Jim Chapman Installed as 2018 GAHB President

Photo Caption for Swearing-in Ceremony: Jim Chapman, CEO of Jim Chapman Communities is sworn in as the 2018 President of the Greater Atlanta Home Builders Association (GAHBA). Pictured (L-R) are: Corey Deal, executive officer of the GAHBA, Jim Chapman, Sr. (Jim’s father), Jim Chapman and Katherine Chapman (Jim’s wife).

Photo Caption for Spike Member Award: (L-R): Greater Atlanta Home Builders Association Immediate Past President Charlie Bostwick, Jim Chapman, CEO of Jim Chapman Communities, and Corey Deal, GAHBA executive officer.

Jim Chapman, founder and CEO of Jim Chapman Communities, has been installed as 2018 President of the Greater Atlanta Home Builders Association (GAHBA). He has also been named as the GAHBA’s Spike Member of the Year for his outstanding work recruiting and retaining new builder and associate members at the local level and within the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) Federation. Chapman, a long-time champion of the U.S. home building industry, is currently serving as the 2018 Vice-Chair of the NAHB Land Development Committee, and is the Founding Chairman of the ALL Home Program, a voluntary statewide certification created by the Home Builders Association of Georgia to promote accessibility and universal design.

Chapman, an Atlanta native, founded Jim Chapman Communities in 1998 specifically to serve the active 55+ market. Now recognized as metro Atlanta’s premier 55+ homebuilder, Jim Chapman Communities has a number of active adult communities under development throughout the Atlanta area, including Cobb County, Forsyth County, North Fulton, Hall, Dawson and Cherokee Counties. A Certified Professional Home Builder, Chapman is deeply committed to the success of the U.S. home building industry and devotes his time to local, regional and national industry organizations. In addition to his work in Atlanta and Georgia, Chapman recently served as the Chair of NAHB’s 55+ Housing Industry Council and was just named 2018 “55+ Builder of the Year” by the NAHB. www.jimchapmancommunities.com

About the Greater Atlanta Home Builders Association

The Greater Atlanta Home Builders Association (GAHBA) is a not-for-profit professional trade association dedicated to promoting, protecting and preserving the homebuilding industry as a viable economic force in the Atlanta area. The GAHBA was founded in 1945 by a group of builders looking for an organization to serve their interests and needs within the homebuilding industry. Its mission is to provide valuable services and products to its growing membership that increase profitability, professionalism and consumer value in the housing industry, to ensure an economically viable building environment and to promote public policy solutions that serve the needs of both the housing industry and community. www.atlantahomebuilders.com