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 19th, at the Hanover Manor, is finally here! This year will mark Metro’s 40th year hosting the Awards of Excellence. I would like to give a big shout-out to Franz Laki of SESI Consulting Engineers, the Chair of this year’s event, and the 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, Morris Hills Regional High School, Somerset County VoTech and Bergen Commuity College. We have also been approved for a $2500 grant from the National Housing Endowment for the 3rd year in a row because of our workforce development initiatives. In May, we had a well-attended annual Lobsterfest at Pub 199, hosted by our Membership Committee, chaired by Robert Nussbaum of Saiber Law. We also had our largest showing of NJ members for the NAHB Spring Legislative Conference on Capitol Hill in Washington DC. NJ definitely showed up this year, as we spoke with our NJ congressmen and Senator Corey Booker’s office. We met with the offices of Rep. Josh Gottheimer, Rep. Robert Menendez, Rep. Bill Pascrell, Rep. Thomas Kean, Rep. Norcross and Senator Corey Booker. We shared the key issues affecting NJ home builders today. Did you know? Roughly 4.5 million Americans work in the residential construction industry, and millions more are engaged in businesses directly related to home building.
Michele Leppard, EO , mleppard@metrobca.org Office: (973) 887-2888 x 1, Cell (201) 463-5543
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