Moore says unexpectedly fine weather caused minor mayhem during a Spring Parade a few years back. All the snow melted, so there was nowhere to plant Parade signs in show home neighbourhoods. “You couldn’t hammer them into the ground because the ground was still frozen, so every one of our signs fell down.” No matter what challenges arise, the Parade must go on — and on time. “We want the buying public to have a great experience, which means educated sales staff, completed homes, developers that are backing us home builders,” Koop says. “It’s amazing how much work and planning goes into it. There’s a lot of good people putting in a lot of work.” While builders and developers on the Parade committee contribute to the planning process, Braun and other members credit the MHBA and outgoing special events and membership coordinator Janet Constable for its success. “The MHBA runs probably one of the best Parades in all of Canada,” says Randall Homes’ Jason Jaquet. “No one goes to the extreme that we do and everyone now in the city and even in the province knows, ‘OK, fall time comes, the Parade of Homes is here.’ So everybody knows the synergy that comes from it and even if you’re not looking to build a new home you’re still going out to look at the new homes.” During the Fall Parade, four professional builders — from Ontario, Saskatchewan, B.C. and Alberta — will act as judges, poring over floor plans, photos and documents to select the winning show homes.
Maric Homes — 25 East Plains Drive
‘We want the buying public to have a great experience, which means educated sales staff, completed homes, developers that are backing us home builders’
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