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Owner/President of Jim Roberts Construction, Inc. 1984 – Present The company has completed over 350 single-family custom homes in Kalamazoo and surrounding areas including extensive remodeling projects on new homes in Kalamazoo. Jim Roberts Construction has also designed and built Eagles Ridge Apartments; a 108 unit apartment community in Battle Creek, which includes a community building with fitness center and maintenance garage. Our light commercial projects include three automobile dealerships and service centers in both Kalamazoo and Battle Creek. We continue to build select custom homes in Kalamazoo and extensive additions on new homes in Kalamazoo on a design/build basis.

National Director, N.A.H.B., representing Home Builders Association of Greater Kalamazoo (H.B.A.G.K.), 1999-present.

Committee Chairman, Friends of Housing (H.B.A.G.K), 2005-present

Graduate Master Builder (G.M.B.) Certification, January 2009 Certified Green Professional (C.G.P.) Certification, January 2009 Certified Aging-In-Place Specialist (C.A.P.S.) Cerification, March 2009 Certified Graduate Builder (C.G.B.) Certification, January 2007

Director, H.B.A.G.K. Board of Directors, 1993-1999.

Committee Chairman, H.B.A.G.K Building Codes Committee, 1992-1999.

Member, State of Michigan, Model Energy Code Committee, 1997 & 1998. This Committee actively participated in the development of the new state Residential Energy Code effective April 1, 1999.

President, Home Builders Association of Greater Kalamazoo (H.B.A.G.K.), 1997

State Director, State of Michigan, Home Builders Association, representing Kalamazoo since 1995.

Vice-President for Property; Member, Board of Directors; Chairman, Property Committee; Zion Lutheran Church, Kalamazoo, MI 1997 - 2000. (This Board oversees the Church’s property, building maintenance, repairs and its future building needs.) 1998-2000.

President, Crooked Lake Texas Association Board of Directors, 1995 – 2000. This Board’s responsibilities include lake level maintenance, property value issues and local environmental protection.

Member, BentWood Shores on Crooked Lake, an exclusive new home development breaking ground July 2007

Member, Eagles Ridge Apartments L.L.C. - April 1999 - Present

Eagles Ridge Apts. L.L.C is an apartment project in Battle Creek, MI, to be built in three phases. The first phase of 108 apartment units was completed December 2000, and consists of 2 & 3 bedroom units, a community building and maintenance building.