Resolution for A Better Connecticut The HBRA is gearing up to create a new advocacy agenda for the 2017 legislative session. Our first step is to constitute a new 2016-2017 Government Affairs Committee and WE NEED YOU! We ask all GA members to make two commitments: • Please attend as many of our Government Affairs meetings as possible (usually 6 or 7 per year) so everyone gains the benefit of your expertise and experience; and • Please reply via email to Bill Ethier, HBRA - CT EO, throughout the next year, especially during the legislative session, when questions about our industry are presented and must be answered. This latter request is most helpful to Bill as representative (lobbyist) of our industry at the Capitol and before State of CT agencies. Connecticut has come to a cross-road. We either continue on the path that we’ve been on – taxes, fee and regulatory policies that have failed to produce robust economic, job and wage growth – or we turn onto a new path to a better future for all. We commend the efficiency efforts of state government, but more dramatic change than learning government’s processes is required. Programs such as the Small Business Express Program are encouraging, but more significant messages that CT is truly supportive of businesses must be sent now. Therefore, the HBRA of CT hereby resolves the following: • To support efforts TO REIGN IN STATE SPENDING and restructure state government to focus on only critical services – to create sustainable state spending and tax policies that provide predictability and certainty to businesses and the state’s citizens. • To support efforts to REFORM AND PRIORITIZE STATE AND LOCAL REGULATORY SYSTEMS – to permit businesses of all types to flourish; to grow jobs and wages; to allow us to build homes and communities without undue interference and with only reasonable regulations and codes. • TO MAKE CONNECTICUT A TOP 20 STATE FOR BUSINESS – in every category and by every measure such that there would be no doubt CT is a magnet for businesses and people of all ages to work and live here. We urge all policy makers and legislators at the state and local level to embrace this resolution for a better Connecticut future. Please consider joining us and please forward this message to any other members you think would like to become more involved in our advocacy work and serve on the HBRA Fairfield County GA Committee. Contact: Nick Yanicelli, HBRA Fairfield, GA Chairman at 203.966.6524(o), 203.223.3701(m) or nyanicelli@outlook.com Murphy Brothers Contracting hit 100,000 photo saves on Houzz.com Houzz.com announced that Murphy Brothers Contracting hit 100,000 photo saves on Houzz.com. The Houzz community has saved our project photos to their ideabooks 100,000 or more times. With a network of over one million home professionals and 35 million monthly unique users, Houzz is a vital platform for interior designers, architects, contractors, and homeowners. Located in Mamaroneck, NY, Murphy Brothers Contracting is known throughout the greater Westchester + Hudson Valley + southern Fairfield region for building and renovating beautifully September 2016 | HBRA of Fairfield County | 17 designed custom homes as well as private clubs. Murphy Brothers Contracting is an award-winning construction company with a strong presence on Houzz.com, and a recipient of a 2016 Best Of Design on Houzz®. Since 1979, Murphy Brothers Contracting continues to build a Tradition of Quality.
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