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Athens Park Homes building “green”
04/29/2008
PRESS RELEASE Athens Park Homes, LLC, www.athensparkhomes.com is now offering “green” friendly park models and cabins. Green building is a design and construction practice that promotes the economic health and well-being of your family, the community and the environment says Dick Grymonprez, vice president of marketing. We have always had many “green” features in our homes such as: moisture proof house wrap, fiberglass insulation (floors, walls and ceiling), Pex plumbing, fiber-cement siding by James Hardie, dual pane windows, fiberglass heat ducts and rebond carpet pad. We also offer Trex decking on all porches.
Athens Park Homes will now offer high performance shower heads and low flush toilets to save water. Energy Star appliances, programmable thermostat, fluorescent light bulbs, tankless water heater and a radiant barrier in the ceiling to save electricity consumption and green house emissions.
Grymonprez added, “We are going to keep looking for ideas to make our park models and cabins the best looking, best built and most environmentally friendly in the market.”
It’s a fact! Athens Park Homes – Fastest growing park model manufacturer in the country!
03/18/2008
Statistical Surveys, Inc. just released their 2007 National Park Model Registration Report. There are now 45 companies in the US that build park models. Athens Park Homes finished in the top 5 park model manufacturers in the country. In fact, Athens Park Homes was the only member of the top 5 that increased its business from 2006 up 34.1%. Athens Park Homes was also the only one in the top 5 to increase market share and it was up a whopping 50.4% making Athens Park Homes the fasting growing park model manufacturer in the country for the second straight year.
Athens Park Homes, LLC Acquires Flat Creek Lodges, Inc.
02/28/2008
PRESS RELEASE Athens Park Homes, LLC, www.athensparkhomes.com is proud to announce the acquisition of the assets and intellectual properties of Flat Creek Lodges, INC, www.flatcreeklodges.com of Haleyville, Alabama. Flat Creek Lodges is a park model manufacturer that specializes in the manufacturing and sale of floating cabins. Athens Park Homes is one of the fastest growing park model and specialty product manufacturers in the United States. APH controls over 300,000 sq. ft. of manufacturing area on 75 acres of land in Athens, Texas 70 miles southeast of Dallas. All manufacturing from the Flat Creek Lodges plant in Alabama will relocate to Athens, Texas. Mike Burleson owner of Flat Creek Lodges will become a full time employee of Athens Park Homes as Vice President of the Flo Lodge division. Phil Surles President and Managing Partner of Athens Park Homes stated, “We are pleased and excited to have Mike Burleson join our growing company with his knowledge of the market and potential of the ‘floating cabins’. This acquisition further adds to our expanding product line in the recreation industry that truly exemplifies Athens Park Homes trademark “INNOVATIONS IN RECREATIONAL LIVING”. Mike Burleson, President of Flat Creek Lodges stated, “I am truly excited about joining the Athens Park Homes team with their tremendous manufacturing capabilities and facilities. I can now concentrate entirely on the vast potential of the floating cabin market knowing that we have the manufacturing capacity to produce the increasing demand for this product.”
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