LANSING, MI — Michigan Governor John Engler announced that five Michigan builders have been awarded grants from the state’s Five Star Home Grant program to build energy-efficient homes. The grants of up to $8,000 were presented to builders recently at the Urban Options Energy and Environmental Demonstration House in East Lansing, MI.

Kathleen Wilbur, director of the Michigan Department of Consumer and Industry Services, presented the grants to:

Coulter Builders, LLC, Okemos;

Country Construction, Roscommon;

Pant Builders, Inc., Belmont;

R.F.B. Home Builders, Holly; and

Walloon Lake Properties, LLC, Walloon Lake.

“The Five Star Home Grant program is an incentive for Michigan builders to utilize the latest technology to reduce energy costs and pollution,” stated Engler.

Publication date: 06/10/2002