Bulletin Board Magazine 2021 Volume 1

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PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE by Christopher Amato - SBACNJ

Christopher Amato President - SBACNJ

T he first three months of this year flew by and I’m welcoming spring with open arms! With strong sales that continued through the beginning of the year, construction continuing, and more businesses increasing capacity, we’re starting to feel a little more like ourselves these days. Now that we’ve moved through the first quarter of 2021, I can honestly say that things are looking more positive than they have in a long time. Last year was not the 75th Anniversary celebration for our Association that we were hoping for; however, I’m feeling thankful to all of our members for their dedication, flexibility, and determination to continue on our mission of providing a viable, healthy Association for the next 75 years and beyond. One of the most critical components of our Association is the sponsor program. Our Platinum, Master, and Product sponsors provide the means for us to provide valuable services and programs to our membership. Without our sponsors events like our annual golf outing and the BBQ on the beach would not be possible. I would like to express my deepest gratitude to our sponsors for their continued support this year. I would also like to welcome and thank Huber Engineered Woods as our newest Product Sponsor.

A few exciting things for our members that took place recently include NAHB’s IBSx, which kicked off on February 9th as a virtual experience with keynote speaker Mike Rowe of “Dirty Jobs.” The virtual show was quite different than our normal gathering for the International Builders Show, but there were a lot of valuable educational, as well as virtual networking opportunities. In addition, the annual awards took place during the three-day virtual event. As always, Shore Builders Association was well represented! Our Professional Women in Building of the Garden State was a finalist for mid-size PWB Council of the Year for its legislative and political advocacy, fundraising and community outreach. Rich Robinson was recognized by the Associates Committee with the Bill Polley Advocate of BUILD-PAC Award for his support and promotion of the National PAC. He also chaired the NAHB Membership Committee. We would also like to thank Dean Mon for his time as NAHB Chairmain of the Board early last year and for the past four years spent on the NAHB leadership ladder. In addition, thanks goes to Hank Kelly for holding NAHB positions as Area 2 Chair representing NJ & NY, and Codes Committee Chair. We would also like to recognize

Mike Kurpiel for serving as NJ State Representative to the NAHB Board, and as the first Associate member to serve as State Rep. He will continue to serve NJ as State Representative and was elected Moderator of the State Representative Caucus, consisting of representatives from the 50 states and Puerto Rico. He is the first Associate member to ever hold this distinguished position. We would also like to recognize Kelly Ann Zuccarelli for serving as Chair of the National Sales and Marketing Council. And, last but certainly not least, at the recent NAHB Sales and Marketing awards The Nationals, Rich Robinson was named the NAHB Associate of the Year. There is no shortage of SBACNJ Superstars at the national level! Thank you all for your hard work and dedication to the industry. We are so proud to have you as our members! One of our favorite events of the year, FAME, is scheduled as an in-person event on May 20th at the South Gate Manor in Freehold. The venue has updated their space to accommodate an outdoor/open air feature and has provided us with a level of comfort that we can safely hold our annual awards in-person this year. I would like to thank all of the companies that entered their sales and marketing projects for awards

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