Dear Fellow Contractor,

As the leader of a heating and air-conditioning business in Connecticut—and as a volunteer with the Connecticut Heating and Cooling Contractors Association (CHCC)—I know firsthand how hard it is to find time for anything beyond the day-to-day demands of running a company. That’s exactly why CHCC exists: to make it easier for busy contractors like us to have a voice, even when our time is limited.

Connecticut is a tough place to do business. We’re dealing with workforce shortages, complex and rigid licensing requirements, energy policies that don’t make sense in the real world, and more red tape every year. It’s exhausting—and it’s not getting better unless we do something about it.

That’s what CHCC is here for.

We advocate for heating and cooling contractors across the state every day—whether it’s at the Capitol, with regulators, in workforce development efforts, or in building partnerships with local schools and training programs. We help develop and promote training initiatives, fight to fix broken licensing processes, address apprentice ratio challenges, and work behind the scenes on the kinds of issues that frustrate all of us in this business.

Here’s the bottom line:

• If you have time to get involved, we’d love to see you on one of our committees, visiting the Capitol with us, or helping speak to the next generation about careers in the trades.
• If you can’t commit to that, just show up to one of our fun events—golf outings, holiday parties, go-kart nights, or training sessions. They’re easy ways to stay connected and support the mission.
• And if you can’t even make it to those, please still support the association by being a member, contributing financially if you can, and encouraging other contractors to get involved.

Because if we don’t work together and speak up for ourselves, no one else will. And we’ll keep getting stuck with policies that make it harder and harder to survive in this business.

We can’t afford to stay silent. Let’s stand together—before more decisions are made without us.

Sincerely,

Stillman Jordan, P.E., C.E.M.

President