The Knight Group,

formerly known as Knight Development, is a family

business based in Jonesboro. The company had its

beginning in 1973, when brothers Scott and Perry

Knight starting framing houses for Metro South

builders. The Knight brothers got into the home

building business in the late 1970s.

Perry's son Jay,

who has been with the company since 1982, is now

the president of The Knight Group. Scott's son

Chris, who joined the company last year, is now

vice president. At the present time, the company

is building approximately 250 homes a year.

During the 1990s,

the company has been a consistent winner of

Professionalism Awards in the annual competition

sponsored by the Greater Atlanta Home Builders

Association and the Greater Atlanta Sales &

Marketing Council, bringing home two of these

awards in 1992, five in 1995, one in 1997 and two

in 1998.