BIA/LAV Installation & Awards Dinner is Friday

The Annual BIA/LAV Installation and Awards Dinner will be held this Friday, November 5 at the Skirball Cultural Center and we hope to see you there! We will install the 2011 Board of Directors including President Jonathan Lonner of Burns and Bouchard. Thanks to our sponsors:

Bank of America                                             Lennar Communities

Hall & Foreman                                              Victory Homes

Hanley Wood Market Intelligence                    Watt Communities

Burns & Bouchard                                          Cerrell Associates

CityView                                                         Wells Fargo Home Loans

Creative Design Interiors                               Partners Capital Solutions

MetLife Home Loans                                       PPC Land Ventures

Mercury                                                           CDS Insurance

PCL Construction Services                              KFG Investment Company

SoCal Gas                                                        KB Home

Crawford & Bangs, LLC                                   California Home Builders

But this event is about more than just installing the 2011 Board of Directors. It'salso a chance to catch up with old friends and reflect on the year gone by. While many of us are ready for 2010 to end in hopes of an improving economy in 2011, BIA/LAV is very proud of its many accomplishments this year. Most notably, of course, is the successful resolution of the Ventura MS4 (stormwater) permit. When BIA appealed the permit last year, who imagined that there would be a new permit in place by now. Not only did the LA Regional Water Quality Control Board understand and agree with our view, amending the permit to allow more options for compliance, but we avoided costly and lengthy litigation. While the final 2010 permit will be difficult to comply with, the 2009 permit would have virtually stopped development by requiring so much land dedicated to stormwater management it made projects infeasible or extremely costly.

Another major initiative this year was the launch of Project Greenlight. This new initiative helps BIA Associate members connect with BIA Builder members and helps get future housing developments approved. That construction, in turn, puts our members back to work!

So we hope to see you on Friday night, where you'll hear about these successes and much more.