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CREW Charlotte December 2022 Before Hours

Rob Phillips

Bennett Pless Structural Engineers

Thanks Dee DeBerry with ATC Group Services for the structural engineering referral!

Nancy Olah

Nancy Olah Law

Thank you to Juanita Tackett (Indoff) for helping my client with LED lighting for his new medical office. Great job, Juanita – the lighting looks great!

Randy Hopkins

Hopkins Consulting and Review, LLC

Thanks to Zeta Pittman of First National Bank for reaching out to the appraisal review Team Leader on my behalf! Your assistance made the difference on getting me on the tickler list for future review work. Thanks!

Growth Inspires Company Name Change

(Charlotte, NC, August 2019)… For nearly 25 years, Charlotte-based Development Advisors (DAI) has provided site selection and incentive negotiation expertise to clients worldwide, directly offsetting capital costs while optimizing business locations for maximum profit and competitiveness. Now, to better reflect its considerable experience and growth in the marketplace, DAI is changing its name to Maxis Advisors.

To read the full press release, please click here.
 

The Rebirth of Resiliency: Implementing Sustainable Practices to Build Adaptable Communities

Submitted by Stacia Neugent, GreerWalker

On Tuesday, August 13th, CREW Charlotte hosted a panel on the rebirth of resiliency at Byron’s Southend. The panel featured Dylan Kirk, sustainability coordinator for Mecklenburg County, Kristina Held, partner at Insight Architects, and Zack Wyatt, executive director for Carolina Farm Trust. Emily Buehrer, landscape architect and project manager with Stimmel Associates, served as the moderator.

In a time when there continues to be frequent extreme weather events, designing with the environment in mind has become even more important. Resilient design is the intentional design of buildings, land, communities and regions in response to these vulnerabilities.

One of the topics discussed at the luncheon was the cost associated with “green development”. Kristina confirmed that there are additional costs associated with making sustainable choices, but they are relatively small on a percentage basis. It is also important to keep in mind that this references the monetary costs, but there are many other costs to be considered when making the decisions regarding development. You have to consider the impact to the land being consumed as well as the impact to the communities in which you are developing. The panel discussed that the “urban sprawl” effect is one of the biggest issues impacting the Charlotte region. The impacts of urban sprawl include increased air and water pollution, increased infrastructure impacts and reliance on cars due to longer commutes.

While we may have a ways to go to get to where we need to be, the panelists acknowledged that recognition is the first step and discussions like this luncheon are shedding light on this important topic. Emily concluded the luncheon with a powerful Dr. Seuss quote, “Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot. Nothing is going to get better, its not.”

Liz Etheredge

Mecklenburg Paint

Thank you to Juanita Tackett with Indoff Energy Solutions for the beautiful LED lights in our office. We did a whole office retrofit (interior and exterior). The office really lights up at night! What a difference it has made. Juanita was involved in every aspect of the project!

Barbara Briccotto

INTEC Group

Thank you to Shawn McMillan of McMillan PLLC for helping me connect the dots and the warm intro to a potential developer client. I appreciate you Shawn!!!

Juanita Tackett

INDOFF ENERGY SOLUTIONS

Thank you to Mary Wilken and Insite Properties for working with Indoff Energy Solutions to light up your building facades facing Interstate 77 at the Charlotte Commerce Center. If you are driving south from uptown, I don’t think you will miss them.

Dee DeBerry

ATC

Thank you to Carrie Sharp for being the spark in spark plug and showing new members what it means to be part of CREW Charlotte and CREW Network. The Carrie Barometer is my guide and pathway to networking success with Charlotte CREW and beyond.