Thank you, Anna Javellana, for speaking with our chapter for our August 10th luncheon. In facilities management, it is easy to go down a rabbit hole and become distracted by the next “emergency” at our site. Anna shared some insights to help us take ownership of OUR time boundaries and learn to manage distractions to [...]
What a great meeting last week! We had 60 members and 10 guests in attendance, which is fantastic! I hope you learned something about the chapter operations and goals for the upcoming year. As the sponsorship campaign is wrapping up soon, thank you to those who have trusted us by providing financial support to [...]
It's that time of the year when IFMA chapters are turning over the board positions. The IFMA Greater Triangle Chapter held our annual swearing-in ceremony complete with a State of the Chapter presentation on Wednesday, July 20th! The work the team has planned for the 2022-2023 fiscal year will only further support the goal of being the [...]
As I look back over the past two years and see how our lives have changed and more specifically how the GTC of IFMA has changed, I am truly amazed at the resilience and commitment that our chapter has shown. We have gone from all virtual meetings, to limited capacity meetings, to breakfast and lunch [...]
The GTC of IFMA Community Outreach Committee pulled off another successful Ronald McDonald House Charities volunteer event on Thursday, June 9th. A huge shout out to Cory Barns for monitoring the smoker. Thanks to Dave Smith, Michele Lowery, Holly Bowers, David Sielaty, Travis Dodson, Kellie Renzi, and Darcy, the Therapy Dog, for coming out! Not only did [...]
This year has flown by and during my time in this role, I have learned so much about IFMA, our members, my colleagues on the Board, the committees, and myself. In my first President's Message, I mentioned the chapter was like a car that had been sitting idle in the garage for a few years [...]
by Tanya Blankenship Facility Fusion was held in Austin, TX from April 26th – 28th. The theme running through this year’s presentations was sustainability. Specifically, how do we as FMs not only make our buildings more energy efficient and net-positive, but ‘walk the walk’ by insisting on sustainable practices in everything from vendor and materials [...]
GTC OF IFMA MIKE BRADLEY MEMORIAL IFMA FOUNDATION 2022 GOLF TOURNAMENT RECAP by Todd Taintor, Golf Committee Co-Chair This year’s Mike Bradley Memorial IFMA Foundation Golf Tournament was another huge success thanks to our membership, sponsors, participants and volunteers. The primary purpose of our annual golf tournament is to provide an opportunity to network and [...]
What a great golf event we had a week ago. The weather was perfect and the company even better. I saw a lot of familiar faces and some new faces. Our membership numbers continue to grow. The growth is a testament to the community and robust network we’ve built over time. The chapter will continue [...]
What an exciting weekend of college basketball! The Greater Triangle Chapter of IFMA kicked off March Madness with a cornhole tournament and game-watching party on Thursday, March 17th. The real winners of this event were the Boys & Girls Club of Wake County. Chapter members raised over $2,000 to donate to this great cause. Thank [...]
It’s been a long two years since March 2020, when the first Covid cases were reported in the Triangle. As mask mandates have lifted across the Triangle, I hope that we’ve turned the corner. Since March 2020, our membership base shrunk from 249 to a low of 199 in February 2021. As of the end [...]
March seems to be associated with bad things. There’s the Ides of March, March Madness, Leprechaun pranks, the start of Daylight Savings Time (yes, you lose an hour in your day), and two years ago, COVID. But for all the mischievous things that March brings, it’s also a time for new beginnings. We’re beginning to [...]
McDonald York enjoyed hosting and sponsoring February’s tour for IFMA’s Greater Triangle Chapter at their construction site for a future Ligand Facility. The space is located at 1035 Swabia Court in Durham and is being constructed in a 2nd generation single story multi-tenant building owned and managed by Longfellow Real Estate Partners. The project consists [...]
To thank our chapter's committee members, we hosted a Committee Member Appreciation Event at Crafts & Drafts in Durham, NC. Our volunteers had the opportunity to etch wine glasses and pint glasses while networking with fellow committee members. THANK YOU to all of our IFMA Greater Triangle Chapter Committee Volunteers! We could not do this [...]