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Thursday, June 17th, 2010
The following is from the Delaware State News, 6/14/10 (Page A24)
 CAMDEN — Lessard Builders, a third generation residential and commercial builder in Camden, has been invited to become an accredited business of the Better Business Bureau of Delaware.
BBBDE Accreditation is not offered to every business, only those that meet rigorous accreditation standards.
The BBB Code of Business Practices represents standards for business accreditation built on the eight Standards for Trust that include maintaining a positive track record, advertising honestly, telling the truth, transparency, honoring promises, being responsive, safeguarding customer privacy, and embodying integrity in all business dealings.
Tuesday, March 2nd, 2010
The State News recently published helpful information about Kent County real estate trends for the period between November and January over the past decade. It was compiled by realtor Cynthia Witt and squares with what we at Lessard Builders have experienced.
After a three-year decline, her data indicates a recent uptick of 32 percent from 392 last year to 516 homes this year sold during that period. Even more encouraging for buyers is that the average price of homes sold in previous years during the same period dropped by $50,000 from $254,974 to $204,344. Add that to the current low interest rates and tax benefits for first-time homebuyers and existing homeowners, and it becomes a true buyer’s market.
From the perspective of a third-generation builder, three things are evident:
- Home prices have stabilized;
- While interest rates are still quite low, they are not expected to remain so in the long term;
- The current deadline to apply for the tax breaks requires buyers to contract by April 30, with settlement before July 1.
This confluence of events suggests that anyone considering buying a home should pull the trigger now before consts of labor and materials rise.
Lessard Builders Inc., is a third-generation, family-run business based in Camden, DE.
Brian P. Lessard
President
Lessard Builders Inc.
Thursday, February 11th, 2010
The following is a letter to the Editor of Delaware State News as it was printed on January 26, 2010.
Editor,
As the president of Lessard Builders I welcomed the good news associated with the unveiling of the Kent County 2010 Profile at the Kent Co. administration building on Jan. 26. The remarks of city, county, and state leaders reflected the economic progress of leadership focused on results.
State Economic Development Director Alan Levin cited a paradigm shift by state agencies, including DelDOT and DNREC, to foster a business environment where agency reviews will be both timely and responsive. He also focused on the state’s thrust to attract new business while working hard to keep existing businesses.
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Tags: Alan Levin, Brian Lessard, Brooks Banta, Carole Kisner, Delaware, Delaware State News, DelDOT, DNREC, Dover, Garrison Track Sun Park, Kent County, Kent County 2010 Profile, Kent County Realtors Association, Kent Econonmic Partnership, Lessard Builders, Mayor Carlton Carey Posted in: Housing Market / Economy, Lessard Builders News | No Comments »
Saturday, December 5th, 2009
 Brian Lessard Brian Lessard of Camden, Delaware, has been appointed to the School Board of the Catholic Diocese of Wilmington by the Most Reverend W. Francis Malooly, Bishop of Wilmington.
The appointment is immediate and is for a period of three years with renewal for two additional years following the first year of probation.
The Diocesan School Board plays a key role in advising the Office of Catholic Schools in its mission of ensuring that all schools are providing quality education within the mission of the Diocese of Wilmington.
Mr. Lessard, president of Lessard Builders, Inc., was cited by the bishop for his “expertise that will be valuable in both promoting Catholic school education as it now exists and in fostering its growth into the future.”
Monday, October 26th, 2009
 CAMDEN – Lessard Builders Inc. (LBI) will host two free Saturday Seminars on consecutive weekends in Kent and Sussex counties, designed to educate the public on the characteristics of a healthy home.
The seminars are titled What makes a home healthy: What homebuyers should know before they buy. They will include short presentations from industry experts on building, insulation, heating and cooling, Energy Star certification, and information on the lending industry. “These free events are a must for anyone in the market in the next two years for a new or existing home,” said Brian Lessard, president of Camden-based LBI. “Home construction techniques are constantly improving. Our focus is not to sell anything but to educate consumers on the greatest investment most people make.”
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Tags: building, cooling, DE, Delaware, Energy Star, healthy home, heating, home construction, insulation, Kent County, LBI, Lessard Builders, Lewes, Oakwood Village, seminar, Sussex County Posted in: Delaware News + Events, Green Building, Home Buying Resources, Lessard Builders News | 2 Comments »
Monday, October 5th, 2009
 Central Delaware Habitat for Humanity President Pat Scanlon, left, looks on as Habitat Executive Director Jocelyn McBride accepts a $500 check from Brian Lessard, president of Lessard Builders, Inc. On Monday, Oct. 5, at 11 a.m., Lessard Builders, Inc., (LBI) presented the first of a series of checks to Habitat for Humanity at LBI’s Dickinson Creek development in Frederica.
“We’ve been planning to support Habitat anyway and felt World Habitat Day was a good time to announce it,” said Brian Lessard, president of Lessard Builders.
World Habitat Day started in 1985 when the UN declared the first Monday of October to be World Habitat Day to recognize that adequate shelter is a basic need for all, according to Jocelyn McBride, executive director of Central Delaware Habitat for Humanity.
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Tags: Central Delaware Habitat for Humanity, DE, Delaware, Delaware Association of Professional Engineers, development, Dickinson Creek, donation, Frederica, Habitat for Humanity, J. Paul Jones, Jocelyn McBride, LBI, Lessard Builders Posted in: Delaware News + Events, Lessard Builders News | No Comments »
Sunday, October 4th, 2009
 J. Paul Jones, P.E., (right) receives a Certificate of Distinguished Service from Frank A. Newton, president, Delaware Association of Professional Engineers. J. Paul Jones, P.E., of Lessard Builders, Inc., of Camden, was recently awarded a Certificate of Distinguished Service by the Delaware Association of Professional Engineers (DAPE).
The award recognized “outstanding leadership, effort and loyalty in providing the highest standards of professional engineering services to the First State” during eight years on the DAPE Council. During his tenure Mr. Jones’ service included a year as vice president, two years as president, two years as past president and six years on the Government Affairs and Bylaws Committee.
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Tags: Camden, DAPE, DE, Delaware, Delaware Association of Professional Engineers, Delaware Professional Engineers Act, engineering award, Frank A. Newton, J. Paul Jones, Lessard Builders Posted in: Delaware News + Events, Lessard Builders News | No Comments »
Wednesday, September 9th, 2009
 Brian Lessard CAMDEN — Lessard Builders Inc., a Camden-based home builder and developer, has joined the Kent County Association of Realtors (KCAR) as an affiliate member.
“We have been im pressed with KCAR’s continuing support of the Central Delaware Habitat for Humanity,” said LBI President Brian P. Lessard. “Community outreach is more important now than ever.”
Mr. Lessard, a third generation builder who has served central and southern Delaware since 1982, learned his family’s trade of building large, custom and semi-custom homes from his father, who relocated the family to Delaware from Long Island in the 1970s.
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Tags: Brian P. Lessard, Camden, Central Delaware Habitat for Humanity, DE, Delaware, KCAR, Kent County Association of Realtors, Lessard Builders, Long Island, Magnolia, southern Delaware, St. Thomas More Academy Posted in: Lessard Builders News | No Comments »
Wednesday, August 29th, 2007
 Rehoboth Beach, Delaware featured as one of the best places to retire by AARP – The Magazine (July 2006)
Two years before they planned to retire, Sonja and Hoyte Decker settled on the Delaware coast as their retirement destination. Living in Chevy Chase, Maryland, near where Hoyte worked for the U.S. Department of Transportation, the two had been spending weekends and vacations on the sandy beaches of the Maryland and Delaware shores for years. But they liked friendly little Rehoboth Beach best of all. Just three hours from friends and their daughter in Washington, D.C., it was also reasonably close to Hoyte’s two children from a previous marriage.
But finding their retirement house was challenging: Rehoboth Beach itself is only about one square mile, with fewer than 1,500 full-time residents. Housing costs—as in many beach communities—were sky-high. “Houses were just too expensive, even in the late 1990s,” says Hoyte, 65, “or else they were just small cottages, or they weren’t winterized. We decided against buying an existing home. We had retired without a mortgage—that had always been our goal. And we wanted to keep it that way,” he says.
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Tags: AARP, best places to retire, Chevy Chase, DE, Delaware, Delaware coast, Delaware shore, Lewes, Maryland, MD, Oakwood Village, Rehoboth Beach, retirement, Washington D.C. Posted in: Delaware News + Events, Home Buying Resources, Lessard Builders News | No Comments »
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