I love a — small — parade

September 3rd, 2009 at 12:39pm Alex Gary

The annual Parade of Homes kicks off next week, Sept. 12, and the most signficant thing about this year’s parade is how small it is.

Just 12 local builders entered 14 homes. All were in Boone or Winnebago counties. The parade featured 47 builders and 64 homes as recently as 2005.

Dennis Sweeney heads the Home Builders Association of the Greater Rockford Area and he doesn’t try to spin things. He didn’t this time. I could have done it for him. Here’s a positive. When there were 64 homes spread out over four counties, it was impossible to visit every one. This year, you might be able to knock it out in a day.

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