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Happenings Arkansas Association Names Annual Award Winners at Chairman’s Banquet The Arkansas Manufactured Housing Association at the Chairman’s Banquet named Clayton Homes of Savannah, Tenn., as the recipient of the Manufacturer of the Year award, A&R Mobile Home Services, of Cabot, Ark., as state industry Supplier of the Year, Hawks Homes of Conway, Ark., was named Retail Sales Center of the Year, and 2019 Factory Sales Representative of the Year went to Tom Gilbert of Cappaert Manufactured Housing in Vicksburg, Miss.
“The AMHA Achievement Awards recognize companies and individuals that have demonstrated dedicated service and unwavering support to the factory-built housing industry in Arkansas and to those Arkansas families that choose manufactured homes as their source of affordable home ownership,” AMHA Executive Director J.D. Harper said.
Clayton Homes Partners with Family Promise to Address Homelessness Fa m i ly P rom ise, a n ation a l non-profit, and Clayton Homes, one
The Warren family of Colorado Springs, Colo., cuts the ribbon on a new home through Family Promise and Clayton Homes. Photos Courtesy of Clayton.
of the nation’s leading home builders, have partnered for a program called A Future Begins at Home that seeks to prevent homelessness and stabilize families. “Family Promise’s holistic approach to the crisis of family homelessness includes three key areas of focus: prevention, shelter, and stabilization,” said Claas Ehlers, CEO of Family Promise. “With Clayton, we are moving families from being homeless to homeowners – and helping them to create sustainable independence.” Clayton has periodically gifted manufactured homes to Family Promise
