LONG TIME ANN ARBOR RESIDENT  BUSINESS OWNER BOB GUENTHER NAMED BUILDER OF YEAR BY HOME BUILDERS ASSN. OF WASHTENAW COUNTY

ANN ARBOR, MI. – Long time Ann Arbor resident Bob Guenther, second generation member of his family to run Guenther Homes, an iconic and established homebuilder based here, was named Builder of the Year by the Home Builders of Washtenaw County Association, which represents some 750 companies and persons involved in home building in Washtenaw County, located here and about 45 minutes west of Detroit.

Bob Guenther, who began going to work with his father Reuben at the age of 12, took over the family business in 1963 and never looked back. Today, Bob Guenther continues to apply his skills as a home designer, draftsman, and developerwith his daughter Natalie Ceccolini and Rob Guenther assuming day to day activities of running the company.

Guenther has managed to survive by pursuing an aggressive and creative strategy of cost cutting and business diversification despite the current economic downturn.