Mayor Jim Watts of Fort Meade, Florida was surprised when only one management firm responded to a request to operate the city’s manufactured home community, theLedger tells MHProNews. Newby Management was the only respondent.
While the city has managed the 250-home site MHC over the years, city commissioners thought a professional management firm would be better at keeping up with state laws governing manufactured home communities.
City Manager Fred Hilliard said an MHCommunity management firm would also be more adept administering the improvement projects at the community and work with the homeowners association.
He will review the proposal, discuss it with the homeowner’s association, and they will take it from there.
Said Hilliard: “I would have loved to have seen more companies submit proposals, but we’ll work with this group and see where it goes.”
The home owners association’s representative could not be reached for comment.
MH Community management companies may want to consider using Hillard’s comments for their marketing… ##
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Article submitted by Matthew J Silver to Daily Business News-MHProNews.