Here are the winners of the 2005 Good Neighbor Awards as prsented by Jacksonville Homebuyer magazine and coordinated through the Northeast Florida Builders Association:
Hines/Palencia
Palencia, Hines’ master-planned community in Clay County, made significant in-kind donations to the 2004 SunTrust/Jacksonville Symphony Designer Show House, a 10,000-square-foot home decorated by Northeast Florida designers and opened to the public as a fundraiser for the orchestra. In addition, Palencia donates school supplies for children at Daniel Memorial and has been an active participant in NEFBA Builders Care projects. Palencia Marketing Manager Naomi Lumley has chaired NEFBA’s Annual Charity Gala for several years and is active in Womanaid, an organization of industry professionals who support good causes by holding fund-raising dinners at one another’s homes. Says Lumley: “I just know in my heart that when you give, you get it back tenfold.”
Jaguar Builders
Jaguar Builders is a major supporter of Volunteers in Medicine, a group of medical professionals who provide services to uninsured and underinsured people throughout Northeast Florida. The company led a team of volunteer builders renovating a downtown Jacksonville building, which now serves as the Volunteers in Medicine clinic. In addition, the company has been an active participant in NEFBA’s Builders Care projects. Company President West Westmorland, who has been a quadriplegic for more than 22 years, has a very personal reason for his company’s stance: “There was a time when I needed help and people helped me, so I’ve always believed that if you’re in a position to help others, you should do it.”
Jaguar Builders
Jaguar Builders is a major supporter of Volunteers in Medicine, a group of medical professionals who provide services to uninsured and underinsured people throughout Northeast Florida. The company led a team of volunteer builders renovating a downtown Jacksonville building, which now serves as the Volunteers in Medicine clinic. In addition, the company has been an active participant in NEFBA’s Builders Care projects. Company President West Westmorland, who has been a quadriplegic for more than 22 years, has a very personal reason for his company’s stance: “There was a time when I needed help and people helped me, so I’ve always believed that if you’re in a position to help others, you should do it.”
W. G. Pitts Company
W.G. Pitts Company, which specializes in building clubhouses and other development-related amenities, put its public-facility expertise to use by partnering with D.R.Horton Homes to build the I.M. Sulzbacher Children’s Center at the Sulzbacher Homeless Center. In addition, the company has been an active participant in NEFBA’s Builders Care projects.
Providence Homes
by Bill Cellar
Providence Homes built the 2004 House for Hope, a 3,100-square-foot home in River Hills Reserve that netted $100,000 for Hope International, a faith-based organization that provides micro-loans to people living in underdeveloped countries. In addition, the company participated in fundraising events for the Monique Burr Foundation, the United Way and the Salvation Army. Donations of money, labor and time also went to the I.M. Sulzbacher Center for the Homeless, the City Rescue Mission and various international missionary efforts. In addition, the company has been an active participant in NEFBA’s Builders Care projects. Says Bill Cellar, president and CEO: “Faith, a pillar on which Providence Homes was founded, is not limited to domestic boundaries. For that reason, we aid the less fortunate on a local, national and global scale.”