Ann Arbor's Doug Selby is a finalist for a national award that heralds architects who show business acumen, financial strength, community and industry involvement, and entrepreneurial spirit.
The Fred Case Remodeling Entrepreneur of the Year Award comes with a cash prize and brings prestige. Selby, who's made a name for himself by building homes that fit in with their environment architecturally with minimal energy or materials waste and with regard for historic preservation, is president of
Meadowlark Builders.
He was chosen as a finalist by a panel of judges from
Case Design/Remodeling Inc.,
Harvard University's Center for Joint Housing Studies and
Hanley Wood, a media company covering construction.
Case founder, CEO and co-chairman, Fred Case, says “Doug Selby represents not only entrepreneurial thinking but action on that thinking which is especially enviable in these more uncertain times. Doug’s entrepreneurial spirit continually sets a higher bar not only for his business but for the remodeling industry as a whole.”
Case is credited with pioneering the design/build concept in remodeling in the 1970s and with developing the first certification system for remodelers.
Source: Greening of Detroit and Doug Selby, Meadowlark Builders
Writer: Kim North Shine
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