"The builder

program is a natural extension of our overall homes program, which aims

at offering quality designs and new ideas to consumers across the Southeast,"

said Southern Living Homes Group Director Bill McDougald. "We believe

we have chosen some of the most outstanding builders in the region to

help us do this."

McKinney, who

has been in home building since 1972, said that participation in the Southern

Living Custom Home Progress has given McKinney Builders Inc. access to

outstanding plans not otherwise available to the public. "This program

utilizes the services of some of the top architects in the Southeast,

and it has allowed me to share ideas with other top builders," he

noted.

Based in Newnan,

McKinney Builders Inc. has built custom homes primarily in Fayette, Coweta,

Troup and Henry counties and has also built on individually-owned homesites

located outside of residential developments. The company was one of the

featured builders in the recent "Street of Dreams" in Arbor

Springs Plantation and has also built in Lake Redwine and Braeburn at

White Oak. McKinney said that during the past five years, the company

has built numerous Southern Living plans.

McKinney is

the current treasurer of the Home Builders Association, which serves builders

in Coweta, Fayette, Spalding, Meriwether and Heard counties.

All houses

constructed by members of the Southern Living Custom Home Program are

speculative homes and will be placed on the market by their respective

builders. Before selling the homes, however, each builder has the option

of opening them to the general public for tours.

Southern Living

(www.Southernliving.com) is published by Southern Progress Corp., which

also published Progressive Farmer, Cooking Light, Southern Accents, Coastal

Living, Health and Sunset magazines as well as Oxmoor House books. The

Birmingham-based subsidiary of Time Inc. is a leading publisher of lifestyle

information.

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