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| Apr 25 | Augustine Wins a MAMEAugustine brought home a MAME award this year, for the Best Public Reltaions Program or One-Time Special event for an Individual Community for Lennar's Wayfarer at WestPark. Lennar was opening the nation’s largest solar community in West Roseville, California—totaling 650 homes. Solar powered homes were new to Sacramento and the housing market was soft. In order to tap into the power of local media and gather dignitaries passionate about solar power—a press event was held. Almost a hundred local officials attended the morning event and all of the Sacramento TV media was present. Other media coverage included CNN, KFBK, Photon Magazine, Builder Architect Magazine and Builder News. The buzz generated 600 visitors to the neighborhood’s Grand Opening, resulting in 41 new home sales in the first month. |
| Feb 14 | New Website Launched!Augustine developed this regional builder website to emphasize the multi-media aspect of the videos and to promote the Sunergy solar program. |
| Apr 16 | News Items are Now Available on AugustineIdeas.com!News updates are now available on AugustineIdeas.com. Check back often to see what's happening in the Augustine world! |
| Mar 14 | Augustine Wins Nine Addy AwardsRocklin, CA- Augustine and Associates, a Rocklin-based advertising agency, has won nine ADDY Awards, in their first ever submission to the international advertising competition. Sponsored on the local level by the Sacramento Ad Club, awards are given annually to recognize marketing and advertising professionals, businesses, agencies, and organizations that have achieved excellence in their field. This year, over 300 entries were submitted locally in 14 categories. Winners on the local level will then move on to compete in the regional and national levels later in 2007. “With 9 wins, Augustine and Associates has made a grand debut as a first year participant in the 2006 Addy Awards. They should be applauded for their excellence in creativity and design” said Brian Atwell, Addy Co-Chair. “These past ten years have been a whirlwind of new clients, projects and hires. We have grown from a small office of about seven to a massive team of almost fifty” says Augustine & Associates President, Debbie Augustine. “This is the first year we’ve entered the ADDY awards and with so many talented agencies in the Sacramento region, we couldn’t be happier with nine wins.” |