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July/August 2013

The exclusivemagazine of the Home BuildersAssociation of

Greater Columbia

O f f i c i a l M a G a Z i N E O f t h E h O M E B U i l D E R S a S S O c i at i O N O f G R E at E R c O l U M B i a

M.C. Smith

Memorial HBA

Bass Classicpage 08 page 12 page 17

2013

Annual HBA

Golf Classic

HBA General

Membership

Meeting

blueprintJuly/August 2013

The exclusivemagazine of the Home BuildersAssociation of

Greater Columbia

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Features

8 M.C. Smith Memorial HBA Bass Classic

12 HBA Golf Classic

17 HBA General Membership Meeting May 2013

Departments

6 Columbia Remodelers Council

7 Green Building Council of Greater Columbia

11 NAHB Legislative Conference in Washington, D. C.

14 Sales and Marketing Council

16 July/August Calendar of Events

18 May/June New Members

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On the cover: Members travelled to Washington, D.C. in June for the NAHB Legislative Conference. They met with many of our elected officials during their trip. Here we see the group with Rep. Joe Wilson in his office.

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CouncilNews

Members of the Columbia Remodelers council, Sales & Marketing Council, Green Building Council and the HBA in general came together with the City of Columbia’s ONE Columbia CityServe effort to help beautify the city. Members worked with Hank Chardos of Home

Works of America, Inc. and city officials to identify and work on various homes throughout Columbia in April of this year.

Work ranged from raking leaves to replacing shingles and everything in between. After it was all over, members helped on 6 different homes and made a great improvement to all of them.

Thanks to everyone who volunteered their time and effort with this project including Scott Heron, R.B. Gallup, Marlene Sheard, Zeke Riddle, Robert LaFitte, Larry Newton, John Covert & family, Pete Williams, Chuck Grimsley, Ron Rust, Tony Harmon, Harvey & Vallini, LLC, Clark’s Services, Century Glass and all of the other volunteers who helped on the many projects with the city wide effort.

The Columbia Remodelers council is now on Facebook.

If you’re on the social networking website, please visit us at www.facebook.

com/ColumbiaRemodelers and “Like” our page. We’ll

update regularly with council news, upcoming events,

pictures from recent events, industry news and more. It’s a great way to keep up with

what’s going on.

ONE Columbia CityServe Project

Zeke Riddle and R.B. Gallup stop work for a quick photo.

Pete Williams, Ron Rust and Chuck Grimsley work with volunteers to build a huge ramp on the back of a home.

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CouncilNews

The 12th Annual Columbia Remodelers Awards (CRAs) are all in and on-line at www.columbiaremodelers.com. See 14 projects by our members in the last 12 months. Winners will be announced in the July/August issue of Columbia Metropolitan Magazine and at the Friday,

August 16 HBA General Membership Meeting.

Thanks to all of the members who entered the awards program this year:- Carolina Traditional Homes- Creative Tile- Design & Remodeling Solutions- Gallup & Gallup – Design, Build, Remodel- Palmetto Construction & Renovations- Wise Guys Home Improvement

We are accepting Exhibitor Applications for the Home Improvement Show to be held August 16 – 18 at the Columbia Metropolitan Convention Center. See our website at www.columbiaremodelers.com for the application and more information.

The Columbia Remodelers council is now on Facebook.

If you’re on the social networking website, please visit us at www.facebook.

com/ColumbiaRemodelers and “Like” our page. We’ll

update regularly with council news, upcoming events,

pictures from recent events, industry news and more. It’s a great way to keep up with

what’s going on.

Coumbia Remodelers Awards

Home Improvement Show this August

Columbia Mayor Steve Benjamin stops by the home where HBA Vice President John Covert and other volunteers are working.

Council Chairman Scott Heron repairs eaves of the Remodelers Council project house.

Larry Newton jumped on the paintbrush and tackled the front porch columns.


To Promote Environmentally Responsible Design,

Construction and Operation of Homes and Communities

Through Education, Leadership and Networking.

CouncilNews

May was National Home Remodeling Month and while the Columbia Remodelers council did a great job

promoting remodeling and providing resources to consumers, we thought we’d take a look at a home currently undergoing a remodel geared to reduce the energy bill and increase the life of the home – a

“green” remodel for lack of a better term.

We met at the home of Mr. & Mrs. Derek Jakes in Columbia on Thursday, May 23. The homeowner and the staff of Comfort Services gave us a timeline of events that led to the remodeling in the first place and then a history of the project over the past seven years. The home features a geothermal system for

heat and air, radiant barriers, foam insulation and many other cost-cutting equipment and techniques.

The field trip was very informative and gave a great look at what can be done to reduce energy bills through remodeling. On a side note, we’d like to remind all of our members that we can certify remodeling projects in the Certified High Performance (CHiP) Home Program. For information on how to do this, please contact us at the HBA Office.

May Field Trip

The Green Building Council of Greater

Columbia now has a page on facebook! If

you’re part of the popular social networking site,

visit www.facebook.com/ColumbiaGreenBuilders

and “Like” it.

We’ll update the page with green building industry news and information plus council meetings, events

and news as it becomes available.

The Green Building Council met on Thursday, April 18 for a lunch meeting at Seawell’s. The topic of this meeting was Geothermal Systems. Council members from Comfort Services gave us information on how these systems convert energy from the earth into heating and air conditioning for the home,

different system configurations, cost to install and operate, savings versus traditional HVAC equipment and more. It was a great program and a lot of very good information was shared with the group.

April Meeting on Geothermal

John Peevey of Comfort Services explains how Geothermal systems work and how much they cost to install and operate.


The annual HBA Bass Classic was held on Friday, April 26. Over 80 HBA Members and their guests met at the Lighthouse Marina on Lake Murray before daybreak and prepared to blast-off for a day of fishing. Temperatures were a little chilly this year, but the sun was out all day long.

On the line, besides fish, were cash prizes for the first three teams with the most weight of up to 5 bass, the single largest bass and the largest non-bass brought in.

Thanks to all of our sponsors and the many volunteers who help make this a great day on the lake!

1st Place with 23.6 pounds of Bass:Toby Keisler & Ken Cannon of Joe Morris Builders

2nd Place with 20.91 pounds of Bass:Mark McCormick & Shannon Shoemake of Comfort Zone

Tom Haycox of Roofing Supply caught the largest Bass weighing in at 6.89 pounds!

SPONSORS:

ABC Supply, Inc.

Buddy’s Marine

Builders Hardware of Columbia

Builders Wholesale Carpet

Clark’s Termite & Pest Control

Giles Independent Insurance

Ledford’s Termite & Pest Control

Mid-Carolina Electric Cooperative

Piedmont Plumbers of Columbia

Stier Supply

Weaver Systems, Inc.

M.C. SMith MeMorial hBa BaSS ClaSSiC


This was also the second year of the HBA Rally on the Lake where members could ride from dock to dock around the lake in search of the best 5-card poker hand they could make. The person who put together the best hand took home a $500 prize.

2nd Place with 20.91 pounds of Bass:Mark McCormick & Shannon Shoemake of Comfort Zone

3rd Place with 19.95 pounds of Bass:Scott Hood and Will Anderson of Hood & Douglas Builders

Rally on the Lake Sponsors:

clark’s termite & Pest control

McDonnell & associates

McGuinn homes

Morgan & associates

Nortiz america

M.C. SMith MeMorial hBa BaSS ClaSSiC


The National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) holds its annual Legislative Conference in Washington, D. C. each June. Members from across the nation gather in the Capital city to meet with their elected officials and talk about the issues facing residential construction.

The leadership of the HBA of Greater Columbia find this to be a great opportunity for our members to affect change in policy and to take part in the very important governmental affairs work that this association works so hard for. For this reason, they have put together a trip for members to be able to participate in and attend this event for the lowest possible cost. We had 30 members from our association and others in South Carolina take a bus ride to Washington, D.C. and meet with elected officials.

Special thanks to our sponsors and to everyone who went on the trip.

Capitol Hill SponsorsClark’s Termite & Pest ControlEssex Homes, SEExecutive Construction, LLC Harvey & Vallini, LLCLake Carolina DevelopmentMcGuinn HomesMidland Mortgage CorporationRussell & Jeffcoat Real EstateSTOCK Building Supply

Bus Refreshments Sponsor:McDonnell & Associates

Lunch on the Hill Sponsor:Regions Bank

Bus Sponsor:Rogers Townsend & Thomas, PC

NAHB legislative conference in Washington, D. c.

SC Build PAC Contributors

Hammer & TrowelKarl HaslingerSteven MungoEddie Yandle

Capitol ClubStewart Mungo

Gold HammerHarold PickrelRon Roe

Silver HammerThom ChumneyJohn CovertPat DunbarJames G. GravesScott HeronEarl McLeodJoe JurStan O’Brien

Bronze HammerJennifer Harding

Members pose with Rep. Tom Rice

Senator Tim Scott talks to members during lunch


The Charitable Foundation of the Home Builders Association of Greater Columbia presented the 28th annual HBA Golf Classic on Thursday, May 16 at the Ft. Jackson Golf Club. Over 200 members and their guests hit the links and raised over $40,000 for the Charitable Foundation and it’s Scholarship Program.

HBA

Golf ClAssiC

1st Place with a score of 49:Columbia Shelving & Mirror/Builders Hardware: William Godshall, Bryan Chassereau, Harold Pickrel, & Doug Hayden

1st place with a score of 48:Best Distributing: Greg Spires, Terry Spires, Bill Payne & Adam Spires

2nd place with a score of 49:Herndon Chevrolet: Luke Herndon, Tripp Leonard, Carter Harmon & George Corley

2nd place with a score of 51:Movement Mortgage: Chad Kurtz, Larry Little, Phil Jenkins & Bob Hubble

old Hickory Course: Wildcat Course:


See more pictures at www.facebook.com/columbiabuilders

A big thank you goes out to our tournament volunteers, for without them our job would much more difficult: Tracey Bright, Bennett Griffin, Alicia Jones, Debi Kelly, Cory Lorick, Christine Scott and Tennille Straka. And a very special thanks to our Chairmen, Russell Taylor and Rex Thompson, and to the committee for their time in helping with fundraising efforts and making this day such a huge success!

Platinum Sponsors

Gold SponsorsBuilders Wholesale CarpetCMH Flooring ProductsEd Byrd/SICErnie Magaro, Jr.MohawkRed’s Wine & SpiritsShaw IndustriesThe State Media Company Hole SponsorsAmeris BankBoral Building ProductsBuilders First SourceCola Shelving & Mirr/Bldrs HardwareFinkel Law Firm, LLCGalloway Family HomesHanson BrickHarvey & Vallini, LLCHerndon Chevrolet – HOLE IN ONEHomeowners Mortgage – Builder Services TeamLending Path MortgageMcDonnell & Associates, PAMid-Carolina Electric Co-opMortgage Network Inc.Mungo Homes

Regions BankResource Realty GroupRinnai America Corp.Stock Building Supply Beverage SponsorKenneth E. Ormand, Jr., LLCSnack SponsorKeith Pound Sales Co.Breakfast SponsorLizard’s ThicketLunch SponsorEd ByrdDinner SponsorClark’s Termite & Pest ControlReception & Dinner SponsorLove Chevrolet Hospitality SponsorsBASF & DowCart SponsorsSCE&G Gas SalesAmeris BankWacky Game SponsorChariot IronworksPoker Run SponsorKen C. Queen – ERA Wilder Realty

SMC May After Hours

The Sales & Marketing Council of Columbia

(SMC) encourages and maintains a high quality of sales and marketing

expertise through educational programs,

networking opportunities and recognition for

its members.


MemberNews

Synovous Mortgage hosted an SMC After Hours in May. Special Thanks for the opportunity and the great view that afternoon!

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CouncilNews

The Sales & Marketing Council will once again collect school supplies for the children of St. Lawrence Place as they prepare to return to

school. Members have donated supplies to these families for many years and we are proud to continue this annual tradition of giving.

Please have your donated school supplies to the HBA Office by August 12. A school supplies list is posted at the SMC website and SMC Facebook page.

The SMC membership has been growing. Please help us welcome these new members to our council and encourage them to get involved!

ERA Wilder RealtyJeff Hinson

Essex Homes, SEKristen Reed

Exit Real Estate ConsultantsLisa Sills

Experienced Real EstateDarlene Schlichte

First American Title Ins. Co.Debi K. KellyFowler Realty and Land ServicesPeggy K. Fowler

Grace Outdoor, LLCHal Stevenson

Holiday BuildersJen McConnell

Homeowners MortgageTony Armstrong

Homeowners MortgageCraig Johnson

Homeowners MortgageKip Murphy

McDonnell & Associates, PAChristie McDonnell

Mike Taylor Properties, Inc.Jennifer Ridgeway

Mungo Homes, Inc.Amanda Ball

Mungo Homes, Inc.Kym Farrell

Mungo Homes, Inc.Sheena Faust

Mungo Homes, Inc.Meredith Walston

Russell & Jeffcoat Real EstateBradley Cram

Russell & Jeffcoat Real EstateCharley Mac McMillen

Synovus MortgageBryan Baldwin

School Supplies Drive for St. Lawrence Place

2013 SMC New Members

The Sales & Marketing Council of Columbia

(SMC) encourages and maintains a high quality of sales and marketing

expertise through educational programs,

networking opportunities and recognition for

its members.

The Sales & Marketing Council is on Facebook!

If you’re part of the social networking site, please visit us at www.facebook.com/

columbiaSMCGC and “Like” our page. We

update regularly with council news, upcoming

events and meetings, pictures and more! It’s a

great way to keep up with what’s going on.


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A special thank you to all the members who participatedin the July/August 2013 HBA of Greater Columbia Blueprint Magazine. We encourage the public to patronize these members’ businesses.

July4

Happy Independence Day! HBA Office Closed July 4 & 5

8 HBA Board of Directors Meeting, 4:00 p.m., HBA Office

10 Ambassador’s Club Meeting, Noon, HBA Office

18 Scholarship Reception

23 Remodelers After Hours, 5:30 p.m., STOCK Building Supply

25 Summer Outing Golf Tournament

Join us for an evening of night golf at

Charwood in West Columbia. Contact us to

register or sponsor this fun-filled tournament.

August5 HBA Board of Directors Meeting, 4:00 p.m., HBA Office

7 Ambassador’s Club Meeting, Noon, HBA Office

16 HBA General Membership Meeting, 11:30 a.m., CMCC

Speaker: USC Athletics Director, Ray Tanner

Sponsor: Columbia Metropolitan Magazine

All attendees are invited to visit the Home

Improvement Show opening at 1:00 p.m. in the

same building at no charge.

16-18 Home Improvement Show, Columbia Metropolitan

Convention Center

22 Green Building Council Meeting, 5:30 p.m., Seawell’s

23 Columbia Remodelers Quarterly Meeting, 5:30 p.m.,

Seawell’s

28 HBA Clay Shoot, 3:00 p.m., Hermitage in Kershaw

Kershaw County Steakout, 7:00 p.m., Hermitage in Kershaw

september14-29 Parade of Homes in Woodcreek Farms

* This is a short list of the many meetings and events we’ll hold in 2013. Please check www.columbiabuilders.com regularly for updates.

CALENDAR July/Augustsee THese meeTiNGs ANd eveNTs AT WWW.ColumBiABuilders.Com ANd loGiN To reGisTer oN-liNe!



The membership of the HBA met for a General Membership Meeting on Thursday, May 9 at Seawell’s. This meeting was a little different than normal as we met in the afternoon for a lunch meeting instead

of for dinner. Members embraced the change and showed up to make a great gathering.

Before the meeting started, we had a special Builder / Banker Workshop featuring Bernard Helm, President of the Market Opportunity Research Enterprises® - M.O.R.E. – a 26-year-old firm specializing in services for the residential construction industry. Mr. Helm gave a presentation about the availability of developable lots in the greater Columbia area, home prices, inventory, and home price trends.

The meeting began promptly at 11:30 a.m. with a buffet lunch. After everyone was seated, we started with the introduction of new members and guests at the meeting.

We heard from member Scot Smith whose home suffered a large fire the weekend before the meeting. Scot gave a moving talk and members generously donated money and gifts to help him and his son in the aftermath of this tragedy.

Our speaker for the meeting was Robert Dozier of the Federal Home Loan Bank of Atlanta. Mr. Dozier told us what the Federal Home Loan Bank is and how it works to help lending institutions provide money to residential construction projects. He also gave us his insights into the banking and home building industry from his point of view.

Jimmy Derrick of the Membership Committee gave a report about our Beat the Heat Membership Drive running throughout May and June. Members who sponsor 4 or more new members by June 25 will win two nights at the Grove Park Inn this July. Everyone enjoys double SPIKE Points in May and June, as well. And speaking of SPIKEs, we recognized some members for their recent achievements in the SPIKE Club.

After some reports from HBA committees, councils and groups we held a drawing for the meeting jackpot. The winner was Andrew Cole of Collins & Lacy, P.C. Andrew generously donated his winnings to Scot Smith.

hBa GENERal MEMBERShiP MEEtiNG May 2013

Scot Smith addresses the crowd after his home burned down the weekend prior.

Robert Dozier of the Federal Home Loan Bank of Atlanta was the speaker at the May meeting.

Andrew Cole won the membership jackpot and donated his winnings to Scot Smith. New members at the May General Membership Meeting

May 2013

Brock & Scott, PLLC James Hindersman(803) 454-3540 james.hindersman@ brockandscott.com

Columbia Properties, Inc. Trevor Woodlief(803) 513-8746 [email protected]

Crystal Pools Div. of SunCrete of Car Alison Felschow(803) 865-1200 [email protected]

Essex Homes Southeast James Pohorence(803) 356-8301 [email protected]

Lowe’s - garners Ferry Leslie Bradstreet(803) 476-0240 [email protected]

McDonnell & associates, P.a. Jacob Hester(803) 931-8793 [email protected]

McDonnell & associates, P.a. Jillian Major(803) 931-8793 [email protected]

Mike Taylor Properties, Inc. Mike Taylor(803) 354-4324 [email protected]

New Penn Financial, LLC Michael L. Wetzel(803) 609-3177 [email protected]

oDC Construction, LLC CJ Disharoon(803) 622-9258 [email protected]

Palmetto Winnelson Jason Booth(803) 951-2288 [email protected]

Professional Drywall & Paint Billy Arnold(704) 543-1006 [email protected]

Rogers Construction Engineering Jay Rogers(803) 546-1788 [email protected]

Russell & Jeffcoat Real Estate Beverly Kay(803) 467-8103 [email protected]

Russell & Jeffcoat Real Estate Vickie A. Proper(803) 240-2149 [email protected]

Russell & Jeffcoat Real Estate Loretta M. Starr(803) 788-1450 [email protected]

June 2013

aaron’s Insurance Claims Consultants Michael Addison(803) 596-9040 [email protected]

Cellular Sales Rob Foster(843) 860-0708 [email protected]

Covert Homes, LLC Ronnie Legrand(803) 513-6116 [email protected]

Creative Home Cabinetry Josh McClary(803) 740-1440 [email protected]

Executive Construction, LLC Troy Hixon(803) 462-0884 [email protected]

Exterior HydroScience, LLC Scott [email protected]

Fowler Realty & Land Services LLC Darren Rhodes(803) 699-7000 [email protected]

gardener Publications LLC Kathleen A. Gardener(803) 798-6960 [email protected]

Harbinger Homes George Wesley McManus, IV(803) 603-2440 [email protected]

Mungo Homes Cara Robeson(803) 749-9000 [email protected]

Mungo Homes Mary Phillips(803) 749-9000 [email protected]

Palmetto Payroll Solutions Sharon Czeresko(803) 252-3083 [email protected]

PPg Porter Paints & glidden Professional Bruce Taylor(803) 798-1866 [email protected]

Security 1 Lending Larry Reed(803) 736-6388 [email protected]

Union Mortgage group Darin DuPre(803) 234-7538 [email protected]

NewMembers

May/June 2013


HBA President David Clark gives Shiela Harvey a SPIKE Club pin. Gus Brabham reaches a new level in the SPIKE Club. Bennett Griffin also reaches a new level in the club.

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