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The Bar Awards

Call for Entries

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Click here for entry forms
Click here for the marketing statement and fact sheet forms
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Eligible Entries

  • Product must be built or marketed August 1, 2008 to August 1, 2009.
  • Home Builder or Associate Member (advertising agency, architect, supplier, interior designer, developer) may enter.
  • Only HBA builders and associate members in good standing are eligible to receive recognition.
  • Candidates for Sales Person, Sales Team, Sales Manager and Marketing Director of the Year must be a member of Sales & Marketing Council (SMC)
  • Product/community must be within the eight-county metro area of Adams, Arapahoe, Boulder, Broomfield, Denver, Douglas, Elbert, and Jefferson Counties.
  • All entries must have been completed and in full use at some during the eligibility dates.
  • HBA MEMBERS MUST BE CURRENT ON THEIR ACCOUNT AT THE TIME BAR ENTRIES ARE SUBMITTED.

Entry Fees, Deadline & Location

  • $95*
  • Make checks payable to HBA of Metro Denver
  • Reference BAR Awards
  • All entry fees are non-refundable
  • Entries must be hand-delivered to the Home Builders Association.
    • Tuesday August 4, 2009
    • 9:00 am to 3:00 pm
    • 9033 E. Easter Place, Centennial, CO

*Lounge, Platinum and Gold Sponsorships receive complimentary entries. Complimentary entries must be redeemed on August 4, 2009 when entries are due and are not refundable or transferable.

Repeat Entries

  • Remember, if your work is still being marketing as of August 1, 2009, you can enter that work even if it has already been entered in previous years.
  • This applies to any category

The NEW Judging Process

  • Upon receipt entries are assigned an identification number and reviewed for accuracy.
  • Exhibit materials are put in judging order.
  • Homes must be available to be toured on September 16, 17 and 18, 2009.
  • Entrants will be contacted a minimum of a week in advance of their touring day.
  • Due to extremely limited time and flexibility any home not available during the touring day will not be judged.
  • Out of state judges will spend three days physically touring the following categories:
    • Best Sales, Information Center or Club House
    • Interior Design Categories
    • Architectural Design Categories
    • Active Adult Home of the Year
    • Attached Home of the Year
    • Detached Home of the Year
    • Custom Home of the Year
    • Urban Infill Home of the Year
    • Community of the Year
      • If for any reason judges cannot tour due to unforeseen circumstances, judging may be modified.
  • Representatives from BONDI & Co. LLC an independent auditing firm, will observe all judging to ensure the adherence to the judging rules and to maintain the integrity of the process.
  • Each of the judges will mark their ballots on a 10-point system, 10 being the highest.
  • Representatives from BONDI & Co. will directly collect and tabulate all of the judge’s ballots to calculate the finalists and the BAR AWARD winners.
  • Only the members of the BONDI auditing team and the producer of the BAR AWARDS show will know the winners prior to the announcement at the 2009 BAR AWARDS ceremony.
  • A local panel of judges of sales and marketing professionals from a variety of businesses will be selected to conduct personal interviews for the following categories
  • Judges conduct interviews using approved questions appropriate for the building industry.
    • Salesperson of the Year / Sales Team of the Year
    • Sales Manager of the Year / Marketing Director of the Year
  • Entrants will be contacted by September 1, 2009 with the interview schedule
  • Personal interviews will take place during the third week of September at the HBA office.
  • Candidates must be available at their scheduled time.

    • *The selection of exceptional judges is critical to the BAR Awards. A panel that includes the current BAR Awards Chairperson, Co-Chairperson, and the BAR Awards Judging Committee selects our highly qualified judges. All judges submit a bio of qualifications that the panel reviews. All out-of-state judges are builders, developers, architects, interior designers or marketing professionals. Judges are selected to produce the most well-rounded and geographically diverse judging group possible. A strict requirement is that no judge may have performed work of any kind in the Denver marketplace within the last 5 years.