Your August Housing News is Online!

Your August edition of the HBA's Housing News is available online. You can download by clicking here or on the cover image. This month's issue has a very "green" focus with Green Product Showcase Night coming up on August 18 and with the Certfied Green Professional courses being offered locally September 9-11. Companies featured in the TAKE 5 Profiles this month: Screenmobile and Ozarks Cultured Marble.

New applications being considered for membership this month:

JOHN A. BARNETT ENTERPRISES, LLC

Concrete Contractor, John Barnett

PO Box 408, Rogersville MO 65742

417.753.5200 SPONSOR: BRIAN WILLABY

THE CLOSET COMPANY

Custom Storage Systems, Jill Carr-Cook

2979-K E. Chestnut Expy., Springfield MO 65802

417.849.5463 SPONSOR: MATT WEHNER

MISSOURI VALLEY PLASTER, INC.

Stucco, Stone, Painting Contractor, Mark Wood

2945 E. Lark, Springfield MO 65804

417.890.7833 SPONSOR: BRETT GODFREY

BORDER XPRESSIONS

Decorative Concrete, Michael McTeer

782 N. Thornapple Ln., Springfield MO 65802

417.890.4072 SPONSOR: ROBERT FELTON

The Board will vote on membership when all information is received, if no contest is filed.

Green Product Showcase Night Set for Tuesday, August 18

Learn more from industry professionals about products and processes involved in building a green home. "Green Ideas to Grow On" is the theme of the 2009 HBA Green Product Showcase Night on Tuesday, August 18 at the Clarion Hotel, 3333 S. Glenstone Ave. This year, HBA members can attend the show during a members-only time, 5:30 pm to 7 pm, for a buffet dinner and exclusive time to visit the exhibitors. The meal cost is $15. From 7 pm to 8:30 pm, the event will also be open to the public by invitation. If you would like to exhibit in the Showcase, email carrie@springfieldhba.com for more information. To RSVP your attendance, email kay@springfieldhba.com.

HBA Daily Newsfeed Glitches and Improvements

Subscribers to the HBA Daily News e-mail newsfeed have noticed 'glitchy' performance recently. HBA members who subscribed to receive the daily newsfeed via email recently have received outdated posts up to two months old (posts these same subscribers already had received when they were current). The e-mail subscription glitch appears to be a function of the feedburner email subscription service the HBA has used since establishing the HBA Daily News subscription option for HBA members.

To address the problem, the HBA has changed e-mail subscription managers. In addition to resolving the "old posts" glitch, the new subscription manager also gives greater flexibility in the format, style and content of the HBA Daily News feed. In the future it likely also will provide additional opportunities and methods for delivering timely content from SpringfieldHBA.com to members and the public. More information on that later.

If you already are a subscriber to HBA Daily News, you don't need to do anything. Your subscription has been updated automatically to arrive in your e-mail inbox via the new subscription manager (and your address has been removed from the old subscription manager. You should notice a more navigable, improved layout and design with the new subscription manager. But the content will be the same timely and relevant information you have come to expect in your HBA Daily News Updates. If you are not already a subscriber to the HBA Daily News, you can subscribe for free by clicking here.

For now, thank you for your patience as we work out these issues. It is the goal of the HBA of Greater Springfield to deliver current, timely, relevant content to HBA members and the public in very user-friendly formats. We believe the steps taken today will help us to more fully achieve that goal.