industry Gathers To Discuss Local And Regulatory Issues
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3 Things You Need to Know1. Cash in your bucks! The BATC Buck Auction is just over a week away on Nov. 15. RSVP here >> 2. Book your booth! Choose your booth for BRS on April 12, 2018. Early-bird pricing ends Jan. 1, 2018. This year's event
features a new floor plan. Details here >> 3. Make the most of your membership! Join us for our next membership KickStart on Dec. 13. Register here >>
BATC-Housing First MN Related HeadlinesHow this millennial formed one of the fast-growing homebuilders in the Twin Cities
MSP Business Journal story on BATC-Housing First Minnesota member Nick Hackworthy. Read More >> Lennar-CalAtlantic deal unites top Twin Cities homebuilders
Star Tribune coverage of the Lennar-CalAtlantic merger. Read more >>
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The Late Great Mortgage Interest Deduction
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Wondering how the proposed doubling of the standard deduction will impact households? In his latest blog, Elliot Eisenburg, explains how the proposed changes will essentially render the mortgage interest deduction irrelevant for almost all U.S. homeowners.
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New Entry Site!We are excited to launch our NEW Parade of Homes entry website and process. Follow the steps below to get started: 1. Go to BATC.org and log in with your BATC member username and password
Contact 651-697-1954 if you need a login and password 2. Click “Manage Profile” on BATC.org 3. Click “Enter a New or Remodeled Home” Entry Deadline: Nov. 14, 2017
(Late fee of $250 starts on Nov. 15, 2017)
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BATC & MNLA LEADERSHIP PEER GROUPSBATC and the MN Nursey and Landscape Association are partnering together to present Leadership Peer Groups - the next level in leadership training. Two sessions will be presented in 2018 (each session has six classes): 2018 Winter Course (JAN.-MAR.): Teams
Includes discussions around teams, collaboration, attitude, empowered teams and resilience 2018 Autumn Course (SEP.-NOV.): Sales and Marketing
Includes discussions around sales, customers, customer service, marketing and sales management The classes are facilitated by Rod Johnson of Growing Your Leaders who has successfully facilitated numerous peer learning groups for more than 10 years. Limited seats (15) are available for each course!
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Gather Your BATC BucksCash in your BATC Bucks for awesome prizes at this year's BATC Buck Auction on November 15. This FREE event gives us the opportunity to reward and thank members for their volunteer hours and service to the association. 4:30 PM | Wednesday, Nov. 15 | at BATC
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New to BATC?Grab a drink or a snack and let us help you KickStart your BATC membership. You will discover:
- how to best use BATC's consumer marketing
- how we communicate
- what's happening in the industry
- how to earn your CE credits
- best ways to connect and network Members old and new are welcome! 3:30 PM | Wednesday, Dec. 13 | at BATC
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Designing and Building the Residential Exterior Wall Envelope Instructor: Peter Kulczyk, Green Code Knowledge This course focuses on the building codes, energy codes and best practices for the design and construction of exterior envelopes of that will specifically address administrative provisions, alternative materials, ES reports, foam plastic insulation, fiberglass, cellulose, thermal envelopes, R-values, vapor retarders, continuous air barriers, thermal barriers, ignition barriers, fire testing, and other criteria. Tuesday, Dec. 12, 2017 - Course held at BATC in Roseville
Tuesday, Jan. 23, 2018 - Course held at Holiday Inn Hotel & Suites at Arbor Lakes in Maple Grove
Tuesday, Feb. 27, 2018 - Course held at BATC in Roseville 8:00 AM - 3:30 PM | 7 MN Contractor Credits | $79 BATC Members • $98 Non-BATC Members | Includes Lunch | Only need to attend one date
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An Exclusive Home Tour Event + Reception Saturday, Feb. 3, 2018 | 8:00 am–3:00 pm | Spend the morning riding in a comfortable motor coach to some of the Twin Cities most amazing homes. Homes are located in the western Twin Cities suburbs built by John Kraemer & Sons, Denali Custom Homes, Stonewood LLC and Lecy Bros. Homes & Remodeling. Then, be transported to a special lunch/reception hosted by NFL Alumni at the historic Lafayette Club in Minnetonka Beach! $200 per ticket
| Proceeds benefit the BATC Foundation and NFL Alumni Association
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Remember that AMAZING celebration that happened last month? Well, the photos are here to prove it! Check out all the pictures from The BIG Night here >>
Upcoming Calendar of BATC Events
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2017
November 15
- BATC Buck Auction [Register]
December 11
-EPA Lead Renovator Initial Certification Course [Register]
December 12
- Designing and Building the Residential Exterior Wall Envelope [Register]
December 13
- KickStart [Register] 2018
January 10
- BATC Hospitality Event at IBS [Register]
January 18
- Launch Party
January 23
- Designing and Building the Residential Exterior Wall Envelope [Register]
February 3
- NFL Alumni Artisan Home Tour [Register]
February 27
- Designing and Building the Residential Exterior Wall Envelope [Register]
April 12
- Builders and Remodelers Show (BRS) [Details] For a complete list of events, visit our website at www.batc.org
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