COHBA in the News

Posted by Anonymous on Oct 1, 2011
The light blinked on for builder Kenyon Woods last January during the International Builders Show.   “They were showing us houses from Colorado and places like that, so that kind of sparked my interest in doing something... Read More
Posted by Jeff Click on May 14, 2011
  This is what happens when you dare tinker with a perfectly good general rule.   The general rule is: We don't run pictures of ribbon cuttings.   Why? Because the big ribbon and the oversized scissors become the photo — when the... Read More
Posted by Anonymous on Apr 25, 2011
Last year wasn’t the first time that Mark Dale had to stand up for a beaten-up homebuilding industry and lead its walking wounded. He had been there before, in 1990, his first time as president of the Central Oklahoma Home Builders Association, a... Read More
Posted by Anonymous on Apr 25, 2011
Jeff Click has always worked the cutting edges of technology and home design.  At 35, he is both already an old hand as a builder, and the go-to guy for everything new in the constantly evolving dance of form and function, whether in the... Read More
Posted by Jeff Click on Apr 8, 2011
How green is Jeff and Suzy Lytle's new home? At 6,000 square feet, the Spanish Revival-style home at 17515 Prairie Sky Way in northwest Oklahoma City's Rose Creek addition has a smaller “environmental footprint” than the Lytles' present 1... Read More
Posted by Jeff Click on Apr 8, 2011
Jeff Click is the go-to guy for technology among Oklahoma City homebuilders.  It's not because of his adeptness with new and emerging technologies. It's also his ability to explain it to those of us more comfortable in the '80s... Read More
Posted by Jim Schuff on Feb 14, 2011
We have so many things going on at the same time, that it’s nice to put some of them behind us.  This last week we were able to do just that.  We finally received our permanent certificate of occupancy for or campus buildings, our by-law... Read More
Posted by Jeff Click on Feb 9, 2011
The National Association of Home Builders’ (NAHB) Professional Women in Building Council recently named COHBA's own Vanessa Shadix as its “Member of the Year” at the annual Builders’ Show in Orlando, Fla. She was given this... Read More
Posted by Jeff Click on Feb 6, 2011
She might be a homebuilder, but Kimmi Houston won’t be spending much time at home this year. She was installed as chairman of Professional Women in Building, a council of the National Association of Home Builders, in January. She’ll spend her one-... Read More
Posted by Jeff Click on Jan 30, 2011
What does 2010 have in common with 1996?  Hear President Schuff's take on permit numbers, along with thoughts from Past-Presidents Mark Dale and Caleb McCaleb in this weekend's story in the Oklahoman Business Section. See the full story at... Read More