Consumers Are Real Winners With MMHA Member Awards

OKEMOS, MI--(Marketwired - December 01, 2015) - At the Michigan Manufactured Housing Association (MMHA) annual conference, multiple MMHA members received peer-reviewed Member Awards, highlighting their efforts in providing the best enhancements and communications to future and current residents.

"The Member Awards were created by the MMHA to recognize exceptional efforts of our members," said Tim DeWitt, executive director of MMHA. "All our members do an exceptional job for their residents but some went over and above and deserve to be recognized." Awards were presented for best community entrance, best model home staging, best community event or activity, best member sales event, best website and best advertising. The winners in each category were:

• Sun Communities' Camelot Villa, Macomb, won for best community entrance, which was recently updated to complement the new community roads and playground. www.suncommunities.com/camelot-villa
• Klines Resort, Three Rivers, received the award for best community event for their 50th anniversary party. The event included a ribbon cutting at the new entrance, an unveiling of a new sculpture and a sunset cruise for all former and current residents. http://klinesresort.com/manufactured-homes.php
• Shelby West, a Moceri Companies community in Shelby Township, won two awards for best model home staging and best website. The redesigned responsive website includes a blog featuring home buying tips, listing of featured homes for sale, a secure community application and links to home loan applications. www.shelbywest.com
• Franklin Homes, Belleville, received the best member sales event award for their Monroe County Fair exhibit. Franklin Homes brought in a full-size, staged and landscaped Clayton manufactured home which more than 5,000 potential manufactured home owners toured through during the fair. www.franklinhomesales.com
• Shelby Forest, a Moceri Companies community in Shelby Township, won best member advertisement for their "Affordable Homes and Community Lifestyles" publication. The real-estate style publication is published 3 times per year and distributed to 27 locations in their marketing area. The publication is in its fifth year. www.shelbyforest.com

The Michigan Manufactured Housing Association (MMHA) is one of Michigan's oldest trade associations, founded in 1941. MMHA is a non-profit association representing the manufactured and modular home industry in Michigan. For more information, visit the Michigan Manufactured Housing Association at www.michhome.org or contact MMHA, 2222 Association Drive, Okemos, MI 48864-5978; 517.349.3300.