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Newton Business Owner Awarded By Home Builders & Remodelers Assoc.

On Saturday, HBRAMA honored Sullivan and five other members with its prestigious Legend of the Industry Award.

From left: HBRAMA Legends of the Industry Award recipients Bill Laplante of Laplante Construction, Paul Sullivan of The Sullivan Company, Mark Herlihy of Herlihy Insurance, Bob McPhee of McPhee Associates, and Ronald E. Langell Sr. of R&L Remodeling.
From left: HBRAMA Legends of the Industry Award recipients Bill Laplante of Laplante Construction, Paul Sullivan of The Sullivan Company, Mark Herlihy of Herlihy Insurance, Bob McPhee of McPhee Associates, and Ronald E. Langell Sr. of R&L Remodeling. (Charlene Graham Photography)

NEWTON, MA — Paul Sullivan, owner of The Sullivan Company in Newton, has received an awards from the Home Builders & Remodelers Association of Massachusetts (HBRAMA).

At the organization’s 62nd Annual Installation and Awards Ceremony on Saturday, Nov. 12, HBRAMA honored Sullivan and five other members with its prestigious Legend of the Industry Award, which was created in 2006 to recognize members across the state who drive change and innovation in the industry and who contribute to their communities.

HBRAMA also ushered in its 2023 Executive Committee, which will be led by President Jeffrey Brem and includes President-Elect Michael Duffany, 1st Vice President David O’Sullivan, Vice President/Secretary/Treasurer Susan Kadilak and Immediate Past President Emerson Clauss III.

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“I am excited for this opportunity to lead an association that has helped me so much in my professional life, at a time when the need for housing has never been greater,” Brem said in a statement. “My focus will be on growing the association’s brand, recognition and standing, where being an HBRAMA member will indicate a homebuilder or remodeler is perceived at the highest level.”

The annual meeting and banquet featured guest speaker Alicia Huey, a home builder from Birmingham, Alabama, who is the incoming chair of the National Association of Home Builders.

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HBRAMA is a nonprofit trade association representing over 1,500 members who are single- and multi-family builders, developers, remodelers, suppliers and other allied professionals in the residential construction industry. For more information, visit www.HBRAMA.com.


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