April 8, 2026 | Mark Luis Foster

It’s been a busy few days at HOALN.  We started off on Tuesday with our Bloomington chapter meeting at 9 a.m., and then kicked off our “official” first evening chapter meeting in New Brighton last night at 6 p.m. We’ve started new chapters before, and despite our planning and preparations, we always wonder whether or not people are really going to show up.

Well, show up they did!  We had 55 people in the room and as they say in Jaws, we are going to need a bigger boat!  It was a great turnout and we are so happy about the turnout.

Our speakers included Scott Hurm of Crest Exteriors and Aaron Brooksby of SJJ Law, two informative speakers and participants really liked the format.  Most of the people in attendance were new members, so it was great to give them a view of how we operate as a network. Hopefully they bring a fellow board member next month, and we continue to grow that chapter like all the others.

Thanks to everyone who attended last night!  Here are a few pics from the event.