Rowe Earns Prestigious MOBA Service Award, Graves Inducted Into Hall of Fame

Don Rowe of Millard Lumber is the recipient of the Metro Omaha Builders Association’s (www.moba.com) prestigious MOBA Service Award for 2017. The MOBA Service Award recognizes members who have outstanding accomplishments and demonstrate exceptional commitment to promoting and protecting the home building industry.

Rowe has served on the MOBA Board of Directors for 16 years, earned the MOBA Associate of the Year award in 2006, is a past Chairman of the Associates Council and Served on the NSHBA Board of Directors as Secretary and Government Affairs Trustee. He is a past President of the Home Builders Association in Lincoln and is a NAHB Life Spike. Don started in the lumber business at Hoppe Lumber in Lincoln, NE in 1977, and has been with Millard Lumber for 21 years and is their Vice President of Sales & Marketing.

Metro Omaha Builders Association also recently honored Gene Graves, who was inducted into the MOBA Hall of Fame. Graves has a 40 year track with MOBA and has served on their Board of Directors and on the Board of Directors of the National Association of Home Builders. As MOBA’s Executive Director in the 80’s, Graves brought the Street of Dreams to the Omaha market. Today, he is the owner of Graves Development Resources and builds homes under Scottsdale Step Free Homes.

The Metro Omaha Builders Association was chartered in 1946 and is a not-for-profit organization that was established to promote and protect various aspects of the home building industry. MOBA members are builders/developers and their trade partners who are dedicated to preserving integrity and lifestyle through high professional standards and sound business practices in the industry. MOBA is well known for producing the Street of Dreams, the Omaha Home Show, Remodel Omaha Tour and the Parade of Homes. For more information, visit www.moba.com.