15th ANNUAL CLEVELAND CHOICE AWARDSRECOGNIZES TOP AREA BUILDERS AND
SALES AND MARKETING PROFESSIONALS
Cleveland, OH – The Sales & Marketing Council, along with the Cleveland Choice Awards Committee, of the Home Builders Association of Greater Cleveland (HBA) hosted their 15th Annual Cleveland Choice Awards ceremony on Friday, March 3, 2006 at The NEW Cleveland Marriott - East. The theme for the evening, Hooray for Homebuilding, was highlighted by emcees Michael Kraft and Helene Weingberg as they entertained the crowd as Joan Rivers, Martha Stewart, Barbara Streisand and Ozzy Osbourne.
The Cleveland Choice Committee is responsible for producing the professional and entertaining event which recognizes excellence in home construction, including a wide variety of categories from sales and marketing, product design, architecture, remodeling, and interior merchandising. The committee members include Co-Chairs Renee Vale of Hudson Village Residential Co. and Greg Zehe of Parkview Homes, Sam Avellone of NPI Audio Visual Solutions, Mandy Barney of Zaremba, Bridget Burns of Park United Mortgage, Aimee Campbell of Howard Hanna Smythe Cramer, Colleen Horan of the HBA of Greater Cleveland, Paul Klein of Sun Newspapers, Trista McClelland of Calabrese, Racek & Markos, Inc., Misty Pennock of The Plain Dealer, Angela Raaf of Cleveland Magazine, Diane Schmidt of Wells Fargo Home Mortgage, Kristen Scholz-Krejsa of Whitlatch & Co., Michele Slaght of Unmistakably Premier Homes, Nancy Tienvieri of Miles Park Window Treatments and Michele Yurcich of The NRP Group.
Some of the winners were Parkview Homes for Product Design for The Villas of Stonebridge Crossing, Alexandra Fine Homes for Best Exterior Architecture for the Stone Cottage, Hudson Village Residential Co. for Best Lifestyle Center Project, and Tower Park Construction for Best Interior Merchandising for The Glendale. AJ Marketing won for the Best Color Ad Over 12” and Howard Hanna Smythe Cramer took home the award for Best Advertising Campaign.
Other winners included SDC Homes and Neighborhoods, Pulte Homes, Unmistakably Premier Homes, Prestige Homes, Ryan Homes, Donald L. Barr & Co., Whitlatch & Co., Little Mountain Homes, Terry Bennett Builders and Remodelors, The Coral Company, B.R. Knez Construction, Inc., F.A. Makoski Construction, Riviera Construction, P. Perrino Custom Homes, Latina & Latina Builders, River Oaks Homes, Colony Home Builders, Payne & Payne Custom Builders, Americon Homes, Heartland Developers, Gillespie Homes, City Architecture and Kopf Construction.
Individual awards were also given to Jamie Powers of Unmistakably Premier Homes and the sales team from Willowick Creek of Oster Homes, a K. Hovnanian Company for their outstanding sales achievements in 2005. Matt Schneider of Pulte Homes was named Rookie Salesperson of the Year and in an unprecedented three-way tie, Greg Zehe of Parkview Homes, Michele Slaght of Unmistakably Premier Homes and Aimee Campbell of Howard Hanna Smythe Cramer were named Outstanding Marketing Professionals of the year.
The Plain Dealer with Cleveland.com and NPI Audio Visual Solutions were the evening’s Oscar Sponsors. Star sponsors included AJ Marketing, Cleveland Magazine and Kinetico, Incorporated. Golden Globe Sponsors were Atwell-Hicks, Howard Hanna Smythe Cramer, R. Kashmiry & Associates and Sun Newspapers. Silver Screen Sponsors included Architectural Millwork & Cabinetry, Chicago Title, FastSigns – Middleburg Heights, First Federal of Lakewood, Kurtz Bros, Lighting Max, Park United Mortgage, Realty One Real Living, Wells Fargo Home Mortgage. The Spotlight Sponsors, Audio Video Interiors, Currents/Chagrin Valley Times, Harmon Homes, HP Manufacturing / House of Plastics, Lennox Industries and ProSource Wholesale Flooring rounded out the evenings’ sponsors.
To request a complete list of Cleveland Choice Awards winners, please e-mail info@hbacleveland.com
