Dan Rosensweig, Director,
Habitat for Humanity of Greater Charlottesville
Dan Rosensweig knows the area building community better than most, thanks to his job at the head of the area’s Habitat for Humanity organization and his role as the chair of the Charlottesville Planning Commission, and he named a young standout doing impressive work: Mike Ball. “For almost a decade, Mike has been well-known and respected in the relatively small circle of the local building and trade world,” said Rosensweig. “However, in the past few years, as a result of a bold move he made, he’s really started knocking it out of the park and has thus become a hot commodity among local residents looking to build or renovate. He left Artisan Construction, where he was a project manager, and hung a shingle, determined to build a business focused on quality craftsmanship and personalized customer service. He went from not really knowing if he’d be able to make it for six months to two years in being widely known for doing some of the best work around. People are really happy with his hands-on approach. On top of that, he is a genuinely nice, caring person.”