Brokers Bill Smith of Berkshire Hathaway and Kristin Mueller of Coldwell Banker discuss the real estate landscape in Moore County in 2015.
The conversation revolves around Valuations, Tax Records, Zillow, Social Media, Buyer psychology, Appraisals, the Military Buyer and great tips for Sellers.
MCHBA President, Wayne Haddock, of Pinehurst Homes Inc., Committee & Board members, Densel Williams of Integrity Builders of the Sandhills & Ken Bonville of Bonville Construction Co. discuss the upcoming SPRING HOME AND GARDEN EXPO, to be held at THE FAIR BARN in Pinehurst.
The Moore County Home Builders Association (MCHBA) is pleased to announce that they have filled The Fair Barn in the Village of Pinehurst with exhibits for their 2015 Home & Garden Expo. Exhibitors will cover the entire gambit of the construction, remodeling and supply of the home building industry. The Expo is not just for home builders but offers a wide variety of new concepts and ideas for the Sand hills community. With plenty of parking and convenient hours the Fair Barn offers a wonderful opportunity to stroll through the Barn and see what’s out there and what might be a nice idea for your home. Additionally, there will be an exhibit featuring the 2014 MCHBA Home of the Year / Remodeling Award winners. The fee is nominal, the location is great and we are sure the experience will make the time well-worth it. We encourage all to make the 2015 Moore County Home Builders Association Home & Garden Expo a part of their March 6-8 weekend plans.
Hours for the Expo are: Friday, March 6, Noon-5 PM; Saturday, March 7, 9 AM-5 PM; and Sunday, March 8, 11 AM-5 PM. Admission is a nominal $5.00 for adults, with children 12 and under free. Additional, information, including exhibitors and other participants can be found @ www.mchba.com. We look forward to celebrating a great new partnership with the Fair Barn and the Village of Pinehurst at the MCHBA 2015 Home & Garden Expo.
Chartered in 1977, and serving the home building industry since 1975, the Moore County Home Builders Association is a non-profit trade association consisting of builder and associate member firms throughout the Sandhills. MCHBA is affiliated with the North Carolina Home Builders Association and the National Association of Home Builders. Through its programs and activities, the association encourages industry professionalism, provides a forum to consolidate industry views, and serves as a proactive advocate for the building industry. They are headquartered at 10022 NC Highway 211 East, Aberdeen, NC, 28315. MCHBA can be found on the web at www.mchba.com.
Episcopal Day School (EDS) traces its rich history to 1959, the year it was officially founded in Southern Pines, NC. This conversation about one of the most esteemed schools in the Sandhills will focus on several salient topics: EDS’ mission; its nature as an independent school, rather than a “private school;” its unique characteristics that differentiate it from other nonpublic schools; its curriculum; its focus on traits of character, including the powerful Fruit of the Spirit program; its technology program; and finally, its PTA and upcoming major fundraiser, The Candlelight Tour of Homes.
Families are drawn to EDS because of its safe, nurturing environment, its deep spiritual foundation, its high expectations concerning student behavior, its population of bright, engaged students, its opportunities for parental involvement, and the successes of its graduates in middle school, high school and beyond. EDS is focused on engendering the next generation of forward thinking leaders, and this discussion will allow listeners to better understand how EDS is achieving this important goal.
Participating in the discussion are Tom Brereton, Head of School, Jill Connett, Director of Academics, Tracy Corbett, Educational Technologist, and Harley Hall, current parent.
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Our varied Guest lineup for this show includes:
St. Joseph of the Pines – Ellen Brown and Carolyn Hendricks 
speak about National Alzheimer’s Disease Awareness Month and the exclusive North Carolina showing of the move, I’LL BE ME, a remarkable documentary about well known singer, Glen Campbell, and his own struggle with Alzheimer’s disease.
There will be two shows on Nov. 18th, National Memory Screening Day, and St. Joseph’s will conduct Free Memory screenings for all those who attend the movie. The show airs at 10:30 a.m. & 1 p.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 18th at the Belle Meade Clubhouse – 100 Waters Drive – Southern Pines, N.C. Ticket information at 910 246-3125.
Bernard Koscielniak, a retired Marine of 27 years and a member of the Aberdeen Police Dept. talks about his fundra
iser for the Wounded Warrior program by auctioning off an original signagture Norman Rockwell lithograph, Marriage License, on Dec. 14th at the Carolina Hotel. Raffle tickets are $25.00 each. Bernard can be reached at 201 528-4404.
Bea Fields & Caroline Eddy of the Boys & Girls Club of the Sandhills, discuss an upcoming fundraiser featuring author Sharon Disher who wrote the book FIRST CLASS. Sharon was one of the first female graduates of the Naval Academy. She, along with other women, helped bring an end to the 131 year all-male tradition at Annapolis. The fundraiser will begin at 6 p.m. at the Southern Pines Recreation Center and includes dinner. Contact the Boys & Girls Club at 910 692-0777 for details.
http://sandhillsbgc.org/2014/10/author-sharon-disher-to-speak-to-boys-girls-club-november-20/
The Boys & Girls Club of the Sandhills has four major fundraisers per year and rely on private donations. The work the club does insures that the many students who need focus & direction are provided with a great structural format throughout the year at a very low cost. https://www.facebook.com/boysgirlsclubs, http://sandhillsbgc.org/
Brittany Grider & Sheila Tooney of the Sandhills Presbyterian Church of Southern Pines give a heartfelt talk about the Aaron Grider Foundation, www.aarongriderfoundation.org. The foundation honors the memory of Brittany’s husband, killed in Afghanistan in 2010. The work that the foundation does speaks to a greater spirit of honoring our veterans & fallen heroes.
I was fortunate to be on Bill’s show yesterday with Kay Beran of Berkshire Hathaway to represent the new economic development website called Moore Alive <http://www.moorealive.com/live-in-moore> . Moore Alive was created as a marketing and talent recruitment tool. How do people find out about Moore County?
We all have heard stories from our friends, how they came here on a golf trip, or their parents moved here, a military deployment perhaps. Tourism <http://www.homeofgolf.com/> , retirement and the military have all been an important part of our growth. What about the rest of the people who can help the county grow the way we want it to and would love to live in our idyllic county? People who want to start businesses, move businesses or find a place they can make dynamic contributions of all kinds are welcome here, but we need them to be able to find us.
Pat Corso, Executive Director of Partners in Progress <http://www.moorebusiness.org/> , our local economic development office, is also on the board of the ResearchTriangle Regional Partnership. RTRP <http://www.researchtriangle.org/about-rtrp> is a powerful entity leading development of regional economic development strategy. Pat tells a story how at a recent meetings of the economic developers he was asked, “What’s going on in Moore County, we don’t hear anything about you any more”. That remark made an impact on him and he soon he had our county involved in exploring what was needed to make a bigger impact and be known outside our borders. Dr. Carol Kline <http://management.appstate.edu/faculty-staff/carol-kline-phd> , Associate Professor at The Walker College of
Business at Appalachian State University was contracted to do research about the needs and demands in our area in order to craft the best branding message. Studying the four target groups, “Traditional Retirees”, “Returnees”, “Relocatees” and “Outsiders” we learned that people value both the small town charm and the “micropolitan” elements. While enjoying the benefits of a rural county we also have cultural amenities such as local restaurants, performances and lectures enjoyed by larger population areas.
Soon thereafter, Liaison Design Group <http://www.liaisondesigngroup.com/> of Raleigh, a marketing and branding company specializing in economic development was contracted to create an overall strategy. The Moore Alive website is part of that strategy.
Today I am asking local businesses to put the Moore Alive logo prominently on their web-site so customers and visitors to their site can learn more about Moore County. Especially useful to Moore County realtors <http://move2moore.com/> and Moore County builders <http://www.mchba.com/> who helped fund the initiative, any business or entity will benefit from the regional branding that supplements their own efforts. It saves businesses money because they do not have to put resources into maintaining website pages and keeping information current. They do not have to do the painstaking Search Engine Optimization that makes it possible for Moore County to get disseminated broadly across the internet and into the hands of seekers.
This award wi
nning site <http://www.moorealive.com/read-our-stories/moore-alive-recognized-in-national-design-competition> is easy to navigate and presents Moore County as a great place to live, work and play.
It is an exciting time to be part of this growing marketing strategy. Regional branding is a new and dynamic trend in economic development. As in the words of Jeff Denny, principal of Liaison, telling the stories through the web-site makes it personal and gives the human connection so that it is more than a place on a map.
See MooreAlive.com/connect-with-us or contact Melissa Hall at 910 639-3747 or melissahall@hallwaymarketing.com
Melissa