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    • Member Benefits
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    • Member Stories
    |   Oct 17, 2016

    Member Story: BDR Companies

    Between Bennett Homes and BDR, Todd Bennett has been a member of the Master Builders Association for 34 years (once serving as President) and the MBA Health Trust for 21 years.
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    • Councils
    • Remodelers Council
    • MBAKS News
    |   Oct 4, 2016

    Chermak Construction Home in Edmonds Part of This Weekend’s Remodeled Homes Tour

    Chermak Construction is going to be showing off one of its remodeled homes in Edmonds this Saturday and Sunday, Oct. 8 and 9, as part of the 2016 Remodeled Homes Tour.
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    • Member Benefits
    • Video
    • Membership
    |   Oct 3, 2016

    Shannon's 60: Darylene Dennon

    Darylene Dennon, CEO of Solid Energy Inc. and MBA member since 1999, shares some of the surprising professional and personal benefits of being an active MBA member.
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    • Member Benefits
    • Video
    • Membership
    |   Sep 26, 2016

    Shannon's 60: Jeff Bumgardner

    Shannon talks to new MBA member Jeff Bumgardner of CityBldr about the benefits and opportunities that come with MBA membership.
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    • Podcasts & Radio
    • Built Green News
    • MBAKS News
    |   Sep 20, 2016

    The Importance and Benefits of Green Homes

    Leah Missik with Built Green has been the Program Manager for about two years. As the Program Manager, she has grown the certification, conducted a green home study that received national attention, and was nominated for a Northwest Emmy Award for a public-facing ad campaign on the advantages of living in a Built Green home. In The Money Hour segment today, Leah talks about the importance and benefits of green homes and Built Green.
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    • Video
    • Events
    |   Sep 12, 2016

    Shannon's 60: Gina Tucci

    This week, Shannon speaks about events at the MBA with our new Events Manager, Gina Tucci.
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    • Member Benefits
    • Member Stories
    |   Sep 12, 2016

    Member Story: Terrene Homes

    Terrene Homes is a family-owned, Bellevue-based company specializing in residential building, specifically single-family and multi-family construction. Terrene designs homes that “emphasize livability without sacrificing style, power, luxury, or comfort.”
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    • Industry News
    • MBAKS News
    • Advocacy
    |   Sep 6, 2016

    MBA Wins Lawsuit Challenging Onerous Abutting Lot Rule in Seattle

    The MBA and the homebuilding industry in the city of Seattle won a decisive victory recently. In the matter of Bendare Dundat v. City of Seattle (Master Builders Intervenor), Judge Barbara Mack issued a decision overturning the City's 'qualifying lot' design review ordinance for being in violation of RCW 82.02.020.
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