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try the find link tool for suggestions . september 2010 learn how and when to remove this template message donnay homes industry homebuilding founded 1941 headquarters maple grove minnesota united states key people paul donnay ceo products construction real estate homebuilding financial services website www.donnayhomes.com donnay homes is minnesota s oldest homebuilder and developer . since 1941 the builder based in maple grove minnesota has worked with over 15 000 families focusing primarily on first time homebuyers and first second and third time moveup buyers . in addition to its new building construction segment donnay homes founded another main business unit called traditions by donnay . traditions by donnay homes specializes in home renovation remodeling and high end new construction . 2 contents 1 history 2 donnay homes today 3 see also 4 external links 5 references history edit donnay homes was founded in 1941 by vern and geri donnay . minnesota was preparing itself for war in europe and celebrating the minnesota golden gophers football national championship . 3 for many families who bought houses in bloomington in the 1940s and 1950s their piece of the american dream was built by vern donnay of donnay homes . vern donnay was born in 1922 in austin minn. he developed his love for homebuilding working with his grandfather while he grew up in the minnesota towns of kimball and watkins . after graduating from kimball high school donnay served as a sergeant in the u.s. army from 1942 to 1946 . an award winning homebuilder donnay homes first developed large tracts of farm land in the south metro suburb where vern built hundreds of houses and continued the legacy of his grandfather who had built houses and barns in rural central and western minnesota . after world war ii business for donnay homes thrived as many war vets came home to get married start families and benefited from the gi bill to buy homes . during the height of the construction boom of the 1940s and 1950s donnay homes was digging five basements a day . from the 1940s through the 1960s vern donnay founder of donnay homes spearheaded some of the first housing developments in several twin cities suburbs including richfield fridley brooklyn park lakeville blaine and apple valley . vern donnay was one of the original members of the twin cities builders association . 4 donnay who also developed shopping malls in eden prairie maple grove and blaine died feb 15 2009 . he was 87 . donnay homes today edit today vern s son paul donnay is the president and owner of donnay homes . vern s grandson chad donnay is vice president . donnay homes builds a wide range of homes that appeal to all types of buyers . first time buyers move up buyers and townhome buyers are all finding donnay homes in areas they want to live . donnay homes offers homes in numerous minnesota communities such as belle plaine brooklyn park burnsville the summit at buck hill champlin eden prairie edina jordan lonsdale maple grove minneapolis minnetrista plymouth prior lake shakopee st. louis park watertown woodbury donnay homes frequently participates in the parade of homes . see also edit 1 external links edit donnay homes web site references edit donnay homes more home for your money donnay homes today donnay homes history twin cities builders association founders retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title donnay homes & oldid 743567439 categories economy of minneapolishidden categories articles with topics of unclear notability from september 2010all articles with topics of unclear notabilityarticles needing additional references from august 2010all articles needing additional referencesorphaned articles from september 2010all orphaned articlespages using infobox company with unsupported parameters navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 10 october 2016 at 06 32 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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