This year’s Mike Bradley Memorial IFMA Foundation Golf Tournament celebrated our 20th anniversary and was a huge success. Thank you to all players, sponsors and volunteers as well as to the staff at Lochmere Golf Club. The primary purpose of this annual event is to raise money towards scholarship funding for students pursuing a career in Facility [...]
Dear GTC IFMA members, Happy New Year! That sounds like an odd message for May, doesn’t it?! For the Greater Triangle Chapter (GTC) of IFMA, May represents an aspect of a New Year's celebration as our annual planning retreat takes place this month. Our Chapter uses the retreat to set goals for the coming year, plan [...]
Dear GTC IFMA members, Is it just me, or does everyone think Spring is arriving slowly this year? As I write this, the weather forecast calls for temperatures in the 50’s all week. Again! I’ll be glad when the weather turns warm. That got me thinking about other things to look forward to this month especially in [...]
by Kellie Renzi, McDonald York The 2019 March Madness event was another huge success! All together we raised $1396.00 for the Boys and Girls Club of Wake County. We had a huge turnout of both members and guests and the rain held out for us to have the perfect afternoon. The new venue, Rally Point [...]
by Justin Barber, Highwoods We were very pleased to see many new and seasoned GTC of IFMA members and their guests at our March Member Committee Orientation and the March Monthly Meeting to hear Leigh-Kathryn Bonner, the 25-year old founder and CEO of Bee Downtown. As a fourth generation beekeeper, she and her “buzzing” startup [...]
Dear GTC IFMA members, I’ll start with a quote by Douglas Adams, “I may not have gone where I intended to go, but I think I have ended up where I needed to be.” I recently re-read an article by Anne Cosgrove in Facility Executive magazine that posited, “the age of the ‘accidental facility manager’ [...]
Dear GTC IFMA members, We’re fortunate to live in an area in which the Facility Management profession is experiencing rapid growth. There are lots of workers that are relatively new to the Facility Management profession, as well as our more seasoned professionals, who both want and need to keep their skills current. “The illiterate of [...]
By Haley Hough, Little This month’s meeting was a fresh start to the new year in our new location at PNC Arena! And what better way to start a new year than with an action packed presentation from Ben Brookhart on how to achieve Category 5 Success in 2019. We all kicked off the lunch [...]
Dear GTC IFMA members, Last month’s message took a look back at the IFMA Greater Triangle Chapter’s accomplishments in 2018…here, at the beginning of 2019, let’s take a look forward. I’m one of those people who makes New Year’s resolutions; I write them down, I re-visit them throughout the year, and I even change them [...]
On December 5th, in lieu of a “regular” luncheon meeting, GTC of IFMA was treated to a tour of Raleigh’s Holy Name of Jesus Cathedral. With over 65 members attending, it could have been an overwhelming crowd for many spaces, but not for what is now the nation’s third largest Cathedral (the former Raleigh Cathedral, [...]
It was a Pajama Party at the November 8th GTC of IFMA Chapter Appreciation event! We had a terrific group of members attend the event at the Angus Barn Pavilion. Congratulations to our 2018 Award Winners! Rookie of the Year - Kellie Renzi – McDonald York Associate Member - Jeremy Logue – Piedmont Service Group Committee Member - Mark Cimerro – One [...]
Dear GTC IFMA members, I love this time of year. It brings back good memories. My past year’s reflections include many happy ones associated with GTC IFMA. There’s an element of pride in those memories as well. We amped up our philanthropic events; a better-than-ever March Madness contest, a gourmet meal at Ronald McDonald House [...]
Dear GTC IFMA members, On Tuesday, October 2, 2018, just prior to the start of the IFMA Foundation Denim & Diamonds Gala and Charlotte’s World Workplace event, the IFMA Foundation Academic and Scholarship Awards ceremony took place. This year’s theme was, Ignite FM: Join the Charge to Make FM a Career of Choice. Twenty-three deserving students [...]
On Thursday, September 27th over 30 members of the GTC of IFMA joined together at the Carolina Alehouse to play Bingo for Bones and Cornhole to benefit the SPCA of Wake County. Our Chapter raised $875.00 for the SPCA, and it was one of the most successful fundraisers to date! Special thanks to RoofWerks and Ecoscape Solutions Group for sponsoring this event. [...]