Building NCW serves up Chefs on Tour tickets, kicking off 30th Annual Home Tour event

WENATCHEE—Local small business organization Building NCW (BNCW) welcomes community members to its 30th annual Home Tour event, a September weekend of inspiration, industry, and regional connections. 

BNCW operates as a member-driven organization of small businesses centered around building, development, and small business advocacy. Working to unite local businesses, BNCW takes any chance it can get to showcase its members’ high quality work. Now, with 30 years of successful showings, the organization looks forward to one of their largest Home Tour events to date, featuring live music, a dozen tours, and a preceding event displaying the delicious talent of local chefs. 

BNCW's annual Home Tour showcases 12 locally built homes from Cashmere to Malaga. The event spotlights the work of local builders while connecting them directly to community members. It runs from Friday, September 20, to Sunday, September 22, allowing participants to view each home at their own pace and in any order throughout the weekend.

BNCW CEO Danielle Martin described the event and explained why she loves its welcoming, self-paced approach.

“The tour itself starts Friday and goes through Sunday. And it’s self-guided, so you can start whenever you want, wherever you want, which is, I think as a mom, is awesome, because I can take my kids to a couple of them, and go by myself to other ones.” 

Notably, the Home Tour’s houses each feature builder representatives who are familiar with their property and its many details, ready to share their project’s many secrets with curious attendees. 

“And each of the homes is open all weekend long,” Martin mentioned, “and each builder will be there to answer any questions you might have as you get to walk around the house and see what they’ve created, get an idea of the market, and ask any questions you might have about flooring, paint, roof, color, siding, anything like that.”

Starting off the weekend of home exploration, BNCW also looks forward to holding Chefs on Tour, described by CEO Martin as “an event within an event.” 

“[Chefs on Tour] kicks off the [Home Tour], trademarked about 12 years ago” she explained. “And basically, you get a taste of what a chef, or caterer, or a new restaurant, or something like that can do.”

Those who purchase tickets for Chefs on Tour not only get to fully experience the weekend’s Home Tour event, but they also get to see early tours of four homes, each one featuring a local chef cooking up tasty samplings of food and drinks. 

Chefs on Tour begins at 4 p.m. on September 19 and is followed by an after-party at Union Hill Cider from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m.

With an entire evening of food, drinks, and live music followed by a weekend of residential exploration and community connection, Building NCW’s 30th September Home Tour event is ramping up to provide participants with something for everyone to enjoy, hitting the nail right on the head.

To learn more and to purchase tickets for Chefs on Tour and the Home Tour, visit buildingncw.org/home-tour/. 

Will Nilles: (509) 731-3211 or will@ward.media