PUBLISHER LETTER
Working for You
AT HOME ON CAPE COD • FALL/WINTER 2018 9
Welcome to our new and
improved At Home on Cape
Cod. You will notice that the
magazine has increased in size and now
includes features that highlight the best
of our region’s builders and remodelers
and columns on a variety of issues
affecting our constituency.
I am thrilled to be working with
editor Scott Lajoie, art director Alison
Caron, advertising sales manager Dave
Ortolani, and Paraclete Press.
I invite any and all of you to contact
me for more information on how you
can be included in the next issue of this
beautiful publication (Spring 2019)
whether it be in an article or through an
advertisement.
As publisher of this magazine, I plan
to use this space to update not only our
members, but everyone about the work
and events that are going on at HBRACC.
Our mission is to provide education
and advocacy and to work on legislative
endeavors for our members. That has
kept us very busy!
This year’s annual events—namely
a children’s Lego building contest, a
bowling event at the Lanes in Mashpee,
and our annual golf tournament—were
all hugely successful and will continue
next year. I’m thrilled to announce that
our golf tournament next year will be
held at Willowbend Country Club.
On June 19, several board members
and I attended the Home Builders
and Remodelers Association of
Massachusetts’ state board installation.
HBRACC past president Matt Anderson
is now the state board’s first vice
president and is in line to be president
next year. Lieutenant Governor Karen
Polito performed the swearing-in duties.
In June and July, we also met with
Congressman William Keating and
attended a roundtable session with
Senator Julian Cyr. We also attended
lobby day up at the Statehouse and had
lunch with Speaker Robert DeLeo.
We held two member mixers this
past summer at Stonewood Products in
Harwich and Global Marble and Granite
in Centerville. Many thanks to our hosts!
The Smarter Cape coalition has
started meeting again and exploring
and discussing regulations pertaining to
accessory dwelling units (See page 60).
I am working with Barnstable County
Health and Human Services, Cape
Cod Community College, Mass Hire
(formerly the Career Center), Cape and
Islands Workforce Investment Board
(WIB), and the Barnstable County
Sheriff ’s department on workforce
development. Our task force is exploring
the issue of transportation and the need
for jobs in the trades on Cape Cod.
Part of this initiative is also creating a
program for women in construction.
Save the dates for these upcoming
events:
OCT. 9 We will have a vendor trade
show in place of our regular monthly
dinner meeting at the Doubletree Hotel
in Hyannis, another great opportunity for
associate members to show builders their
products and services. Please contact
Stacy at the HBRACC office for more
information.
OCT. 18 We are partnering with the
Cape and Islands WIB for the 4th annual
Residential Construction Career Day,
where more than 350 students from all
Cape Cod High Schools can visit with
50+ exhibitors.
NOV. 8 BRICC Gala at the
Wequassett Resort and Golf Club in
Harwich
DEC. 11 Annual Meeting/Holiday
Party at the Coonamessett Inn in
Falmouth
A complete schedule of events and
ways to register and learn more are
available on our website.
As always, thank you to our members
for your continued support. We are here
to help you grow your business on Cape
Cod and continue to build community.
Diane L. Pratt
Executive Officer
HBRACC