HBRA EVENTS Legislative Night O n March 14th, HBRA members and guests joined us for our March Legislative Night and General Membership Meeting at the Water’s Edge at Giovanni’s! Guests were invited to a cocktail hour to network with their legislators and then a sit down dinner to listen to a brief presentation from 4 guest speakers Morgan Giovannuci, our NAHB Regional Field Representative for Region A, gave a brief talk about the benefits of being an NAHB Member. To see more of these discounts see page page 33 or click here. Bill Either, our state HBRA CEO, discussed many of the major issues facing the building industry today including the newest proposed taxes. To see the latest budget proposals please click here. Brian Flaherty, SVP of Public Policy for CBIA, and Larry Cafero, the former House Minority Leader, spoke about the importance of legislative advocacy Brian was quoted as saying “says there’s nothing more powerful than a handshake, a look in the eye, and a well told story at the capitol” Legislative advocacy is so important for the homebuilding industry. If you have not already, please sign up for Home Building Industry Day at the capitol to let your voice be heard 8 HBRA of Fairfield County | MARCH 2018 Thank you to our Sponsors Hertz Construction, Doherty and DeLeo, Cornerstone Contracting, Steiner Inc, Davenport Contracting for sponsoring our Networking with Your Legislator hour! Thank you to our legislators for attending CT Senator Scott Frantz CT Representative Terrie Wood CT Representative Fred Camilo
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