Weekley began his home building company when he was 23 years of age, and since 1976, he has been recognized twice by Inc. Magazine as having one of America's 500 fastest-growing companies.

In 1986, he was the National Association of Home Builders' Builder of the Year. In 2000, David Weekley Homes was ranked Highest in Customer Satisfaction among new home builders in the Dallas/Ft. Worth area, according to J. D. Power and Associates, and the company received the same honor in Tampa in 2002 and Austin in 2003.

David Weekley Homes has earned well over 500 honors in the areas of product design, marketing and management and closed almost $1 billion worth of new homes in 14 different cities in 2003.

The Home Builders Association of Midwest Georgia serves builders in Fayette, Coweta, Spalding, Meriwether, Heard, Pike, Upson, Lamar, Butts and Jasper counties. More information about the group can be obtained by calling the association office. Click Here to view complete listing of articles for this edition of The Citizen News