What was the biggest lesson you learned while working during the pandemic? There are really two, and they are related. One is that people respond to seemingly insurmountable challenges extraordinarily well, if allowed to think things through. The second is that markets adapt to change in surprising and unforeseeable ways.
What was the biggest lesson you learned while working during the pandemic? The biggest lesson learned during the pandemic was how important it is for people to congregate with other people. This in turn led to thinking about how our streets and neighborhoods could work better so that people could easily have places to enjoy others.
What was the biggest lesson you learned while working during the pandemic? Early in my career I learned that the building and management of a successful business comes down to creating supportive relationships, both on the community and team level.
What are your predictions for your industry in 2022? Chambers can expect to see many new start-ups and new employees in the next two years – many will want to use their chambers to build their platforms. The challenge will be to balance service to individual members
What was your greatest professional accomplishment or most notable project, deal, or transaction in 2021? The completion and opening of the Walker School Apartments in Taunton earlier this fall. The brand new 40-unit apartment community that includes an enhanced coordinated service model
What are your predictions for your industry in 2022? Our industry will become more dependent on web-based consulting and broker services, including the implementation of block chain based solutions.
What was your greatest professional accomplishment or most notable project, deal, or transaction in 2021? Our firm again successfully negotiated many significant reductions in property taxes for property owners in 2021.
What are your predictions for your industry in 2022? 2022 is going to be a whirlwind. Recent roll-outs of vaccines set a new standard for speed to market, and there’s more work in life sciences than I’ve ever seen.
What is the best advice you have received, and who was it from? My college wrestling coach said often, “Let’s whistle while we work.” It’s originally from a Disney movie, which always made us laugh but I think it is great advice. It’s important to have some fun during the day and keep everything in perspective.
What was the biggest lesson you learned while working during the pandemic? During the pandemic, we learned how vital it is for residential communities to have ample amenity space. When we opened the final phase of the Riverwalk Lofts this year, we added over 10,000 s/f of amenity space
