Council Bluffs Building Trade Association

10/04/2023

Thursday October 5th, 4-6pm

Cannot wait to see you this Thursday!

05/17/2023

What an Awesome Night at the CBBTA meeting! We handed out 9 scholarships to local students. We also learned about REV. Thanks to all that came out.

04/19/2023

Thanks to Matt Mancuso, with Iowa Western CommunityCollege, for speaking about trades education at tonight's meeting!

02/11/2023

Check out this podcast from two CBBTA members!

This past Thursday, our very own McQueen-Jones, Director of All Good Things at Avenue Scholars SWI visited with Todd Studer Productions and Travis Waldstein from Aire Serv of Council Bluffs to discuss the important work of Avenue Scholars SWI. Bailey highlighted that business partnerships through Southwest Iowa are critical to our mission, and mutually beneficial, as together we prepare the future workforce of our region.
Full podcast coming soon! Stay tuned!
Great work, Bailey! And HUGE thank YOU to Todd and Travis!
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01/17/2023

Great opportunity for homeownership!
Check it out!

Habitat for Humanity of Council Bluffs Homeownership Program application period will be open soon!!! To submit an application, YOU MUST attend an information session. Please find a date and time that works and register to attend! We can not wait to meet you!

Have you always dreamt about owning your own house ? Join the team from Habitat CB to learn all about their Homebuyer Program.

11/16/2022

Tonights CBBTA meeting listening to Advanced Southwest Iowa Corporation

10/19/2022

CBBTA Pottawattamie County Supervisor candidate Forum. Getting great information from canidates.

09/21/2022

Tonight's CBBTA meeting.
Getting great information from Kristine Plunkett with Nebraska Enterprise Fund! Do you have or know someone starting a new business in SW Iowa? Reach out and we can get you in touch with Kristine and she can help guide you and possible help with funding!
Was some awesome information being shared tonight!
Thanks Kristine!

09/16/2022

Today, September 16th 2022 is National Tradesmen Day!
We say thank you to all the men and women working n the trades!
The skills and knowledge of those in the trades keep businesses, homes, and entire nations running. Whether walls go up or come down, roads cross rivers or the water flows, electricians, plumbers, masons, mechanics, carpenters, and everyone in between ensures the job gets done.

06/03/2022

Long time home builder and member of CBBTA, Lloyd D. Banks passed away on June 1st 2022 at the age of 101.
Our thought and prayers are with Evelyn and the family.
link to obit
https://www.petersonmortuaryinc.com/lloyd-d-banks/

Lloyd D. Banks June 2, 2022 256 6 Celebration of Life Visitation: Saturday, June 4, 2022, 10:00 A.M. to 12:00 P.M., Peterson Mortuary, 212 S. Locust Street, Glenwood, Iowa. Lloyd Darwin Banks, 101 passed away peacefully on June 1, 2022 in Council Bluffs, Iowa. He was born April 25, 1921 in Dumont, I...

06/03/2022

05/18/2022

Congrats to this years CBBTA Scholarship winners! We were able to give out $3,000 in scholarships to four individuals continuing there education in the building trades! Thank you to all that was able to attend this years presentations!

11/16/2021

More Construction updates on the interstate system.

11/04/2021

Please consider helping.

Imagine walking with your family down the 100 Block with no holidays lights this year. 🥺 With installation fees being so high and not enough lights, that might be our reality, but we have a plan to save the lights! 🤩

The trees along the 100 Block have grown and the lights we have been using since 2016 are not enough to light all of the trees. We've set up a GoFundMe to help collect enough funds to get new lights so that we may continue to keep the 100 Block looking beautiful during the holidays! 🎄

To donate, go to https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-save-christmas-and-light-council-bluffs

We are also searching for volunteers to help light a tree. Gather your family, a group of friends or your coworkers and take a few hours to wrap one of the 32 trees on the 100 Block with holiday lights!

To sign up to decorate a tree, go to https://the712initiative.org/help-save-christmas-and-light-council-bluffs/

10/16/2021

Bailey McQueen-Jones is here to help area high school students not just explore career options, but become work-ready after graduation with Career EdVantage.