• Rally 4 Remme is this Wednesday from 5-9pm at the Cambria Gallery. Details below on how you can help support Brett Remme and have fun doing it!
• The BATC Foundation's Builder WareHouse sale Saturday was a big success! Thanks to those of you who donated, see photos below.
• BATC Membership Drive launched last Thursday with teams calling for members! You can earn prizes when bring in new members too. Contact Deb with your hot leads.
• Three weeks and counting to the elections, Housing First's final digital and cable TV advertising starts this week.
• The BIG Night (Oct. 23rd) reservations are filling fast (over 500 already)! Don't wait, reserve your spot now!
• The Foundation still needs Silent Auction items = for the BIG Night! Contact Perri if you have an item to give.
• Third annual BATC Job and Career Fair will be held on Feb.19th at the Mall of America Rotunda!

With the election three weeks from today Housing First is making final tweaks to it's 2014 campaign to elect housing champions. Our mail has been designed and is at the mail house, and our final digital and cable ads are in the closing stages of production. Polling shows that that nearly all of our targeted races are close so we'll be battling down to the wire in every race. Make sure you VOTE, see below for how you an vote early.

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Minnesota House Control Fixed by Two Dozen Races

Outside Groups Running Ads in Legislative Races

Republican gubernatorial candidate Jeff Johnson released a new television ad last week that questions the competence of DFL Gov. Mark Dayton.

Eligible voters are encouraged to visit mnvotes.org to check their registration status and register, request an absentee ballot, find their polling location, see a sample ballot, and more.

The short video, “It’s Election Year, Minnesota!” illustrates the voting process in Minnesota.

"After sprinkler battle, builders fight back." --MPR

MPR ran an article last week on Housing First's efforts in this year's election. Proof that our voice is being heard. Read the article here >>

Help support our friend Brett Remme! On Friday, September 12th Brett Remme, of In-Focus Systems and longtime industry volunteer, suffered a debilitating stroke. Brett's doing well but has a long road ahead. Join Brett's friends and supporters for an evening to remember. Visit the Eventbrite invitation here.

Where: CAMBRIA Gallery on 7th
             625 2nd Ave S #101
             Minneapolis, MN 55402

When: Wednesday, October 15, 2014 from 5:00 PM to 9:00 PM 

What: Live performance by Tim Mahoney
           Silent Auction
           Raffle Prizes 
           50/50 Cash Drawing 
           Cash Bar

This year's Clay Shoot was a blast! We had 105 shooters, with 120 attending dinner. Wild Wings in Hugo was a great host and the food was phenomenal! Ron Stewart, our host (without his membership we couldn’t have been there), won the biggest raffle of all – a Tristar Viper G2 Mag Semi-Automatic Camouflage Shotgun. Check out the event photos here >>

Missed it this year? Save the date. Next year's shoot will be held October 6, 2015. Contact Kori and Brad if you're interested in sponsoring the event.

Another great Warehouse sale in the books! Thanks to all who donated. We couldn't do it without you.

October is designated membership month! In our first week we were able to recruit 10 new members and many more leads! Our goal is 50 new members by the end of the month. We still need your help! Send your leads to Deb to win prizes.

Elliots October Blog is here! This month he explains why GDP growth may not be quite as high in the future as it has been in the past but not due to secular stagnation and slow growth. Rather, it will be due to the law of unintended consequences. Read more >>

We're pretty innovative according to CNN! The light rail, health efforts, and community programs help put Minneapolis and Saint Paul in the top ten of Most Innovative cities in Ameirca. Read More >>

WalletHub ranked the 50 states and the District of Columbia based on income, GDP per capita and federal taxes paid per capita. Minnesota ranked 11th in Income, 14th in GDP and 3rd in taxes paid per capita. Check out the full results here >>

Senior citizens (age 65 and over) are dispersing throughout major metropolitan areas, and specifically away from the urban cores. This is the opposite of the trend suggested by some planners and media sources who claim than seniors are moving to the urban cores. Read more >>

October - December
New Building/Energy Code Courses [Register]
October 2014-June 2015
BATC-U Lead Recertification Course [Register]
October 15
Rally for Remme [More Info]
October 22
EPA Lead Refresher Course [Register]
October 23
BIG Night [more info]
November 4
Election Day - VOTE [early voting info and details]
November 13
Member Orientation [more info]
November 13
Give to the Max Day, Plan to Support your Foundation
November 18
Fast Forward Education [More Info]
NEW DATE: November 18 after Fast Forward!!!
BATC Buck Auction & Holiday Food Drive [More info]
December 10
EPA Lead Refresher Course [Register]

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