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DECEMBER 2014 10 THE JOURNAL 4,558 6,771 6,601 5,642 146,357 35,619 13,522 31,311 21,211 5,878 3,954 82,988 mhbay.com MHVillage is the nation's #1 manufactured home marketplace with more traffic than all other competitive websites combined. Showcase your homes and communities today at: mhvillage.com/reachmore Visitor data provided by: Compete, Inc., a Kantar Media Company recognized as the premier provider of digital intelligence to the world's top brands. For more information go to www.compete.com *All website names are the property of their respective owners and used solely for identification mobilehomes-for-sale.com senior-retirement-living.com mobilehome.net mhbo.com mobilehomes-for-rent.com mh-quote.com manufacturedhomefloorplans.com manufacturedhomes.com manufacturedhomeresource.com seniormobiles.com mobilehome.com UNIQUE MONTHLY VISITORS No. 8 on Get It Quick Page The Arkansas Manufactured Housing Associ- ation (AMHA) recently recognized two compa- nies and one individual for outstanding contributions to the Association and the industry in Arkansas with the '2014 Industry Achieve- ment Awards'. The awards were presented Oc- tober 9 th during AMHA's 43rd Annual Meeting & Convention in Little Rock, Arkansas. AMHA Executive Director J.D. Harper con- gratulated the award winners, saying: "The AMHA Achievement Awards recognize the compa- nies and individuals which have demonstrated dedi- cated service and unwavering support to the factory-built housing industry in Arkansas and those Arkansas families that choose manufactured homes as their source of affordable home ownership. These companies and individuals have shown great leader- ship and commitment to the industry and the Associ- ation in Arkansas over the past year. It is truly fitting that these honorees were chosen to receive the orga- nization's 2014 'Achievement Awards' in their re- spective categories." The 2014 award winners were: MANUFACTURER OF THE YEAR: Lexington Homes, Inc. of Lexington, Missis- sippi was named AMHA's 'Manufacturer of the Year' for 2014. Matt Riley, corporate secre- tary/treasurer for Lexington Homes and Ed Spaeth, Lexington's regional sales manager for Arkansas, accepted the award on behalf of the company. Lexington Homes, Inc. began producing quality-built, affordable homes for the people of Mississippi and surrounding states in August 2004. The company employs 160 workers at its 110,000 square-foot production facility, located at 100 Lexington Circle. Lexington's owners and leadership team have more than 100 years of combined industry experience - yet also serve as 'hands-on' managers who participate in the company's day-to-day accounting, engineering, production and sales functions. Lexington Homes, Inc. consistently ranks as one of the leading producers of manufactured homes shipped into the state of Arkansas each year. FACTORY SALES REPRESENTATIVE OF THE YEAR: Ben Hooker, marketing development manager for Southern Estates Homes of Addison, Ala- bama was recently named 'Factory Sales Repre- sentative of the Year' for 2014. Mr. Hooker, who resides in Haleyville, began selling manufactured homes to Arkansas retailers in 2007. For the past six years, he has served as marketing development manager for the Arkansas / Oklahoma / Texas sales territory for Southern Estates - a custom manufactured home builder located in Addison. Southern Estates is a subsidiary of Clayton Homes, the nation's largest producer of manufactured housing and modular homes. Clayton Homes is a vertically integrated Berkshire-Hathaway company that builds, sells, finances and insures a full spectrum of affordable housing through its family of brands. SUPPLIER OF THE YEAR: A&R Mobile Home Supply and Service of Cabot, Arkansas was named AMHA's 'Supplier of the Year' for 2014. Arkansas MH Association Presents 2014 Industry Achievement Awards