The new slideshow of amazing photos from some of our Home, Garden & Lifestyle Show exhibitors have been posted! Details and a 2-for-1 admission coupon at: http://www.bragannarbor.com/se_builders.cfm
ATTENTION HOME SHOW EXHIBITORS! Send your best project photos to us to be featured on the Home, Garden & Lifestyle Show event web page! Include any credits that are needed with each photo please.
Send up to 10 images to Pete Nowakowski at pnowakowski@bragannarbor.com. Soon the event web page will launch a new and improved design, with prominent photos of what our exhibitors have to offer. Call 734-996-0100 if you have any questions.
Visit The Home, Garden & Lifestyle Show web page for details!
Featured exhibitor photos:
• Lake Home by Riemco Builduing Co., Photo by Gary Easter PHOTOgraphics
• Kitchen project by DreamMaker Bath & Kitchen, Photo by Fred Golden Photography
• Landscape project and photo by WaterScape
The Rancho Deluxe Visible Green Home™ / Behind the Drywall™ tour
The next installment of the Visible Green Home™/Behind the Drywall™ Tour showcases a collaborative of some of Michigan’s finest talent in home energy system design. This tour will highlight the smart design and implementation of a whole-site energy system with a target of Net-Zero Site Energy. In the process, it will create a model environment, inspiring visions of smartly designed homes under 2000 square feet that harvest and produce all the energy they need over the course of the year – and eliminate their energy bills – forever.
The core idea behind the Rancho Deluxe Project is to create a collaboration of some of the best design and construction talent available in the Ann Arbor area to transform an abandoned, mid-century modern home into a model for 21st century design, construction, and energy efficiency. With targets of net zero site energy usage and LEED® Platinum certification, the final result of the collaborative work will set an example of what can and should be done with all homes. Not only will it be the residence for The Hickman Family it will also become the home offices and studio of Urban Ashes.
Sign up and get more info here regarding this FREE Tour: http://www.behindthedrywall.com/contact/
Image courtesy of Michael Klement, Architectural Resource
Fundraiser for Ann Arbor Student Builders, Nov. 27th
FLIPPIN’ OUT FOR STUDENT
BUILDERS PANCAKE SUPPER!
Tuesday, November 27, 2012
5:00 PM - 8:00 PM at Pioneer High School Cafeteria, Ann Arbor
Tickets: $7 each at the door $6 each for 10 or more.
Join us for all-you-can-eat fruit, beverages, sausage and of course,
delicious, fluffy pancakes! You’ll have a chance to purchase other
goodies to help show your support for this important, exceptional
program. Proceeds to benefit the AASBIP. Thank you!
DOWNLOAD SPONSORSHIP INFO | DOWNLOAD THE EVENT FLYER
Local Candidate Questionnaires and Voting Information
Recently BRAG Ann Arbor’s Land Development Council
interviewed some of our local candidates that will have
the opportunity to effect homeowners, businesses,
the opportunity to effect homeowners, businesses,
builders and people of Washtenaw County.
The Land Development Council hopes that this
information is helpful when you go the polls. Understand
that we are not making any endorsements, but just
sharing with you conversation had with those candidates
that were able to meet with our group at the time
we were able to meet with them.
Remember to vote next Tuesday, November 6th
The polls will be open from 7 AM to 8 PM.
Thank you,
Tom Covert
Chairperson, Land Development Council
734-996-0100
Solar Ypsi Tour: Saturday, October 6th, 10 am - 4pm
It’s great to see solar energy being harnessed and publicized. One of our members, Steve Bredernitz, will have his solar array on this year’s tour. Check it out and learn how to plan your solar set-up. More Tour details can be found here: http://www.annarbor.com/news/ypsilanti/solarypsi/
The Remodelers Home Tour is September 28 - 30, 2012
More details on the Home Tour Website
(Click the image above to start the slideshow)
Seven Marketing Mistakes Builders & Remodelers Must Avoid
Watch this video on Youtube
Lunch and Learn Presenters
Chris Bidlack, Bidlack Creative Group
Steve Kinch, KinchFix
Get advice from these experts to remedy seven general marketing mistakes, along with tips on how to implement seven customer service best practices to help improve your business.
7/13/2012 at BRAG Ann Arbor
City of Jackson Holding Bid Request & Mandatory Site Visit Housing Rehabilitation at 702 S. Grinnell
Sealed proposals for Housing Rehabilitation at 702 S. Grinnell will be received by the City of Jackson Purchasing Agent, 161 W. Michigan Avenue, 10th Floor, Jackson, Michigan, until 9:00 am, Tuesday, July 31, 2012.
Full details here: http://www.cityofjackson.org/purchasing/available-bids
Download Bid Files:
Housing_Rehabilitation_at_702_S_Grinnell_-_Part_2.pdf
Interactive_Bid_Documents_Housing_Rehabilitation_at_702_S_Grinnell.pdf
