As an member of the Western Mass Home Builders Association, I was thrilled to receive word that one of our members has been selected as the local company to complete a build for the ABC hit series Extreme Home Makeover. Kent Pecoy and the Pecoy Companies will construct a home somewhere locally in the Connecticut River Valley, which could mean in Connecticut or Western Massachusetts, I suppose. The build is scheduled to begin on June 24, 2009 and must be completed in ONE WEEK.

Hopefully, the project will benefit another local comany, The Restore, which was recently the recipient of many new items as the Pecoy Company took the reigns on a "deconstruction" project here in the area.  In this case, Kent and company literally de-constructed a home piece by piece, donating as much as possible to the area Restore in Springfield Massachusetts before building a new home on the site.  Instead of a tear-down, it was recylcled for a new use. Congratulations Kent!