IREM president's message: Landscape contest success

It was our pleasure to honor industry leaders, Marvin Siflinger and Eleanor White for the Lifetime Achievement Award at the November meeting held at Anthony's Pier 4 restaurant in Boston. We would also like to thank Richard Walega, New England Regional Administrator for HUD, and Thomas Gleason, executive director of Mass Housing for their first hand insight on all of Marvin and Eleanor's achievements throughout the years. Our annual landscape contest was another success. Congratulations to the following properties and organizations for their hard work: Winners 2010 Landscape Contest Suburban $5,001 Up Category *1st Place: Quincy Commons, managed by Corcoran Management Co, AMO. Honorable Mention Awards *2nd Place: Pennywise Path, LLP DBA Morgan Woods, managed by The Community Builders Inc. *3rd Place: Hancock Village, Managed by Chestnut Hill Realty. Winners 2010 Landscape Contest Suburban $1 - $5,000 Category *1st Place: Union Place Residences, Managed by Nordblom Management. Honorable Mention Awards *2nd Place: King's Lynne Apartment, Managed by Corcoran Jennison Management. *3rd Place: 5120 Washington St., Managed by Chestnut Hill Realty. Winners 2010 Landscape Contest Urban $1 - $2,000 Category *1st Place: West Broadway Homes, Managed by Corcoran Management Co., AMO. Honorable Mention Awards *2nd Place: Chauncy Garden Court, Managed by Chestnut Hill Realty. *3rd Place: Kilsyth Court, Managed by Chestnut Hill Realty. Winners 2010 Landscape Contest Urban $2,001 Up Category *1st Place: Arborpoint Apartments at Woodland Station, Managed by National Development. Honorable Mention Awards *2nd Place: The Waterworks at Chestnut Hill, Managed by Peabody Properties Inc. AMO. *3rd Place: Victory Gardens, Managed by Peabody Properties Inc. AMO. The IREM team continues to grow. Please join us in welcoming the following recent additions to our membership. Accredited Residential Manager (ARM) *Richard Tabor ARM *Jo-Anne Correia ARM, Boston Land Company *Joseph Bertolino ARM, Corcoran Management Co., Inc.AMO *Frank Gaudet ARM, Corcoran Management Co., Inc.AMO *Vivian Hernandez ARM Corcoran Management Co., Inc.AMO *Paula Malcolm ARM, Corcoran Management Co., Inc.AMO *Cassandra Bittner ARM, Federal Management Co., Inc. AMO *Diane Finnigan ARM HallKeen Management Company AMO *Denise M. Paradis ARM HallKeen Management Company AMO *Maureen Distasi ARM Nordblom Management Co. *Amanda Menditto ARM Nordblom Management Co. *Warren Lizio ARM The Simon Companies, AMO *Sajata Mikell ARM The Simon Companies, AMO *Marcia Nichols ARM The Simon Companies, AMO *Jessica Valiton ARM The Simon Companies, AMO New Certified Property Managers (CPM) *Nancy Rawlings CPMARM Corcoran Management Co., Inc.AMO *Brad Abel CPM Eaton Partners, Inc. *Joyce Tremblay CPM , Genesis Management Group LLC *Joe Marconi CPM , Guggenheim Real Estate New Accredited Commercial Manager (ACoM) *Phillip Zagarri, ACoM , CPMC, Massachusetts Port Authority Please remember to join us on December 9th at the Venezia Water Front Restaurant for our annual holiday celebration. For more information and details regarding IREM and the upcoming events and educational courses, please feel free to contact Kelley Hannon at our Boston Office at (617) 436-7565. In addition, further information on the above events or to view our complete 2010 schedule can be found at www.iremboston.org. Rob Crowley, ARM, CPM, is the IREM Boston Chapter # 4 2010 president, Boston, Mass.