{"id":744,"date":"2010-08-04T16:21:41","date_gmt":"2010-08-04T21:21:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mhmarketingsalesmanagement.com\/blogs\/tonykovach\/?p=744"},"modified":"2010-08-05T11:24:11","modified_gmt":"2010-08-05T16:24:11","slug":"manufactured-housing-industry-giants-passing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/manufactured-housing-industry-giants-passing\/","title":{"rendered":"Manufactured Housing Industry Giant&#8217;s Passing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>An Industry Giant has died.<\/p><div id=\"manuf-2138622739\" class=\"manuf-content manuf-entity-placement\"><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3870480136270376\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3870480136270376\" \ndata-ad-slot=\"\" \ndata-ad-format=\"auto\"><\/ins>\n<script> \n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); \n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<p>A decade ago who would have dreamed  such a thing?  We stand in requiem to mourn the loss of the manufactured housing giant  Fleetwood Enterprises.<\/p>\n<p>As we ponder over 50 years of  Fleetwood&#8217;s service to affordable homes for throngs in America, what are  we to say?  What are we to feel and think?<\/p>\n<p>Let&#8217;s have a moment of silence\u2026<\/p>\n<p>\u2026<\/p>\n<p>..and then ask, how can we help avoid this again?  How can we protect the large and small from such a shocking fall?<\/p>\n<p>It is not my intention here and now to parse what happened in the late 90s and early this century that lead up to the fall of Fleetwood.  Our Eric Miller will do a report you will find in his<strong><em> Industry In Focus<\/em><\/strong> on the facts regarding the Fleetwood Enterprises liquidation.<\/p>\n<p>What I will say is this.  We  have to be open to both the fundamentals that brought our industry to  be, and be open to new ways that can help us adapt and grow in a changing  world.  We can&#8217;t expect yesterday&#8217;s successes to carry us on forever.  A false move can be costly.  We have to be more nimble, more able to adapt, change and grow.<\/p>\n<p>This event holds important lesson for us all.<\/p>\n<p>Fleetwood Enterprises, we will remember. Rest in Peace. # #<\/p>\n<p>L. A. &#8220;Tony&#8221; Kovach, MHM<br \/>\nManufactured Home Marketing Sales Management or MHMSM.com<br \/>\n<a href=\"mailto:tony@mhmsm.com\">tony@mhmsm.com<\/a><br \/>\n847-730-3692.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Manufactured Housing Industry Giant&#8217;s Passing<\/p>\n<p>An Industry Giant has died.  <\/p>\n<p>A decade ago who would have dreamed such a thing?  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