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VOL. 23, ISSUE 2 Fall/Winter 2011


EDITOR Brian Sherman


EDITORIAL ASSISTANTS Margaret Ann Michels Stacy E. Domingo


ADVERTISING ART DIRECTOR Dana Coleman


CONTRIBUTING WRITERS Barbara Patrick Jeannie Williams Jo Ann Mathews Margaret Ann Michels Brian Sherman Stacy E. Domingo


PHOTOGRAPHY Bill Macchio Brandon Clark Eleanor Koets Jeannie Williams Harry Taylor (front cover photo) Keith Jacobs (front cover photo)


MEDIA COORDINATOR Bill Knight


MEDIA CONSULTANTS Amy Lovett Brandon Clark Bert Wood Bill Cool


DISTRIBUTION Barnes & Noble, Books-A-Million The News Group, Joy Brown, Mobile Media, Direct Mail, In-Room


INTERNET MARKETING George Conklin, Sherman Paggi, Seth Furchgott, Dana Coleman


PUBLISHER Bill Macchio Publisher@MediaServices1.com


DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS Carol Collins


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Carolina Homes & Interiors is published by Media Services, Inc., PO Box 22617, Charleston, S.C. 29413. Reproduction electronically or in printed form without the expressed written permission of Media Services, Inc. is strictly prohibited and in violation of U.S. copyright laws. © Copyright 2011 All rights reserved.


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arolina Homes & Interiors’ annual Top 10 Builder edition is consistently one of our readers’ favorite issues. Over the last 15 years, our Top 10 Builder edition has become a guide for new home


buyers. Whether you’re looking for your first home, a second home, an affordable coastal home or a great place to retire, we hope that through the articles, interviews and photography within the pages of this issue, we have made your search a little easier. To compile our 2010 Top 10 Builder list, our editors pored over the deed transfer data supplied by Te More Report of Rocky Mount, North Carolina. We also publish this information online on our Builder and Builder Blog Network, which you can access at www.MyrtleBeachBuilders.com/info/builders/ network.php.


We want to be your resource, whether you’re building, buying, decorating or remodeling your home. With this in mind, we hope our articles on weathering storms will help you if you need a new roof or windows or if you’re simply interested in saving money on homeowners’ insurance. One way to lower your insurance costs is to build your home using the method developed by Cat Five Houses of Charleston. Te company can design a house that will withstand winds of up to 150 mph.


In each issue, we take pleasure in introducing our readers to a variety of neighborhoods, seaside resorts and quaint Southern towns. Summerville is such a town, and its residents recently elected Bill Collins as their new mayor. Join our conversation with Collins as he talks about the town’s bright future. Further up the coast we visit Sea Trail Plantation, home to golf, sun and a relaxed lifestyle in one of North Carolina’s fastest growing areas. Tis vibrant community is also host to the Brunswick County Home Show.


In addition to our magazine, we are proud to offer area residents and visitors other opportunities to discover the best of the Carolinas through coastal events such as the Brunswick County Home Show and the Myrtle Beach Retirement Expo. Check them out at www.MyrtleBeachHomeShow.com, www.BrunswickHomeShow.com and www.BabyBoomerExpos.com. Carolina Homes & Interiors and Hot Retirement Towns, both published by Media Services, are the official publications for these coastal events.


Our philosophy and passion is to inform our readers about the beauty, culture and lifestyles of the Carolinas through our multimedia approach of combining the energy of our events with the power of print and the reach of the Internet. We invite you to share this latest edition of Carolina Homes & Interiors with your friends and family online at www.CarolinaHomesAndInteriors.com/BuilderEdition.


Enjoy.


Bill Macchio Publisher


CarolinaHomesAndInteriors.com | MyrtleBeachHomeShow.com | BrunswickHomeShow.com


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