Press Release. Sales and Marketing Achievement Award: Don Miller, Diversified Insurance Services, Brookfield. Individual Awards: Remodeler Awards:

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1 Press Release FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Chellee Siewert, Executive Director, The Metropolitan Builders Association Honored the Sales & Marketing Efforts of its Members at the 15 th Annual Sales & Marketing Achievement Awards on Wednesday, May 13, 2009 Waukesha, WI May 13, 2009 The Metropolitan Builders Association celebrated the 15 th anniversary of the MBA s Sales & Marketing Achievement Awards Dinner at The Wisconsin Club in Milwaukee, WI. The Sales & Marketing Achievement Awards program allows the MBA to salute its members finest efforts in advertising, marketing, and sales over the past year. This year s contest attracted 70 entries from 25 different companies. While the judges were very impressed with the quality of all the entries, each of the winning entries this year demonstrated tremendous creativity and attention to detail. All of our winning entries help to raise the standards to which companies and colleagues within the home building industry will aspire. The winners of the 15 th Annual Sales & Marketing Achievement Awards are: Sales and Marketing Achievement Award: Don Miller, Diversified Insurance Services, Brookfield Individual Awards: New Home Sales Person of the Year Jackie Guansing,, Associate Sales Person of the Year Susan Montie, ACS/Advanced Communication Specialists, Waukesha Lee Ann Wojnar, Sign-A-Rama of Milwaukee, Milwaukee Sales Manager of the Year Pete Lange,, Million Dollar Achievement Silver Jackie Guansing,, Million Dollar Achievement Bronze Pete Lange,, D anne Long,, Builder Awards: Black & White Ad Silver, Color Ad Silver, Bronze Kings Way Homes, LLC, Elm Grove Image Makers Advertising, Inc., Waukesha Bronze Orendorf Custom Homes, Pewaukee Radio Ad Silver Westridge Builders, Inc., Waukesha Direct Mail Piece Silver, Overall Advertising Campaign Bronze Westridge Builders, Inc., Waukesha Brochure Gold, Bronze Wimmer Communities, Hales Corners Image Makers Advertising, Inc., Waukesha Website Silver Westridge Builders, Inc., Waukesha Bronze Wimmer Communities, Hales Corners Image Makers Advertising, Inc., Waukesha Remodeler Awards: Project Under $50,000 Bronze Kerzner Remodeling & Construction,

2 Project $50,000 $150,000 Gold Kerzner Remodeling & Construction, Silver Wooden Thumb, Inc., West Allis Honorable Mention Wade Design & Construction, Inc., Mequon Project $150,000 $300,000 Gold Bartelt The Remodeling Resource, Project Over $300,000 Gold Bartelt The Remodeling Resource, Gold Bartelt The Remodeling Resource, Gold Remodeling Center, Inc., Pewaukee Bronze E. Miller & Associates, Inc., Cedarburg Associate Awards: Color Ad Silver Flanner s Home Entertainment, Brookfield Bronze, Sussex Honorable Mention Weather-Tek Design Center, Brookfield Television Ad Bronze, Sussex Honorable Mention Diversified Insurance Services, Inc., Brookfield Radio Ad Bronze, Sussex Direct Mail Piece Silver Flanner s Home Entertainment, Brookfield Overall Advertising Campaign Silver, Sussex Silver TDS Metrocom, Waukesha Logo Honorable Mention, Sussex Brochure Gold Johnson s Nursery, Inc., Gold Johnson s Nursery, Inc., Gold Techteriors, LLC, Mequon Bronze Aquatica, LLC, Wales Honorable Mention B & J Interiors, Inc., Pewaukee Newsletter Honorable Mention Johnson s Nursery, Inc., Website Bronze Flanner s Home Entertainment, Brookfield Honorable Mention M.J.S. Landscape Services, LLC, Lannon Honorable Mention Stone Dimensions, Inc., Pewaukee Sales Center or Showroom Gold American TV & Appliance/Kennedy Hahn Contract Sales, Waukesha Bronze Artisan Kitchen & Bath Gallery, Wauwatosa Bruce Horner Memorial Scholarships Awarded to Two Local Students Two students were also in attendance at the Awards Ceremony to receive scholarships from the Bruce Horner Memorial Scholarship Program. Ariel Kraemer, a Wauwatosa West High school student with plans to attend UW-Stout in the fall and pursue a career in Manufacturing Engineering, and Mitchell Sellhausen, a Slinger High School student who is also planning to attend UW-Stout to pursue a career in Construction, were this year s recipients. For more information on the Bruce Horner Memorial Scholarship Program please contact the MBA. The MBA is a non-profit and non-partisan association which represents the building industry in the metropolitan Milwaukee area. The MBA develops and offers education for consumers as well as members. By establishing business ethics and industry standards, the MBA has earned a reputation as a trusted resource. Consumers enjoy our promotions for housing and housing products, while members take part in our professional and social activities throughout the year. The MBA has a long standing tradition of giving back to the community through a variety of philanthropic ventures. # # # Metropolitan Builders Association N16 W23321 Stone Ridge Drive Waukesha, WI

3 The Metropolitan Builders Association s 15th Annual Sales & Marketing Achievement Awards 2009 Sales and Marketing Achievement Award: Don Miller, Diversified Insurance Services, Inc. Also Pictured, Susan Montie, ACS/Advanced Communication Specialists, 2008 Sales and Marketing Achievement Award Recipient INDIVIDUAL AWARDS Award recipients are pictured with Jason Newton, news anchor for WISN News, and event MC, or Ed Brzozowski, of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. New Home Sales Person of the Year Jackie Guansing Associate Sales Person of the Year Susan Montie ACS/Advanced Communication Specialists Associate Sales Person of the Year Lee Ann Wojnar Sign-A-Rama of Milwaukee Sales Manager of the Year Pete Lange Million Dollar Achievement - Silver Jackie Guansing Million Dollar Achievement - Bronze Pete Lange Please contact Jo Anne Mudry, at the MBA for photos: jmudry@mbaonline.org or

4 BUILDER AWARDS Black & White Ad - Silver Color Ad - Silver Color Ad - Bronze Kings Way Homes, LLC Developed by Image Makers Advertising, Inc. Radio Ad - Silver Westridge Builders, Inc. Direct Mail Piece - Silver Overall Advertising Campaign - Bronze Westridge Builders, Inc. Brochure - Gold Brochure - Bronze Wimmer Communities Developed by Image Makers Advertising, Inc. Website - Silver Westridge Builders, Inc. Website - Bronze Wimmer Communities Developed by Image Makers Advertising, Inc. REMODELER AWARDS Project Under $50,000 Bronze Kerzner Remodeling & Construction Project $50,000 $150,000 - Gold Kerzner Remodeling & Construction Project $50,000 $150,000 - Silver Wooden Thumb, Inc. Project $150,000 $300,000 - Gold Bartelt The Remodeling Resource

5 REMODELER AWARDS (cont.) Project Over $300,000 Gold Bartelt The Remodeling Resource Project Over $300,000 Gold Bartelt The Remodeling Resource Project Over $300,000 Bronze E. Miller & Associates, Inc. Associate AWARDS Color Ad - Silver Flanner s Home Entertainment Color Ad - Bronze Color Ad - Honorable Mention Weather-Tek Design Center Television Ad - Bronze Television Ad - Honorable Mention Diversified Insurance Services, Inc. Radio Ad - Bronze Direct Mail Piece - Silver Flanner s Home Entertainment Overall Advertising Campaign - Silver Overall Advertising Campaign - Silver TDS Metrocom Logo - Honorable Mention Brochure - Bound - Gold Johnson s Nursery, Inc. Brochure - Spiral - Gold Johnson s Nursery, Inc.

6 Associate AWARDS (cont.) Brochure - Honorable Mention B & J Interiors, Inc. Newsletter - Honorable Mention Johnson s Nursery, Inc. Website - Bronze Flanner s Home Entertainment Website - Honorable Mention Stone Dimensions, Inc. Sales Center or Showroom - Gold American TV & Appliance/ Kennedy Hahn Contract Sales Sales Center or Showroom - Bronze Artisan Kitchen & Bath Gallery Bruce Horner MemOrial Scholarship Recipients Award recipients are pictured with Colleen Horner, Co-founder of the Bruce Horner Memorial Scholarship Program. Ariel Kraemer Wauwatosa West High School Mitchell Sellhausen Slinger High School Please contact Jo Anne Mudry, at the MBA for photos: jmudry@mbaonline.org or