Your HBA Honors Top PAC Donors

On November 10 your HBA honored and thanked our top PAC donors with a dinner in their honor.  The dinner is hosted by Rick and Martha Quinn at their home in Travelers Rest.  Rick Quinn, APB, is Chairman of SC Builders PAC, the organization that facilitates your association's participation in the election process.  Rick also is HBA of Greenville Past President and Treasurer and Legislative Chairman of the Home Builders Association of South Carolina.

The members being honored for their contributions to the PAC in 2016 include:

Capitol Club: $1,000 - $2,500
Bob Barreto, GBS Building Supply
Rick Quinn, APB, Quinn-Satterfield

Gold Hammer: $500 - $999

Hal Dillard, APB, H. Dillard Company
Mike Freeman, APB, ACA/Freewood Contracting
Jason Bergeron, APB, Bergeron Custom Homes
Michael Dey, Home Builders Association

Silver Hammer: $250 - $499

Eric Hedrick, Cornerstone Contractors

Joe Hoover, APB, Hoover Custom Construction
Brian Lazarus, APB, LS Homes
Matt Shouse, APB, LS Homes
Bill Kane, APB, Ryan Homes

Jon Statom, Palmetto Exterminators

Richard Powers, Piedmont Natural Gas

Brittany Bailey, APB, Ryan Homes

Please thank each of these industry leaders for their generous support of the PAC.  Also, please click here for a short one-minute video from Rick Quinn on why you should support the PAC.

It is not too late to make a contribution.  Contact Michael Dey at your Home Builders Association at 864-254-0133 or email him at mdey@hbaofgreenville.com.

Thank You PAC Donors

We would like to thank everyone who has donated to the Political Action Committee this year:

Brittany Bailey

J. Coleman Shouse

Eric Hendrick

Jason Bergeron

Mike Freeman

Jon Statom

Michael Dey

Jamie McCutchen

Richard Powers

Matt Shouse

Michael Galloway

Hal Dillard

Rick Quinn

Bob Barreto

Ron Tate

James Speer

We would also like to thank everyone who came to the PAC dinner last night, including Mayor Dennis Raines and his wife. The attendees enjoyed fine wine and delicious food at Rick Quinn's home at our annual event to celebrate PAC donors.

We would love to see you next year at the annual PAC dinner. Be sure to donate $250 or more to the PAC, helping us to create relationship with law makers in order to make your job and our industry better.

Quinn, Dey meet with Senator Tim Scott's Chief of Staff

HBA of Greenville President Rick Quinn and Executive Vice President Michael Dey participated in a roundtable discussion with Mike Bennett, Chief of Staff of United States Senator Tim Scott.  Bennett visited Greenville this week and met with several business and economic development leaders from the Upstate.

Quinn presented data from the Economic Impact of Home Building Study commissioned by the HBA of Greenville.  Quinn and Dey emphasized the association's position on the following Federal issues:

• Preserve or gradually phase out the Federal government's role in housing finance
• Maintain the current Mortgage Interest Deduction
• Address the over regulation of housing and small business which is stifling economic growth

Quinn and Dey discussed the importance of home building to the economy and the need to avoid Federal action that could cause another housing recession.

Rick Quinn elected Chairman of SC Builders PAC

Rick Quinn

Rick Quinn, 2013 President of HBA of Greenville and President of Quinn-Satterfield, was elected statewide Chairman of S.C. Builders Political Action Committee (PAC).

S.C. Builder PAC is a cooperative committee administered by the Home Builders Association of South Carolina.  The purpose of the PAC is to raise money from HBA members to support candidates for office who understand and support the interests and agenda of South Carolina's Home Builders.  For each dollar raised for the PAC, 20 cents is used to support candidates for statewide office, like Governor, and for other committees and caucuses.  The balance of the money is held in local funds for each participating HBA and used for local and legislative races.  The PAC is governed by a Board of Trustees, of which Quinn is chairman.  However, all local funds are directed by the local association.  The HBA of Greenville's local fund is directed by the HBA of Greenville Board of Directors with the advice of the Legislative Committee.

Quinn has been a Home Builder, developer, and real estate professional for more than 30 years.  He has served on the HBA of Greenville Board of Directors since 2008, was Legislative Chairman in 2011-2012, served on the HBASC Legislative Committee since 2011, and has been the PAC Trustee from Greenville since 2011.  Quinn was named HBA of Greenville Builder of the Year in 2008.

HBA of Greenville works to resolve stormwater regulatory issues

Your HBA of Greenville is working to resolve regulatory issues for stormwater management.  This week President Rick Quinn, Executive Vice President Michael Dey, and HBASC Executive Director Mark Nix met with SCDHEC Commissioner Catherine Templeton to discuss the burdens that excessive stormwater regulation is having on home builders.

As a result, SCDHEC has agreed to participate in a Government Affairs Forum hosted by the HBA of Greenville.  HBA members and local government officials will have the opportunity to present to DHEC staff specific examples of how recently-adopted or proposed permits are exceeding requirements of law and negatively impacting home building.

Specifics of the Government Affairs Forum are:

When: July 25, 2013, 2 p.m. until 5 p.m.
Where: TD Convention Center, Woodside Conference Center

Commissioner Templeton has announced that she will attend the Government Affairs Forum.

Greenville MSA Featured in Eye on Housing

The Greenville Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA), which covers Greenville, Pickens, and Laurens counties, is the latest market to join NAHB's Improving Markets Index.  The index identifies markets that are improving based on three measures: 1) rising housing prices, 2) rising building activity, and 3) rising job creation.

NAHB featured Greenville last week on its blog, Eye on Housing.  Featured in the report were comments from HBA of Greenville President Elect Rick Quinn and Director Matt Vaughn.  Vaughn made note of a key issue that may impact home building as the housing market improves: "What’s scary is that unless there is some quick large-scale development I’m afraid we will run out of finished lots by the end of 2013."

Read the entire report at Eye on Housing by clicking here.

Click here for a video of NAHB Chief Economist David Crowe discussing the Improving Markets Index.

Note that the last factor causing Greenville to join the Improving Markets Index was house prices.  Housing prices in Greenville, while relatively stable, were not improving sufficiently until now to put our market on the list.  Now that demand is catching up and surpassing supply, housing prices have been steadily rising in the Greenville area for the last six months.

Call for Nominations to HBA of Greenville Board of Directors

Dear HBA of Greenville Membership,

The HBA Nominating Committee has begun work on identifying and recommending to the membership a slate of officers and directors for 2013.  Elections will be held at our Annual meeting in November.

If you have an interest in serving in one of the following positions, or know of a member we should consider, please contact Michael Dey, Executive Vice President of the HBA of Greenville, or me or a member of the Nominating Committee.

The following positions on the HBA of Greenville Board of Directors are open for nominations:

• Vice President
• Associate Vice President
• Director, Associate Member (3-year term) (2 vacancies)
• Director, Builder Member (3-year term) (2 vacancies)

In addition, the Nominating Committee recommends to the Board of Directors members to be elected to the HBA of South Carolina Board of Directors and the National Association of Home Builders Board of Director. If you have an interest in serving in one of these capacities, please contact Michael Dey, or me or one of the members of the Nominating Committee.

Click here to send an email to Michael Dey about nominations.

I would like to thank the members of the Nominating Committee for their participation:

• Wayne Moore, Chairman, Harold Moore Builder
• Robert Markel, CGR, Vice Chairman, Hadrian Construction Company
• Bob Barreto, GBS Building Supply
• Rick Quinn, Quinn-Satterfield
• Matt Vaugh, Homeowners Mortgage
• Susan Vernon, Dillard-Jones Builders

Wayne Moore, Immediate Past President

HBA of Greenville Announces New President and Board of Directors

HBA of Greenville Announces New President and Board of Directors

Greenville, SC – The Home Builders Association of Greenville announces the election of the Association’s 2012 Board of Directors and President, Hal Dillard of H. Dillard Company.  All will be sworn in on January 19, 2012, at the association's Membership Meeting and Awards Luncheon.

“Our local association is committed to assisting the community in finding businesses that are reputable, local, and qualified to service all of their home-related needs in upstate South Carolina,” said Dillard.

Newly Elected 2012 Board of Director:

President, Hal Dillard, H. Dillard Co., Inc.

President Elect, Robert Markel, CGR, Hadrian Construction Company

Vice President, Rick Quinn, Quinn-Satterfield

President’s Appointee, Lou Hutchings, GBS Building Supply

Director, Bob Barreto, GBS Building Supply

Director, Susan Vernon, Dillard-Jones Builders

Director, Seabrook Marchant, The Marchant Company

Director, Deana Long, Builders First Source

Director, Indu Vakharia, Unique Builders

Director, Joe Hoover, Ryan Homes

Continuing members of the 2012 Board of Director:

Associate Vice-President, Scott Presley, Greer State Bank

Past President, Wayne Moore, Harold Moore Builder

Treasurer, Chuck Childress, BB&T

Secretary, Scott Lynch, Hollison Custom Homes

Director, Chris Bailey, Stoneledge Properties

Director, Michael Cox, Home Builders Insurance

Director, Jim Blume, First Savers Bank

Director, Alan Boone, Advanced Renovations

Director, Mike Freeman, GMB, Freewood Builders

Director, Larry Hazenfield, ProBuild

“We are excited to end 2011 on a high note and begin gearing up for a successful new year,” said Michael Dey, Executive Vice President of the HBA of Greenville. “I am confident that our Board of Directors, with the leadership of Hal Dillard, will lead our organization toward achieving our goals.”

Dillard begins his term as President after a successful year as President-Elect and several years of serving diligently on the Board of Directors.

Click here for a complete list of all HBA approved companies.

The Home Builders Association of Greenville is a professional trade association of 400-member companies representing the home building and light commercial construction industry in Greenville and Pickens counties.

Click here to read the press release on the HBA's new leadership team at GSABusiness.com.
Click here to read the press release on the HBA's new leadership team at SwampFox.ws.

Congressman Trey Gowdy Will Speak at HBA Government Affairs Forum August 31

UPDATE: The Government Affairs Forum featuring Congressman Trey Gowdy has been postponed until August 31, 8:30 a.m., at the Greater Greenville Association of Realtors.

Congressman Gowdy has been called back to Washington by Speaker of the House John Boehner so that Congress can work on the raising of the Federal debt limit.

What: HBA of Greenville Government Affairs Forum
Speaker: Congressman Trey Gowdy
When: Wednesday, August 31, 8:30 a.m.
Where: Greater Greenville Association of Realtors Office, 50 Airpark Court, Greenville

HBA of Greenville Legislative Committee Chairman Rick Quinn announced that Trey Gowdy, Republican Congressman from the Fourth Congressional District, will speak at the next HBA Government Affairs Forum.

The forum will be held jointly with the Government Affairs Committee of the Greater Greenville Association of Realtors, chaired by Bill Kane of Ryan Homes.

The Government Affairs Forum is where association leaders and members can hear first hand from government officials. Recent appearances have included the administrators of Greenville County and the City of Greenville, as well as a member of the S.C. House of Representatives.

Reservations are not required, but are encouraged. To register, click here. Continental breakfast will be served.

Richard Harris Quinn

Richard Harris Quinn of Greenville died Saturday, June 18, 2011.

He was the son of the late Ethel Harris and Kirby Jernigan Quinn. Mr. Quinn graduated from Greenville High School and the University of Georgia. After serving in the United States Air Force, he worked in both the furniture business and in real estate. He was a member of Westminster Presbyterian Church.

Mr. Quinn is survived by his wife, Kay Stribling Quinn; son and daughter-in-law, Richard Harris Quinn, Jr. (Rick) and Martha Wilson Quinn; daughter and son-in-law, Farell Quinn and James Johnston McGinness; six grandchildren, Taite Stribling Quinn, Harris Buchanan Quinn, Greer Cleveland Quinn, Emma Farell Quinn, James Johnston McGinness, Jr., Thomas Quinn McGinness; and sister and brother-in-law, Melinda Quinn Furman and Joseph Earle Furman. Mr. Quinn is predeceased by two brothers, Kirby Jernigan Quinn, Jr. and Charles Edward Quinn.

Memorial services will be held Wednesday, June 22nd at three o'clock at Westminster Presbyterian Church. Friends are invited to visit with the family following the service in the adjacent church atrium.

Memorials may be made to the Richard Campbell Veterans Nursing Home, 4605 Belton Highway, Anderson, SC 29621; ARK Hospice, 117 Broadbent Way, Anderson, SC 29625; Alzheimer's Association of Greenville, 301 University Ridge, Greenville, SC 29601; Westminster Presbyterian Church, 2310 Augusta Street, Greenville, SC 29605; or the charity of one's choice.

Arrangements by The Mackey Mortuary, 311 Century Drive, Greenville, SC 29607, 864-232-6706.