CMBA September 2019 On The Level

September 2019

Central Minnesota Builders Association

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7:30am RC Breakfast with Bldrs @ MHL 10am Tools for Schools Mtg

4:00 CMBA Board Mtg 5:30pm Bowling with Builders Fall Tour of Homes 1st weekend

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730am Home & Lifestyle 10pm Special Show Mtg Events Mtg

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CMBA 2019 Board of Directors OFFICERS/DIRECTORS

Everyone You Meet is a Potential Customer President Ron Euteneuer

1st V/P Tony Steinemann

Great Northern ADS Designs LLC Environmental Solutions LLC

2nd V/P/Treas.

Nate Moeller Paramount Construction

CMBA President Ron Euteneuer, Great Northern Environmental Solutions

Greetings to All… September…is Summer really over?

Fall is in the air. The beginning of harvest season.

Michelle Fischbach, the CMBA Government Affairs Director has decided to leave her position and reenter the political arena. We wish her well.

The past Summer has been very busy for our organization. Business, as they say, has been very good. I frequently get calls and emails from the public looking for qualified persons or State Fair, Back-to-School, Sales, businesses to perform a specific job or Bazaars, Craft Shows, and of course, project. Many of the prospects menFootball. tioned it is very difficult to get a response from someone they have One of my favorite months…yours truly contacted. Remember the old adage birthday on the 29th. Also Michaelmas “Everyone you meet is a potential day…St. Michael’s feast day. Brings to customer”. mind one of my favorite songs…

September in the Rain performed by The City of Sartell is celebrating its numerous artists over the years. Also Birthday on October 5th, 2019, at the Congress is back in session. Be sure Community Center. I’ve called Sartell to stay tuned in to what our elected offi- my home since 1977 and am a current cials are proposing. member of the Historical Society. I will

Secretary Sue Lentner

Associate V/P Robin Gohman

Past President Chris Froelke

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Liberty Bank MN

RetroGreen Energy

Labor Day…last long weekend of Summer. We also remember 9/11/2001.

One of the significant Fall events is the CMBA Tour of Homes. Come out and visit the new homes on display. Visit the CMBA website for times and locations. Thanks to Brock White Co., C&D Granite and Holiday Station Stores for sponsoring.

be displaying a model train setup, featuring the Northern Pacific log train.

I will also be displaying the Solar Express model train powered by a solar panel. Sartell is a very active city for our members. Come visit us on October 5th…you know, the city of roundabouts.

Time to schedule Fall and Winter projects…get a “head start” on Minnesota weather.

One of my favorite comments by Henry Ford…”If you think you can, or think you can’t, you’re right”.

Minnesota DOLI intends to adopt a new Regards, Ron Euteneuer 2018 edition of the International Building Code, Minnesota Rules, chapter 1305. Public input is open until September 18th, 2019. Contact the CMBA office for more details.

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Jack Brandes

Alex Mastellar

Jeff Millner

Lumber One Avon

Rinke-Noonan

Millner Construction

John Muller

Jeremy Salzbrun

Stuart Swenson

SB Restoration Services

H&S Heating & A/C, Residential & Service LLC

Suncom Development, Constr.,Management

David Werschay Werschay Homes Inc.

NAHB DIRECTORS 2019 Tony Steinemann, ADS Designs David Werschay, Werschay Homes Ron Euteneuer, Great Northern Environmental Solutions LLC

BAM DIRECTORS 2019 Steve Noble, Noble Custom Homes Tony Steinemann, ADS Designs Ron Euteneuer, Great Northern Environmental Solutions LLC Marty Czech, Premier Real Estate Services Mike Gohman, W. Gohman Const. Co.

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Local, State & National News engineer or pay a general transportation fee in order to bypass the study. The lawsuit asserts that both alternatives are illegal fees under the Harstad ruling and developers are obliged to pay a transportation fee to secure approval.

USMCA

Congressman Tom Emmer visited the CMBA office August 23 for a Q & A Roundtable with members of the CMBA Board and Government Affairs Committee. Discussion included construction industry workforce and apprenticeships, USMCA trade agreement (United States, Mexico, Canada), tariffs, flood insurance, emotional support/service animals in rental units. Seated L to R: Mike Gohman, W. Gohman Construction; Steve Noble, Noble Custom Homes; Bill Schnettler, Schnettler Benning Custom Builders; Remi Stone, BAM; Patti Gartland, Greater St. Cloud Development Corp; Standing L to R: Tom Offerdahl, Noble Custom Homes; Stuart Swenson, SUNCOM Development, Construction, Management; Sen. Jeff Howe; Rep. Lisa Demuth; Congressman Tom Emmer; Rep. Tama Theis; Rep. Tim O’Driscoll; Ron Euteneuer, GNES and CMBA President.

Select Committee on Home Ownership Affordability and Availability Holds First Meeting The Select Committee met to hear testimony from a variety of testifiers including Past BAM President, Mike Paradise, Bigelow Homes of Rochester. The Committee is charged with making findings and recommendations to the full Senate regarding issues affecting the availability of affordable owner occupied housing.

The meeting started with information provided by Commissioner Ho of the Minnesota Housing Finance Agency regarding the programs that agency administers. In addition, the Select Committee heard from Minnesota Realtors and builders. The builders described the high costs of permitting and regulations in Minnesota.

The Select Committee will continue to meet throughout the coming months and may introduce legislation for the 2020 legislative session.

Stearns County Fee Increase Stearns County proposed 2020 fee increases under its 'Land ManageCMBAonline.org

ment' including plat correction and final plat checking. The CMBA contacted the commissioners and expressed concern that the increases would have on housing costs. During its August 20 public hearing, the commissioners discussed the CMBA email, which was the only input received, but subsequently voted to pass all of the proposed fee increases.

NAHB is encouraging Congress to ratify the United States-MexicoCanada- Agreement (USMCA).

This agreement holds the potential to boost the housing economy and reduce price volatility for building materials. Urge Congress to ratify the USMCA. You can reach your federal representative using this link; http://www.capitolconnect.com/ builderlink/

We're Watching Sartell is proposing an ordinance amending the city's fee schedule for park dedication - multiple family. On site park amenities provided would not be credited towards the park dedication fee. The proposed fee is 1,150 sq ft or $978 per unit.

Currently, for every $1,000 increase in housing costs, almost 100 households are priced out of the market in the St. Cloud MSA. (Stearns and Benton Counties).

Lawsuit filed against City of Dayton After the recent decision by the Minnesota Supreme Court in Harstad v.

Woodbury, the City of Dayton made changes to its Development Policy.

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SAVE THE DATE Builder Day at the Capitol March 11, 2020 Details available soon.

Building Permit Report

2015

Jurisdiction

2016

2017 2018 2019

July-18

July-19

Cold Spring

8

7

11

20

8

5

2

Foley

1

4

6

4

6

0

5

St. Augusta

11

14

10

6

6

2

0

St. Cloud

66

49

71

39

47

12

5

St. Joseph

3

11

7

13

8

1

3

Sartell

31

39

35

29

28

10

5

Sauk Rapids

21

32

15

18

14

2

3

Waite Park

1

3

1

3

2

0

0

Rice

1

2

3

7

11

1

4

Rockville

6

10

3

4

2

1

1

January - December 5 Year History

Jurisdiction 2014

2015

2016

2017

2018

Cold Spring Foley

11

10

14

20

27

3

6

6

7

9

St. Augusta

13

13

21

16

14

St. Cloud

93

100

113

109

86

St. Joseph

6

7

18

12

19

Sartell

73

61

81

52

61

Sauk Rapids

29

33

45

29

31

Waite Park

2

2

7

2

4

Rice

8

2

3

8

9

Rockville

7

7

11

3

9

245

241

319

258

269

Total

total 149 171 162 172 132 34 28 Building Permit Report comparing Jan—July (St. Augusta reports quarterly)

Five year building permit report Jan.—Dec.

for St. Cloud

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Top 10 Features Millennials Want—and Don’t Want

BY PAUL E MRATH on AUGUST 12, 2019 •

At least four out of five millennial buyers prefer laundry rooms, hardwood front exteriors, patios and garage storage. Conversely, they give a thumbs down to elevators, wine cellars and laminate countertops.

These were among the findings from a new study by the NAHB Economics team that focused on millennial home buying preferences.

The 2018 survey asked recent and prospective buyers to rate 175 different features on the following four-tier scale:

Essential: Unlikely to buy a home without feature Desirable: Seriously influenced to buy home if included

Indifferent: Would not influence purchase decision Do Not Want: Not likely to buy a home with feature No. 1 is a laundry room, which 86% of millennials want. Other features on the top 10 list include a walkin pantry, exterior lighting, a front porch and table space for eating.

Millennial preferences differed somewhat from baby boomers and seniors. Unlike millennials, boomers did not include a walk-in pantry, front porch, table space for eating and double sink in their list of top 10 amenities. Likewise, seniors omitted a hardwood front exterior, walk-in pantry, front porch and table space for eating from their 10 most wanted features.

Nearly half of millennials (47%) cited elevators as the feature that they are least likely to want, followed by cork flooring in the main living spaces (33%) and wine cellars (32%).

Millennials have also been shifting their preference of master and standard bedrooms over the years. In 2007, 80% preferred one full master bedroom suite plus three standard bedrooms and 20% desired two full master bedroom suites plus one standard bedroom.

By 2018, this 80-20 ratio dropped to 60% and 40%, respectively.

More details are available in the full study.

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Prices Paid for Building Materials Increase in July

BY DAVID LOGAN ON AUGUST 9, 2019 • Prices paid for goods used in residential construction increased by 0.7% in July (not seasonally adjusted) according to the latest Producer Price Index (PPI) released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Building materials prices have declined an average of 0.1% per month over the last 12 months, compared to an average monthly increase of 0.8% during the same period 2017 -2018. The price of goods used in residential construction has risen 2.8% in 2019, roughly half the pace of 2018 increases, year-to-date.

The PPI report shows that softwood lumber prices rose 2.0% (not seasonally adjusted) in July—the first increase in four months. Even after the increase, the index for softwood lumber is nearly 20% lower than it was in July 2018.

According to Random Lengths data, the increase in framing lumber prices between June and July was greater than 6.0%. However, the discrepancy is likely due to timing differences in the surveys, as the PPI report does not include all of the price declines that the market experienced in late July.

The price index for gypsum products reversed its downward trend in July, increasing 2.2% (seasonally adjusted).

Gypsum prices have increased in four of the prior 12 months, but have declined by 4.1% and 7.3% since January 2019 and July 2018, respectively.

This marks only the second year since 2012 in which the PPI for gypsum products has been lower in July than it was in January.

Prices paid for lumber and plywood fell 0.3% (NSA) in July, while the index for goods used in residential maintenance and repair increased 0.6% (NSA) and the prices of prepared asphalt and tar roofing products was unchanged (NSA).

The 12-month changes in these three indices was -15.9%, -0.7%, and +5.0%, respectively.

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Remodelers Council – Breakfast with Builders

Thursday, September 5

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7:30 AM Location: Mathew Hall Lumber Upstairs meeting room— 127 6th Ave. N, St. Cloud Please RSVP by Tuesday, September 3 Housing Trends Impacting the St. Cloud Area Presenter: Matt Glaesman, St. Cloud Community Development Director All members are invited to the Remodelers Council meeting to hear from Matt Glaesman, on St. Cloud’s housing stock affecting the core city, upcoming projects and initiatives impacting residential, commercial, and industrial construction and remodeling. Mr. Glaesman currently serves as the Community Development Director for the City of St. Cloud, administering the planning and zoning, health & inspections, economic development, and building permitting activities of the city.

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Become a Council member – by attending three meetings September – June $12 w/RSVP, $15 at door.

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Commercial Builders Council Breakfast and Tour with Builders

Thursday, October 17 Tech High School Tour— 33rd Street & County Rd 74, St. Cloud 7:30 AM Sponsor: CMBA members are invited to join us on a personal tour of the new 324,000 square-foot Tech High School. The newest in learning technology, three learning neighborhoods, collaboration and student-centered classrooms, walls with monitors controlled with teacher laptop, fields, dugout, bleachers and track. The new school will accommodate about 1,600 students grades 9-12, and will open this fall.

YouTube Video https://youtu.be/2OiVcmtLHac The Commercial Builders Council Board of Directors met at the Caboose in Waite Park. L-R Nathan Hiltner, St. Rosa Lumber, Eric Paulson Mid Central Door Co., Ron Euteneuer GNES, and conductor and chair Dale Gruber, Dale Gruber Const.

The caboose was built in 1943.

Since World War II was raging and there was a shortage of steel, most of the caboose was built with wood.

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Sporting Clay Shoot Raised $ 8,800 towards CMBA Tools For Schools Fund!

Thank You Sponsors A/VX LLC dba Audio Video Extremes ADS Designs American Door Works Batteries Plus Bulbs Bayer Built Woodworks, Inc. Builders FirstSource Lumber One Avon Multiple Concepts InteriorsCarpet One

Yeti basket winner MCI Carpet One—Low score team

Rinke-Noonan Schlenner Wenner & Co. Schoenberg Construction Inc

 Individual top score: 2nd place Brett Stolzenberg, 89 out of 100 and 1st place Joe Opatz, 92.

Simonson Lumber Thermo Tech Windows Traut Companies Tri-County Abstract and Title Guaranty Vector Windows and Doors Xcel Energy

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Audio Video Extremes Tony Sobania, Brett Stolzenberg, Calvin Smith, not pictured Tim Smith—score 339

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Highlights CMBA Family Picnic at Lake George

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Find Scholarships | Click to Post a Job Click to Find a Job | Click to Donate Thanks to the CMBA Programs/ Special Events Committee - who plans the Picnic Chair: Alexa Sandbakken, Heartland Security Services, Vice Chair- Tim Nelson, Home Town Title Herman Roerick, Central Landscape Supply Mark Traut, Traut Companies Tonia Zimmer, Central MN Credit Union Sara Bye, Home Town Title, LLC Art Buhs, Habitat for Humanity Mary Jo Schepers, Tri County Abstract and Title Guaranty

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China is Slowing and It’s Their Fault “...money printing will result in a collapsing exchange rate that will in turn boost inflation, raise long-term interest rates, encourage capital flight and reduce real wages.”

Elliot Eisenberg, Ph.D. GraphsandLaughs, LLC at

Over the last several years, the economic data coming out of China has not been particularly good; GDP growth in 19Q2 was 6.2%, a three-decade low. While the Chinese publicly say that the trade war with the US and global slowing are the culprits and that 6.2% is not bad for a middle-income nation, the weakening growth is a sign of a much more serious problem. In short, despite, or more accurately because of the policies pursued by President Xi, China will, like most nations, fail to make the leap from middle-income to wealthy, and in the process will fail to overtake the US as the globe’s largest economy.

keeping growth much above 5%.

This slowdown is the result of China’s commitment to state control over the economy. Making matters worse, since about 2005, the government has tightened its control over the sectors of the economy it considers militarily or economically strategic. As a result, competition in those areas has decreased and productivity and economic growth have slowed.

Another reason for slipping growth is an overreliance on debt to stimulate the economy whenever growth slows. As a result, the Chinese debt-to-GDP ratio is three times higher than that of its east Asian peers at similar stages of development.

This huge debt overhang not only limits the use of fiscal policy in the future but is compounded by an overreliance on infrastructure spending. Decades ago, when roads were bad and housing was drastically substandard it made sense, but no longer. As a result, the return on capital has plummeted from almost 20% in 2007 to 8.4% in 2017.

To begin with, official data overestimates true growth. A recent paper that looked at real Chinese economic activity by drilling down to tangible visible variables, such as electricity consumption and port activity, found that growth between 2010 and 2016 was about 20% slower than what was reported. As a result, Chinese GDP is not $14 trillion, but closer to $11.5 trillion, and thus per capita GDP is about $8,300 not $10,000, a big difference. For purposes of comparison, US per capita GDP is about $62,000, in Japan it is about $40,000 and in Mexico it is about $10,000.

In closing, think about it this way. If GDP growth in China averages 6% in the 2020s, 5% in the 2030s, 4% in the 2040s, and 3% in the 2050s, by 2060 China’s economy will be 50% bigger than ours. But if, as is more likely given the problems just discussed and given irreversible demographic trends resulting from the now discarded one baby policy, Chinese growth is just one percentage point/decade lower (thus averaging 5% growth in the 2020s, 4% in the 2030s, 3% in the 2040s, and 2% in the 2050s), China will, at best, come close to catching the US. And as their population is four times larger, they will forever remain a relatively poor nation.

In addition, Chinese growth at this stage of their economic development is not keeping up with the growth patterns of Japan, South Korea and Taiwan, the economies China is most trying to emulate. Those nations all experienced many decades of superfast growth and only began to slow as they approached developed nation status; the 1970s for Japan, and the late 1980s and early 1990s for the others. By contrast, China’s growth rate has been consistently below that of the trio above at similar stages of development. For example, when Taiwan’s per capita income was where China’s is today, Taiwan kept growing at 7.5% for another decade while South Korea grew at 6.3%. China will soon have a hard time CMBAonline.org

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Strength in Numbers Renewals Thank you to the following members, who renewed their membership in July.

40-48 YEARS Ray's Construction, Inc. .............. 1976 30-39 YEARS Dale Gruber Construction Inc. ..... 1984 Wollak Construction, Inc. ............ 1984

Applying for Membership Pro Concrete Countertops Rep: Dian Mullis 10220 Kahler Avenue North Otseo, MN 55362 (218) 242-5398

25-29 YEARS Marvin Windows and Doors ........ 1990 20-24 YEARS Great River Federal Credit Union 1997 StoneCrafters, Inc. ...................... 1997

Sponsor: Ron Euteneuer, Great Northern Environmental Solutions LLC Counter Tops

Design Electric, Inc. .................... 1998 Alpine Cabinetry, LLC ................. 1999 El-Jay Plumbing & Heating, Inc. .. 1999 15-19 YEARS State Farm Insurance, Paul Hanson2001 J. Dale Builders Inc. .................... 2004 10-14 YEARS Premier Real Estate Services - Noel Johnson ...................................... 2005

Member Changes Name Change BCI Construction, Inc Formerly Boser Construction www.BCIConstruction.us

Central Minnesota Credit Union .. 2006

Main Contact

Bee Line Yamaha/Suzuki Sports Center .................................................... 2007

Simonson Lumber Jim Weege 127 6th Avenue. N. St. Cloud, MN 56303 (320) 497-7661

5-9 YEARS Sand Companies, Inc. ................. 2010 Choice Homes, Inc ...................... 2014 Linder Baker Adjusting, LLC........ 2014

New Address

2-4 YEARS

Time Media 24 8th Avenue South, St. Cloud, MN 56301

Hennen Floor Covering ............... 2016 Jorgenson Homes Inc. ................ 2017 FIRST YEAR Karl's TV & Appliance, Inc. .......... 2018 WELCOME BACK Brightpoint Homes No Longer Members Fusion Designed LLC National Property Inspections DBA Nygaard Home Inspections RadcoTruck Accessory Center St. Cloud Heating & Air DBA St. Cloud Fireplace Center

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United Spray Foam 26160 63rd Street, Royalton, MN 56373

Email Rice Companies Chris Rice Chris.rice@ricecompanies.com www.ricecompanies.com

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Executive Director– Mid Year Report State of the CMBA – August 2019 Membership New members

Renewed

Canceled

Builder

Associates

Affiliates

Total Membership

Retention

Jan – June 2019

13

211

41

114

290

6

410

90.5%

Jan – June 2018

24

205

37

116

296

7

412

88.0%

Jan – June 2017

20

215

32

115

309

4

428

92.0%

Jan – June 2016

11

216

28

113

302

7

422

93.6%

2009

2010

2011

2012

2013

2014

2015

2016

2017

47

36

39

27

31

46

48

34

39

45

Renewed

395

378

342

370

337

341

364

377

376

377

Reinstated

33

23

31

19

27

27

24

21

26

19

Members Jan-Dec New

Cancel

140

103

90

52

68

62

52

54

63

2018

79

Total

477

434

414

408

396

409

429

430

432

417

Retention

80.1

83.4

86.4

92

90

91.2

93.3

93.1

91.3

86.2

-11.2%

-9.2%

-4.6

-1.4%

-2.5%

2.8%

4.9%

1.2%

0.0%

-4.7%

3346

3030

2886

2889

2814

2800

2808

2482

1835

1794

145,477

141,867

141,331

141,245

141,644

140,350

135,170

141,799

Percent change from previous yr BAM NAHB

CMBA membership Jan – June 2019 is down .07% from Dec 2018. We are down eleven new members compared to Jan – Jun 2018.

CMBA ratio of Associates to Builders is 72% / 28%, 3 to 1. BAM is 70% / 30% ; NAHB is 71% / 29%.

Finances Budget

Jan – Jun 2019 104,873

2011

2012

2013

2014

2015

2016

2017

Profit Investment Income

22,900

33,000

32,330

7,100

(17,435)

(52,370)

(65,130)

(86,568)

9,700

59,000

49,730

37,900

12, 070

17,525

65,830

(50,874)

58,955 (21,24 0)

Net Income

32,600

92,000

82,060

45,000

(5,365)

(34,845)

(6,626)

(140,780)

37,715

149,088

(15,625)

22,475

(25,470)

(44,250)

(51,952)

(66,380)

(66,220)

(93,294)

58,956

86,632

CMBA Budget

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Jan – Jun 2018

44,215

2010

2011

2012

2013

2014

2015

2016

2017

2018

26

22

24

24

22

29

36

37

37

32

18 & 5 Remodel

19 & 5 Remodel

23

21

21

30

34

33

27

22

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2019

Housing Stats Housing starts 2019 are down from last year except in cities of Sauk Rapids and Foley. Sartell is tied with last year.

Jurisdiction

Cold Spring Foley St. Augusta St. Cloud St. Joseph Sartell Sauk Rapids Waite Park Rice Rockville Total

January - December 201 2 7 4 8 50 8 51 6 6 4 2 146

2013 6 7 7 54 6 71 22 1 4 8 186

2014 11 3 13 93 6 73 29 2 8 7 245

2015 10 6 13 100 7 61 33 2 2 7 241

2016 14 6 21 113 18 81 45 7 3 11 319

2017 20 7 16 109 12 52 29 2 8 3 258

2018 27 9 14 86 19 61 312 5 10 6 268

Jan – June

Jan – June

2018 4 0 1 7 4 8 3 1 2 4 34

2019 2 1 0 5 0 8 6 0 0 0 22

Social Media: CMBA hired Dayta Marketing, June 2015-March 2017, investing over $800 a month in a social media marketing campaign.

Facebook.com/CMBA MN Likes June 2015 - 421 June 2016 - 1,099 June 2017 - 1,365 June 2018 - 1,655 June 2019 - 1,756

Twitter followers 71 222 321 359 368

Linkedin connection 42 85 114 65 386

Instagram followers 0 57 76 90 104

Pinterest followers 0 .

67 .

180 .

132 .

137 .

Tools For Schools – This year, CMBA has received requests for funding from 16 schools totaling $26,172 TFS Initiative Foundation

2018 Jan -Dec

Donations to fund

2017 Jan Dec $11,178

CMBA Match

$16,450

$ 8,535

Foundation funds to Schools Fund balance

($9,651)

$30,417

$22,449

$8,164

CMBA Contributed from Budget Total Donated to Schools

($18,000)

(21,110)

($27,651)

($51,527)

Jan – Jun 2019

$16,856 $13,094 (match from 2018 income)

$20,922

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Members in the News Gilleland Chevrolet Cadillac, Inc. Christy Gilleland has accepted a nomination to serve on the Chamber’s board of directors starting September 1, 2019.

BerganKDV BerganKDV shareholders met last spring to elect the 2019-20 board members, who took their seats effective July 1. The board of directors’ role is to help define the long-term vision for the firm and oversee firm leadership to direct and execute on this vision.

Earl Edeburn

Russ Sand

Earl Edeburn, shareholder and president, from the St. Cloud office, was elected vice chair for the coming fiscal year. Russ Sand, shareholder and market leader, from the St. Cloud office, also serves on the board. Board members serve three-year terms and are selected by the firm’s shareholders.

Nature’s View Landscaping, Inc. Congratulations to Leroy and Kris Ludwig, Nature’s View Landscaping on the arrival of granddaughter Violet to parents Brianna and Bryce.

American National Bank

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Hi, my name is Tammy Reis. I’m the Vice President – Loan Officer of American National Bank for 15 years and I have been in mortgage lending for 33 years in Central Minnesota.

We are located right on Division Street.

My niche is home and land loans.

My passion is helping the customer achieve their dream of homeownership or purchase land.

Buying, Building or Refinancing? Contact me today!

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Our organization is in an excellent place for change. We had an outstanding 2019 legislative session, our association is in the Top 10 for lobbying trade associations, and our future is supported by a new revenue model that we believe will bring financial stability to BAM. So while I am sad to let you know our EVP Remi Stone has taken a new position with a company based in Napa CA (although she will be working out of her home in St. Paul) I am certain our association is in a perfect position to successfully make this change with the least amount of disruption to our members.

The Executive Committee and Remi have been working on a transition plan that will include a search and hiring process anticipated to be complete prior to the first of the year. We invite you to be part of this process, so please let me know if you are so inclined.

Remi Stone, Executive Vice President, Builders Association of MN

The 2020 Legislative Session does not convene until next February and the most recent round of code adoption is nearly complete giving BAM the time to find the right candidate for this important role. In addition, Remi will be available throughout the process to ensure a smooth transition.

Steve Noble - Noble Custom Homes 2019 BAM President

BAM is excited to announce the date and location of the 2019 BAM Holiday Party!

And wait, there's more- it's a birthday celebration for BAM as well! 

We will be honoring the members of BAM's Hall of Fame and celebrating BAM's 45th Birthday!!

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In addition to dinner, awards and an observance of the past year, join us for indoor mini-golf, pinball, boozy malts and a 27 lot of fun!

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