2026 Spring Parade Cover Interest Form - Building Industry Association of the Red River Valley

2026 Spring Parade Cover Interest Form

You're invited to submit an entry to be considered for the

BIA-RRV's next Parade of Homes Cover Model!

Please review the following information, and then complete the form.

The deadline to submit is Dec. 1, 2025.

Criteria

Builder must be a BIA member in good standing.
Builder must be willing to pay a $3,500 advertising fee.
Builder can submit photos of only one home for cover consideration.
Home must be finished and staged when the BIA photographs and takes video footage* of the home.
Home is not required to have been on a Parade event (can be a pre-sold, etc.)
Once a builder has been selected for a cover-model home, they cannot be considered again for two subsequent issues.

Benefits for selected builder

Home/builder photo will be promoted on the cover of the magazine as well as in an “on the cover” spread inside the magazine (minimum of two pages). $5,570 value
BIA will share select photos and video footage with the builder for their use. $1,600 value

Selection Process

Parade of Homes Committee reviews submissions, determining the top three. BIA staff makes the final selection.
BIA arranges professional photographs and video footage of the home for use in the magazine and additional marketing (billboards, TV, social media, online). *Schedule is fluid, but target to shoot is January/February for spring and May/June for fall.
BIA staff selects the cover photo and shots used for advertising.
Builder signs a photo/video release allowing the BIA to use without credit to the builder (other than an “on the cover” section in the magazine).

Fields marked with an * are required.

Are you willing to pay the $3,500 advertising cost if your home is selected as the cover model? *

Reminder:

Selected home/builder photo will be promoted on the cover of the magazine as well as in an “on the cover” spread inside the magazine (minimum of two pages). $5,570 value

BIA-RRV will share select photos and video footage with the builder for their use. $1,600 value

Yes

Contact's Full Name *

Contact's Company Name *

Contact's Phone Number *

Contact's Email Address *

Full address of the home being submitted *

Is the home occupied? *

Yes

Has the home been on a previous Parade of Homes event? *

Yes

If you answered Yes to the previous question, which did it appear on?

Will the home be on the next Parade of Homes event? *

Yes

Not sure

Please upload three photos of the home

The photos should include: front of house, kitchen and living room. These do not need to be professionally shot. They are used to give an impression of the home to the Committee. If the upload does not work, please email them to paige@buildrrv.org.

20MB max

Please verify that you have checked the “I'm not a robot” checkbox.