Eco-Friendly Land Developer Dennis Gilligan Wins Lifetime Achievement Award from Home Builders Association of Maryland

Dennis Gilligan, a Maryland resident and land developer who believes in Going Green, has worked tirelessly to produce economically and environmentally viable communities throughout the tri-state area of Maryland, Delaware, and Pennsylvania throughout the course of his lifetime. Gilligan has been honored with the 2009 Lifetime Achievement Award from the HBAM association.

Dennis Gilligan, owner of Craftsmen Developers, LLC was awarded with the Lifetime Achievement Award for his excellence in community development by the Home Builder Association of Maryland at the 2009 HBAM Land Development Council Awards.  Greatly honored by winning the award, Gilligan says he hopes this distinguished mark of achievement is, “only for the first half of his life”; Gilligan says he is honored and hopes yet another lifetime achievement award will be won by both he and his consulting based support team for the second half of his life (before the middle of the 21st century comes).

After graduating from the University of Maryland with a dual major in economics and urban studies, W. Dennis Gilligan worked in a management capacity for Washington Homes and Pulte Homes. In 1983, he founded Gilligan Development Incorporated, then a local developer and home builder.  Over a period of twenty years his company grew to a regional developer and home builder with communities throughout the Maryland, Virginia, Pennsylvania, and Delaware. In late 2004, the business was purchased by Technical Olympic USA, a publicly traded home building company based in Hollywood, Florida.  Gilligan assumed a role acting as Technical Olympic’s Executive Vice President of Land Development Projects from 2004 to early 2007.

In May of 2007, Gilligan founded Craftsmen Developers, LLC with son Conor Gilligan and new partner Bob Schulz.   At the 2009 HBAM Land Development Council Awards, W. Dennis Gilligan was awarded with the Lifetime Achievement Award for his excellence in community development.

History of HBAM Land Development Council

The Home Builders Association of Maryland, HBAM, is a membership organization comprised of home builders, residential and commercial land developers, and private real estate consultants. Each year, the organization gives outstanding community members Land Development Council Awards based on excellence in community service.

There are five different types of awards given in the Award of Excellence program:

• Project Awards of Excellence
• Developer of the Year
• Consultant of the Year
• Contractor of the Year
• Lifetime Achievement Award

Maryland professionals in the Land Development industry who receive awards are those whose companies offer the highest level of service both to clients and community. Any category of award is a great honor for each individual or corporation recipient.

Dennis Gilligan, owner of Craftsmen Developers, LLC was awarded with the Lifetime Achievement Award for his excellence in community development by the Home Builder Association of Maryland at the 2009 HBAM Land Development Council Awards.  Greatly honored by winning the award, Gilligan says he hopes this distinguished mark of achievement is, “only for the first half of his life”; Gilligan says he is honored and hopes yet another lifetime achievement award will be won by both he and his consulting based support team for the second half of his life (before the middle of the 21st century comes).

Goals of the Land Development Council Awards

The Land Development Council Award of Excellence program offers recognition to development professionals who provide superior and creative development projects that are sensitive to the community and make appropriate use of the existing natural elements.  The LDC awards program serves three purposes: (1) To promote positive public interest in (perception of) the land development industry, (2) To recognize excellence in land development for design and quality; and, (3) To recognize outstanding contributions by companies and individuals to the land development industry.

Projects are available to all HBAM member firms in the State of Maryland, and Adams and York Counties, Pennsylvania.