George W. Lester II, The Woodlands L.L.C., Developer of Spring Lakes

   George Washington Lester II, is President and CEO of the Lester Group, Inc. (since 1983). Mr Lester, born April 4, 1939, is a 1963 cum laude industrial engineering graduate of North Carolina State University. His entire business career has been involved in building materials for the retail consumer and professional builder, the manufacture of related forest products, management of forestlands, land conservation, real estate development and management, and related fields. He is President of Lester Development Corporation (since 1975), SpeedWay Centers Inc.(since 1984), and Beaver Hills Development Corporation. Mr. lester is Past President of the Independent Builder's Supply Association, Past President of the Virginia Forest Association, Past President of the Virginia Building Materials Association, Past President and Past Chairman of the United Way of Martinsville and Henry County, and Past Chairman of the Martinsville/Henry County Economic Development Corporation. Mr. Lester serves on the Board of Directors of Patrick Henry National Bank, Shenandoah National Bank, American Property Management Corporation, and the Homebuilders of Martinsville and Henry County. In November of 1993 he organized and became Chairman of Job Link, an organization to promote I-73 through Southwest Virginia.

Mr. Lester also has a long history of serving many community and civic organizations including the Memorial Hospital of Martinsville and Henry County and the Governors Committee on Virginia Forest Resources. He has been directly involved in the development of shopping centers, free standing restaurants, convenience stores, gas stations, apartments, and residential communities. With the magnitude of a project like Spring Lakes at the Woodlands we are fortunate to have George Lester at the helm in developing this exciting new community.

Mark A. Ingram, Landmark Home Builders Inc.

     Mark A. Ingram, experienced custom builder, dedicated businessman, and owner of family oriented Landmark Home Builders Inc. As a teenager mark started as a carpenter's helper for his father. He quickly gained the expertise necessary to become a skilled carpenter himself. Following the death of his father in 1981, Mark earned his Class A Contractor's License, and started his own business. He has experienced remarkable growth and expansion in the last twenty years and is currently constructing twenty-five to thirty homes per year.

"Family oriented" is certainly a good way to describe Landmark Home Builders. Mark's mother, Jane, is the designer for many of the new homes at Spring Lakes including the Lexington, Auburn, Durham, Chapel Hill, Roanoke, Savannah, and Raleigh. We think you will notice that special feminine touch in many of these homes with their unusual and unique design features. While his mother provides the plans, Mark's sister handles the office duties including day to day customer contact. We invite you to visit Spring Lakes and meet Mark, and find out for yourselves why we are all excited to have Mark and family building at Spring Lakes.