The Washington County Utah Economic Development Council is requesting the assistance of SUHBA members to identify available land parcels that meet the unique site specifications for a very large project.  The proposed project has the potential of a very positive economic impact to our community.  Please email contact information for any land parcel you believe could be a candidate for the project to wcedc@dixie.edu.  Email messages are preferred but a contact person for the project is Scott Hirschi at 435-652-7750. Time is of essence; please provide information for candidate sites immediately. 

Candidate sites must have a minimum of 100 useable acres; at least a portion of site must be wooded (pinion juniper trees are acceptable) or other heavy vegetation.  The site must have access from a paved, public road and have utility infrastructure in place or nearby.  The site cannot be near sound producing operations such as industrial or heavy commercial activities.  Site zoning and land use restrictions must allow large buildings up to 50 foot high.  An onsite or nearby body of water and/or running water stream, while not required, would be a highly desirable plus.

The Utah School and Institutional Trust Lands Administration(SITLA) and SunCor Development Company of Arizona announced today that SITLA has acquired SunCor's interest in the Coral Canyon master planned community located in Washington County. Coral Canyon is a premier master-planned community in the St. George area, boasting over 1,000 homes, an award-winning golf course, and exceptional community amenities. 

SunCor developed Coral Canyon under a master development lease from SITLA, which, in turn, manages lands granted to the State of Utah by Congress at statehood for the financial support of Utah's public schools and other public institutions. In the transaction completed on Friday, May 21, SITLA purchased SunCor's leasehold and other assets, resulting in the termination of the master lease. The agreement does not involve the rights to the Coral Canyon golf course ground lease, which SunCor previously sold Vanguard Golf Management of Lehi, Utah under a separate ground lease from SITLA. ...More

Luncheon Topic:  
What exactly is “green building”? Is there a national standard for green building? What is green washing? What is a HERS rating? Confused?? That’s why we established the Southwest Green Build Council. The Council is here to help SUHBA members answer their many questions. We will introduce the program and show how learning about “green” may be beneficial to your company’s bottom line.

Sponsor:                                              
Kelly Paxman, President of Paxman Heating & Cooling, Inc.was born and raised in St. George. He started Paxman Heating & Cooling in September 1984. The business has grown from one employee in 1984 to the present 20 employees. Paxman Heating & Cooling has expanded to specialize in ground source heating systems. They have installed over 600 residential systems and many commercial systems. They now have crews for residential, commercial and service work. Paxman Heating & Cooling is licensed for air conditioning, refrigeration and sheet metal work in Utah, Nevada and Arizona. Contact them at 435-628-4172.

The EPA has gone forward with its proposal to eliminate a provision to its Lead: Renovation, Repair and Painting rule that previously allowed owners of older homes to opt-out of the lead-safe work practices mandated by the rule if no children under six or pregnant women resided in their home. An amendment that makes this rule change official was published in the Federal Register on May 6, with an effective date of July 6. This means that after July 6, 2010, renovations in all 78 million pre-1978 homes could be subject to the new work practice standards as stipulated in the rule. This is despite EPA's own estimates that a significantly smaller portion of homes — more like 38 million — still contain lead paint. ...More

There is a great opportunity available to participate in the 2011 St. George Area Parade of Homes. Grow your business and promote your company to thousands of visitors. We received over 23,000 visitors in Feb. 2010. The due date to submit silent bids has been extended to Tuesday, June 1st by 5:00 pm. If you would like to receive excellent marketing exposure and participate in the award winning St. George Area Parade of Homes, please contact Mari Smith at 435-674-1400. A minimum bid is required. Don't miss this excellent opportunity.

Less than 3 weeks until the 8^th Annual SUHBA Scholarship Golf Tournament on Friday, June 11^th, at the Sunbrook Golf Course.  All proceeds go to provide SUHBA Scholarships. Members and their families receive preference for scholarships. The $100 registration includes the following:

• Round of golf at Sunbrook with cart


• Token for driving range


• Breakfast and a hot lunch


• 25' gimmie string & 2 mulligans (all players receive same amount - no extra will be sold)


• Opportunity to win lots of prizes

Registration is limited. Sign-up today as an individual player (great way to meet new people) or as a team. Click here to download a registration form.

We would like to thank our Sponsors for their support for this great event:

MAIN SPONSOR

The 2010 Main Sponsor for the SUBHA Scholarship Golf Tournament is SunFirst Bank. A full service community Bank, SunFirst opened its doors in 2001 and enjoyed 7 straight years of growth and success. Through the difficult past 2 years, SunFirst has continued to develop its shareholder base, sell off acquired property and survive the challenges of the recent banking world. Under the capable management of officers, John Allen, Lee Fife, Dan Strobell and Allison McCoy and its influential Board of Directors and dedicated employees, SunFirst Bank is ready to meet the needs of the local community’s banking, lending and investment needs. SunFirst bank locally owned and managed. A decade of service and preparing to give decades more. Visit www.sunfirstbank.com for more information.

MEAL SPONSOR
PUTTING GREEN SPONSOR
DRINK SPONSOR

If your company is looking for a great way to network, and get to know other SUHBA members in a fun and relaxing atmosphere, then sign up to be a hole sponsor. It's a great way to receive exposure all while supporting a great cause. Hurry only 3 hole sponsorships remain.  Click here to download a sponsorship form. For more information, call Shawna Applegate at (435) 674-1400.
We would like to thank the following hole sponsors for their support for this great event:

America First Credit Union	Boulevard Home Furnishings	Dixie Applied Technology College
Fader Trust It	Hirschi Insulation & Roofing	Levitt Group Benefits Services
MetLife Home Loans	Questar Gas	Rainbow Sign & Banner
Sorenson & Wade Advertising	Spectrum	SunFirst Bank
ThermWise	Village Bank	Workers Compensation Fund

Remodelers and builders who do renovation or remodeling projects in homes built before 1978 must comply with new lead paint safety requirements set by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Any company doing work in these homes must be certified, follow specific work practices and keep detailed records. 

The Lead Safety EPA eight hour class covers topics such as tenant notification, conducting lead paint surveys, proper work practices, clean-up, record-keeping and on-the-job training. It is being held on Monday, June 7, 2010, from 8:00 am to 5:00pm, at DXATC (old location) at 46 S 1000 E, St. George. Click here to download a registration form, or call Kathy Tolleson at 435-674-1400.

SUHBA's education committee is working hard to line up some of the best classes for this year's event. You won't want to miss out so be sure to mark your calendars for Friday, Sept. 10, 2010.

Solar Photovoltaic training course available. Southwest Applied Technology College is offering several course beginning June 1st. Click here for more details.

Highly rated for its success in recognizing and offering timely topics of interest in the building industry, you will find this year’s program to be even more robust. If you are looking to be recognized as a leader or would like to gain marketing exposure, then please consider this as an integral part of your marketing program.

The program is built to give maximum exposure for several months at the two highest levels, as well as at specific seminars for targeting your niche market in the building industry. 

Click here to read through the program brochure, then decide on your preferred sponsorship package.

NAHB
This is a major milestone for Home Star, but work still remains. First, the Senate must follow up and pass their version of the Home Star bill. Additionally, this vote was an authorization, so it must be matched with an appropriation bill. An appropriation bill will actually allocate the $6 billion dollars to the program. Thank you to the thousands of people that have taken time to make contact with elected officials over the past few months. We’ll need your help again in the Senate, so please be ready. More information will come soon.

NAHB
The National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) wants members of the military, foreign service, and intelligence communities to know that they may have an additional year to buy a home and claim the home buyer tax credit, which expired to most Americans on April 30. 

The law provides qualified service members who served on official extended duty outside of the United States for 90 days or more at any time between January 1, 2009, to April 30, 2010, another year to buy a home and claim the credit. They have until April 30, 2011, to sign a sales contract and until June 30, 2011, to settle and close on the home. Both the $8,000 first-time and $6,500 repeat home buyer tax credits are included in the rule. ...More

NAHB
Employment in April increased by 290,000 jobs at a seasonally adjusted rate. On top of an upward revision for March of almost 70,000, this marked the fourth month of job growth and the largest increase since March 2006. 

The added jobs in April included 80,000 in professional and business services, 45,000 in leisure and hospitality and 44,000 in manufacturing as well as the Census Bureau’s addition of  66,000 temporary decennial census workers in April and 48,000 in March. ...More

NAHB
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) on April 22 announced that it is increasing its penalties to provide a greater deterrent against employer workplace safety violations.

"For many employers, investing in job safety happens only when they have adequate incentives to comply with OSHA's requirements," said David Michaels, OSHA’s assistant secretary of labor. “Higher penalties and more aggressive, targeted enforcement will provide a greater deterrent and further encourage these employers to furnish safe and healthy workplaces for their employees." ...More

Join representatives from Utah’s banking and finance community, state and local governments, utilities, and clean energy experts to:

• learn about existing and emerging opportunities and financing programs for renewable energy and energy efficiency in Utah’s residential sector.


• provide input and feedback on upcoming programs from the State Energy Program and Salt Lake County.


• help identify the important role Utah’s banking community will play in implementing new financing opportunities for clean energy. 

Learn more at the June 3^rd Financing Workshop for financial institutions, elected officials, and energy professionals. This will be held at Zions Bank Founders Room at 1 South Main Street #1800, Salt Lake City, Utah 84111, on June 3, 2010 from 1:00 pm to 4:45 pm. PLEASE RSVP by sending an email to info@utahcleanenergy.org. Click here for more information.

This summer, the Dixie Business Alliance, Small Business Development Center and Dixie State College would like to initiate a “Business Checkup” program for the local Washington and Kane County businesses. Over the last year in an alliance with Dixie State College and the Dixie Business Alliance an Accounting Practicum has been established. Over 30 businesses have taken advantage of the services of the Junior and Senior Accounting students. These students were mentored and directed by the capable Accounting Professors at Dixie State College. The students got “real world” experience and the businesses received competent accounting services.

This new “Business Checkup” program will utilize the services of the junior and senior students from an upper division 3200 Entrepreneurship class that will run from June 1, 2010 through July 23,2010.

They are looking for 4 to 6 businesses that would like to use the confidential services of the Dixie State College students. These services will be free.The students will be directed and mentored by Lennart Erickson MBA, CBA and Adjunct Professor at Dixie State College.  Additional consultants will be used where specific expertise is required.

These services will be meant to allow you as the business owner to remove yourself from the crevices of every day business and ascend to the mountain tops to look down on your business to analyze and refine it. It will be a chance to work on your business rather than in your business.

They will act as another set of eyes, as an unpaid Board of Directors, to help you develop your Business Strategy for the very difficult road ahead. The goal would be to draw up a set of recommendations that you will be able to implement into your business. ...More

There are increasing signs that residential green building and remodeling are speeding into the mainstream as the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) prepares to cut the ribbon at the 12^th annual NAHB National Green Building Conference.

“Our members are leading the way in sustainable design and construction and helping to drive the market toward greener, more efficient home building,” said NAHB Chairman Bob Jones, a home builder in Bloomfield Hills, Mich.

For example, more than 5,200 builders, remodelers and other industry professionals – including Jones – have achieved the Certified Green Professional educational designation. It is NAHB’s fastest growing professional designation, and demand for advanced education and professional credentials is strong. To meet that demand, NAHB is introducing an Advanced Green Building Science class in Raleigh for the forthcoming Master Green Professional designation. ...More

Almost all of us hear okay, however, we don’t listen well.

The irony is that listening is the most used communication skill and the least taught. It is, by far, the most valuable communication skill for management and employees alike.

Hearing is the first in a six-step hierarchical listening process, i.e., all six must be done for the message to be received the way the sender wants it to be. “Hearing” means only that your ears are absorbing sound waves.

Listening, on the other hand, also involves interpreting, evaluating, understanding, responding, and remembering! That’s a lot to keep in mind when irate customers are loudly telling you what went wrong, you’re participating in yet another meeting (when you would rather be returning phone calls or e-mails), or you’re listening to a boring, at least to you, speaker. ...More

Conveniently located off I-15 in Washington, the Coral Canyon Town Center has office space available for lease.  Call today for great lease rates. For more information, please contact Mari Smith at 674-1400.

SUHBA members are encouraged to submit company event announcements, open house announcements, job announcements, education announcements and press releases for inclusion in the next News You Can Use by Monday, June 7, 2010. Please email the information to news@suhba.com.