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The Inland Valley chapter of National Association of Women in Construction plan to welcome project manager Christopher M. Myers as the featured speaker at the group's February meeting.
Myers is a project manager for C.W. Driver Builders, which is based in Ontario.

The U.S. Small Business Association's Mentor-Protégé Program is scheduled as the meeting's featured topic. The program is designed to help small companies bid for federal contracts by allowing those companies to partner with larger firms.

The Mentor-Protégé Program is open to minority business owners and others who meet the government's criteria for being a "socially and economically disadvantaged individual".

Admission will cost $25. RSVPs are requested by Feb. 7.

Information: 909-982-7911 or call Deloris Whelchel at 909-987-5575. Email reservations may be sent to nawic140@msn.com.

Builder Lennar plans to hold a grand opening today fort its "Next Gen" home design at Rosena Ranch, a development north of Fontana near Glen Helen Regional Park.

Lennar describes a Next Gen house as a "home within a home." The houses, designed for two generations of a family to live in the same house, feature two entryways and kitchenettes and washing machines each house's secondary area.

Lennar's sales office is at 17868 Grand Fir Lane, San Bernardino.

Lewis Land Developers, part of the Upland-based Lewis Group of Cos. and Riverside-based builder Van Daele Homes on Thursday announced their purchase of a 10-acre site in Rancho Cucamonga.

The purchase price was not disclosed.

The companies plan to build and sell 33 single-family homes at the site, which is north of Base Line Road between between Etiwanda and East Avenues.

The planned homes' sizes will range from 2,700 to 3,500 square feet with asking prices in the mid-$400,000s to low $500,000s, Lewis group reported.

The companies expect the first of the 33 homes to be available for sale in mid 2012.