2015
FACES of The
Coastal Bend
The Face of
Green Home Building Mr. Bart Braselton Bart Braselton is the Executive Vice President of Braselton Homes, the Coastal Bend’s oldest and largest Homebuilder and Neighborhood Developer. Born and raised in Corpus Christi, Bart is the third generation of Braselton’s building in the Bay Area. Braselton Homes has won many local, state and national awards, including the Fastest Growing Builders in the U.S. and earns consistent rankings in both Builder Magazine and Professional Builder Magazine as one of the Top 200 largest home builders in the United States. Their national “Green” awards include the Energy Star Leadership in Housing Award from the EPA and the Environments for Living Diamond Award for Energy Efficiency from MASCO, the building industry’s leading green building supplier. Locally, they have won the Corpus Christi Builder of the Year Award twice in the past eight years. Braselton Homes is a founding member of the Coastal Bend GreenBuilt (CBGB) Council and Bart is its present Chairman. Since 2009, Braselton Homes has played a major role in the green building movement, building almost 60% of all the green homes in the Coastal Bend, including the first platinum level CBGB home in the Corpus Christi area. Braselton Homes is passionate about building higher quality, sustainable new homes that save families thousands of dollars a year on energy bills. A graduate of Leadership Corpus Christi, Bart goes beyond building homes to building stronger communities. Braselton Homes is involved with numerous charities, including CASA of the Coastal Bend, American Heart Association and Food Bank of Corpus Christi. Currently, Bart serves on the Board of the Chamber of Commerce, the Community Development Corporation and and the CC Jobs and Business Development Board. Bart and his wife Michelle have five children and are active church members at Church Unlimited. (361) 991-4710 5337 Yorktown Blvd. Corpus Christi Braseltonhomes.com
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