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Kenneth P. Bowe, age 92, Altoona, died on Tuesday, July 15, 2025, at The Classic at Hillcrest Greens in Altoona, surrounded by his family.  Ken was born January 8, 1933, in Tilden, Wisconsin where he grew up and graduated from school. In his late teens, Ken was the lead singer and guitarist for the band "The Rainbow Nightingales." While playing in the band he met his future wife, Wanda Mitchell....

We have a staff of readers here at NWRBX.  We have enjoyed exchanging books among each other.  We thought that maybe others might want to share in our joy of reading as well.  We have a very small library in our new office at 1508 S. Hastings Way that we would like to share with all of you.  Feel free to come and grab one of the books shown or you could drop off a couple of your own to share with...

1508 South Hastings Way, Eau Claire, WI 54701 We are be fully open for business as of today, Monday, June 2 although still rather messy. Stop in and see us anytime  at 1508 South Hastings Way – next to Muldoon’s Mens Wear/right across from McDonald's!

We have had some inquiries recently in regards to plans being available on our website.  There are a couple of things to keep in mind: If a plan is advertised on our website, plans and specs WILL be available.  We do NOT advertise plans that we do not have access to bidding docs. We publish our weekly bulletin every Wednesday.  On Tuesdays & Wednesdays, in order to publish all of the plans that...

Internal Revenue Code Section 6104(d)(1)(A)(ii) requires that Form 990 should be made available for public inspection during regular business hours at the organization’s principal office.  The return must also be available for public inspection at any regional or district offices having three or more employees.  Inspection of this return must be allowed for three years from the due date...

  We Still Make Blueprint Copies! Please remember that our office still offers large format document copying. Our in-office services have not changed. We can make copies of not only our plans but those that you receive privately from general contractors, owners, architects, etc. And we will NOT share those projects with any of our other members. We also have the capability to scan hard copy...

SEND IT TO US!!!  Send us your announcements of promotions, name changes, business relocation, awards, or anything that your company finds important enough for your fellow members to know about.  You may send us your information by fax 715-834-3590, e-mail info@nwrbx.com , or mail  2228 N. Hillcrest Pkwy, Ste. 2, Altoona, WI 54720

The “Exchange Online” portion of our site is meant for our members only.   Please do not share your username/password with anyone else.  Even if they are a member, ask them to sign up for their own username/password.  Remember do not allow non-members to use your u/p.  The more members we have, the lower we can keep the cost of membership dues.  Encourage those non-members to inquire about...

Last month, I celebrated my 29th anniversary with the Northwest Regional Builders Exchange. Many things have changed in those 29 years (including our name and my hair color!). Contractors who have not been in our office for a few years, come in now and look at our plan rack and think we aren’t busy because we don’t have plans hanging as far as the eye can see. We are still busy. In fact, our...