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Parade of Homes with Madison Area Builders Association · Ask The Experts

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  Speaker 1: Eight thirty nine, thirteen ten WIBA and Madison in the morning.
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  Speaker 1: Joining us this morning is Chad Lawler. Chad is the
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  Speaker 1: executive director with the Madison Area Builders Association. Chad, how
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  Speaker 1: you doing this week?
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  Speaker 2: I'm doing well. We're preparing for the seventy fifth parade
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  Speaker 2: at Homes. Everything's looking great and hopefully the weather holds
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  Speaker 2: out and everybody's able to get out this weekend.
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  Speaker 1: And next I was checking the forecast. Yeah, looks like
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  Speaker 1: you've got pretty much perfect weather for the Parade of
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  Speaker 1: Homes as mentioned, of course, kicks off this weekend, runs
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  Speaker 1: to this weekend the following weekend. The website Madison Parade
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  Speaker 1: of Homes dot com. That's Madison Parade of Homes dot com.
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  Speaker 1: And of course, as you've heard, this is the seventy
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  Speaker 1: fifth Parade of Homes here in Madison. And I know
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  Speaker 1: you guys do one in the spring, one in the fall.
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  Speaker 1: Of course, it's being the spring one. Let's talk a
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  Speaker 1: little bit about the event overall. It's really a showcase
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  Speaker 1: for our area builders, isn't it, Chad?
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  Speaker 2: It is. It's an opportunity for builders to show their craftsmanship,
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  Speaker 2: but also to see for consumers to kind of see
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  Speaker 2: what's trending, what new technologies out there, and really for
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  Speaker 2: those who are not really the market to remodel or
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  Speaker 2: to build right now, it's just a great opportunity to
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  Speaker 2: get out see your communities, see what's out there, and
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  Speaker 2: it's an enjoyable time. It really is a fun opportunity
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  Speaker 2: and we have families for generations, but now over the
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  Speaker 2: last seventy five years that have continued to make this
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  Speaker 2: a staple of their June.
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  Speaker 1: It is you mentioned kind of a staple and annual tradation.
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  Speaker 1: I know a lot of folks get in for it,
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  Speaker 1: and again, whether they're in the market or not, it
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  Speaker 1: is always really cool to see. One the craftsmanship, but
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  Speaker 1: two you mentioned the trends and the designs and some
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  Speaker 1: of the things that are becoming very popular. And of
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  Speaker 1: course the Parade of Homes always features that. Let's talk
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  Speaker 1: about some of the areas and locations of the Parade
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  Speaker 1: of Home. I know it's been in the Prey of Homes.
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  Speaker 1: I know it's been a number of years, but it's
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  Speaker 1: kind of decentralized. There are certain areas that there are
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  Speaker 1: more homes, but it's no longer just a single area.
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  Speaker 1: You guys kind of spread this out. Let's talk a
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  Speaker 1: little bit about how that works, and for folks that
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  Speaker 1: are looking to get out either this weekend or next,
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  Speaker 1: let's talk about how that process works with the scattered
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  Speaker 1: parade of homes.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, so we still do have two sites that have
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  Speaker 2: clustered homes near each other within neighborhoods. But to provide
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  Speaker 2: that variety of homes, variety of price points, we opened
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  Speaker 2: it up several years ago to allow individual homes that
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  Speaker 2: are kind of scattered around Dane County to be open
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  Speaker 2: to the Parade of homes, and that provides us the
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  Speaker 2: opportunity to have homes that are in Bell Farms in Middleton,
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  Speaker 2: which are really focused on geo thermal and the environment,
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  Speaker 2: and then also have homes in Verona in Wannaquy. You know,
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  Speaker 2: you get that lake house, but then you also get
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  Speaker 2: that advanced starter home opportunity that we wouldn't have been
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  Speaker 2: able to put out to the public if we hadn't
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  Speaker 2: made the switch.
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  Speaker 1: Let's talk in Chad. As we talked this morning with
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  Speaker 1: Chad Lawler of Madison Area Builders Association, of course, previewing
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  Speaker 1: the parade of homes kicks off this Friday, runs to
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  Speaker 1: the weekend and then of course runs next weekend as well.
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  Speaker 1: Details online Madison Parade of Homes dot com. That's Madison
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  Speaker 1: Parade of Homes dot com. Let's talk about some of
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  Speaker 1: those you mentioned. There are a couple of locations that
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  Speaker 1: are there's a higher concentration of the homes, the kind
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  Speaker 1: of those that traditional and folks think of what the
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  Speaker 1: Parade of Homes used to be, like those very specific
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  Speaker 1: geographical areas. Let's talk about those two and then we'll
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  Speaker 1: kind of expand on some of those outlying ones as well.
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  Speaker 1: What are the main areas this year?
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  Speaker 2: Ched Yeah, so we have Killed Kenny Farms West, which
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  Speaker 2: is a new addition to the kill Kenny Farms subdivision
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  Speaker 2: in Wanaque that was has been a site several years
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  Speaker 2: in the past. You know, as you think about the
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  Speaker 2: seventy fifth, it's kind of like bringing back some of
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  Speaker 2: what we've had in the past. So Kill Kenny Farms
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  Speaker 2: West is a great opportunity for to see six to
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  Speaker 2: seven different homes. It includes actually the first Saint Jude
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  Speaker 2: home in the state of Wisconsin history. So it's shake
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  Speaker 2: showcase home that Victory Homes of Wisconsin is entering into
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  Speaker 2: the prey homes and will be sold in the proceeds
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  Speaker 2: will actually go to Saint Jude. So kill Kenny Farms
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  Speaker 2: is a great one in Wanakee. And then we also
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  Speaker 2: have Windsor Gardens and it's again a new part of
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  Speaker 2: the subdivision, a subdivision that's been in the prede in
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  Speaker 2: the past, but we're going to get to promote and
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  Speaker 2: show off a new area of that subdivision as well.
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  Speaker 1: That's in Windsor's and that's yeah, the main Wannakee Windsor.
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  Speaker 1: And then of course you mentioned the scattered site homes
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  Speaker 1: as well, and I touched on this. I think that's
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  Speaker 1: important to mention as well. Is one of the great
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  Speaker 1: things about about this setup is taking advantage of and
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  Speaker 1: one of the great things I think what attracts many
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  Speaker 1: of us to this area is the diversity of areas.
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  Speaker 1: Is there are lakes, there's rivers, there's hills, there's farmland,
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  Speaker 1: there's and really taking advantage of those different those different areas,
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  Speaker 1: geographic areas, you guys really are able to really showcase
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  Speaker 1: a lot of really really cool homes, aren't you. We are.
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  Speaker 2: And one of the reasons why we made the change
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  Speaker 2: is we listened to consumers and they kept telling us, Hey,
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  Speaker 2: we're seeing the same houses in the same areas, and
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  Speaker 2: that's what's going to happen. If under the same covenants
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  Speaker 2: and restrictions, the same price points, how does it start
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  Speaker 2: to look like each other. So when you're in different communities,
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  Speaker 2: be it Stoton, wannakeuy Verona, that's giving you that opportunity
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  Speaker 2: to see different places and different homes. Builders are able
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  Speaker 2: to promote and kind of showcase their biggest invest as
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  Speaker 2: well as you know, the product that they can build
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  Speaker 2: for any consumer. So it was a consumer request and
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  Speaker 2: it's something that we thought long and hard about and
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  Speaker 2: it really does add that variety and that opportunity to
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  Speaker 2: see everything that's it's really on the market today.
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  Speaker 1: It's a great way to spend a day or two.
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  Speaker 1: I know a number of folks that'll spend multiple days
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  Speaker 1: out and taking a look at the homes. You can
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  Speaker 1: buy tickets online Madison Parade of Homes dot com. That's
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  Speaker 1: Madison Paradeifhomes dot com. If you do bank slash tickets
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  Speaker 1: or click on the tickets link, you can buy tickets
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  Speaker 1: right on the website. Also, tickets are available at the
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  Speaker 1: home sites, the main ones they do take cash your card,
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  Speaker 1: but correct me if I'm wrong. Scattered ones, it's cash only, correct.
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  Speaker 2: Chad, correct, yep. At the individual homes it's cash only,
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  Speaker 2: and tickets are good too all ten days of the parade.
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  Speaker 2: So it is ten straight days starting this Friday straight
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  Speaker 2: through next Sunday. But if one ticket gets you into
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  Speaker 2: every single house, doesn't matter which day.
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  Speaker 1: Oh excellent? Why for some reason Chad and I I
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  Speaker 1: must be losing my mind. Ruslick as though, and that's
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  Speaker 1: even better for folks. As we talk about great opportunity,
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  Speaker 1: is it's you can check out, and especially with it
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  Speaker 1: with some of those scattered options, is you can do
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  Speaker 1: a day here, a day there. And now those tickets
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  Speaker 1: what a great price as well. And again more information
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  Speaker 1: available at Madison paradeivehomes dot com. I chat. One final
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  Speaker 1: thing too, as we wrap every year, I like to
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  Speaker 1: kind of ask you a little bit about what you're
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  Speaker 1: seeing in some of those trends. Is there is there
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  Speaker 1: a trend that you particular and personally O particularly grabbing
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  Speaker 1: your attention this season.
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  Speaker 2: Well, I think we've noticed that there's a trend for
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  Speaker 2: kind of renewable energy and more sustainability in some of
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  Speaker 2: the homes, and I think that was really highlighted in
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  Speaker 2: the Bellfarms community and Gain Building Concepts is doing two
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  Speaker 2: homes there that really kind of they're unique to our area,
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  Speaker 2: and I think that's what we're seeing with a lot
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  Speaker 2: of developments now and a lot of homes is uniqueness.
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  Speaker 2: So while that development specifically is going to have a
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  Speaker 2: lot of renewable, sustainable components, including geothermal, you see that
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  Speaker 2: in a lot of the communities. They're being very intentional
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  Speaker 2: about how they can differentiate themselves and provide that opportunity. Again,
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  Speaker 2: variety is kind of that key word that we're seeing,
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  Speaker 2: but it's really what the market is providing nowadays. There's
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  Speaker 2: a variety of price points, there's a variety of options
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  Speaker 2: and trends, and if it's something that you're looking for,
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  Speaker 2: we can help you with the parade. The parraide's going
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  Speaker 2: to get you that opportunity to get just a little
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  Speaker 2: bit a sneak peak of all that variety and then
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  Speaker 2: you can kind of grow from there.
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  Speaker 1: It's also an opportunity to meet with some of the builders,
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  Speaker 1: isn't it.
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  Speaker 2: Oh it is, And I think that's the part that
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  Speaker 2: our builders love the most. Having the opportunity to meet
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  Speaker 2: with consumers and even if you're not ready today for
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  Speaker 2: a project, come talk to them learn about it. You know,
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  Speaker 2: if you've always had those lingering questions of like, well,
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  Speaker 2: what would it take? What are the first steps? This
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  Speaker 2: is a great opportunity to learn about that information, but
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  Speaker 2: learn about who you potentially might be working with. I
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  Speaker 2: know our builders are more than happy to spend time
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  Speaker 2: with you and talk about what it is and how
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  Speaker 2: they can help you.
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  Speaker 1: Fantastic. Again, more information and tickets as well available online
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  Speaker 1: Madison Parade off Homes dot com. That's Madison Parade off
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  Speaker 1: Homes dot com. Kicks off this weekend, runs through the
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  Speaker 1: next next weekendto the next weekend as well. Again, all
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  Speaker 1: the details available as well as tickets available Madison Parade
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  Speaker 1: off Homes dot com. Also tickets available on site as well.
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  Speaker 1: All the details on the website Madison Parade of Homes
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  Speaker 1: dot com. Chat. It's always great chatting with you. We'll
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  Speaker 1: talk real soon and we'll see you out at the
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  Speaker 1: homes this week.
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  Speaker 2: Appreciate it, thanks so much and we look forward to
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  Speaker 2: seeing everybody.
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  Speaker 1: Chad Lawler, executive director with Madison Area Builders Association, previewing
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  Speaker 1: seventy five years of excellence. Of course, it is the
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  Speaker 1: Madison Area Builders Association Parade of Homes that website Madison
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  Speaker 1: Parade off Homes dot com news. It comes your way
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  Speaker 1: next right here at thirteen ten Wiba