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The Master Builders Association of King and Snohomish Counties (MBA) is the nation’s oldest and largest local homebuilders association. The MBA serves every area of the residential homebuilding industry and the EDC was able to get the inside scoop from Shannon Affholter, Executive Director on the organization's services and long-term goals.

Members of Master Builders Association of King and Snohomish Counties, Professional Women in Building Council, and AAA KARTAK on Sept. 30 volunteered to rake, measure, dig, and plant around the future homes of low-income families at Housing Hope’s Main Street project in Monroe.

The third annual MBAKS Housing Summit, featuring Governor Jay Inslee as the keynote speaker, drew a large crowd as we addressed our region's housing affordability crisis. The MBA has identified a number of areas where we plan to focus our advocacy efforts with the hope of improving housing affordability for all of our region’s residents.

Between Bennett Homes and BDR, Todd Bennett has been a member of the Master Builders Association for 34 years (once serving as President) and the MBA Health Trust for 21 years.

Chermak Construction is going to be showing off one of its remodeled homes in Edmonds this Saturday and Sunday, Oct. 8 and 9, as part of the 2016 Remodeled Homes Tour.

Darylene Dennon, CEO of Solid Energy Inc. and MBA member since 1999, shares some of the surprising professional and personal benefits of being an active MBA member.

Shannon talks to new MBA member Jeff Bumgardner of CityBldr about the benefits and opportunities that come with MBA membership.

Leah Missik with Built Green has been the Program Manager for about two years. As the Program Manager, she has grown the certification, conducted a green home study that received national attention, and was nominated for a Northwest Emmy Award for a public-facing ad campaign on the advantages of living in a Built Green home. In The Money Hour segment today, Leah talks about the importance and benefits of green homes and Built Green.