NBN Online for the week of March 16, 2009

Forum to Present Fort Bliss Housing Job Opportunities

Home builders, trades, financiers and Realtors® are invited to attend the Fort Bliss and El Paso Housing Industry Forum on April 8 in El Paso, Texas.

The event will present housing development opportunities to support an expected increase of 21,000 troops and their 27,000 to 33,000 family members in the area.

Included will be expert panel discussions, bus tours of the installation and selected areas of El Paso, networking opportunities and a review of the Army’s housing requirements in the area for the next several years.

The all-day conference is scheduled from 8:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m. at the Wyndham El Paso Airport Hotel. Registration and continental breakfast are free. A selection of light lunches will be available for $11, with online prepayment required before April 1.

Remarks will be given by:

• John Cook, mayor of the City of El Paso
• Major General Howard B. Bromberg, commanding general, USA Air Defense Artillery and Fort Bliss
• U.S. Rep. Silvestre Reyes (D-Texas), 16th Congressional District of Texas
• Joe Calcara, deputy assistant secretary of the Army for Installations and Housing
• Patrick O’Brien, director, Office of Economic Adjustment, Department of Defense

For more information and to register for the forum, click here.