Message from BRANNJ President
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| Charles Baldanza |
Thank you to all BRANNJ members and guests who attended and/or sponsored our 66th Annual Golf Outing & Scholarship Awards on May 29th at beautiful River Vale Country Club! 80 golfers enjoyed what turned out to be a spectacular day on the golf course, and over 100 guests enjoyed cocktails and networking followed by a fantastic dinner as we honored this year’s accomplished BRANNJ Foundation student scholarship awards winners: Joseph Quinlan (Donald Van Natta Memorial Award); David Reardon (Alex Sands Memorial Award); and Michael Bussow (John and Helen Durante Family Charitable Scholarship). As usual, Jeff Mathieu did a terrific job as our Master of Ceremonies for the Scholarship Awards. Vicki Reczkowski ofFerguson was honored by special guest Jim DeLand, New Jersey Builders’ Association Associate Vice President, with the NJBA Associate of the Quarter Award. Special thanks to Blackman Plumbing for sponsoring the event this year.
For a complete list of sponsors, please see the event program below.** Thanks also to our foursome photographer, Laura Van Natta of TSS Photography. Now for the Golf Outing winners:
Putting Contest-Bill Brown of William G. Brown Architects
Closest to the Pin-John Lisch of Mainline Contracting
Closest to the Line- Chris Health of Columbia Bank
Longest Drive-Alfonso Rodriguez of Wells Fargo
Best Foursome-Columbia Bank
Second Best Foursome-Bill Brown, Matt Frasco, Anthony Ceccon and Mark Toth
Most Honest Golfer- Yolanda Rivera, Ken Cerullo and Shallon Gammon
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Hope to see you all next year at our 67th Annual Golf Outing & Scholarship Awards event!
Be sure to join us on Tuesday, June 18th at 6:00PM at Reno’s Appliance, Route 20 North, Paterson, NJ as we Welcome Summer with Building Industry Professionals Presentation Night! Builders/Remodelers—
Come out and learn about some of the most innovative and state of the
art building industry products and services to help your business become
more successful in 2013! Associates—Expand your network of building
professionals and join us for a fantastic welcome summer BBQ and peer to
peer information sharing to help increase your business opportunities!
Best regards,
Charlie
Charlie
**Note~Northern
Lights will be taking a summer break and will return in late
August-early September with more informative industry news and
membership updates. Please check the list of exciting upcoming fall
events below and save the dates on your calendars now!
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| Some information for your information. |
More Than 750 Builders Discuss Housing Issues in Hill Visits - 6/5/2013 (click here)
Builders Urge Congress to Pursue Pro-Housing Policies to Spur Job and Economic Growth - 6/4/2013 (click here)
June's Webinar Wednesdays cover two big issues: the remodeling market and jobsite safety. Register now to hear top economists discuss the possibilities for growth in residential remodeling and a safety expert explain how to implement an effective safety program.
Remodeling Market Outlook
Wednesday, June 12, 2:00-3:00 PM ET
Economics and Research Series
Presented by NAHB Remodelers
Register now.
Wednesday, June 12, 2:00-3:00 PM ET
Economics and Research Series
Presented by NAHB Remodelers
Register now.
How to Develop and Implement a Safety and Health Program
Wednesday, June 19, 2:00-3:00 PM ET
Business Improvement Series
Speaker: Matt Murphy, president, SEE Inc.
Presented by NAHB Labor, Safety & Health Register now.
Wednesday, June 19, 2:00-3:00 PM ET
Business Improvement Series
Speaker: Matt Murphy, president, SEE Inc.
Presented by NAHB Labor, Safety & Health Register now.
Join us on our BRANNJ Facebook page and LinkedIn group for daily building industry updates!
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| SAVE THE DATE! |
Upcoming Fall Events:
Wednesday, September 4th~6:00PM Joint Meeting with Bergen Passaic Municipal Building Inspectors –Location TBA
Friday, September 20th~Texas Hold Em/Casino Night 6:00PM Lumia Residence
Thursday, October17th~General Membership Meeting- Hurricane Sandy ReBuild Panel Discussion and NJBA Night 6;00PM-Location TBA
Thursday, November 14th~General Membership Meeting/Special Event Reno’s Pre-Holiday Industry Networking Event 6:00PM
Thursday, December 5th~Annual Builders Beefsteak & Tabletop Night- 5:30PM Fiesta Banquets, Route 17, Wood-Ridge, NJ
Welcome New Members:
Dritac Flooring (Associate)
David Clarkson, VP of Marketing
60 Webro Road
Clifton, NJ 07012
