Scholarship House proceeds are announced
Sam Cohen of Joey Corp. and Scott Gandy of Kempsville Building Materials teamed up last year to build a very special house at the 2019 Homearama: the Coastal Virginia Building Industry Association Scholarship House. Upon the home’s recent sale, they donated $17,000 to the CVBIA Scholarship Foundation. “It had been eight years since a Scholarship House was built and since the market had started to recover, I thought it was important that we bring back an annual tradition that began in 1966,”
CVBIA announces 2020 scholarship recipients
$35,000 IN SCHOLARSHIPS AWARDEDSeven local high school students were awarded a total of $35,000 from the Coastal Virginia Building Industry Association Scholarship Foundation during its annual academic awards program. A committee of association members reviewed 139 applications last month, looking at each student’s academic performance, community service activities and financial need. The 2020 recipients are listed below and each have received a $5,000 four-year scholarship*: (*Several of the awards are
Members honored at 2020 International Builders' Show
Robert Criner of Criner Remodeling in Yorktown was inducted into the National Remodeling Hall of Fame last month during the International Builders' Show in Las Vegas. Criner, who was NAHB Remodeler of the Year in 2013 and holds multiple designations, has been a member of the national association and council for 39 years. He is chairing the Remodelers Council of the newly merged Tidewater & Peninsula Building Industry Association in 2020. Also honored at IBS was past association president Steve Lawson,
2020 leadership installed; award winners announced
Tidewater & Peninsula Building Industry Association installs new leaders for 2020; announces Homearama award winners C. Ryan Rose was installed Thursday, Dec. 5 as 2020 president of a combined Tidewater and Peninsula Building Industry Association. Formerly two separate home builders associations, the Tidewater Builders Association and Peninsula Housing & Builders Association have joined forces as one regional organization. An official announcement, along with a new name, will be released in early
