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Village Green Companies presents RentGrow with 2007 Strategic Partner Award

Waltham, MA —  May 17, 2007 —  Village Green Companies presented leading resident screening provider, RentGrow, with its 2007 Strategic Partner Award at its annual Seminar event in Dearborn, Mich., today. Village Green President and COO George Quay cited RentGrow’s willingness to work together in facilitating the leasing process for both the prospective residents and associates, as well as its understanding of what a growing management company needs in its decision to recognize RentGrow as one of Village Green’s Strategic Partners.

“Our partnership with RentGrow allows us to make continuous enhancements in applicant screening processes,” says Mirriam Livingstone, Village Green’s Vice President of Internal Auditing and Operations. “RentGrow’s efficiency and responsiveness to our needs illustrates how two companies can work, and improve their products, together.”

Peter Meyers, Director, Client Services and Operations, agrees that the Strategic Partner Award reflects the highly-focused, dedicated work of RentGrow’s Account Management and Customer Service teams over the past several years.

“Village Green is a fast-paced, dynamic and progressively managed company,” says Meyers.  “Going forward, there will continue to be demands on our organization to innovate, evolve technically, anticipate client needs, and build even deeper relationships. Clearly, we’ve done a very good job for Village Green in 2006 and 2007, and this award has proven the power of a strong relationship, but we need to move forward knowing we must re-earn this award on a daily basis.”

RentGrow Senior Account Manager, Liz Boksanski, says, “It’s been a pleasure to work hand in hand with Village Green. We’re proud to have made a transition from ‘vendor‘, to ‘partner’ in their eyes and we look forward to continuing to work alongside them in the coming years.”

About Village Green Companies
Village Green Companies, headquartered in suburban Detroit, was established in 1919 and operates nearly 35,000 apartments in more than 135 rental communities throughout the Midwest under four distinct brands: Village Park, Village Green, Regents Park and City Apartments. For more information on Village Green, explore www.villagegreen.com.

About RentGrow
RentGrow has been providing resident screening services and technologies to the multifamily industry since 1989. Their award-winning online resident screening tool, TotalScreen®, offers a customizable decision system, credit, national criminal, sex offender, OFAC/SDN, eviction records, address search and more. Based in Waltham, Massachusetts, the company partners with property owners and managers across the United States. For more information, please visit www.rentgrow.com.

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