• The Parade of Homes and Remodelers Showcase deadline is tomorrow! Don't miss out, enter now!
   
• The deadline is approaching for BATC Foundation scholarship applications due January 16! Applications may be found online.
   
• Our eyes are on the Capitol as we prepare for the 2015 legislative session. Transportation is at the top of the list. Read why this has BATC concerned below.
   
• Earn your CE credits! Register now for BATC-U courses. See below.
   
• Reserve your space now and save! Book a spot at the BATC job and career fair by Dec. 31st and save $50. Details below.

Don’t miss your best consumer-directed marketing opportunity! Enter the Parade of Homes and Remodelers Showcase online now at Paradeofhomes.org. Contact Emily 651-697-1954 for your username and password OR download forms at BATC.org (click on the Marketing tab).

Check out our videos online on how to enter >>

In response to the needs by our Builder, Remodeler and Associate members to find qualified candidates for open positions, BATC is holding its third annual job and career fair at the Mall of America Rotunda on February 19, 2015. Space is limited. Sign up by December 31 and save $50! Details here >>

Earn your required Minnesota contractor and Minnesota real estate credits at BATC University!

NEW for 2015: Courses are now available for Wisconsin contractor credits! BATC University courses provide you with outstanding information from the area's most highly regarded instructors. You’ll not only gain your required credits, you’ll gain knowledge that will enhance your business operations and enable you to provide the best product to your customers. More than 40 courses are being offered from January-March 2015. Register here >>

Interested in helping with the Marco Solt project? Donations of labor are needed. Contact our BATC Foundation for more information: Perri Graham-Raff, 651-697-7563.

Learn more about the Marco Solt project here >>

Come learn about the work of your BATC Foundation and how you can be involved with our 2015 projects. Attend the BATC Foundation recognition luncheon. Volunteer recognition awards will be distributed, including the “Heart in Housing” annual award to an outstanding 2014 volunteer or business. 

Date: February 24th | 11:30am – 1:00pm
Location:  TBD
Speaker:  Belinda Jensen, KARE 11
Guest Appearance:  Army SPC Marco Solt
Cost: $35

Learn more >>

Several multi-family projects permitted in November 2014 helped the monthly units surpass November of 2013 totals by 34 percent. Read more >>

INSIDE: Single-family housing production in October reached its highest level since November 2013.

"The rise in single-family starts is more proof that the economy is firming and consumer confidence is growing. We expect continued upward momentum into next year.”    

- Kevin Kelly, chairman of NAHB and a home builder and developer from Wilmington, Del.

Roads and bridges, transit, gas taxes, and the on-going debate about Millennials will converge at the legislature when it convenes next month and tackles the great transportation debate of 2015. The Star Tribune took a stab at the issue by musing about changes in Millennial transportation preferences that could impact decisions at the Capitol. Read more >>

Don’t miss your opportunity to attend the 71st annual International Builders’ Show – the building industry’s biggest event – for less. Register by December 5th to get great education at the five exhibit floors of Design & Construction Week™(DCW) for the member price of $350.

The show takes place at the Las Vegas Convention Center January 20-22. Register here >>

Members are sticking around! Our member retention rate was at 86.6% in 2014; The best it's been in over 2 years. So far we've gained 143 new members in 2014.

December
New Building/Energy Code Courses [Register]
December 2014-June 2015
BATC-U Lead Recertification Course [Register]
December 10
EPA Lead Refresher Course [Register}
January 7
Lead Refresher Course [Register]
January 8
Industry Forecast and Dinner Meeting [Register]
January 21
IBS Hospitality Suite in Las Vegas
February 18
Builder Day at the Capitol
February 19
Job and Career Fair at Mall of America [Get a Booth]
February 24
Foundation Annual Recognition Lunch with Belinda Jensen

For a complete list of events, visit our website at WWW.BATC.ORG.