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AROUND THE CHAPTER
by Bud Vye, Retired CFM
2017/18 OFFICERS
President
Jeff Sechrest
jsechrest@luckcompanies.com
380-8999
Vice President
Adam Larsen
Adam.Larsen@allegion.com
624-0356
Secretary
Steve Pancham
spancham@mbpce.com
330-4875
Treasurer
Connie Hom
connie@buckinghamgreenery.com
402-2405
Immediate Past President
Kathy Taylor
ktaylor@servproctn.com
378-2323
CHAPTER ADMINISTRATOR
Barbe Shaffer, CDT
ifmarichmondva@gmail.com
651-6885
COMMITTEE CHAIRS
Membership
Steve Dahowski
stephen.dahowski@colemanallied.com
Programs
Allen Hurt
randall.hurt@comfortsystemsusa.com
Sponsorship
Brian Workman
BWorkman@MOII.com
Social Media
Brandon Berry
brandon.berry@colonialwebb.com
Public Relations
Lloyd J. (Bud) Vye, R-CFM
bdvye@comcast.net
Newsletter
G. R. (Ranny) Robertson, R-CFM
grrjr41@gmail.com
Hospitality
Andrea Niedhammer
acniedhammer@magellanhealth.com
Professional Development
Maureen Roskoski, CFM, SFP
maureen.roskoski@feapc.com
Golf Tournament
Tim Hume, CFM
twohumes@yahoo.com
IFMA RICHMOND CHAPTER NEWS
Is a publication of the Richmond Chapter of the
International Facilities Management Association.
This newsletter is designed to provide a channel
of communication to members and prospective
members.
IFMA, PO BOX 808, RICHMOND, VA 23218
A big honor bestowed upon Past Chapter President
Connie Hom, as she was named the 2018 winner of the Master Entre-preneur
of the Year Award by the Metropolitan Business League on
March 2 at the John Marshall Hotel, recognizing the work she has done
over the years at Buckingham Greenery, the firm she founded back in
1982. For the past 35 years her firm has brightened the interiors of some
of Richmond's and Central Virginia's most prominent commercial and
hospital spaces, small business offices, universities, and mall court-yards.
As one of the Chapter's longest standing members and leaders,
we are all proud to see Connie recognized with this prestigious award
which she is highly deserving of.
Also pleased to see Rob MacIver, another long ago Chapter member,
now apparently up here from Virginia Beach with his Envirowash firm, in
attendance at the 4/10 meeting as was KSA's Lorri Finn and Mark Frie-drich,
now the owner of Pedal Power Bicycles. Good to see all of them
again, which I hope will be a regular occurrence.
Annual GRACRE awards just announced. No real blockbuster projects
this year, but Project of the Year award went to the HandCraft building in
Scott's Addition, which appears to now be fully occupied by a number of
tenants, the foremost of which is Vasen Brewing. GRACRE's Transac-tion
of the Year went to Owens & Minor for their leasing of 90,000 sq. ft.
in the Riverfront Plaza East Tower.
While over in the Craft Brewing sector there is big news as Hardywood's
West Creek outpost opens with some fanfare, as some of us wait to see
if some of the clientele from the Ownby location, where we met back in
January of '12, will be moving out there, thereby easing the parking situ-ation,
which has driven some of us around the bend to the now expand-ed
Castleburg.
Another fast growing trend continues as the Graduate Hotel ( which
used to be the Doubletree),on Franklin a couple of blocks west of the
Jefferson, opens their rooftop bar. Sixteen stories up, this is the highest
one yet, adding to the list which includes the Quirk, Kabana, & Hof-heimer.
Some long running projects approaching completion, including VCU's
ICA, the $64.9 million Pulse, which announces it's $6.4 million sponsor-ship
(over the next 15 years) by VCU Health & Bon Secours, along with
the Monroe Park renovations. As Monroe Park approaches completion
the City announces that an upgrade to Jackson Ward's Abner Clay Park
will be next. And as Monroe Park wraps up, we see the Franklin St. bike
lane construction getting underway from there down to Capitol Square,
where we see the dedication of the MANTLE, a monument to the state's
Indian tribes. And right up the hill from there, Gilbane is going full blast
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