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Contents
2017 HBA Berks
Board of Directors

APRIL 2017

Features:

Angles:

6

The Benefits of Bringing
the Outdoors In

20 Is Now the Time

8

Spring Clean-Up Checklist

22 Top 10 Tips from Remodelers

10

Before You Move In:
The New Home Walk-Through

24

Making Sure Your Deck is Safe this
Summer

12

Flooring, Countertops and Other
Surfaces set the Tone of the Home

26

Meet the Future of the Building
Industry

OFFICERS
President
Catherine Sloan, CGR, CAPS, CGP
Hartman's Home Improvement

1st Vice President
Larry Kehres

L.A. Kehres Building & Remodeling

Secretary / Treasurer
W. Lee Prussman
Prussman-Goss CPA

Immediate Past President
James E. Gavin, Esquire
Masano Bradley Attorneys at Law

BUILDER / REMODELER
DIRECTORS
Brian Bogert

Advanced Construction Solutions, LLC
(Newmanstown)

for a New HVAC?

Diane Salks

Riverview Tree & Landscaping, Inc.
(Temple)

ASSOCIATE DIRECTORS
Sherrie Hallowell

Departments:

Tompkins VIST Bank (Wyomissing)

Jason Jenkins

5

From the President
HBA of Berks County
President Cathy Sloan

31

Membership Pages
New and returning members,
member to member discount
programs, and an overview of
all Association-related events
for 2017.

Bursich Associates, Inc. (Pottstown)

James McCarthy

McCarthy Engineering Associates, Inc.
(Wyomissing)

John Schmoyer

Fulton Mortgage Company (Wyomissing)

HBA STAFF
Cathy Sloan

Interim Executive Officer &
At Home in Berks Editor-in-Chief

Bethany Feinauer

Administrative Assistant

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