Wedne sday,

December 13, 2000

Knight Group

recognized by builders

The Knight

Group, which has its offices in Jonesboro, has once again been included

among the metro Atlanta area's top quality home builders, receiving recognition

at the annual Greater Atlanta Home Builders Association Professionalism

Awards Banquet, held Nov. 11.

The black-tie

awards dinner and program, which took place at the Georgia World Congress

Center in Atlanta, was presented by the Atlanta Sales and Marketing Council

to recognize the most outstanding professionals in Atlanta1s home building

industry.

The awards

program gives members of the Greater Atlanta Home Builders Association

an opportunity to compete with their industry professionals in building,

remodeling, marketing and personal achievement areas. This year, 35 industry

professionals came to Atlanta from across the United States during August

to judge 664 entries.

The Knight

Group earned a Silver Award in the category for Best Building Design -

Single Family Detached Homes in the $100,000 and under price range.

The winning

home is located in the Poplar Pointe community in Griffin.

The Knight

Group, formerly known as Knight Development, is a family business and

has earned numerous awards for building quality and customer service in

recent years. During the 1990s, the company has been a consistent winner

of Professionalism Awards in the annual competition, bringing home two

of these awards in 1992, five in 1995, one in 1997, two in 1998 and one

in 1999

The Knight

Group's history goes back to 1973, when brothers Perry and Scott Knight

started framing houses for builders in the Metro South area. They began

building homes in the late 1970s.

Perry's son

Jay, who joined the firm in 1982, now serves as president of The Knight

Group, while Scott's son Chris is vice president . The company currently

builds over 250 homes a year.