A record-breaking crowd of 444 witnessed the Class of 2014 being inducted into the RV/MH Hall of Fame in Elkhart, Indiana, beating the previous record of 434 attendees. The Class includes: Debbie Brunoforte, Little Dealer, Little Prices; Bob Livingston, Good Sam; Peter B Orthwein, Thor Industries; John D Roba, Roba …
RV/MH Class of 2014 Inducted at Record-breaking Ceremony Read More
MHProNews has learned from the RV/MH Hall of Fame that the 400 reservations for this year’s Hall of Fame Induction Dinner Aug. 4, 2014 have already surpassed the 311 who attended last year, and Darryl Searer, president of the Hall of Fame, expects to exceed the 434 record high. The …
Reservations for RV/MH Hall of Fame Ceremony nearing Record Read More
Virginia Walton, who drove a truck in the U. S. Army during the 1970s, and her daughter, Veronica Cowelti, a former U. S. Navy hospital corpsman who served in the Persian Gulf War and became a nurse like her mother, received $5,000 worth of improvements to their manufactured home. According …
Mother, Daughter get $5k Upgrade to Manufactured Home Read More
The RV/MH Hall of Fame Selection Committee announces it is accepting nominations for the Class of 2015. “The Hall welcomes nominations from all RV and manufactured housing sectors — manufacturers, dealers, campgrounds, housing communities, suppliers, user groups, trade media, associations, etc.,” says Darryl Searer, president of the Hall of Fame. …
Five members of ROC-NH’s (resident-owned-communities-New Hampshire’s) have been honored with the organization’s Above & Beyond awards for outstanding volunteer work in their respective co-op communities across the state, according to communityloanfund.org. Neighbors at Windswept Acres Cooperative said of Raymond Davis and Roger Hebert they clear doors and shovel snow off …
Residents of Co-operatively Owned MHCs Awarded for Volunteer Efforts Read More
Yale Law School’s 2014 recipient of the Simeon Baldwin award has been conferred upon Eugene Landy, founder and chairman of UMH Properties, Inc. (NYSE:UMH) and Monmouth Real Estate Investment Corp. (NYSE:MNR). The award recognizes achievement in law and business. Describing Landy as “one of the pioneers and founders of the …
Nigerian immigrant Emeka Onwugbenu (pronounced “eh-Meh-ka on-woo-Bay-nu”) arrived in Pittsburgh in 2002, and after graduating from Penn State with a degree in engineering and Carnegie Mellon University with an MBA, has become one of the most innovative developers in town in just four years. The American Institute of Architects (AIA) …
Modular Development Garners Design Award for Nigerian Immigrant Read More
Bruce Ratner, executive chairman, and Maryanne Gilmartin, President and CEO, Forest City Ratner Companies (FCRC), are being honored for their longstanding commitment to New York City in recognition of their efforts to promote world-class design, architectural innovation and public art. As MHProNews has reported previously, FCRC is behind the 34-story …
Developers of Large NYC Modular Apartment Complex to be Honored Read More
Owners of manufactured homes (MH) in Chenango County, New York may be eligible for assistance in making improvements to their homes. According to evesun.com, with 25 percent of county residents living in MH, the $400,000 grant could go a long way in helping people make repairs who otherwise could not …
Grant will Help Residents Repair Manufactured Homes Read More
Bean Station, Tennessee-based Norris Homes, a division of manufactured and modular housing industry giant Clayton Homes, recently named Atlantis Homes LLC of Delmar, Delaware as its Independent Retailer of the Year for 2013. Based in Smyrna, DE, Atlantis is family-owned and operated since 2001, and also has model home centers …
Atlantis Homes: Factory-built Housing Dealer of the Year Read More
Nicholas Retsinas, director emeritus of Harvard University’s Joint Center for Housing Studies and senior lecturer in real estate at Harvard Business School, has been elected chairman of the board of the Community Development Trust (CDT), the country’s first and largest private real estate investment trust (REIT) which provides capital for …
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A veteran of the manufactured housing industry for over 40 years, Gary Abbate has passed away, according to Ken Anderson of the Arizona Housing Association (AHA). After joining the Redman Homes sales team in 1970 in Texas, he served as sales manager for Redman first in Florida from 1987-1996, and …
Electric Cooperatives of Arkansas is sponsoring their annual Energy Efficient Makeover Contest for an Arkansas electric cooperative member who owns an all electric manufactured home. Valued at up to $50,000, contestants must be a member of the cooperative in good standing, submit an image of their manufactured home and answer …
$50,000 Energy Efficiency Upgrade Awaits Manufactured Home Resident Read More
Triumph Modular of Littleton, Massachusetts received five Awards of Distinction from the Modular Building Institute at the World of Modular in San Antonio, Texas. Offering competition in over 30 categories for MBI members, the contest is the industry’s premier awards program. Triumph’s winners in the Permanent Modular Education category are …
The one-hour reality competition series “American Dream Builders” will include Cavco Homes, Inc., (NASDAQ:CVCO) and Palm Harbor Homes in an upcoming episode to air on Sunday, April 13, on NBC. Hosted by renowned designer Nate Berkus, Cavco built modular homes they call Eco Cottages for one competition episode of the …
Cavco Homes to have Modular Home on TV Design Competition Read More
Often considered the Nobel Prize of architecture, this year’s Pritzger Architecture Prize has been awarded to Japanese architect Shigeru Ban, known as well for designing dwellings for survivors of disasters as he is for the headquarters of Swatch and Omega in Switzerland. He made a cathedral in Christchurch, New Zealand …
Prestigious Architect has Modular Container Housing in Portfolio Read More
The RV/MH Hall of Fame Selection Committee has announced nominations for the class of 2015 are now open. Nominees must have a minimum of 25 years active experience in the manufactured housing, recreational vehicle or campground industries, as the elkharttruth.com tells MHProNews.com. Nominations must be submitted by Oct. 31, 2014 …
MHProNews.com has learned from brandonsun.com, the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation has awarded the contract to build seven new modular houses for the Sioux Valley Dakota Nation to Home Hardware in Virden, Manitoba, Canada. Instead of nails and wood, the homes will be structural thermal energy efficient panels (STEEP), materials …
The North Dakota Housing Finance Agency (NDHFA) presented Champion Home Builders the Champions of Affordable Housing Award for its modular townhome development, Wolf Run Village, in Watford City, ND, as MHProNews.com has learned. The award was presented at the 23rd annual Statewide Housing Conference on February 27, 2014 to the …
The manager of Clayton Home Sales in Lumberton, North Carolina, along with her husband and co-workers, won the title of Best Overall Chili at this year’s Rumba on Lumber’s Bud Light North of the Border Chili Cook-Off, held in Lumberton. Hunt, who also won a chili cook-off in South Carolina, …
