MHVillage Wins Prestigious Communicator Award from Academy of Interactive & Visual Arts

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich., Aug. 28, 2019 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- MHVillage, the #1 marketplace for manufactured homes, has been honored with a Communicator Award for Distinction in Magazine Writing for 2019 by the Academy of Interactive & Visual Arts (AIVA).

MHVillage earned the award through the submission of The MHInsider™ magazine's volume 2, Issue 1 centered on The Louisville Manufactured Housing Show and an early look at 2019 product trends and industry insights.

MHInsider is the leading provider of manufactured housing industry news and information.

The January 2019 edition of The MHInsider magazine took editorial submissions from six leading industry professionals. The 82-page trade journal for manufactured housing professionals includes editorial content in the areas of home retail, community ownership and management, finance, sales, manufacturing, legislative advocacy as well as industry events and history.

AIVA judges reviewed more than 6,000 entries from the U.S. and other English-speaking nations. The Communicator Awards program is the largest and among the most competitive awards processes for honoring creative excellence for communication professionals.

Membership for AIVA consists of more than 600 leading professional organization representing myriad disciplines within the visual and interactive arts. The organization is dedicated to maintaining and honoring a high standard of excellence in marketing and communications. Among current AIVA members are noted organizations Conde Nast, Coach, Disney, The Ellen Degeneres Show, Estee Lauder, MTV Networks, Sotheby's Institute of Art, Time, Inc., Victoria's Secret, Wired, and Yahoo!

Communication professionals involved in 2019 Communicator Award applicant review and judging included Leanne Femar, executive creative director for Starbucks, Kyle Thigpen, communications specialist for Nissan, Gwen Kelly, senior communication manager for Walmart, and Chris Allen, director of social video for Fast Company.

MHVillage, launched in 2003, is the largest marketplace for mobile and manufactured homes with 25 million visitors annually, representing more than $3 billion worth of mobile home sales and rental transactions in 2018.

"In 2018, the manufactured housing industry had been without a print trade journal for about two years, and we decided that MHVillage was the right organization to launch a new publication," MHVillage Co-President and Chief Business Development Officer Darren Krolewski said. "MHInsider was received incredibly well by the industry, from readers and advertisers at the very onset, and to have this type of recognition only one year in from a distinguished international committee of communication professionals truly is an honor for our team."

News and Industry Trends from The MHInsider Magazine
MHInsider magazine began publishing in January 2018. It is a high-quality manufactured housing industry news magazine that publishes six times per year and goes out to 31,500 subscribers nationwide.

The MHInsider magazine followed the July 2017 launch of the MHInsider blog for manufactured housing professionals. It has served to cement MHVillage as the premier technology, advertising and publishing organization in the manufactured housing industry.

"Manufactured housing is being regarded in a way we've not experienced in some time, if ever, both because of the impressive innovation in construction and delivery techniques, but also because manufactured housing is an increasingly important component within the effort to solve the housing affordability crisis in the United States," MHVillage Co-President and Chief Operating Officer Michael Boers said. "The MHInsider magazine and blog play a critical role in communicating these market changes and how we all might come together, collaborate and make the industry stronger."

For advertising opportunities with the MHInsider magazine and blog, please contact MHInsider sales executives at (877) 406-0232. For editorial feedback and contributions, please contact MHInsider Executive Editor Patrick Revere at (616) 888-6994.

Readers can sign up at MHInsider.com to receive the MHInsider print magazine in the mail, where they also can read an electronic version of the magazine and stay up-to-date with industry news via the MHInsider professional blog.

About The Communicator Awards
The Communicator Awards is the leading international awards program honoring creative excellence for marketing and communications professionals. Founded by passionate communications professionals over two decades ago, The Communicator Awards is an annual competition honoring the best digital, mobile, audio, video, and social content the industry has to offer. The Communicator Awards is widely recognized as one of the largest awards of its kind in the world.

About MHVillage
Based in Grand Rapids, Michigan, MHVillage Inc. is the nation's premier online marketplace for buying and selling manufactured homes. Since its inception in 2004, MHVillage has grown to become the number one consumer website for the manufactured housing industry with more than 25 million unique visitors annually. Nearly 80,000 homes are sold annually on MHVillage with a combined transaction value exceeding $3 billion.

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