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Working Through COVID-19

Working Through COVID-19

Now more than ever our service to our members is critical. We know that what is happening right now with COVID-19 is unprecedented and things shift daily. You have questions and we are doing our best to monitor the information available to us and provide answers.

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Now Accepting PEAK Award Nominations For Energy Efficiency

Now Accepting PEAK Award Nominations For Energy Efficiency

Get the recognition you deserve! Enter your homes for a 2020 PEAK Award for Energy Efficiency and Sustainability, sponsored by the Pennsylvania Energy Efficient New Homes Program, offered through First Energy’s Pennsylvania utilities (Met-Ed, Penelec, Penn Power and West Penn Power).

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Business Owners Receive Pennsylvania Builders Association’s Advocacy Award

Business Owners Receive Pennsylvania Builders Association’s Advocacy Award

Carmen and Jared Witmer, owners of J.D. Witmer Drywall, Inc. located in Dover, PA, have been awarded the Hammers & Gavels Award by the statewide Pennsylvania Builders Association (PBA). The Hammers & Gavels Award is one of the Association’s highest awards representing statewide legislative advocacy efforts on behalf of the residential construction industry.

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Working Through COVID-19

York Builders Association Video Series Honored With Statewide Award

The York Builders Association has been awarded the Media Project of the Year Award by the statewide Pennsylvania Builders Association (PBA) for their outstanding WorkforceNOW video series that raises awareness of the importance and value of career opportunities available in the residential construction industry.

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Working Through COVID-19

Business Owners Receive Pennsylvania Builders Association’s Advocacy Award

Carmen and Jared Witmer, owners of J.D. Witmer Drywall, Inc. located in Dover, PA, have been awarded the Hammers & Gavels Award by the statewide Pennsylvania Builders Association (PBA). The Hammers & Gavels Award is one of the Association’s highest awards representing statewide legislative advocacy efforts on behalf of the residential construction industry.

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Local Builders Association Launches Video Series To Dispel Myths And Close The Skilled Trades Gap

WorkforceNOW® One Year Later

The York Builders Association launched the WorkforceNOW® initiative in October of 2018 in response to the skilled labor shortage that is at unprecedented levels. Currently, the gap between open jobs in the trades and workers available to step into those jobs is about 1.1 million jobs wide.

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Construction Career Days 2020

The YBA is coordinating our third annual Construction Career Days, an exciting opportunity available to local students in Aril 2020. Construction Career Days is an extremely beneficial event for high school students who are not planning on pursuing a formal post-secondary education, or for students who are still unsure of their future career path. The purpose of Construction Career Days is to increase high school studentsÂ’ awareness of, and interest in, the readily available careers in the local construction industry.

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York Builders Association Presents Annual Parade Of Homes

York Builders Association Presents Annual Parade Of Homes

17 new and remodeled homes in York County will open their doors for free self-guided tours on September 14 and 15, from 10 a.m. – 5 p.m. For nearly three decades, the York Builders Association and its members have been hosting the York Parade of Homes. The Parade of Homes is presented by long-time sponsor Traditions Mortgage, a division of York Traditions Bank.

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