The St Jude Dream Home Giveaway is a community service project sponsored by McCall Homes, Northwest ENERGY STAR®, KTVQ, and KGHL Country 98.5FM to benefit St. Jude Children's Research Hospital.
During the Fall of 2009, a new ENERGY STAR certified, Net Zero home was raffled at Josephine Crossing in Billings, MT.  The Net Zero home built by McCall Homes, is designed to show how smart building choices can result in a home that minimizes energy use while maximizing comfort and style.
6,000 St. Jude Dream home tickets were sold for the KTVQ Channel 2 St. Jude television special on September 27, 2009, raising $600,000 to help fight cancer and other catastrophic diseases. We welcome the Perrine family, winners of the St Jude Dream Home, to Josephine Crossing.

Enhanced Tax Credit Provides Outstanding Opportunity for Home Buyers
In its efforts to stimulate the economy and revive the housing market, Congress has enacted legislation providing a tax credit of up to $8,000 for first-time home buyers and $6,500 for repeat home buyers. Plus, the maximum income limit has been raised to help more home buyers get into the home of their dreams! But time is of the essence for buyers who want to take advantage of this opportunity. Don't wait; sales contracts must be signed by April 30, 2010. Tax Credit

Click Here to take a walk down Front St in Josephine Crossing.  Thanks to Google Street view you can almost feel the neighborhood invite you up on the porch for a glass of lemonade.  Take a virtual walk around the neighborhood, or better yet swing by for the real deal.

What goes into a green home?
Green homes incorporate environmental considerations and resource efficiency into every step of the building and development process to minimize environmental impact. The design, construction, and operation of a home must focus on energy and water efficiency, resource efficient building design and materials, indoor environmental quality, and must take the home's overall impact on the environment into account. However, many of the processes and technologies that go into a green home happen behind the scenes and behind the walls. What can a homebuyer look for?

HBA of Billings is committed to maintaining the highest level of professionalism within the building industry through education, networking, and civic involvement to achieve a positive investment for our members and our community. 

• Bikenet: Billings Bikenet advocates a county-wide trail system for safety and a healthier lifestyle

• Congress for the New Urbanism: What’s this whole “New Urbanism” thing about? Check this site for their history and outlook of the movement.

• ENERGY STAR: ENERGY STAR is a government-backed program helping businesses and individuals protect the environment through superior energy efficiency

• Local Government Commission: The LGC is a nonprofit organization working to build livable communities

• History of the Josephine Riverboat: Read up on the early history of the town of Billings and learn about what led us to call our neighborhood Josephine Crossing

• The Not So Big House: The Not So Big House books by Sarah Susanka, bring to light a new way of thinking about what makes a place feel like home – characteristics that many people desire of their homes and their lives, but haven’t known how to verbalize

• TND Town Paper: The TND Town Paper provides a brief summary of Traditional Neighborhood Design followed by a list of other TNDs around the United States and the world

• Studio 4 Architects: The quality architecture and aesthetic appeal of the homes of Josephine Crossing have been designed by Frank Nienaber, IV of Studio 4 Architects to bring about unique homes created with the best usages of space in mind

• Walkable Communities, Inc.: The organization created by Dan Burden to help communities become more walkable and pedestrian friendly