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MICHELE’S EO PERSPECTIVE
June is such an exciting month for us at Metro. The Awards of Excellence (AOE), which will be held on Wednesday, June 14th at the Hanover Manor is finally here! This year will mark Metro’s 39th year hosting the Awards of Excellence. I would like to give a big shout out to Kristie Veri
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of Cleanscape Construction and Franz Laki or SESI Consulting Engineers, the co-chairs of this year’s event and their committee, who have been working around the clock to make this the perfect evening. Over the last few months, we have dedicated many hours into workforce development. Within 10 years, 40% of our generation will be retiring out of the industry, which means we have large gaps to fill for the future. The time is now, to not only educate our youth, but help them grow a passion for all facets of the industry. As part of this initiative, Metro, alongside many of our members has attended Career Fairs at Voorhees, North Hunterdon, Union Catholic, Morris County VoTech, and Morris Hills Regional High Schools. We have also been approved for a $2500 grant from the National Housing Endowment for the 2nd year in a row because of our workforce development initiatives. In May we had a well-attended General Membership Meeting at the Boonton Station, hosted by our Sales & Marketing Council Chair, Todd Smith of Royce Joseph Capital. We heard from Metro’s Past President and our own Morris County Commissioner, Steve Shaw who gave us an update on building permits and activity in Morris County. Several Morris County and State Legislators joined us as well, including Commission Tayfun Selen, Senator Joe Pennacchio, Assemblywoman Aura Dunn, and Sheriff James Gannon. This month several members of our board will be attending the NAHB Legislative Conference on Capitol Hill in Washington DC the week of June 6th. They will be meeting with the offices of Rep. Josh Gottheimer, Rep. Robert Menendez, Rep. Bill Pascrell, and Senator Bob Menendez. They will be sharing the key issues affecting NJ home builders today. Did you know? That roughly 4.5 million Americans work in the residential construction industry and millions more are engaged in businesses directly relating to home building. Michele Leppard, EO
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