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The Next Generation
Millennials Leading the Growth of New Home Buyers
NAHB•ORG
As the housing industry
celebrates New Homes Month in
April, recent data from the Census
Bureau confirms that millennials
are increasingly entering the
housing market as first-time buyers.
The homeownership rate of
millennials—now at 36 percent—
registered the largest gains among
all age groups in 2017. As the
nation’s largest demographic group,
more than 70 million millennials are
poised to dominate the home
buying market in the months and
years ahead.
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“Millennials are recognizing the
benefits of homeownership and are
eager to buy their first homes,” said
National Association of Home
Builders (NAHB) Chairman Randy
Noel, a custom home builder from
LaPlace, La. “And contrary to
conventional wisdom, this
generation is in the market for
single-family homes in the suburbs
as they look ahead to raising their
families.”
Home builders recognize the
changing demographics and the
increasing demand for entry-level
homes. Yet rising construction
costs and limited lot availability
create significant challenges to
National, State & Local
Building Industry News
2018: Issue 3
building smaller, single-family
detached homes that are both
affordable to first-time buyers and
cost-effective for builders.
With millennials willing to
compromise on space, townhouses
are offering a more affordable
option for younger buyers ready to
purchase their first homes. After
experiencing a drop during the
Great Recession, the share of new
townhome construction has been
rising since 2009. According to
NAHB analysis of Census data,
townhome construction in 2017
was up seven percent from 2016.
Millennials also are looking for
homes with three bedrooms and
two bathrooms, outdoor space,
flexible areas that can be used for
a variety of purposes and more
luxurious finishes, like quartz
countertops.
Ongoing economic growth and
rising wages are expected to
continue boosting housing demand
throughout 2018. NAHB analysis of
the Census Bureau’s Housing
Vacancy Survey shows that the
number of home owner households
increased by 1.5 million in 2017,
while the number of renter
households declined by 76,000.
Millennials projected to
overtake Baby Boomers
as America’s largest
generation
By Richard Fry
Millennials are on the cusp of
surpassing Baby Boomers as
the nation’s largest living adult
generation, according to
population projections from the
U.S. Census Bureau. As of July
1, 2016 (the latest date for
which population estimates are
available), Millennials, whom we
define as ages 20 to 35 in 2016,
numbered 71 million, and
Boomers (ages 52 to 70)
numbered 74 million. Millennials
are expected to overtake
Boomers in population in 2019
as their numbers swell to 73
million and Boomers decline to
72 million. Generation X (ages
36 to 51 in 2016) is projected to
pass the Boomers in population
by 2028.
The Millennial generation
continues to grow as young
immigrants expand its ranks.
Boomers – whose generation
was defined by the boom in
U.S. births following World War
II – are aging and their numbers
shrinking in size as the number
of deaths among them exceeds
the number of older immigrants
arriving in the country.
Because generations are
analytical constructs, it takes
time for popular and expert
consensus to develop as to the
precise boundaries that
demarcate one generation from
another. Pew Research Center
has assessed demographic,
labor market, attitudinal and
behavioral measures and has
now established an endpoint –
albeit inexact – for the Millennial
generation. According to our
revised definition, the youngest
“Millennial” was born in 1996.
source: www.pewresearch.org
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President’s
Message
Whew! What a month:
TAB meetings, membership drive and kids playhouse
What a month it’s been with all
that’s going on at the association.
From TaB meetings in austin to
the membership direct drive
training, the el Paso children’s
Hospital Foundation Playhouse
and more…yeah, i’d say we’ve
been busy.
i want to thank our executive
team led by TaB executive
officer Randy Bowling, Sam
Shallenberger, edgar garcia,
Sergio cuartas, Ray adauto and
Margaret adauto for joining me in
austin. i will say that we’ve not
had this type of “power” together
at a TaB meeting for several
years and frankly it made an
impression. edgar and Sergio
found themselves in the middle of
the action in meetings after
meetings. The TaB HoMe Pac
Top golf outing was fun and i’m
here to tell you that i’m looking
Builders Outlook
Edmundo
Dena
President,
el Paso association
of Builders
forward to doing something like
that here at our own Top golf.
The things we came away with
are many. Know that your Texas
association is fighting the good
fight, but it will be rough in 2019
as the legislature will be
splintered making it harder and
more expensive to fight bad
legislation. Your dollars to Home
Pac are important like never
before.
We are joining 20 other
associations across Texas in May
to increase our membership. We
are fortunate to have a great
relationship with Kate and Rob
oliver of Monarch direct drive.
They were joined by Texas
association executive director
Scott norman. our team
captains are busy recruiting
members to come help with the
drive scheduled May 22-24.
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Roman, Fernie Santana and gus
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more.
With all that we are also ready
to open the Parade of Homes. i’ll
have something to say about that
next time. Meanwhile my thanks
to our staff, Margaret and Ray.
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Executive’s
Builders Outlook 2018 Issue 3

Message D
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Spring:
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Busy time at association, projects bloom

Ray Adauto,
Executive
Vice President
EPAB
It’s Spring and that means all
things are well underway. The
first breath of warm air and a
rain shower or two normally
greets us, and so does the
myriad of event. We had our
“winter” meeting for the Texas
Association of Builders in Austin.
The story on that is on another
page in this issue. Because we
have our youngest grandkids
near by in Cedar Park we visited
them for 24 hours. In that time,
we caught three “extreme” flag
football games watching the kids
show off their skills. The
youngest is new to American
football as he is more attuned to
soccer. He’s learning but his
helmet is huge, and the shoulder
pads add some bulk to his little
body. The older one is a whiz in
this sport, tall, lanky, and very
fast. He has great hand-eye
coordination, going for 70 plus
yards for the winning touchdown
with zero time left in the game.
Football in March. Only in
Texas.
The TAB meetings were
informative and scary. Next year
our legislative agenda will be full
of work to stop some onerous
bills sure to come up and work
on getting builder bills passed. It
will be a huge challenge. What
is most important is that you as
a member contribute to HOME
Pac so that we have the money
to fight the fight and win where
we need to.
Texas will grow to 50 million
people by 2050 according to
demographers. That is double
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of what it is today, and every city P
and county will be struggling
with population needs. Water,
land, transportation, services of
all kinds. That will be something
to see. For our members it’s a
mixed bag because just as sure
as the sun rises there will those
who don’t want growth and don’t
want services anywhere near
them. Technology will have to
stay up with that growth and the
concern is that so will the bad
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2018 Issue 3 Builders Outlook 5

Builder News

NAHB Study Shows

Steady Gains in
Construction
Employment, But Levels
Remain Below Peak

n A new construction employment

analysis from the National
Association of Home Builders (NAHB)
shows that 9.8 million people worked
in construction in 2016, and more
than 3.8 million of them worked in
residential construction. These
numbers reflect modest but steady
job gains since 2011, when
construction employment bottomed
out. However, employment levels
remain below the peaks reached
during the housing boom in 2006,
when more than 11 million worked in
construction, and home building
employed more than 5 million people.
“While it is promising to see that
residential construction employment
is on the rise, it is still far below
where we need to be to meet the
increasing demand for housing,” said
NAHB Chairman Randy Noel, a
custom home builder from LaPlace,
La. “We will continue to push for
programs and policies that address
the labor shortage, such as workforce
development initiatives and
comprehensive immigration reform.”
NAHB’s analysis also shows the
number of home building jobs across
states and congressional districts.
California tops the nation in
employment of residential
construction workers—more than half
a million residents worked in home
building in 2016. This number is still
down significantly from the 2006 peak
of 788,000, though. Despite being
one of the states most severely
affected by the housing downturn,
Florida comes in second with 361,000
residential construction workers.
Among the states hardest hit by the
housing downturn and slowest to
recover home building jobs are New
Mexico, Nevada and Arizona, which
still show job losses of 46, 43, and 41
percent, respectively, compared to
2006. Despite these significant job
losses, home building in Nevada and
Arizona continues to employ a
relatively high share of local
workers—more than 3 percent of the
employed labor force.
NAHB’s analysis indicates that the
average congressional district has
more than 8,800 residents working in
residential construction, but that
number is often significantly higher.
For example, in Montana’s single
congressional district, close to 20,600
residents are in home building.
Colorado’s 7th district, which
incorporates parts of the Denver-
Aurora metro area, and Florida’s 19th
district, which serves an area on the
west coast from Fort Myers to Marco
Island, come in second and third with
more than 18,000 employed in home
building.
NAHB estimates of residential
construction employment by state
and congressional district are based
on two main sources of data: the
American Community Survey from
the Census Bureau and the Quarterly
Census of Employment and Wages
compiled by the Bureau of Labor
Statistics. These estimates include
self-employed workers, who
constitute approximately a quarter of
the labor force of the sector.
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nahb.org/MA
2018 Issue 3
Economic
Forescast
Elliot Eisenberg
Economic & Policy
Blog
The Age of Austerity Is Over
When the Congressional Budget Office
made its June 2017 forecast of our fiscal
future, it projected a deficit of $689 billion
in FY2019. The deficit is now poised to
be $1.2 trillion, a dramatic and profound
change that is hard to overstate. One
major reason for the growing deficit is
that the GOP tax cut that passed in late
December is estimated to reduce
revenue by $1 trillion over the next
decade, even after pro-growth economic
effects are factored in. The other reason
is the budget deal passed by Congress
in early February, includes $300 billion in
new spending over two years, along with
$90 billion in hurricane relief, fully
financed by larger deficits.
This is a stark reversal from the years
2010 through 2016, when congressional
Republicans insisted on spending cuts
and the Obama administration insisted
on raising taxes (by allowing some of the
Bush administration tax cuts to expire).
Those steps, combined with an
improving economy, cut the budget
deficit from almost 10% of GDP in 2009
to less than 2.5% in 2015. What does
this abrupt fiscal change mean for the
economy in the near term, medium-term
and long-term?
In the near term, economic growth
should be quite strong. No matter what
assumptions are made, and which
economic models are used, GDP growth
over the next 18 to 24 months will be
about half a percentage point higher than
it would be absent these twin
expansionary policies. After all,
between tax cuts and the boost to
spending, close to $500 billion is being
injected into the US economy over the
next year! Even in an economy near full
employment, this will boost growth and
reduce the likelihood of a recession to a
minimum.
In the medium-term, things are a bit
murkier. The big question is whether the
economy has room to grow without
generating inflation -- and how the Fed
NAHB
February New Home Sales Flat
Sales of newly built, single-family
homes remained virtually unchanged,
inching down 0.6 percent in February to
a seasonally adjusted annual rate of
618,000 units after upward revisions to
the January, December and November
reports, according to newly released
data by the U.S. Department of Housing
and Urban Development and the U.S.
Census Bureau.
“New home sales are at a steady level,
which is consistent with our measures of
solid builder confidence in the housing
market,” said NAHB Chairman Randy
Noel, a custom home builder from
LaPlace, La. “As housing demand grows,
builders need to manage increasing
costs for labor, lots and building
materials to keep their homes
competitively priced.”
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will respond. With unemployment near
20-year lows, it is unknown how close
the economy is to full employment. If it
is close, inflation is likely to worsen. But
if the US has more growth potential, due
to more corporate investment in plant
and equipment, reduced regulation, and EL PASO ASSOCIATION OF BUILDERS
more workers coming from the ranks of
those that dropped out in years past, the INNOVATION u DESIGN u EXCELLENCE u ACHIEVEMENT
Fed could raise rates more slowly,
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allowing the expansion to run longer
because inflation would be subdued. In
addition, there is also fear that the
COMING SOON
Powell Fed will proactively raise rates
too fast simply to prove its inflation-
fighting-chops and needlessly cut short
the current expansion.
In the long-run, the annual deficit is
going to be worse than at any time other
than during recessions or wars. This not
only reduces the ability of the
government to fight the next recession
with a big dose of fiscal stimulus, but
higher debt service costs are also a
concern. And as interest rates rise
because of the added borrowing, so too
will interest payments. Lastly, there is
also concern that government borrowing
may “crowd-out” private sector
borrowing. To the extent funds that can
be borrowed are finite, and that is
debatable, every dollar the government
borrows is a dollar potentially not
available for home mortgages or
business expansion.
To conclude, in the short run, things
look good. In the medium-term, the fear
of inflation and the Fed’s ability to let the
data speak and not preemptively raise
rates unnecessarily will determine how
long the current expansion lasts. In the
long-run, the government will have less
room to maneuver when the next
recession hits, and interest payments will
consume a growing percentage of the
budget, making budget battles on Capitol
Hill more contentious and the need to
find more revenue increasingly pressing.
“The recent upward revisions to the
sales numbers reflect our forecast for a
gradual strengthening of the single-
family housing sector in 2018,” said
NAHB Chief Economist Robert Dietz.
“Demographic tailwinds point to higher
demand for single-family homes in the
months ahead. Combined with solid job
market data, we expect more consumers
to enter the housing market this year.”
AWARDS CEREMONY
The inventory of new home sales for
sale was 305,000 in February, which is a
5.9-month supply at the current sales
SPRING 2018
pace. The median sales price of new
houses sold was $326,800.
Regionally, new home sales rose 19.4
percent in the Northeast and 9 percent in
the South. Sales decreased 3.7 percent
in the Midwest and 17.6 percent in the
West.
 BUILDERS OUTLOOK • EPAB ON THE SCENE

Legislative Issues and Government Relations

EPAB executive board attends TAB winter meeting in Austin

The members of the executive
board found themselves in Austin for
the Texas Association of Builders
winter meeting and came home filled
with information and vigor. The
quarterly gahtering was three days of
committee meetings and education
on the goings on with TAB and the
associations around the state.
The group was led by President
Edmundo Dena and Randy Bowling,
TAB Executive board member, and
included Sergio Cuartas, Edgar
Garcia, Sam Shallenberger, Margaret
Adauto and Ray Adauto. The
meetings were at the historic (and
haunted) Driskill Hotel located off 6th
street and Brazos. Did we say
haunted? Well yes and you can
verify that via Google as well as
various books and videos. But more
on that later. The meetings were long
but highly informative.
Sergio and Randy arrived earlier on
Wednesday and attended the Audit
committee, Association planning and
local president’s council. Thursday
had the group attend Home PAC
meetings, Government Relations
Committee both in the morning.
Home PAC and GRC both touched
on the deep divisions within the
legislature that will make next years
86th session extremely difficult to get
things done. “I can’t remember a
time where things are getting so
complicated,” said Scott Norman,
Executive Director of TAB.
The afternoon had the group
dividing up to got to six meetings. No
one was bored but the day long event
takes a toll. Friday was the final day
and included our Area five (V)
meeting with the rest of our west
Texas associations. After lunch we all
attended the Board meeting.
One of our highlights was winning
the coveted Best of the Best
HOMEPAC award, the 14th time
we’ve done so. It’s starting to bug the
other associations, and that is good.
Home PAC after all needs support
and so anything that brings in
contributions, including the award,
are good for the industry.

Community Project for Kids

The EPAB was asked to build a playhouse for the El Paso Children’s
Hospital Foundation as an auction item for their gala held April 6.
Chairwoman Angelique Roman had terrific help from the members.
“This is the first time in many years that we attempt something like this
and while the idea is somewhat simple the execution wasn’t”, Roman told
the Outlook. Our thanks to Fernando Santana, Gus Loy, Brenda Aguirre,
Patricia Martinez, Dan Villareal, Justin Hahn, Chris Hakes, Mike Flores,
Casey McCuan, Cruz Lopez, Edmundo Dena, Angelique Roman, Ted
Escobedo, Eduardo (Lalo) Blanco, Jaime Gonzalez, Cristina Sheldon,
Ricardo Aguilar, Margaret Adauto and Ray Adauto. Lumber donated by
Foxworth Galbraith. Transport to the Civic Center Franklin Building
Materials. Paint and supplies Sherwin Williams. Our sincere thanks for all
the work.
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Membership Drive Training
The El Paso Association of Builders was joined by TAB Executive
Director Scott Norman and TAB Executive Randy Bowling for a four hour
training session for the upcoming Direct Drive, a membership drive coming
in May. Team captains have started to get their teams together for a
competitive fun membership drive. The Texas Association of Builders of
which 20 locals will be participating in the drive are all doing training in April
for the May event. “I want to thank all the EPAB leadership for their strong
commitment to the drive,” said Scott Norman. “El Paso always sets the
bar,” said Rob Oliver. “I suspect you guys will be kicking it hard.”

New flags go up the pole

Being so close to the interstate is
sometimes a pain. Not just for
driving or getting in or out of the
area, but in this case something
most of you wouldn’t think about.
Flags. Our flagpole, donated by
Greg Bowling many years ago, has
flown the U. S. and Texas flags
during that time. Once every four
months the flags are so dirty that we
have to change them out. Wind,
soot, dirt, and daily crud. We
changed out the colors so that now
you have a spring fresh set of flags
flying proudly.
10 Builders Outlook 2018 Issue 3

Mortgage
& Banking
Rising mortgage rates hit new home sales

An ominous sign for builders:
• Homebuyers increasingly
can't afford what they want.
• Higher mortgage rates,
combined with the loss of
homeowner tax breaks in
some of the nation's most
expensive markets, are
taking away buying power.
is increasingly out of financial That did not happen, likely because "This report is undoubtedly
reach for today's home buyers. affordability stood in the way. disappointing. Like 2017, 2018 isn't
"The drop in sales may be due to Builders did note a drop in buyer setting up to be particularly
saturation in the upper price range traffic in January, according to a favorable for builders —
of the market, which should compel monthly sentiment survey from the construction materials and
builders to follow the market and National Association of Home permitting costs are high and
build more moderately priced Builders. That measure did not rising, labor is tight, and desirable,
homes," wrote Joseph Kirchner, improve in February, when rates buildable land is scarce and
senior economist at Realtor.com. moved even higher. Builder expensive," wrote Aaron Terrazas,
"We may be beginning to see this confidence remains high, but senior economist at Zillow. "It
with the largest drop for new home largely due to sales expectations seems clear that we shouldn't
sales in homes priced above over the next six months, not expect a big breakthrough in new
$500,000." current sales conditions or buyer home sales any time soon, and
The expectation had been for an traffic. should instead look for incremental
increase in new home sales in Builders may be counting on the progress at best. At this point, we'll
January, after the sharp drop in tight supply in the existing home take whatever we can get."
December. Some economists market to push more business their -cnbc.com
argue that when rates begin to rise, way. Sales of existing homes fell in
there is an initial surge reaction January as well, with the blame
from buyers who want to get in laid squarely on a severe shortage
before rates increase even further. of homes for sale.

Sales of newly built homes are

falling, and the culprit is clear.
Homebuyers increasingly can't
afford what they want. Higher
mortgage rates, combined with the
loss of homeowner tax breaks in
some of the nation's most
expensive markets, are taking
away buying power.
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new tax law was signed, and then
again in January, when mortgage
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EPAB Membership
Builder members
as of February 28, 2018
Bain Construction
Scott Bain
Bella Vista Custom Homes, Inc.
Edgar Garcia
BIC Homes
Antonio Cervantes
Carefree Homes
Richard Aguilar
Casas De Leon, LLC
Nick Bombach
Classic American Homes
Priscilla Hernandez
Crown Heritage Homes
Lydia Mlouhi
Cullers & Caldwell Builders
John Cullers
Cullers Homes
Jason R. Cullers
D. R. Horton Homes
Jaime Gonzalez
Dawco Home Builders
Walter O. Lujan
Deal-2-Deal Homes
dba Deal-2-Deal,LLC
Delton Deal
Del Rio Engineering, Inc.
Sal Masoud
Diamond Homes, LLC
Valerie Baquera
Donald Ward Builder, Inc.
Donald Ward
E. Valencia Land Development LLC
Eddie Valencia
Edward's Homes, Inc.
Eduardo Fernandez
EPT Bella Custom Dream Homes
Leti & Javier Navarrete
EPT Land Communities
David Bogas
Everest Homes
Edmundo Dena, Jr.
Fortune Custom Homes
Javier Andrade
Gaddy Construction
Charles Gaddy
GMF Custom Homes, LP
Frank Torres
Guel Construction
Rudy Guel
Hakes Brothers LLC
Chris Hakes
Hanson Asset Management, LP
Russell Hanson C. D. Lee/Britton Insurance & Bonding
Homes by Design
Leslie Driggers Hoard
Hunt Communities, LLC
Kathy Parry
Icon Custom Home Builder, LLC.
Carlos Garcia
Industrial Realty Group Incorporated
Brent D. Harris
JER Custom Homes, LLC
Jorge E. Rodriguez
Lloyd Hamilton Construction
Lloyd Hamnilton III
Loyalty Homes
Gustavo Loy
M A Builders & Design, LLC
Mustafa Ali
Metro Homes, Inc.
Fernando Torres, Judith Arrunada,
Pacifica Homes, Inc.
Juan Jose Vasquez
Palace Homes, Inc.
Robert Diaz
Palo Verde Homes
Edgar Montiel
Pointe Homes
Carlos Villalobos
Porter Homes
Albert Porter
R.C. Baeza & Associates
Robert C. Baeza
R.E. Welch Contractor Demcon Disposal Management, LLC
Gordon Welch
Rassette Homes, Inc.
Donald Rassette
Santana Custom Homes
Fernando Santana
Southwest Land Development Serv.
Doug Schwartz
The Heritage Group
David Bingham
Builders Outlook 2018 Issue 3
Updated every month, here is a list of the 2018 EPAB Membership.
Remember to please do buinsess with fellow members.
Trejo Construction Co. Eagle Roofing Products MTI Ready Mix, Inc.
Juan Trejo Scott Aguilar Tony Mullen
Tropicana Building Corp. El Paso Building Materials New American Funding
Bobby Bowling IV Ken Wade Brenda Trillo
Tropicana Development El Paso Disposal New Era Foam
Greg Bowling Irma Parsons George Tollen
Tropicana Homes El Paso Mortgage Bankers Association Passage Supply
Randy Bowling Gilbert Pedregon John Chaney
Tropicana Properties El Paso Times Patriot Mortgage
Demetrio Jimenez Jose Molina Randy Bowling
Villagi Homes, LLC El Paso Truss Pella Windows
Kristi Eddings Luis Mendiola Jason Bates
Will Harvey Development El Paso Winnelson Performance Glass & Aluminum
Will S. Harvey Rene Goldfien Hector Hernandez
Winton/Flair/Accent Homes Ferguson Enterprises Inc. Perl Mortgage
Herschel Stringfield Albert Holguin Stephen Sepulveda, Gilbert Pedregon
First American Bank Pioneer Bank
Associate Members Luis Sauceda Kathy Carrillo
as of February. 28, 2018 Fire Smoke N’ Grill PRIDE Ascend
2-10 Home Buyers Warranty Bill Owen Dr. Lonny Wright
Jeanine Jones First Light Federal Credit Union Post Tension
84 Lumber Lorenzo Revelez Dennis Moore
Ernie Chavez First National 1870 Powerfoam Insulation/
915 Siteworks, LLC Haley Merritt Metlspan NCI Group, Inc.
Dan Guevara Firth, Johnston, Bunn & Kerr Arnie Pederson
ABC Supply Co., Inc. Jay Kerr Randall Smith, CPA
Larry Eck Foxworth Galbraith Lumber Randall Smith
Acme Brick Company Dan Villarreal Real Estate Weekly Newspaper
Vanessa Rocha; Steve Bush Franklin Building Materials Riley Stephens
Adams Moulding & Lumber Ricardo Aguilar; Cristina Sheldon Rebath of El Paso/Las Cruces
Tom Swahlen G2 Ram Electric Lisa Walling
Area Iron & Steel Works, Inc. Luis Cano Remcon Self Storage
Fred L. Edmonston Jr. GCC Sun City Materials, LLC Will Harvey
Atrium Homes Antonio “Tony” Chavez Richman Group Affordable Housing Corp.
Ricardo Bocardo Jr. GECU- Greater El Paso Credit Union Kevin Hoffman
Bank of Texas Brenda Aguirre Rocky Mountain Mortgage Company
Ray Owen Greater El Paso Chamber of Commerce Dean Inniss
Barnett & Bennett Construction GEPAR-Greater El Paso Roe, Brad
Ben Trzyna Assoc. of Realtors Bradley Roe
Baron Supply Jason Sanchez Rudolph Chevrolet
David Trammell Hardware Specialties Mike Ruffin
Barragan & Associates Jeff R. Paxton Saldivar Electric, Inc.
Benito Barragan Harris Real Estate Group Martin A. Saldivar
Barrett Airworks Lane Harris Sarabias Blue Sanitation
Alexandro Castro Haskins Electric Monica Brown
Beasley, Mitchell & Co., LLP Charles B. Haskins, Jr. Senercon
Brad Beasley Home of Texas Javier Ruiz
BMC Select Mark Smiley Sherwin Williams Paint
Jaeson Iovinella HUB International Cruz Lopez
Boise Cascade Luis Rosas Sierra Title Company
Mike Flores Interceramic Tile & Stone Gallery Angelique Roman
Border Solar David Holguin Simpson Strong-Tie Company, Inc.
Javier Ruiz Inter National Bank Ken Donham
Builders Source Appliance Gallery Natalie Ojeda Snappy Publishing, LLC
Kathy Rose, Sandra Lucero J & H Concrete & Post Tension Ted Escobedo
Jorge Herrera Solar Smart Living
Anthony Landavazo; Lisa Daniels James L. Ellis, CPA, PC Larry Perea
Casa Ford & Casa Nissan Jim Ellis Southwest Décor El Paso Corporation
Luke Lowenfield Jimmy Garza Chris Matthews
CEA Engineering Group Emergency Water Removal Spectrum Technologies
Jorge L. Azcarate Veronica Buchanan Miled Daou
Central Texas Metal Jobe Materials, LP Stewart Title of El Paso
Roofing Supply Co.,Inc. Charlie Tellez Cindy Bilbe
Ben Garza, III Joe Bernal Insurance StrucSure Home Warranty
Centricity & Financial Services, Inc. Scott Whisenant
Brent R. Morgan Joe M. Bernal Su Casa Magazine
Chaparral Materials, Inc. Keenan Supply Bob Skolnick
Leroy Trujillo Nancy Rivas Sun City Winnelson
City Bank Texas L & P Building Supply Dean Moore
Bob Kotarski Denise McConnell Texas Gas Services
City Lights LCR Resource, Inc. Mica Short
Thomas Brown Ralph Sanchez Texas Title Company
Cognent, Inc. Legacy Real Estate Services Steve Raney
Martin Paredes TTI Prop. Management. TFCU
Commercial Insurance Brokers, Inc. Patrick Tuttle Yolie Melendez-Estrada
Ken Foster Lennox Industries The Dorian Group/Ocean Gallery USA
Conde, Inc. Sharon Horton Miguel Angel Mercado
Conrad Conde Lone Star Title Co. of El Paso The Home Systems Heating & Cooling, Inc.
Copenhagen Imports Sam Trimble Jesus Chain
Flemming Carlsen Love Engineering, Inc. Trane Residential Solutions
CQC Testing and Engineering, LLC Montez Love Robert Meske/ Kathleen Chacon
Jaime Rojas Majestic Realtors TRE & Associates
Dal-Tile Patti Musshorn Linda Troncoso
Joseph Cepeda MAK Roofing & Construction Trim Team
Delek US dba 7 Eleven Felix Vizarreta Juan & Kris Hernandez
Sonja Scanlan Masco Contract Services USA General Contractors
dba Gale Insulation Javier Olmos
Maria Elena (Nena) Gomez Tom Harmon Vision Consultants, Inc.
Dunn Edwards Paints McCoy's Building Supplies Kelly Sorenson
Nathan Gordon Julie Reyes WestStar Home Loans
Dorney Security Merrill Lynch Cinco Houghton
John Dorney Thomas (Tommy) Gabriel WestStar Bank
DWS Building Supply Mini Concrete Materials David Osborn
Sabrina Voorhies Joe Soto WestStar Title
E.F. Building Materials, Inc. Morrison Supply Janette Coon
Efren Fraire Sam Shallenberger
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Austin hotel
hosts spirits
Haunted. That’s the Driskill
Hotel. Built during the heyday of
wealth in the late 1800’s the hotel
tells the story of cattle, copper,
cotton and the wealth they
created. The opulence
sometimes took a turn to the
macabre including suicides,
murders and accidental deaths
inside the hotel. Some of our
members have been victims of
strange things in their rooms or
with feelings of someone looking
at you. The paintings in the hotel
sometimes have been known to
cause dizziness or sadness. On
Friday as we checked out one of
the staff was showing off pictures
a guest had taken that morning of
the young girl who is said to
haunt the fifth floor. I have a
copy of those pictures and while I
can see a transparent image of a
girl I can’t attest to the reality of it
other than to say the staff said it
was exactly what many of them
had seen.
The Driskill Hotel is now a
Hyatt branded hotel. The real
brand, the kind on the cattle, is
still poking around. Hope your
adventure is as fun as it has been
for us.
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