The Southern Arizona Home Builders Association Home & Patio Show
The 38th SAHBA Spring Home & Patio Show April 3 – 5 2009 Come to the Tucson Convention Center for a lot of fun and some very useful information on Greening your life in 2009
I’ll bet you can’t guess what the theme for this year’s show is? Okay, you guessed it. (Like this was a hard one)
LIVE GREEN
First lets get to the quick details:
- When: Friday-Sunday, April 3 – 5
- Where: Tucson Convention Center
- Times: Fri. – Sat. 10AM – 8PM
Sun. 10AM – 6PM - Admission: $8 for Adults ($2 off Coupons Everywhere)
Children 12 and under FREE
Special pricing on Friday
(50% off for those over 50 and Military personnel) - Parking: City/State Parking Garage 498 W Congress St.
Hotel Arizona 181 W Broadway parking garage
La Placita Parking Garage 211 S. Church Ave. (Across from the TCC)
The theme, yep its GREEN. Like everything else this year, shall we sing along?
Greeeeen, Green, Green, Greeeen, Greeeeeeen, It is the year for Kermit the Frog.
There will be more than 450 exhibitors and lots of things to see and information on just about every topic associated with a home, patio and garden.
Topics of interest
- Rainwater Harvesting
- using solar power
- saving water
- home security
- information on buying and selling homes
- remodeling
- financing (mortgage, avoiding foreclose, etc.)
- reuse and recycle programs and processes
Fun Stuff
- SpongeBob SquarePants and Patrick (Saturday for the kids) Bring your peanut party pants
- Keith Duncan Discovery Channel “It Takes a Thief”
- Green Valley Country Fair White Elephant Store
- Tucson Clean and Beautiful will exchange empty printer cartridges brought in for recycling for a desert seedling tree
- Las Vegas Illusionists Sarlot & Eyed
- The green band “Can Crushers”
- Mrs. Green from the radio “Mrs. Green Goes Mainstream”
- Music by Desert Bluegrass Association (The Desert Buffelgrass Group has been eradicated)
Discount Tickets
You can get them online at www.sahbahomeshow.com , Patio Pools & Spas, Bedmart, Kinetico Water Systems
The Tucson Association of Realtors will have a booth there and be presenting some very informational and helpful workshops. If you go on Friday or Saturday look for Barbara, she is going green this year.
There are lots more things you can find at www.sahbahomeshow.com about what is going on. For instance Home Depot Home Improvement Theatre and Kid’s Workshops on Saturday.
YOU DON’T HAVE TO WEAR SOMETHING GREEN TO ATTEND. It isn’t St Patrick’s Day and you won’t get pinched.
So if you are looking for something to do with the family this weekend, come on down to the Tucson Home and Patio Show and learn more Green Stuff. And if you come on Saturday, you can meet SpongeBob SquarePants and Patrick.


