HouseRaising Commits to Investor Awareness Campaign for 2005

HouseRaising Commits to Investor Awareness Campaign for 2005

CHARLOTTE, N.C., Jan. 3 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- HouseRaising, Inc. (BULLETIN BOARD: HRAI) announced today that it has retained CEOcast, Inc. and Stockgroup Media Inc. to launch a comprehensive investor relations program throughout 2005. HouseRaising, www.HouseRaising.com, currently owns and manages three wholly owned subsidiaries that seek to create efficiencies in the custom homebuilding market.

"We believe the time is right to increase our profile among the investment community," said Charles Skibo, Chairman and CEO of HouseRaising. "We have combined a substantial investment in technology, along with years of experience in all aspects of homebuilding, to offer custom homebuyers and small builders many of the advantages that were previously available only to the largest builders in the country. The combination of investor awareness programs with CEOcast and Stockgroup will enable the investment community to appreciate the potential for our business prospects."

CEOcast will help increase awareness about the Company's prospects among the investment community by targeting institutional and retail investors through a multi-faceted distribution approach, using road shows, the Internet and extensive broker relationships. "We are pleased to have been selected by HouseRaising," said Ken Sgro, CEOcast's President. "With new participants entering the housing sector daily, HouseRaising's proprietary business model allows new entrants to benefit from a proven management system and enjoy project efficiencies that have never before been available to custom homebuilders. The Company's model is scalable, and offers investors the potential to get in on the ground floor of an exciting investment opportunity. We look forward to working with the Company to generate greater awareness among investors."

Stockgroup Media, a leader at delivering results-oriented, online marketing solutions for public companies, owns and operates the StockHouse financial portals located at www.stockhouse.com, www.stockhouse.ca and www.smallcapcenter.com. Ranked amongst the top financial websites in North America, the StockHouse websites currently serve over 50 million page views to over 750,000 unique users per month, each looking for new investment opportunities. HouseRaising has subscribed to a premium package of marketing tools that provides multiple touch points to this massive targeted audience of retail investors, leading to significantly greater awareness and new shareholder lead generation.

For more information, please visit www.HouseRaising.com.

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Source: HouseRaising, Inc.

CONTACT: Robert V. McLemore, +1-704-532-2121, +1-704-536-0928 (fax),
1-800-274-9867, bobmclemore@houseraising.com

Web site: http://www.houseraising.com/


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