A lot of things drive me crazy. Those of you who know me, know that I surely
have my quirks. One thing that gets me
going is when you see an empty building or strip mall, and then on the site
right next to it or in front of it, a brand new structure is being built. It’s insane when we build new commercial
spots when we have empty or underused ones in virtually the same place. So I was quite pleased this week when I saw
the story of shoe and clothing company Under Armour remodeling an old “Sam’s
Club” building into a major office space for themselves. This article should be shared with city and
municipal planners everywhere and note before you approve that new retail
structure 500 feet away from a perfectly good unused one think about how great
this turned out. I know people prefer “new” but we as a society really need to
improve the existing for many reasons….
Elsewhere…
-- Good news on the Dodge Momentum Index with a positive gain
in February. The next release of the
other metric I follow regularly, the Architectural Billings Index (ABI) is set
for March 23rd.
-- The e-mail virus scams are continuing to plague consumers
and businesses and the latest one is having great success with it’s approach-
so beware. The e mail will come in and
it will say something along the lines of “Invoice attached” and since we are
all usually on our toes with regards to bills, clicking that link or attachment
is almost 2nd nature. However
these e-mails have become a carrier for a nasty computer virus. So if you are not used to getting invoices
via e mail or do not recognize who is sending it to you, please do not open-
delete.
-- I am so pumped the best show on TV returns this week… “The
Americans” are back and I simply can’t wait.
Awesome stuff. If you have not
caught the show, start from the beginning- it truly is a treasure, and if you
do watch it, buckle in, I have a feeling this is going to be a very interesting
year!
-- Congrats to my friend Devorah Serkin for her new gig at
General Glass International (GGI)- Devorah is an extremely talented person and
it was a pleasure getting to work with her in her past life at Dip-Tech. She will do great things at GGI for
sure.
-- Last this week, just wanted to pass on congrats on a
position I care a great deal about- the chair of GANA BEC. Jon Kimberlain of Dow Corning has completed
his term and he did a fantastic job. I
have noted Jon’s impact here previously and that surely will not be
forgotten. Stepping in as the new Chair
is Gus Trupiano of AGC. This is an
excellent selection for the role. Gus is
tremendous man who will bring a new voice and vision to the position and keep
the division & industry moving forward.
This is excellent news for all who are involved in that world!
LINKS of the WEEK
-- For my HR friends- you can enjoy this… the most ridiculous
things listed on resumes.
-- Amazing picture and props to a dad with a very sore forearm…
he saved his son from a flying bat.
-- We have small dogs and unfortunately we are having
coyote sightings- so I think I’ll be ordering 3 of these for our pups.
VIDEO of the WEEK
It’s March Madness…. So time to remember a great moment from
March Madness past… for my friend Tony Clark….
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COYOTE VEST!!!
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