State and Local Reporter - 01/08/2004 (Plain Text Version)

Debora Trimpe, Chair
Flower Mound, Texas

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In this issue:
Legislative Group Endorses Favorable 'Notice and Opportunity to Repair' Amendments
Champions for the Housing Industry to be Honored at Awards Breakfast
Eight Associations to Be Honored at International Builders' Show
Las Vegas Highlights for You — and Your Members
U.S. Appeals Court Rules Against Regulation of Roadside Ditches
NAHB Hits the Target on All of Its FHA Multifamily Legislative Goals
New Jersey Builders Defang Governor’s Anti-Housing Tool with Economic Impact Study
Industry News
Use the NAHB Web Site and Win a Palm Pilot!
Community Outreach Tool for HBAs: Check Out NAHB's New Online Coloring Book

Community Outreach Tool for HBAs: Check Out NAHB's New Online Coloring Book

Looking for a fun and easy way to enhance your association’s community image? Check out www.nahb.org/coloringbook — it’s an electronic coloring book and the latest in NAHB’s Homes of Our Own educational program for kids.

Whether in school, at home or at the library, all children with Internet access can use the coloring book, which teaches the process of building homes, discovering how builders protect the environment and drawing and coloring pictures of their own homes in a virtual environment. Innovative new features allow them to e-mail their drawings to friends and family, print their masterpieces and receive an official “Junior Home Builder” certificate online.

A resource kit with suggestions about using the online coloring book in your local community, information on ordering the Homes of Our Own companion video, tree-planting guides and a Homes of Our Own program script featuring a skit and tree-planting ceremony is available online. Hard copies of the Homes of Our Own coloring books are also available online.

The original Homes of Our Own coloring book was developed by NAHB's Public Affairs Department, with support from the NAHB Women’s Council, to teach children in grades K-3 about home building and tree preservation. Members and associations across the country have featured Homes of Our Own as part of overall community and education outreach programs at schools, public libraries, home shows and special events. Since the Homes of Our Own program launched in 1996, hundreds of thousands of children have participated in the program.

For more information, contact Amy Larrabee at 800-368-5242 x8455.