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Over 40 IFMA members attended a private tour of the headquarters of the CNN Center on Thursday, June 24. Located in downtown Atlanta, CNN Center features more than 1.2 million square feet of office, retail, and restaurant space. The site spans several city blocks and contains CNN’s main newsrooms, as well as several of the…
Photo Submitted by Monte Townsend At the recent Emerging Leaders event at Georgia Tech; a group of IFMA members were briefly trapped in a crowded elevator together. Good thing everyone in IFMA’s Atlanta chapter is so friendly!
If you missed the June luncheon, you missed a great presentation by Wayne Robertson, PE, LEED AP from Energy ACE. Wayne surveyed the room for those of us familiar with LEED. Most hands in the room were raised. He then asked who was familiar with Green Globes. Only a few hands were raised. LEED is…
President Joanne Cole points us to this article that was written for the Charlotte chapter by Rick Regan. She shares it here with their permission. LED’s – Why Is Everybody So Excited? A recent International Trade Show and Conference devoted to Architectural and Commercial Lighting held this year in Las Vegas, raised the question: Why…
When I arrived at 89 Grove Way in Roswell in November 2005, I had just become the Executive Director of the Child Development Association and landlord of its 33,000 square foot facility. The 30-year old building was ugly, hemorrhaging utilities, pest-infested and in generally deplorable condition. Fortunately, I had already attended my first meeting with…
Joe Carroll, Vice President of Human Resources for IST Management Services, presented a high-energy audience-participation session on a very timely topic, “How to Recession Proof Your Career”. This was a relevant program for everyone — whether currently employed or looking for new opportunities. There is no such thing as job security these days. A job…