Free Event: Explore the Best Home Design and Sustainable Living Solutions at the Home Show

Maybe you want to upgrade your home and yard with more sustainable living features. Perhaps you're interested in building a new home or starting a major renovation. Or perhaps you're just looking for inspiration for potential future projects.

You can do all that and more at the 2025 Home Show, organized by the Central Minnesota Builders Association (CMBA) and sponsored by Magnifi Financial, ThermoTech Premium Windows & Doors, and Augusta Garage Doors. The annual show will return to the River's Edge Convention Center from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday, March 8, and from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sunday, March 9. Bring a food shelf item and get your name in a drawing for a wheelbarrow

More than 90 vendors will showcase the latest materials, designs, and techniques, just in time for you to get a jump-start on the building season and ensure you find the professionals who fit your vision and budget.

Browse silent auction items built by Central Minnesota students; all the proceeds from the silent auction will go to Tools for Schools, a CMBA initiative to introduce students to trades careers.

Then, be sure to stop by the indoor patio where you can enjoy a cocktail. Entertainment and activities include:

Saturday

• Bar service is available from noon to 5:30 p.m. on the patio
• Troy from Shotgun Mafia will perform from 11:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
• FREE face painting will be offered from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Sunday

• Minnesota Broadcaster Brook Stephens will emcee from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
• The silent auction closes at 12 p.m.

You even could win a door prize! The Home Show has only grown bigger and better since it started in 1972 at Crossroads Mall, and this year promises to be nothing less than spectacular. Learn more at cmbaonline.org.

While you're there, pick up a 2025 Tour of Homes magazine. 

Sponsored by Bayer Built Woodworks, Multiple Concepts Interiors-Carpet One, White Cap, and Coborns, the CMBA Spring Tour of homes, featuring 13 homes and 10 builders, will be the weekends of March 14 and March 21. Locations include Richmond, Avon, St. Joseph, Sartell, St. Cloud, and Sauk Rapids.

Both events showcase the talent and innovation available throughout Central Minnesota so you can build or renovate your dream home. Come see the possibilities!

You can find the magazines at Coborns and Little Dukes Stations throughout Central Minnesota starting March 8, and an online version and an app are available at cmbatour.com.