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16 gR3een Awards

28 Data Digest

18 Big Texas Carnival

29 An Open Letter to the membership

20 The Association’s ‘Happenings’ over the last quarter

30 The 2011 Design Built and Unbuilt Awards

6 Hand Hygiene 7 Huitt-Zollars Goes Green …

8 Are “Green” Buildings Actually Green 9 Counterpoint: Paper Facts 10 Green to Gold?

11 Apogee Stadium at UNT: LEED Platinum

14 Introducing and welcoming the U.S. Green Chamber

31 Camargo Copeland wins Award for The Bridge

FEATURES 38 The Beloit Mindset 42 In The Beginning…

44 Christmas Around The World

21 A New Chairman is Taking The Helm

31 Jan Blackmon Named Executive Director

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IN THE WORKPLACE 46 Professionals on the Move 47 Talk is Cheaper Than You Think

22 CREW in the Community and at the National Convention 23 Diane Butler Elected 2012 President of CREW Network

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OF INTEREST 26 Metrocon11 Expo & Conference 34 crest EX PO 2012 Preview

PRODUCT SHOWCASE 48 The latest ‘must-have’ products

36 The NEWH’s “Life of Design” Event 23 Our new affiliate’s Board of Directors

50 the network is honored with 2011 award

STAYCATIONS 56 Shen Yun Returns to Dallas, Cowboys Tickets and Tailgate Packages 57 The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza , First Fridays at the Modern 58 Saint Ann Restaurant & Bar, Taylored Cuisine

DIVERSIONS 28 Did U Know? (Uncle Sam) 41 Did U Know? (Where the Word ‘Sooner’ Comes From)

51 Maria Shriver-Schwarzenegger 63 Break Up Line 64 Pick Up Lines (Better Off Not Said)

37 the network at the Republican Presidential Debate

25 The Forecast for Tomorrow is…

IN EVERY ISSUE 3 Editor’s Note/InBox 12 Amazing Buildings 37 The Consignment Page 40 Herstory: The Shape of Texas 52 Artchitecture.info New 59 TXStats 60 In The Loop 61 What’s in a Name?

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51 Book Review: The Post-American World 2.0 by Fareed Zakaria

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REAL ESTATE – IT’S EVERYWHERE!!

LOOKING UP!

As we go to print, unemployment is down (slightly), and most sectors of the commercial real estate industry have show improvement – however slight. As you page through this issue, you will see the basis for this cautious optimism. Foreclosures are down, values are now holding or rising (slightly); in sales, activity is up (slightly); in construction, likewise. All good news.

Apparently… to borrow and reapply a phrase from the financial debacle of not-too-long-ago, commercial real estate is ‘too big to fail’. After all, it’s everywhere. Commercial real estate is everywhere! And through its diverse sectors (all of which are represented by network affiliates), hopefully we can lead the nation on the road to economic recovery.

Diversity is a good thing, and we’ve taken that to heart. We’ve changed our approach to Amazing Buildings. Going forward, we will focus more on properties in the good old US of A – and we’ll vary the perspective to include more than architectural ‘amazingness’ (though that will remain a factor). In this issue, for example, we look at the energy savings efforts (think ‘green’) of two amazing Las Vegas casinos (see page 12).

WELCOMING…

plex is home to so many fine artists (sculptors, painters, etc.) and museums that we’ve decided to ‘introduce’ some of it in our pages (page 52). You can even see how to lease art to enhance the appearance and value of your property. (page 54).

FEATURES

A pictorial layout of Christmas around the world (page 44), an informative look at notable firsts in commercial retail (page 42), pictures of buildings that are shaped like objects (page 55), a look at how today’s college students ‘think’ differently from those of your era (page 39) – all join our regular features, including Rose-Mary Rumbley’s Herstory, Julie Lynch’s Professionals on the Move, our Staycations, TXStats, and Product Showcase and more. And, of course, you’ll want to see the crest EX PO preview (page 34).

Make sure you mark the date (March 30th) when you get your 2012 calendar. It’ll be here before you know it!

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No matter what walk of (commercial real estate) life you come from, it’s almost impossible not to notice (and probably marvel at) the artistry of the design of many buildings. Sometimes it’s the striking exterior facade; sometimes it’s the creative layout of interior space; sometimes it’s the décor.

Sometimes it’s not even something you can define. In addition, the Metro-

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ASSOCIATE EDITORS PEOPLE ON THE MOVE Julie Brand Lynch HERSTORY Rose-Mary Rumbley ACCESSIBILITY Wally Tirado STAYCATIONS Candace Rozell

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The Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) is an international network that promotes responsible management of the world’s forests. FSC certification is globally recognized as being the most credible and strongest system for ensuring well-managed forests. FSC standards are the only standards endorsed by leading environmental groups including Rainforest Alliance, WWF and ForestEthics. The use of this symbol means requires that the forest, paper producer, paper merchant and printer must all be FSC certified.

ON THE COVER The Dallas Skyline by one of the most famous living artists, Peter Max. Max is a pop culture icon. His bold colors, uplifting images and uncommon artistic diversity have touched almost every phase of American culture and has inspired many generations. He has painted for 6 U.S. presidents and his work is on display in presidential libraries and U.S. embassies. He has painted Lady Liberty (see page 52) annually since America’s bicentennial, and a collage of his Liberties was on the cover of 145 million Verizon phone books. He was an official artist of the 2006 U.S. Olympic Team in Turin, Italy and has been the Official Artist of 5 Super Bowls, World Cup USA, The World Series, The U.S. Open, The Indy 500, The NYC Marathon and The Kentucky Derby.

His work is available through Milan Gallery of fine art in Fort Worth (www.milangallery.com 817-338-4278)

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CHRISTI REDFEARN

christi.redfearn@redleescs.com Christi Redfearn, LEED AP is the Marketing Director, Sustainability Officer, and is in charge of the green cleaning program for REDLEE/SCS, INC.

HAND HYGIENE

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t’s hard to believe that after this year’s sweltering summer, we’re already in the early stages of flu season. With the cooler temps comes another issue to watch out for, and this one can’t be made less miserable by cranking up the air conditioner. From October through April, the flu is present along with colds and other illnesses, and we must be on the lookout. The pandemic of H1N1 during the 2009-2010 flu season made everyone far more conscious of doing simple things to help prevent the spread of germs; however, it’s always good to have a quick refresher and supporting evidence to know it really does make a difference!

First, let’s go over a few of the gross and sometimes surprising factoids that are produced to scare us all straight. According to the Bureau of Labor, American businesses suffer an average of $74 billion each year in lost productivity due to unplanned absences. Over 74% of that (or $55 billion) is attributed to illness. Fingers carrying a flu virus can contaminate up to seven clean surfaces—and those germs can live on those surfaces for up to 48 hours!

Janitorial companies are tasked with disinfecting restrooms, cleaning lobby areas, and open surfaces; however, in many cases, they are specifically asked not to touch desks where personal items and work papers are left out.

This may help with some of the risk, but the rest is left up to individuals. Think of the number of “hot spots” you touch on a daily basis, even just on your way to your work space: the door handle to get into the building, the elevator buttons, suite doors, coffee pots, copiers, restroom doors - and all before you sit down at your desk. Then there are phones, keyboards, computer mice - all of which we rarely think

about, but which actually provide harbors for germs. The best way to fight these ‘issues’ is to wipe down these surfaces at the beginning or end of every workday with disinfecting wipes. According to Kimberly Clark’s Healthy Workplace Project, this can reduce the spread of germs by as much as half.

What can you do to help prevent the spread of germs?

The place to start is with proper hand washing; and when soap and water is not available, hand sanitizer. According to the CDC, you should wash your hands: • Before, during, and after preparing food • Before eating food • Before and after caring for someone who is sick • Before and after treating a cut or wound • After using the restroom • After blowing your nose, coughing, or sneezing • After touching garbage And yes, there is a right way and a wrong way to wash your hands. The CDC has a fivestep process for proper hand washing:

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Wet your hands with clean, running water (hot or cold) and apply soap.

Rub your hands together to make lather and scrub them well. Be sure to scrub the backs of your hands, between your fingers, and under your nails.

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Continue rubbing your hands for at least 20 seconds. (Need a timer? Hum the “Happy Birthday” song from beginning to end twice.)

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Rinse your hands well under running water.

Dry your hands using a clean towel or airdry them.

This can be adjusted slightly depending on whether or not you have foam soap, allowing you to essentially skip step 1. And if soap and water aren’t available, be sure to use an alcoholbased hand sanitizer (with at least 60% alcohol).

They do a good job, but hand sanitizers do not eliminate all types of germs, and they are not effective when hands are visibly dirty.

So now you’re armed (pardon the pun) with what you need to minimize germs on your hands and workspaces. Here’s hoping it keeps you flu free this season. TheraFlu sales may drop a little, but I think everyone will be okay with that. •

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DID U KNOW FRANKLIN WAS ALMOST A STATE?

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unrecognized autonomous United States territory created in 1784 from part of the territory west of the Appalachian Mountains that had been offered by North Carolina, as a cession to the federal government (to help pay off debts related to the Revolutionary War). Franklin was never admitted to the United States (falling two votes short for admission). The extra-legal state existed for only about four and a half years, ostensibly as a republic, before largely being abandoned.

RACHAEL GREEN

rgreen@Huitt-Zollars.com Rachael Green is the Director of Sustainability at Huitt-Zollars, Inc. in Dallas. She is a LEED AP BD+C, Green Advantage Certified professional and RID, a member of the board of directors of the USGBC North Texas Chapter and the chairperson of its educational committee.

Though the U.S. only makes up 5% of the world’s population, we house nearly 25% of the world’s prison population.

HUITT-ZOLLARS GOES GREEN IN UPTOWN DALLAS

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uitt-Zollars (an A/E firm) relocated its Dallas and Corporate Office to 17Seventeen McKinney Avenue after 25 years at their previous location. The new office space is comprised of 40,000 square feet on 1.5 floors of the 19-story mixed-use building located in Uptown Dallas. 17Seventeen McKinney is the first Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Gold Certified core and shell high rise building in the South.

Huitt-Zollars took the move as an opportunity “to constantly improve the quality of life in our world” and incorporated sustainable design features into the space. They did everything they considered sensible, to become an ambassador of sustainability, and implemented the LEED for Commercial Interiors rating system (achieving 77 points for a LEED Gold certified rating, 3 points shy of qualifying for a Platinum rating).

Huitt-Zollars’ new space offers employees many amenities, on and off-site. The building is near several mass-transit options, including the McKinney Avenue Trolley, the TRE, and numerous DART routes. Additionally, many Dallas landmarks such as the future Woodall Rodgers Park, Dallas Arts District, American Airlines Center and the future Perot Museum of Nature and Science are within walking distance.

Collectively, these features have made a significant contribution to the reduction of the firm’s carbon footprint. Through energy efficiency, reduced transportation emissions and recycling efforts, it saves over 132.7 metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalents annually. And it is currently implementing similar design elements in other offices throughout the company.

Sustainable (high-performance) features include:

SUSTAINABLE SITES

The new office is located within walking distance of the McKinney Avenue Trolley, DART and TRE stations. A fully paid mass transit (Local DART) pass is offered to all employees.

WATER EFFICIENCY

Low flow water faucets, water efficient appliances, onepint urinals and low flow toilets were installed leading to an estimated annual 36% reduction in water usage.

ENERGY AND ATMOSPHERE

Renewable Energy Credits were purchased - the equivalent of 136% of the estimated energy the office will use the first two years.

MATERIALS AND RESOURCES

Eighty-four percent (84%) of materials and furniture installed consist of recycled or refurbished content; 41% of all materials used were manufactured within 500 miles.

INDOOR ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY

An Indoor Air Quality Plan was implemented during the construction process. Low Volatile Organic Compound (VOC) materials were used and fresh air (in excess of minimum code requirements) was provided as well as the removal of particulates.

INNOVATION AND DESIGN

Energy efficient lighting systems were installed. 99% of installed lights automatically turn off to save 15% of lighting energy.

REGIONAL PRIORITY

Huitt-Zollars’ employees and contractors combined efforts reused or recycled over 96 tons of materials, which have resulted in the project receiving multiple awards. •

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ARE “GREEN” BUILDINGS ACTUALLY GREEN?

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he U.S. Green Building Council’s Building Performance Partnership (BPP) is designed to improve the performance of green buildings by providing a platform for tracking, benchmarking, and analyzing building performance data. It will educate building owners and managers on the operational performance of their buildings, and inform USGBC and the wider green building and real estate communities of the ongoing performance of LEED-certified projects.

Data collected from BPP will also be used to inform USGBC’s continued development of the LEED rating systems, to support marketplace development of green building tools and technologies, and to help building owners and managers optimize the performance of their buildings based on annual reports and benchmarks specific to each participating project. These tools will provide building owners with the regular performance checkins necessary to identify and troubleshoot poorly performing systems and maintenance issues.

USGBC will also compare building performance across the LEED portfolio to identify common traits among high and low performers, and share these findings in order to help participants improve building performance. Such data will be shared with identifying characteristics removed to protect anonymity and confidentiality.

BPP is designed to help projects in operation meet the sustainability goals originally sought during the design and construction process and can shed light on external issues such as occupant behavior or unanticipated building usage patterns that impact a building’s realized performance.

Phase One of the BPP rollout is focused on energy and water. This datacollection effort will be based in ENERGY STAR’s Portfolio Manager for LEEDcertified commercial projects and on Earth Aid for LEED-certified residential projects. Owners of projects certified under LEED for New Construction, LEED for Core & Shell, LEED for Schools, or LEED for Existing Buildings who are interested in participating should follow USGBC’s Sharing Access to ENERGY STAR Portfolio Manager Data instructions and create an account in Portfolio Manager.

Automated tracking and reporting infrastructures are planned for BPP’s second phase and will incorporate the complete list of performance metrics.

This will include sub-meter data as well as data from operational areas not covered at the utility billing level such as waste management, alternative transportation use, and indoor air quality.

To learn more about the Building Performance Partnership, visit www. usgbc.org/bpp.

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After serving as its Interim Director for several months, Jonathan Kraatz has been named Executive Director of the North Texas USGBC. Jonathan Kraatz

GREEN OFFICE BUILDINGS...

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uildings that have been constructed or renovated to meet the US Green Building Council’s LEED certification or earn Energy Star ratings from the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) enjoy both higher value and demand in the marketplace, according to a multi-year study being conducted by the commercial real estate service firm CBRE Group (formerly CB Richard Ellis), the University of San Diego’s Burnham-Moores Center for Real Estate and McGrawHill Construction.

Some key points from this year’s findings: • LEED-certified office spaces have a 3.1% edge over standard buildings in both rental rates and occupancy.

• Tenants in offices where utility use is sub-metered have energy costs that are 21% lower than average.

• 94% of tenant managers say employees in green office spaces report higher satisfaction compared to those in “regular” buildings.

• Nearly one out of five tenants surveyed (19%) said that a green building promotes increased productivity.

The study is tracking more than 150 CBRE-managed office buildings and more than 2,500 building occupants. The largest and longest running research project of its kind, it benchmarks and measures green building benefits and resulting economic outcomes as a framework of investment criteria for retrofit activity. It includes properties in Dallas, Houston, Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Denver, northern and southern California, Seattle and the District of Columbia.

The initial findings of the 2011 study were made public at this year’s Greenbuild International Expo and Conference, and a full update to the study’s report, “Do Green Buildings Make Dollars and Sense?” is expected soon.

FOCUS ON RECYCLING DANIEL HANSON

dhanson@branchsmith.com Daniel Hanson is Vice President/Partner at Branch-Smith Printing, Ltd

COUNTERPOINT PAPER FACTS

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s a 31 year manufacturing veteran of the printing industry I have seen and heard many things about paper in my career. These days, though, I am hearing unsettling statements made by wellmeaning people regarding the “eco-friendly” or “green” attributes of paper. Unfortunately many of the statements and ideas about paper are really misperceptions that group paper into the same commodity class as crude oil - namely, that the use of it should be avoided at all costs.

So that we have full disclosure here, I must confess that I am a paper advocate. There are many attributes about paper that no electronic medium could ever replace. It requires no power to use for its entire lifetime; it is flexible, printable, durable, recyclable, and comes in many colors and textures that add so much to the message we want to send. I know I’m sounding like a printer, but my purpose in this is not to “sell” the reader on paper or print. My goal is to inform about some of the facts related to paper today as they relate to our environment.

Back in the 1950-1970’s paper mills got a bad name as the then state-of-the-art paper making processes used high volumes of chlorine and produced very dangerous dioxins as a byproduct of the paper making process. Justifiably, pressure was applied to the industry and it cleaned up its act. Just as Harley Davidson once had a reputation for making unreliable motorcycles but turned things around and now enjoys a premium brand reputation, someone needs to start telling the current story about paper today.

WHO’DATHUNKIT?

A common statement is “don’t use paper, save a tree” - the notion being that all of our recycling efforts and paper reduction ideas are about saving forests. The truth is that it has very little to do with saving forests. It’s really all about using less landfill space. It’s hard to get emotional thinking about hugging a garbage bag, so I guess hugging a tree sells better.

• Today, in the US, we have 12 million more acres of forest than we had 20 years ago.

• Forest inventory has increased by 49% from 1953 to 2006.

• Every day 1.7 million more trees are planted in the US - more than 4 trees per person per year.

• A well managed forest absorbs more CO2 from the atmosphere than an unmanaged forest.

• Well managed forests offset carbon emissions.

the types of trees that are harvested must meet stringent requirements.

This magazine, for example, is printed on FSC paper. That means the paper you are holding came of a forest certified by the Forestry Stewardship Council as being sustainably managed. This assures you that more trees were planted than consumed to make this paper and that the forest is well managed and a net absorber of carbon emissions. (See the masthead page of this publication.)

PAPER OR PLASTIC?

Seen a paper bag at a grocery store lately? Here’s a tidbit. Plastic production releases significant carbon into our atmosphere. Did you know that many major paper mills use biomass energy from the tree waste itself to power the paper making process? In fact, one of the largest paper makers in the world boasts that 70% of its power now comes from biomass.

By their calculations, their paper making process is now actually carbon neutral. This is without “buying” carbon credits. I don’t see the petrochemical and plastics business becoming carbon neutral any time soon.

TIME TO RECONSIDER

All of this growth in forests has occurred while our population has been experiencing significant growth. While there have been controversial issues related to old growth hardwood forests, those were primarily related to the construction and furniture Industries.

The fact is that the paper industry has done a remarkably good job of managing these resources. The paper and print industries have also created initiatives to enable buyers of paper and print to make sure their paper comes from certified sustainable forests. These forests are verified as a resource that is managed to ensure that it is continually sustainable. In fact, more trees are planted than are harvested and

Maybe it’s time to reconsider the virtues of paper. We have mastered the art of growing, harvesting and converting trees into paper and recycling it all over again. The process is more eco-friendly and carbon neutral than we could have ever imagined. Maybe, the sustainability and flexibility of paper and print should be revisited. Is it possible that the paper industry saw this coming many years ago?

Is it possible that the ‘popular’ notions about saving a tree are just retro ideas that came back with the peace sign? Is it possible that the paper and print industries have been hard at work solving these complex issues for many years before it became newsworthy? Is it possible that our old friend paper is still tried and true? We just need to recycle it instead of toss it. Give it some thought. •

At the network, we are advocates of sustainable practices.

This article is reprinted from our November 2008 issue because we think you should know.

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BARBARA TRAVERS

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iven the national global economic chaos we’re spinning in, it’s not surprising that the only “green” real estate brokers want to talk about is legal tender. Understandable. But with calmer heads prevailing, there’s no better time to gear up for the future than now. Most commercial brokers are out pounding the pavement, digging for deals, polishing their golf game and unearthing any tenant or buyer with a pulse. Many are also refreshing their resumes and ramping up their sustainability intelligence.

While some real estate brokerages offer internal courses on sustainability and green issues, the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) and its LEED program has proven, even to early on naysayers, to be the command center for energy and environmental leadership. Beyond evaluating and certifying green buildings, LEED has grown into a powerhouse reservoir of “green” education.

The USGBC’s Green Building Certification Institute (GBCI) provides third-party project certification and professional credentials recognizing excellence in green building performance and practice. Real estate brokers who have earned LEED professional credentials, which include the LEED Green Associate and LEED AP, are now required to maintain those credentials in the Credential Maintenance Program (CMP).

CERTIFIED GREEN BROKER

The Commercial Brokers Association is a USGBC Education Provider offering its Certified Green Broker Education course dedicated to enhancing the ongoing professional development of commercial real estate brokers. The program enables agents and brokers to identify essential issues related to green features of projects and provide accurate advice and counsel on the benefits of buying, building, leasing and managing and green. Certified Green Brokers earn 30 GBCI CE hours toward the LEED Credential Maintenance Program.

Architects, developers, contractors - even lenders and appraisers and insurers - have been navigating the benefits of property sustainability for years. As frontline practitioners, commercial real estate brokers must catch up with relevant sustainability knowledge for buyers, sellers, landlords and tenants. How can you relay to an acquisition analyst the cost benefits of a mechanical retrofit or explain the energy savings of daylight cleaning to a tenant if you aren’t even equipped 10

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For more information on Certified Green Broker visit www.greenbroker education; 1-800-275-2522. Certified Green Brokers have access to CBA’s comprehensive Green Lease; earn 30 GBCI CE hours toward the LEED Credential Maintenance Program; earn 30 hours of real estate continuing education credit in select states. with the baseline terminology? Building the case for green practices can be complicated. Brokers need to be well versed in green vernacular, regulations, certifications and compliance systems.

Constance Wilde, vice-president at CB Richard Ellis, Seattle, CCIM, recently completed the Certified Green Broker course. “The education completely transformed the way I look at my business,” said Wilde. “We, as brokers and agents of change, are the logical navigators of the myriad of sustainability choices for property buyers, sellers and tenants. This is one instance where what you don’t know will surely hurt you.

If not now, later.”

With or without LEED credentials, becoming a Certified Green Broker sets today’s broker far apart from the conventional pack.

THINK NOBODY CARES?

According to Brenna Walraven, former chair of BOMA International, “The number of tenants, cities, and states choosing green is growing rapidly. In no more than five years - and maybe in as little as 24 to 36 months, you will face a competitive disadvantage if your building is not green and operating efficiently.”

The veer towards sustainable real estate is not a small one. Companies such as Wal-Mart, McDonald’s, Kohl’s, Best Buy and Subway have either opened or are constructing green stores and branches. Along with cost savings, retail outlets (often the first to recognize economic and social change) have found that store design, lighting and “green” materials have resonated positively with customers. The result? More time spent in stores, thus more spending.

Wal-Mart has reported higher sales in stores with natural light, accomplished simply with bigger windows, skylights and solar tubes.

Patagonia and REI have both opened green distribution centers. Sustainability is not just about the building, but the practices inside. Target recycles a billion pounds of cardboard a year and has switched to energy

efficient lighting. REI’s 525,000-sf Bedford, PA facility features a high-performance envelope and lighting system with daylight and occupancy sensors, and is designed to reduce energy costs by 25% versus a typical distribution center.

Tenants, large and small, are demanding green spaces for a number of reasons, not just for the marketing angle. Studies have shown that green buildings can significantly lower operational costs and improve indoor environmental health quality (better air + light = employee productivity, less turnover).

Green directives are often included in company mission statement in an effort to achieve corporate social responsibility. And then there are government mandates. Federal and state mandates requiring green operating practices are fast becoming the norm. Incentives for applying green measures range from tax credits, rebates and grants to speedy permitting processes.

An educated broker means an educated client. Certified Green Brokers come armed with green knowledge. Recommending green strategies to clients and staying current with the national and global green real estate market will prepare today’s broker for what is undeniably becoming mainstream. Green Brokers can identify future trends simply by paying attention to new initiatives, programs, technologies, and regulations. Brokers interested in keeping up with future trends would be wise to keep their eyes open to current trends – especially abroad, where this reality is compelling. •

We introduced our readers to the then relatively new Certified Green Broker certification in 2009.

This follow up is about the now growing and successful program.

Doesn’t expecting the unexpected make the unexpected become the expected?

Barbara Travers writes for and about the commercial real estate industry. She is based in Seattle, WA. www.barbaratravers.com

Image courtesy of HKS, Inc.

Rendering of the stadium with the soon to be installed wind turbines

APOGEE STADIUM AT UNT LEED PLATINUM

CHRIS MUNDELL

cmundell@hksinc.com Chris Mundell is a Sustainable Design Coordinator with HKS, Inc. and the president of the local chapter of the Construction Specifications Institute.

“From the wind turbines to the native landscaped surroundings to the eco-friendly building materials, Apogee Stadium is a one-of-a-kind green venue,” said HKS’s Chris Mundell, AIA, CSI, CDT, LEED AP BD+C, who served as the project’s LEED consultant. “This highperformance building design will reduce energy costs by approximately 25%. The wind turbines will also provide a substantial additional energy offset.”

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he United States Green Building Council awarded the University of North Texas’s Apogee Stadium LEED Platinum certification, making it the first newly constructed collegiate football stadium in the nation to achieve the highest level of LEED certification.

“This … strongly underscores our commitment to sustainability,” said UNT President V. Lane Rawlins…. and “is an example of our commitment and our plans for the future…. By building in this manner, the sustainable features of the buildings pay for themselves through their efficiencies within eight years. Plus, environmentally responsible buildings mean healthier buildings with better air quality.”

The UNT System led the construction of the stadium, which was designed by HKS Sports & Entertainment Group and built by Manhattan Construction Company.

There currently are three LEED Gold certified buildings on UNT System campuses, now one platinum, and two more are awaiting certification.

“Because UNT uses its buildings for 50 to 75 years, LEED certified buildings are practical”, President Rawlins said.

The 31,000-seat Apogee Stadium features luxury suites, an amenity-filled club level, a Spirit Store, a corporate deck and a unique end zone seating area. In addition to hosting UNT events, it will serve the North Texas region as a venue for outdoor concerts, community events, high school games and band competitions. The stadium will achieve another first in December with the completion of three wind turbines that will feed the electrical grid that powers the stadium. Using a $2 million grant from the State Energy Conservation Office, Apogee Stadium will become the first collegiate stadium designed to incorporate onsite renewable wind energy. •

Image of the opening game at the newly completed stadium

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emitchell@hksinc.com Ellen Mitchell, AIA, LEED AP BD+C is a Sustainable Design Coordinator at HKS, Inc. in Dallas.

IN SEARCH OF THE TRIPLE BOTTOM LINE

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y definition, the triple bottom line incorporates ecological and social metrics to the already established economic yardstick by which a company’s performance is measured. Instead of finances being the sole measure of success, companies have begun to also evaluate the impact that their businesses have on society and the planet. What they are discovering is that these metrics are not mutually exclusive of each other.

In other words, implementing strategies that benefit the environment do not have to come at the expense of the traditional bottom line – profits.

The hospitality industry is uniquely positioned to benefit from the triple bottom line philosophy. With its “24/7” operation and focus on guest services, the lodging industry is the fourth most intensive user of energy in the US commercial sector. Utilities are reported to be between 6% -10% of a hotel’s operating costs annually. By implementing energy efficient strategies, hotels can reduce both their operating expenses as well as their environmental impact. Furthermore, hotels evaluating their environmental attributes stand not only to reduce operating costs, but can also expect to benefit from increased market performance. The World Tourism Organization has identified eco-tourism as the fastest growing market in the hospitality industry with 87% of US travelers more likely to stay at “green” properties.

So what are some of the most beneficial strategies for hospitality projects?

SOLAR HOT WATER

Hot water demands are notorious energy hogs in hotels due to guestroom shower and lavatory use, towel and linen service, and pool and spa heating. Solar water heating is a very practical way to reduce energy costs and, dollar-for-dollar it is more effective than other strategies such as photovoltaic panels for electrical energy production. In a typical solar hot water application, water is circulated through the solar panels where they absorb the sun’s heat. In more sophisticated systems, a freeze resistant transfer fluid is heated and then that heat is transferred to the domestic water though heat exchangers. A controller keeps the transfer fluid circulating whenever heat is available in the collectors and boilers serve as a backup when an alter12

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native heat source is required.

In order to maximize output, panel location is a crucial factor. Panels must be situated to avoid shade and maximize the amount of direct sunlight – generally angled south at an angle approximately that of the location’s latitude.

GUESTROOM AUTOMATION SYSTEMS

Due to the fluctuating occupancy of hotel guestrooms, there is a tremendous opportunity to save operational energy costs. Guests who are typically mindful of their energy usage at home may have a psychological tendency to ignore conservation measures in a perceived “luxury” setting. To help mitigate this, guestroom automation systems can be used to conserve energy when a room is not occupied. Studies have shown that for every degree of thermal setback, approximately 3% of energy is saved per guestroom. In addition to temperature, these systems can also be used to control lighting, window coverings and even plug loads.

Automation systems typically have two different levels of control; the first level is through the property management interface, which adjusts the settings immediately when a guest check in and can even be tailored to specific guest history information. The second level of system interaction is a magnetic strip at the guestroom door or keycard switch that signals entrance and exit activity during the guest’s stay. Motion detectors and/or infrared sensors in the entrance corridor, living and bath areas also signal when a guest is in the room. The system can detect when a guest’s room is empty through the interaction of these two control levels and can modify the room’s settings accordingly. Between guests, rooms can be set to an energy saving mode even when motion is detected by the cleaning staff.

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hat is it? – It’s a national nonprofit association that empowers businesses to achieve greater economic, environmental, and social sustainability. Much more than a Chamber, it understands that achieving sustainability is a business practice that involves everyone working to preserve the environment while increasing long-term profitability. Organizationally, the Green Chamber is four years old, with chapter offices and members represented in 27 states. The national office is in San Diego, CA. What does it do? - The USGCC advocates on behalf of its members regarding green issues and policies that affect the entire business community. It works closely with local, state and national leaders and elected officials to ensure that members’ concerns are heard and addressed.

They’re presently opening our national advocacy office in Washington, DC. Just months ago, they opened The Lone Star Chapter of The U.S. Green Chamber – the ‘flagship’ Texas office in San Antonio. The DFW Greater Metro office opened in September, just north of downtown Dallas. By the end of this year, there will be two more Texas offices - in Austin and Houston, and in the first quarter of 2012, offices in El Paso and Corpus Christi will come on board.

Why should you consider joining? - U.S. Green Chamber of Commerce members and sponsors will benefit from increased visibility and educational development and improved operational performance as the result of extensive ‘hands-on’ assistance to businesses that want to increase revenues and profitability by becoming more ‘sustainable’ in their business operations.

Educational Programs - The USGCC / Lone Star Chapter offers fully accredited ‘continuing education units’ for corporate professionals

“DEVELOPING AND RECOGNIZING BUSINESSES THAT DESIRE AND ACHIEVE GREATER LEVELS OF SUSTAINABILITY” — Time Magazine and organizational executives – courses which are designed to keep professionals up-to-date on the latest sustainability practices, strategies, laws and regulations, courses which meet state licensing board continuing education (CEU) requirements as well as help fulfill needed professional development hours (PDH).

The USGCC also offers accredited sustainability training for employees at every level, including a certificate program in ‘Applied Sustainability’. This program is designed to provide a conceptual understanding as well as practical knowledge and the skills necessary to make effective and relevant decisions regarding the adoption of sustainable practices in the workplace.

To make this training more accessible for its members, The Lone Star Chapter of the USGCC has partnered with the Alamo Community College District and the Dallas Community Colleges to host and deliver courses that are fully accredited through the University of California, Fullerton.

The Green Chamber believes that businesses that focus on becoming more sustainable should have their achievements recognized, independently certified, and that their accomplishments should be shared with other business and published nationally. ‘Sustainability Successes’ shouldn’t be a secret. The U.S. Green Chamber / Lone Star Chapter administers the nations preeminent business sustainability behavior assess-

ment, and businesses that attain real sustainability can have their achievements authenticated.

The independently audited system known as the ‘Industry Sustainability Achievement’ or ‘ISA-1200 Rating’ is designed to specifically account for your business accomplishments and operating processes that achieve measurable sustainability.

The ISA-1200 metrics establish sustainability markers and audit baselines, goals and achievements with in a firm’s entire value-chain.

It recognizes and awards ‘Distinguished Level’ achievement and an multi-level ‘Sustainability Star Certification’ annually. The ISA-1200 measures the level of sustainability within an organization’s overall business processes and practices, not solely building or facility efficiencies.

By offering performance/improvementdriven certification programs, the USGCC helps businesses at the local and national levels verify their distinguished levels of sustainability within their operations and organizations, while also ensuring them the local and national recognition they deserve. The Green Chamber understands that achieving sustainability is a business practice that involves everyone working to preserve the environment while increasing long-term profitability and it strives to be the foremost organization in assisting, developing and recognizing businesses that achieve greater levels of sustainability to the benefit of their people, their profits and the planet.

While the national Chamber of Commerce is known primarily for its lobbying prowess, for now, the U.S. Green Chamber is focused on realworld implementations, on bringing companies together to share expertise and best practices.

In that sense, Steel said the Green Chamber is more of a complement to the Chamber of Commerce, rather than a replacement. •

PRESIDENTS CIRCLE

(L-R) Mark Floyd, Regional President and Rich LaHaye, President and COO of The Lone Star Chapter of the U.S. Green Chamber

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The newest member of the Greater Dallas/ Fort Worth Office is the North Texas Corporate Recycling Association and the newest member of the Presidents Circle is the Crest Publications Group. For more information, contact Mark Floyd, Regional President at 214-727-9374 or Markf@usgreenchamber.com.

Also on the web at www.usgreenchamber.com

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he North Texas Corporate Recycling Association held its annual gR3een Awards Luncheon on September 28, 2011 at the Irving Convention Center. The gR3een Awards recognize the outstanding efforts of members as well as their customers and clients to reduce waste, and to establish, deliver, and promote extraordinary recycling programs and offer creative recycled products for North Texas. Shawn State, the Southwest Regional Manager for the Recycling Division of Pratt Industries (the event sponsor), welcomed the attendees and assisted with the awards ceremony. Elizabeth Combs, Vice President of NTCRA, was the Master of Ceremony and Shirlene Sitton, Committee Chair for the gR3een Awards, introduced the winners. The keynote speaker was Dr. Rich LaHaye, President and COO of U.S. Green Chamber of Commerce/Lone Star Chapter. Dr. LaHaye addressed the issues of environmental sustainability and achieving, maintaining, and increasing corporate profits.

There were 28 applications this year, and the judges were challenged to decide a 1st place in each category. It is always a hard decision to pick just one winner when you have the opportunity to see the efforts of so many taking bold and innovative steps to improve our community.

NTCRA recognized winners for their outstanding environmental programs across the Metroplex. The winners and their respective categories are pictured with Elizabeth Combs, VP of NTCRA (on the left) and Shawn State, Pratt Industries (on the right).

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INGENIOUS WASTE REDUCTION AND REUSE PRACTICES Rachael Green accepting for Huitt Zollars

STUPENDOUS RECYCLING SERVICE

Amy Harris accepting for Bell Helicopter

GREENEST INDIVIDUAL OF THE YEAR Chari Short Brown

INNOVATIVE INVOLVEMENT IN THE COMMUNITY THROUGH PARTNERSHIPS

Earth Day Dallas, Inc. and CWD (Pictured L-R): Robert Medigovich, CWD, Greg Reomer, CWD, Britt Kreiger, Earth Day Dallas

INCREDIBLY EFFECTIVE EDUCATION TECHNIQUES Kim Mote accepting for the City of Fort Worth

WHOLE CIRCLE AWARD

Kathi Harris accepting for HOLT CAT

MARILYN MAY AWARD

Jeff Crew see picture – recipient – Jeff Crew •

Anyone who has never made a mistake has never tried anything new. (Albert Einstein)

Dee Cassell, LEED AP is the president of ReSpin LLC, a post-consumer carpet recycling company. She is a on the Board of Directors of NTCRA and WIE (Women in the Environment) and is a member of the USGBC and the CSI (Construction Specifications Institute).

ABOUT NTCRA The NTCRA has been a part of the Dallas-Fort Worth recycling landscape for more than 20 years. It promotes recycling and the use of recycled goods to area businesses through leadership, advocacy, and education, and provides forums to members of the business community to learn more about environmental awareness, exchange information, and create, foster and coordinate special programs and events, and mentoring opportunities. For more information, contact Renee Chatham at (214) 384-4289 or rchatham@prattindustries.com.

Brooke Mayer and Heather Douglas of Balcones Resources

Shay Clark, Christi Redfearn, and Silver Varela

Elizabeth Combs, Master of Ceremonies

Rich LaHaye during his presentation

Shirlene Sitton announcing the winners of each category

Dee Cassell and Renee Chatham

Shawn State welcoming the attendees to the luncheon

Rich Lahaye with Mark Floyd, the Regional President for the Greater Dallas/Fort Worth Office of the U.S. Green Chamber Lone Star Chapter

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BOMA’S BIG TEXAS CARNIVAL John Fuqua/ 2011 Trade Show Chair

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OMA Dallas’s 27th annual Office Building & Industry Trade Show (Big Texas Carnival) led to some great themed booths and brought a lot of excitement and fun to the show. It was like the State Fair of Texas met New Orleans, Mardi Gras and added a pinch of Rio’s, Carnival!

It was a great way for exhibitors to showcase their products and services in an extremely entertaining format.

176 exhibitors greeted the professionals, building engineers, property managers, and administrative assistants in attendance. Over 1900 exhibitors and attendees filled the show floor. Winners of awards were: Best Theme – iidon Security Associates; Best Give-Away – Walden Security; and Best in Show – United Protective Services.

The 2011 Trade Show Committee

2011 BOMA DALLAS GOLF CLASSIC Angelia Franklin, 2011 Networking Committee Chair

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1. 1st Place (score of 51): (L-R) David Futrell, Burt Goldthorn, Kelly McKissack, Brian Hernandez 2. 2nd Place (score of 61): (L-R) Joe Dobbs, Shane Baggett, Jack Clark, Richey Houdek 3. 3rd Place (score of 66): (L-R) Bryan Hennington, Pete Mercer, John Ramsey, Jeff McBrayer (pictured with Julie McBrayer and John Wingfield)

THE TOP HATS & TINSEL BENEFIT 2011 Cheri Wafford, 2011 Benefit Committee Chair

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et into the Christmas spirit early this year by brightening the lives of families all across Dallas. The annual event will be on December 9th on the seventeenth floor of 17Seventeen McKinney in uptown Dallas.

This festive holiday event raises money to support the BOMA Dallas charities and affects the lives of many families that rely on these charities just to get them through the day. The benefitting organizations for 2011 are: Jonathan’s Place, which provides 24/7 emergency and residential shelter to abandoned and neglected children; Vogel Alcove, which provides quality childcare and developmental and comprehensive social services to homeless families with children; the Good Shepherd Community Center, which provides local families with child care for preschool ages up to 5 years and day care through fifth grade; and the Dallas BOMA Education Institute, which provides educational programs in commercial real estate.

Be a part of the 2011 BOMA Benefit CLUB DEBONAIR where you get the opportunity to bid (on what were previously live auction items) in a silent auction format. Anyone can join, but only members will have access to (the former live-auction) items valued at over $750.00.

ADOPT AN ANGEL Juanita Cano, 2011 Community Service Co-Chair It seems like we were just looking for shade and trying to stay cool this summer and now it’s time to turn our thoughts to hanging lights and trimming trees. But to many in our community, this is not even an option. Please consider giving a little bit of Christmas to those who are less fortunate. Don’t pass by that Angel Tree in your building’s lobby. Stop and ‘adopt an angel’ and give a child the chance to believe that ‘Yes… there is a Santa Claus!’

The Angel Tree drive is going on in office buildings throughout the area and benefits these local charities and the children and families they serve: Collin County Children’s Advocacy Center, Dallas Children’s Advocacy Center, Genesis Women’s Shelter, Good Shepherd Community Center, Interfaith Housing Coalition, Jonathan’s Place, Mi Escuelita and Vogel Alcove. Join us and bring smiles to all the children in our community!

Questions? Contact Juanita Cano, at 972450-8103 or jcano@twotrees-dumbo.com. •

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andy L. Brown, CFE, ascended to the position of Chair“My desire for the man of the Board of Directors for the International Asnext year is that sociation of Venue Managers (IAVM) during Venuethe association Connect, the annual conference and trade show earlier is positioned for this year in Phoenix. future success,” “This is a year of transition for us. We have a new CEO and Brown said. “IAVM President, Vicki Hawarden, CMP, and a brand new research prois an 86-year-old gram, VenueDataSource, which is generously funded by the IAVM association that Foundation. These changes will only enhance our legacy and prois the acknowlpel us forward,” she said. “Randy was essential to my decision to edged leader in venue managejoin IAVM as its CEO. His vision and leadership are readily apparment. We have ent, and he is dedicated to taking IAVM and the industry to new programs and levels of excellence.” content that are Brown is the executive vice president and general manager of the envy of the the Allen County War Memorial Coliseum in Fort Wayne, Indiana industry.” (pictured above). He began his career in 1978 at Indiana University in South Bend where he ran the theatrical facilities and later moved to Notre Dame Saint Mary’s College where he served as auditorium manager. He’s been with the War Memorial Coliseum since 1988.

Brown joined IAVM in 1983 and earned the Certified Facilities Executive (CFE) designation in 1995. In his time with the association, he has served as Chair of Arenas Committee, Industry Affairs Council, Annual Conference Planning Committee, and the Budget and Finance Committee. He also served as the District Vice President for District 2 in 1998-1999 and as Director at Large for Arenas from 2006-2008.

SAFETY AND SECURITY TRAINING IN DFW

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he IAVM will be offering the Academy of Venue Safety and Security Program (AVSS) in the DFW area February 19-24, 2012.

The program focuses on helping venue managers prepare, prevent, respond and recover from emergencies from an all-hazards perspective. The focus is on the fundamentals of risk management, emergency planning, security operations, and staff training. Tuition for the 5-day program includes all lodging, meals and instructional materials: $2,550.

“Recent events such as severe weather during crowded festivals, bombing attempts and crowd management issues should remind all venue, building and facility managers of the importance of being prepared to deal with these threatening and dangerous situations”, said Harold Hansen, IAVM Director of Safety and Security. “It is a question of when, not if.”

For more information, go to www.IAVM.org/AVSS. •

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hortly after formation of CREW: Commercial Real Estate Women in 1980, the women of CREW felt the pull to share their burgeoning success with women and girls less fortunate than themselves. They wanted to give back to their local community in a meaningful way that would focus funds and attention to a greatly underserved segment of the population.

Being the astute businesswomen that they were, they formalized this process with the formation of a 501c3 charitable non-profit organization called CREW Classic, Inc, after their prime fundraiser, the CREW Classic Golf Tournament. CREW Classic, Inc., later named CREW in the Community, began a journey to satisfy its mission of “providing CREW Dallas members an opportunity to improve the lives of women and girls in the community”.

In the early years, CREW IN THE COMMUNITY was a major donor for the Susan G. Komen Foundation, a logical and natural match to the mission. In 1988, CREW IN THE COMMUNITY received a national service award from Komen for its support of the fledgling foundation.

Of course, the rest is history as Komen is now the premier resource for funding of breast cancer cure, prevention and information.

Beginning in 1991, CREW IN THE COMMUNITY looked to expand its impact past breast cancer cure. Seeking a beneficiary partner who shared its mission and vision, CREW IN THE COMMUNITY found Dallas Women’s Foundation to be the perfect match. The start was small, funding a $40,000 grant to the Mary Crowley Academy that year. Each year the grants increased as fundraising grew and grants through DWF topped $100,000 for the first time in 2004. As of 2011, CREW IN THE COMMUNITY has granted a total of nearly $1.3 million through Dallas Women’s Foundation to local non-profit organizations working in the area of economic empowerment of women and cri-

CIC Board: 2011 CREW in the Community Board of Trustees Back Row L to R: Janice Wildman, Deloitte; Vicky Gunning, Locke Lord; Kmeal Winters, Behringer Harvard; Tanya Little, Hart Advisors Group; Jennifer Conrad, Corgan Associates; Karen Casey, CoStar Group Front Row L to R: Brenda Blake, B&J Financial Group; Rebecca Tudor, Twinrose Investments; Jill Warren, Jackson-Shaw Company; Angel Benschneider, Caddis Partners

sis safety for women and girls. Dallas Women’s Foundation has a CREW Grant as a part of its Spring Grant Cycle each year and CREW established a donor advised fund in 2003.

Expanding further to support women, in 2001 CREW IN THE COMMUNITY formed a partnership with the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center to fund seed grants to women’s health issues. Ranging from breast cancer to heart disease to the 2011 grant for research into the causes of premature birth, these small seed grants (from $25,000-$50,000) are the first step in finding cures and prevention methodology for many of the illnesses that effect women today. Since that time, CREW IN THE COMMUNITY has funded over $547,000 for research grants.

The last beneficiary partner is one close to CREW’s heart. The CREW Foundation, the philanthropic arm of the CREW national organization, provides scholarships to young women working towards careers in commercial real estate. Beginning in 2006 as a Founding Donor of the CREW Foundation, CREW IN THE COMMUNITY sup-

ports the national platform for advancing the careers of women in the industry.

CREW IN THE COMMUNITY does more than just give money. In 2005, a program began in Dallas which has grown much larger and now has over 20 CREW chapters participating nationally.

CREW Careers: Building OpportunitiesTM exposes high school girls to various career opportunities in commercial real estate. Usually a one-day program, CREW Careers brings CREW members and high school girls together to plan a redevelopment of a local commercial property. Currently, CREW Dallas partners with the Irma Rangel School for the program set for October of this year.

The last 25 years have been exciting and rewarding for CREW IN THE COMMUNITY. Partnering with world-class beneficiary organizations like Dallas Women’s Foundation, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center and CREW Foundation has proven a successful recipe for maximizing the work of the organization.

CREW Dallas members are the heart, soul and muscle, giving of their time, energy, intelligence and sweat equity. The mission remains clear and the need is greater than ever before. CREW IN THE COMMUNITY works to improve lives of women and girls which strengthens our community and ourselves. •

CREW in Community Careers Students from Irma Rangel School giving their real estate development presentation at the 2010 CREW Careers Building Opportunities TM day.

CREW DALLAS AT NATIONAL CONVENTION

CREW Convention CAP (L-R) Ellen Schwab, Chicago Title; Julie Lynch, LYNOUS Talent Management and CREW Director; Beth Lambert-Saul; Diane Butler, Butler Burgher Group and 2012 CREW Network President; Kmeal Winters, Behringer Harvard; Vicky Gunning, Locke Lord Bissell & Liddell LLP and CREW Dallas President; Liz AllenKnight, Butler Burgher Group; Brenda Blake, BJ Financial; Brenda Richardson, Marvin F. Poer & Company; Irene Hosford, Brown McCarroll LLP; Rebecca Tudor, Twinrose Investments and 2012 CREW Dallas President; Janice Wildman, Deloitte and CREW Director

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Twenty eight CREW Dallas members were among the 1,000 leading women in commercial real estate from throughout North America who attended the Commercial Real Estate Women Network Annual Convention & Marketplace in Washington DC in September.

Andrew Ross Sorkin, a financial columnist for The New York Times and an award winning journalist and author, gave the keynote address at the convention, and Norah O’Donnell, Chief White House Correspondent for CBS News, and principal substitute anchor for Face the Nation, also spoke.

CREW Network awarded $100,000 in scholarships to women pursuing university-level educations that will lead to careers in commercial real estate, and honored the best transactions with its 2011 Impact and Achievement of Excellence Awards. Additionally, CREW Network launched the pilot of its newly developed Executive Mentoring Program (which pairs members to become C-Suite executives with senior executive-level women).

The only good is knowledge and the only evil is ignorance. (Socrates)

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DIANE BUTLER ELECTED 2012 PRESIDENT OF CREW NETWORK The Commercial Real Estate Women Network announced that Diane Butler of CREW Dallas was elected its 2012 national president.

Butler is CEO of the Dallas-based Butler Burgher Group, a national commercial valuation and due diligence services firm with offices in Atlanta, Austin, Dallas, Detroit, Houston, New York, North Carolina, Orange County and Tampa Bay. She co-founded BBG in 1992, and in 2007 it was acquired by Land America Financial Group. She served as General Manager and Senior Vice President and was responsible for running the National Valuation Platform until reacquiring and reformDiane Butler ing BBG in 2009.

Butler is a longtime CREW member, having joined the Dallas chapter in 1994. She has served on many CREW national and local committees, and was on the Dallas Board of Directors from 2002-2008. She was CREW Dallas’s president in 2006, and in 2007-2008 was a trustee of the CREW Foundation, in addition to serving on the CREW Network Resource Development and Nominating committees. In 2009, she was elected to the Board of Directors.

In 2010, Butler was named to the Top 25 Women to Watch by the Dallas Business Journal, and she was honored in 2009 as one of the 29 Outstanding Women in Commercial Real Estate by D CEO Magazine. She has been extraordinarily active in the Dallas community, serving on the boards of The Real Estate Council (TREC), Appraisal Institute, Dallas Women’s Foundation, Habitat for Humanity, and The First Tee. She is also an Advisory Committee member of the National Multi-Housing Council (NMHC) and a member of NCREIF, ULI and ICSC.

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is pleased to welcome the to these pages!

CREW Fort Worth became an affiliate just before we went to print. Look for more information on this growing and thriving group in the issues ahead!

2011 FORT WORTH CREW BOARD OF DIRECTORS (Back L-R): Amanda Martin, Southwest Bank – Director at Large; Lori Polson, Polson & Associates – President; Joy Norton, Southwest Bank – Secretary; Barbara Fife – Co-Past President; Scott Welmaker, Mansfield Economic Development – Director at Large (Front L-R): Cynthia Bailey, Windstar Properties – Co-Past President; Norma Crow, Hexter-Fair Title – Director at Large; Debbie Fulwiler, Elements of Architecture – Treasurer; Karen Kroh, Kroh & Associates – President-Elect

FOR MORE INFORMATION ON FORT WORTH CREW, OR TO REGISTER FOR AN UPCOMING EVENT, VISIT FWCREW.ORG Windstar Properties’ Cynthia Bailey (CREW Past President) with Chuck Greenberg (L) and Neil Grossman

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GENERAL ASSEMBLY

THE SUM OF THE PARTS . . .

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he Dallas–Fort Worth–Arlington metropolitan area, a title designated by the US Census as of 2003, encompasses 12 counties within Texas. It is subdivided into two metropolitan divisions: Dallas–Plano–Irving and Fort Worth–Arlington. The Metroplex (or DFW) is the economic and cultural hub of North Texas.

During the period from July 2008 through June 2009, the area gained 146,530 new residents (more than any other metropolitan area in the US). The area’s population has grown by nearly 1.3 million since the last census in 2000 and reached 6,447,615 in July 2009. Our metropolitan statistical area is the largest in Texas and the 4th largest in the nation. It includes 9,286 square miles of total area: 8,991 sq mi is land and 295 sq mi is water, making it larger in area than Rhode Island and Connecticut combined. It is the 4th largest metropolitan area by population.

The Economic Development Corporations of the cities in our 12 county area are the building blocks of what makes the region strong. •

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dschnitzer@venturedfw.com David Schnitzer is the Senior Vice President of Venture Commercial Real Estate in Dallas and the Vice President (2011) of CCIM and its (2012) President-Elect.

THE FORECAST FOR TOMORROW IS…

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recently attended the CCIM national meetings in Phoenix, Arizona, where several hundred commercial real estate professionals from across the US, Canada and select international markets discussed the year, deal flow and what may come in 2012.

The overriding feeling is that 2011 has been a tough year. According to The Conference Board and Dr. Mark Dotzur, consumer confidence is at its lowest point since spring of 2009. The GDP is, as of this writing, still at levels well below even 2010, and fears over European debt still prevail. But by all rights and rationale, we should be positive from where we sit.

THE VIEW FROM HERE U2’s Bono was born Paul David Hewson.

From a local market perspective, Dallas/Fort Worth, and Texas in general, is sitting in an enviable position compared to the rest of the country. With no state income tax, one of the best corporate tax climates in the country, great school systems and world class airport hubs in many Texas cities, we should have one of the strongest economies in the country. And we do. We should be ripe for commercial real estate transactions and investment. And we are.

Look at consumer behaviors. Experts are predicting more retail sales this holiday season. ShopperTrak has said that although national retail sales should rise 3% this holiday season (as compared to last year), the foot traffic in stores will decrease 2.2% So are less people spending more money in stores? Or are online sales having an impact?

High gas prices and unemployment rates surely contribute to the lack of foot traffic. But we are, and always have been, a consumer-driven economy. Any economic recovery will be driven by consumer spending, so, if sales are up, that’s a positive sign. In year over year sales, in the past six months, we have seen sales trending up every week. Pre-owned home sales are increasing and foreclosure rates are at a four year low. In addition, although unemployment is still high, the private sector added 26,500 jobs in September.

That’s good news for non-governmental workers; however, we are also heading into an election year.

Because of the political uncertainty, it seems many large business decisions for hiring or capital investment may be delayed pending election outcomes. If that is the case, 2012 could be relatively flat. However, I believe the case for commercial real estate investment will remain strong for the long term. It is still gathering the best predictive returns on investment of any major financial ve- CCIM RESPONDENTS RATE INVESTMENTS hicle (see graph).

2Q 2011 1Q 2011 4Q 2010 3Q 2010 In a recent CCIM - Investment Trends Quarterly survey presented by Commercial Real Estate 5.8 6.0 6.3 5.6 Ken Riggs, CCIM, respondents said 4.8 5.4 5.4 4.4 expected activity in their respective Stocks 4.2 4.3 3.8 4.2 areas will be up an average of 12% one Bonds year from now and up 26% three years Cash 5.0 4.6 64.2 4.8 from now. And we are seeing net abRatings are based on a scale of 1 to 10, where is poor and 10 is excellent. sorption increasing and vacancy rates Source: RERC/CCIM Investment Trend Quarterly Survey. 2Q 2011 declining across all product types.

Both are positive trends.

Cap rates seem to be compressing as well. Both Cassidy Turley and The Boulder Group report slight compression for core assets across all product types. This may also be attributed to the cash that has been waiting on the sidelines and investors wanting to place those funds in a relatively stable, hard asset. Too much money chasing too few deals is the simplest explanation.

THE LIGHT AT THE END OF THE TUNNEL

As the ability to get financing eases and we see the increase in loans, we should also see the 2012 transaction volume increase slightly. 2013 should continue that upward trend.

We all need to look at the power of the product over the long term. Investing is a marathon. Indicators say that now is time to buy. Small upticks in various sectors provide an overall indicator that the commercial real estate investment market is healthy and should provide long-term benefit to those that are willing to run the race.

But that is just my opinion. • DEC2011 | THE NETWORK

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GENERAL ASSEMBLY LAURA MCDONALD STEWART

laura@plinthandchintz.com Laura McDonald Stewart, RID, ASID, IIDA, LEED AP is Founder and Editor of PLiNTHandCHiNTZ.com, The Online Interior Design Magazine, a Past Presiding Chair (2007) of METROCON, and the current METROCON Administrator & PR/Marketing Liaison.

Left: Keira Keys and Renee Mays of T&L Commercial Below: Liz Harrison, Allemuir and Lynn Gorman, Gorman

Jeff Gower, KB Contract, John McIntosh, Signature Crypton Carpte, Schaeffer Hill and Jeff Hill, Hill and Associates

METROCON11 EXPO & CONFERENCE New Products, Continuing Education and A&D Industry Connections

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ETROCON Expo & Conference, the annual regional two-day tradeshow focused on featuring the latest in products and innovative ideas for the Southwest region’s interior designers, architects, facility managers, interior design students, and other vital design industry members experienced great success in 2011 despite the slowly recovering Architecture and Design industry. The event announced that it had attracted 2,447 participants from 21 states, and outside the US. In its ninth year, METROCON11 sold all of its 37 sponsorships and all of its 369 booths.

Held at Dallas Market Hall on August 11 and 12, METROCON11 offered attendees 242 diverse vendors, 51 interior design-related continuing education courses and a happy hour designed for networking. The annual event is unique in that it is organized through volunteer collaboration between the Texas Chapter of ASID [American Society of Interior Designers] and the Texas-Oklahoma Chapter of IIDA [International Interior Design Association]. In a determined effort to serve the corporate, healthcare, hospitality, institutional, multifamily, residential, and retail sectors, the two organizations join forces and pool resources to provide maximum benefit to their members and beyond. Income from the event goes back to the chapters to fund special educational and recognition programs, as well as scholarships and charities earmarked by the individual organizations.

Congratulations to the exhibitors who received this year’s Pegasus Exhibitor Awards: • Best Promotional Campaign – Adleta Caorporation • Most Informative Exhibit – Wilson Office Interiors • Best New Product – Nucraft [represented by KSM Associates] • Best Overall Exhibit – SantaMargherita Visit www.metrocon.info to find a link to view photos from this year’s event and to sign up for exhibitor and attendee notifications to stay informed about METROCON12 - in Dallas on August 9 & 10, 2012. •

Above: Brent Kress and Pam Mathias of Versteel Left: The Metrocon 2011 Committee

Most Informative: Wilson Office Interiors

Best Promotional Campaign: Adleta

Best Overall Exhibit : Santa Margherita

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Best New Product: Nucraft

Dallas/Fort Worth Office Third Quarter 2011

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he Dallas/Fort Worth office market closed out the summer of 2011 at a pace generally viewed as more brisk than what was expected for the historically slower months, yet mixed sentiments concerning economic implications towards future activity paint a hazier picture. Office investment sales activity continues to show remarkable recovery, and as the market recovers, investor interest is broadening. During the first three quarters of 2011, sales volume was up more than 54% over the same period of time 2011. The office construction pipeline did not take in any additional activity since last quarter, and still only consists of one non-medical project already spoken for by Encana Oil & Gas.

Direct Total

Direct & Total Vacancy Ratios 23.0% 22.0% 21.0% 20.0% 19.0% 18.0% 17.0% 16.0%

Total Vacancy Rate Average Asking Rate

$19.00

2,500,000

16.00% $18.00

Lease Rate (PSF)

$18.50

1Q11

4Q10

3Q10

2Q10

1Q10

4Q09

3Q09

2Q09

1Q09

3Q11

Net Absorption (SF)

2Q11

$19.50

18.00%

Total Vacancy Rate

Direct Total

2,000,000 1,500,000 1,000,000 500,000

14.00% $17.50 12.00%

4Q08

3Q08

2Q08

Direct Vacancy Rate

3Q11

20.00%

Vacancy Rate

1Q08

$20.00

2Q11

22.00%

15.0% 4Q07

Vacancy Rate vs. Lease Rate

0 (500,000)

$17.00

(1,000,000)

Vacancy Rate

1Q11

2Q11

3Q11

1Q11

4Q10

4Q10

3Q10

3Q10

2Q10

2Q10

1Q10

1Q10

4Q09

4Q09

3Q09

3Q09

2Q09

2Q09

1Q09

1Q09

4Q08

4Q08

3Q08

3Q08

2Q08

2Q08

1Q08

1Q08

(1,500,000)

$16.50 4Q07

4Q07

10.00%

Direct Absorption (SF)

Lease Rate (PSF)

Dallas/Fort Worth Industrial

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he industrial market continued to improve in the third quarter of 2011. For a fourth consecutive quarter absorption was positive, causing vacancy rates to decrease. While these were positives for the market, they posted smaller gains than anticipated. Total absorption for the third quarter was 2.2 MSF, 1.17 million less than in the second quarter and total vacancy decreased to 10.5% from 10.9%. The majority of absorption is accounted for by smaller moves, although there are already several large moves slated for the fourth quarter. With the continued increase of industrial production (12% in July and 1.3% in August for a 3.3% improvement over this time last year) this lends a feeling to the market that there is pent up demand. The number of projects in the pipeline increased in the third quarter with six industrial buildings and five flex buildings under construction for a combined 1.15 MSF, while deliveries decreased with only two buildings being completed for 37,000 SF.

Direct Total

Direct & Total Vacancy Rates 12.0% 11.0% 10.0% 9.0% 8.0% 7.0%

Direct Vacancy Rate

3Q11

2Q11

1Q11

4Q10

3Q10

2Q10

1Q10

4Q09

3Q09

2Q09

1Q09

4Q08

3Q08

2Q08

1Q08

4Q07

6.0%

Total Vacancy Rate

Direct Vacancy Rate Average Asking Rate PSF

Vacancy Rate vs. Average Asking Rate (PSF) 12.00%

Direct Total

Net Absorption (SF)

$4.05 $4.00

11.00% $3.95

4,000,000

Vacancy Rate

2,000,000

1,000,000

$3.90 $3.85

9.00% $3.80 8.00%

$3.75 $3.70

0

Average Asking Rate (PSF)

10.00% 3,000,000

7.00% $3.65

Direct Absorption (SF)

3Q11

2Q11

1Q11

4Q10

3Q10

2Q10

1Q10

4Q09

3Q09

2Q09

1Q09

4Q08

3Q08

2Q08

1Q08

4Q07

(1,000,000)

6.00%

$3.60 4Q07

1Q08

2Q08

3Q08

4Q08

1Q09

2Q09

3Q09

Direct Vacancy Rate

4Q09

1Q10

2Q10

3Q10

4Q10

1Q11

2Q11

3Q11

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Average Asking Rate PSF

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KENNETH D. SIMONSON

simonsonk@agc.org

Data DIGest SMALL SPENDING RISE FOR CONSTRUCTION

Seasonally adjusted employment increased by 103,000 (0.1%) in September and 1.5 million (1.1%) over 12 months, while the unemployment rate held steady at 9.1%, the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) reported. Architectural and engineering services employment, a harbinger of future demand for construction, rose 0.2% and 2.4% respectively.

Construction spending in August totaled $799 billion, up 1.4% from July and 0.9% from August 2010, the Census Bureau reported in October. Construction employment increased between August 2010 and August 2011 in 146 out of 337 metropolitan areas for which BLS provides data, an American General Contractors’ analysis released in September showed. Another 145 areas had declines, and 46 had no change.

THE COST OF DOING BUSINESS

The producer price index (PPI) for inputs to construction industries—a weighted average of the price of all goods used in every type of construction, plus items consumed by contractors, such as diesel fuel—was flat for September but up 8.1% over the 2010 level. The steep year-over-year increase added to the price squeeze on contractors, as indexes for finished buildings—which reflect contractors’ estimates of what they would charge to put up new buildings—rose much less. The PPI for new industrial building construction inched up 0.1% for the month and 2.2% over 12 months: offices, -0.1% and 2.6%; warehouses, 0% and 2.8%; and schools -0.1% and 3.0%.

PPIs for subcontractors’ new, repair and maintenance work rose modestly or slipped: concrete contractors, 0 and -0.2%; plumbing contractors, -0.1% and 2.5%; roofing contractors, 0 and 3.1%; and electrical contractors, -0.1% and 3.6%. Items that contributed to the large year-over-year increase in materials costs included diesel fuel (up 3.3% for the month and 39% over 12 months), copper and brass mill shapes (down 0.7% in September but up 15% since a year earlier), steel mill products (-0.6% and 13.5%, respectively) and aluminum mill shapes (-1.8% and 10%).

In contrast, PPIs for items that are produced locally and used mainly by U.S. construction have stayed flat or declined: concrete products, up 0.2% for the month and 0.3% over 12 months; lumber and plywood, -1.3% and -0.4%; brick and structural clay tile, -0.4% and -3.2%; and gypsum products, -1.7% and -4.6%.

CONSTRUCTION START VALUES

The value of nonresidential construction starts tumbled 20% in September, not seasonally adjusted, reversing a 19% jump in August, Reed Construction Data reported in October. For the first nine months of 2011 combined, starts were 9.8% higher than year-to-date in 2010. “Commercial starts plummeted” 37% in September, Reed Chief Economist Bernard Markstein said. “However, the year-to-date numbers were still up a healthy 13% from a year ago. Meanwhile, industrial building starts continued to be a bright spot, posting a robust gain of 25% for the month and a year-to-date figure double the number for the same period a year earlier. Institutional building starts took a hit, falling 21% in September even as the year-to-date numbers were up 11.5%...Medical facilities, despite sinking 46% for the month, were up 30% year-to-date.”

BEIGE BOOK

“Reports from the 12 Federal Reserve districts indicate that overall economic activity continued to expand in September, although many districts described the pace of growth as modest or slight”, the Fed reported in the Beige Book, a summary of informal soundings in each district conducted through October 7th.

Commercial real estate conditions remained weak overall, although commercial construction increased at a slow pace in most districts. Vacancy rates remained elevated, but Boston, Atlanta, Chicago, Minneapolis and Dallas reported an increase in leasing activity and Philadelphia and San Francisco indicated rising investor interest in well-leased office space. •

DIVERSI NS DID U KNOW?

» Samuel Wilson (1766 -1854) was a meat-packer from Troy, New York. It is his name that is the

personification of the United States known as “Uncle Sam”. During the War of 1812, he obtained a contract to supply beef to the Army in its campaign further north, which he shipped in barrels. As government property, the barrels were branded with the initials “U.S.”, but the teamsters and soldiers would joke that the initials referred to “Uncle Sam”, who supplied the product. Over time, anything marked with the same initials (as much Army property was) also became linked with his name. in 1961, Congress adopted a resolution that “salutes Uncle Sam Wilson of Troy, New York, as the progenitor of America’s National symbol of Uncle Sam.” Monuments mark his birthplace in Arlington, Massachusetts, and the site of his burial in Oakwood Cemetery, Troy, New York.

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It is better to be silent and thought dumb, that to speak up and remove all doubt.”(Attributed to both Mark Twain and Calvin Coolidge)

Kenneth D. Simonson is the Chief Economist of the Associated General Contractors of America.

JILL MELANÇON

jill.melancon@nationalroofingpartners.com Jill Melançon is the National Service Advisor for National Roofing Partners and the president of NAWIC’s Dallas chapter.

DALLAS

AN OPEN LETTER TO THE MEMBERSHIP

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heme: To touch, to move, to inspire. This is the true gift of the NAWIC dance.

The Dallas Chapter will spend the coming year preparing for “the NAWIC dance” which is another way of saying that we are coming together to accomplish great things - an “awesome year” of great speakers and engaging activities. The past year was a time of learning for me as president of the chapter, and I get to do it again, but with some experience behind me.

On Saturday, October 1, 2011, we hosted our 1st Strategic Planning Meeting since I have been a member of the Dallas Chapter, and it was awesome. The chapter provided lunch and NAWIC tote bags to the (15) ladies in attendance who discussed: 1. What do you want from your NAWIC membership at the chapter level? 2. What do you like and dislike about our chapter right now? 3. Do you have a vision for the future of this chapter?

October 8th was our Block Kids Event at Texas

Scottish Rite Hospital in Dallas with awards given for the top 3 places, honorable mentioned, and certificates for all participants. We are revving up for Build Expo at the Dallas Convention Center, December 7-8 where the chapter will have a booth, and, at crestEXPO at the Dallas Convention Center on March 30, 2012 in addition to our having a booth; we will also have meeting space. We are in full swing for the coming year with lots of things in the works.

Scholarship applications are available for college bound ladies, as well as those educated at trades training programs. Go to the “links” tab at www.nawicdallas.org. Visit a chapter membership meeting and receive a “birthday rose” during your birthday month!

As always, NAWIC’s mission is to enhance the success of women in the construction industry!

Last but not least, thank you to the incoming board for accepting leadership roles to guide our chapter in “the NAWIC dance” for the 2011-2012 year.

President-Elect: Elizabeth “Liz” Moucka; Vice President: Michelle Mallard; Secretary: Francine HawkinsAlegeh; Treasurer: Donna Nuernberg; Directors: Pam Thompson, Dee Rainey, Kristen Marcis and Jennifer Cloud; Parliamentarian: MaryAnne Doss; Invaluable administrative support: Brenda Corbett. •

2012 NAWIC FORT WORTH CHAPTER OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS

(L-R) President Lisa McDonald; President–Elect Traci Robinson CIT, CBT; Jenn Clay; Recording Secretary Tracy Dalrymple; Corresponding Secretary Sandra Strevel; Treasurer Sharon Murphy; Directors Samantha Tiller, Elizabeth Boswell, Holly Green, and Peggy Osburn; Immediate Past President Pat Meadors; Parliamentarian Karolene Pittman

Lisa McDonald, President

Julia Campbell, Vice President

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GENERAL ASSEMBLY THE 2011 DESIGN BUILT AWARD RECIPIENTS ARE . . .

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he Dallas Chapter of the AIA announced the recipients of the Built Design Awards, the highest recognition of works that exemplify excellence in projects that have been designed and constructed by Dallas architects. The 8 recipients were honored at an awards ceremony at the Horchow Auditorium at the Dallas Museum of Art. Now in its 44th year, the program was developed to recognize and encourage excellent design in the profession.

HONOR AWARD Wernerfield, Glenwood Residence

HONOR AWARD Perkins + Will, Sabine Hall Science Building

MERIT AWARD NIMMO American Studio for Progressive Architecture, Emerging Dallas

MERIT AWARD Oglesby Greene, Inc., Library by a Park MERIT AWARD Good Fulton & Farrell, Corporate Headquarters at Old Parkland

MERIT AWARD Welch Architecture, Chapel Hill Residence

CITATION AWARD Cunningham Architects, 1000 Foch Street

BLACKSON BRICK EXCELLENCE IN COMMUNITY DESIGN AWARD Pro Forma Architecture, The Joann Cole Mitte Memorial Library

2011 BUILT JURY

CITATION AWARD Good Fulton & Farrell, 1407 Main Steven Ehrlich, FAIA, Lead Juror

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Craig Curtis, FAIA

CITATION AWARD Shipley Architects, Design Shop

UNBUILT DESIGN AWARDS Also announced were the recipients of the Unbuilt Design Awards, the highest recognition of works that exemplify excellence in projects that have been designed by Dallas architects, but have not yet been constructed. Selected from over 40 submissions, 3 recipients were honored.

The 2011 Unbuilt jury included: from Omaha Jury Chair Jeffrey Day of Min | Day, from New York - Jenna McKnight of Architectural Record, and from Tucson - Cade Hayes of DUST design build.

The jury voted to recognize projects ranging from a small beach house and fire station to a futuristic international airport terminal. Co-chair Matthew Crummey, AIA, said, “Each of the projects selected for an award uses a different method to achieve success. All, however, share some common merits: functionality and simplicity; an appreciation for sustainability; and a conviction for creating good design.”

THE BRIDGE HOMELESS ASSISTANCE CENTER HONORED FOR INNOVATIVE PROGRAM WITH INSPIRATIONAL DESIGN

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he Rudy Bruner Award for Urban Excellence has named The Bridge Homeless Assistance Center as its 2011 Gold Medal recipient. The prestigious biennial award honors urban places that, through their design and development, have lasting transformative impacts on their urban neighborhoods and communities.

The Bridge will receive a $50,000 prize, and four Silver Medal recipients will receive $10,000 each.

The Bridge Homeless Assistance Center harnesses architecture to express an innovative and comprehensive approach to homelessness in Dallas, Texas. Located on the edge of the city’s central business district, the 75,000-square-foot facility supports more than 1,000 homeless guests daily, 24 hours a day, in their quest to achieve self-sufficiency in permanent housing. Through partnerships between a variety of service providers, The Bridge delivers a comprehensive continuum of care that ranges from emergency shelter, meals, medical care and counseling, to employment assistance, training, on-site transitional housing, and permanent supportive housing placement.

The center, designed by architects Overland Partners and CamargoCopeland, occupies a full city block and comprises six buildings, including an existing warehouse converted into an outdoor sleeping pavilion set around a courtyard. Its luminous facade signals the facility’s significance for guests, staff and neighbors: as a beacon of hope for those experiencing homelessness; as a bridge back to long-term stability; and as a demonstration of the city’s civic capacity and commitment to care for all its residents. the Foundation’s 40-year history.

Honor Award: New Parkland Hospital by HDR+Corgan

JAN BLACKMON WAS NAMED EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE DALLAS CHAPTER OF THE AIA

Merit Award: Incheon International Airport Terminal 2

by Corgan

Jan Blackmon, FAIA, has worked with Rees Associates Inc., HLM Design (formerly JPJ Architects and BLP Engineers) and RTKL. She also served as president of the Texas Society of Architects, the Texas Architectural Foundation and Promise House. As one of the largest chapters in the nation, AIA Dallas joins AIA New York and AIA Philadelphia as one of only three leading chapters within the AIA with an architect as executive director. This appointment is the culmination of a national search and a review of nearly 70 applications. The search committee was led by Shade O’Quinn, AIA, Joe Buskuhl, FAIA, and David Zatopek, AIA.

Jan Blackmon, FAIA

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BETHANN KESSEL

bakessel@businessinteriors.com BethAnn Kessel, an Interior Designer, is a Furniture Account Manager (Education Market) for Business Interiors.

Event Co-Chair, Kat MaGee of Allsteel

Event Co-Chair, Kelli Dixon of OfficeMax

PANEL DISCUSSION AND PROJECT TOUR – VMG HEALTH

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ver 40 IIDA/DFW members and guests experienced a project tour of the recently completed interior spaces of VMG Health on the 15th floor of Chateau Plaza. The space was ‘created’ by INTERPRISE Design, a corporate interior space planning firm, and the event was hosted by Teknion and Workplace Solutions.

Prior to the project tour, attendees listened to a panel discussion between Jon O’Sullivan (Senior Partner at VMG Health), Kenneth Reese (Senior Managing Director at CASE Commercial Real Estate Partners), and Paul White Osborn (Creative Director at Interprise). Each panel member provided insight to the special challenges to space planning in a triangular-shaped building, as well as the systems furniture that was involved to maximize the efficiency of the unusually-shaped space.

IIDA’s UTA Student Chapter volunteers Lauren Crill, Lauren Shaw, Meghan Wells, Olamilekan Mabayose, Yuramis Cabrera, Joe Jackson, Cassandra Livingston, Rachael Scalfano

Committee Members (L-R) Thomas Holland, Alison Stohl, Angela Crum, Erin Shaw, Denise Bates

On November 18th, the IIDA Dallas Fort Worth City Center is hosting the First Annual “lavish” Interior Design Event + Auction benefitting Dwell with Dignity at the Dallas Design Center.

Dwell with Dignity (www.dwellwithdignity.org/) is a non-profit group of interior designers and volunteers dedicated to creating soothing, inspiring homes for families struggling with homelessness and poverty. It provides and installs home interiors for families that include furnishings and art, bedding and kitchen supplies, as well as food in the pantry. The “lavish” design teams have one month to create an unforgettable vignette using donated and repurposed items; these trend-setting creations will represent spaces from kitchens to closets to backyards.

ZEROLANDFILL IS SUSTAINABILITY IN ACTION IN DFW! During September and October, the DFW architectural, interior and graphic design communities participated in a nationwide award winning upcycling program called ZeroLandfill™ that supports the supply needs of local artists and arts educators while reducing pressure on local landfill capacity.

This amazing group of over 50 local volunteers took time from their busy schedules to identify and divert from local landfills a record 34,000+ tons of expired specification samples that were repurposed to such local organizations as Dallas ISD, Garland ISD, Plano ISD, Girl Scouts, and local artist teaching groups who continually struggle to provide their students and members inexpensive materials to help them be creative.

Expired items that were donated included: carpet tiles, books, paint decks and laminate chips, upholstery swatches, vinyl and rubber flooring samples, brick, tile and stone samples, wallcovering books, glass and metal samples, binders, paper sample books, stock photo books, mat board and foam core.

For more information about ZeroLandfill™ go to http://zerolandfill.net/. To sign up and to be notified about the 2012 event go to FaceBook and like: ZeroLandfill Dallas.

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(L-R) Veletta Forsythe, Ron Skipper, Judy Pesek, Linda Price, Will Freytag, Lucy Billingsley, Cheryl Hall and Stephanie Hunt

(L-R) Cheryl Durst, Veletta Forsythe Lill and Jill Magnuson

(L-R) Kelly Moore, Cheryl Durst and Amie Keener

About a third of the earth’s land surface is desert. Only 6% is suitable for growing crops.

(L-R) Peggy Noakes and Kelly Moore Molded plywood splint designed and created by Charles and Ray Eames (L-R) Veletta Forsythe, Neva Hall, Judy Pesek, John Newland, and Cheryl Durst, CEO of IIDA (L-R) Neva Hall, Cheryl Durst and Chris Lebamoff

LEADERS CONNECTING LOCALLY The Texas-Oklahoma Chapter hosted the highly coveted Leaders Breakfast Series to Dallas on October 12th, 2011 at The Dallas Museum of Art. The program bridges the gap between the design industry and the business leaders in the region.

Over 250 design leaders and business innovators heard keynote speaker Neva Hall, Executive Vice President of Neiman Marcus Stores. Judy Pesek, Managing Director for Gensler’s Dallas office, and Veletta Forsythe Lill, Executive Director of the Dallas Arts District at DOWNTOWN DALLAS, were the recipients of the highly respected IIDA Leader’s Award for 2011 for their contributions to the industry.

Each honoree was presented with a molded plywood splint, (pictured above) in its original packaging. Designed and created by Charles and Ray Eames for injured U.S. soldiers during WWII, the splint has become an iconic symbol of and testament to leadership within the design profession. Charles and Ray were visionaries who constantly elevated the process of design by expanding their creative boundaries through the use of new materials and fresh ideas. •

LEADERS BREAKFAST HISTORY The IIDA Leaders Breakfast series began as a single event, launched in New York in 1989

by Jeannie Bochette of Steelcase. The goal was to introduce IIDA to the business world as a leading industry association and to inform IIDA Members about major economic issues affecting them and their clients, as presented by prominent corporate executives, government officials and academic experts.

The event established a forum where IIDA Members and their clients could see, hear and network with peers. There are now eight IIDA Leaders Breakfast events stretching from coast to coast and crossing borders in Seattle, Vancouver, New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Dallas, Chicago and Toronto.

Each features keynotes and honored guests specifically chosen for the venue region.

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signing by our own Rose-Mary Rumbley

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+ Additional one-of-a-kind educational presentations + Accredited educational offerings

from the USGBC and the AIA + A commercial real estate auction conducted by Sperry Van Ness + A charitable art and memorabilia auction

benefitting The Bridge + And much much more!

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where?

MARCH 30, 2012 10AM – 5PM

THE DALLAS CONVENTION CENTER

With extensive educational offerings throughout the day (more info at crestexpo.com).

650 South Griffin Street Dallas, TX 75202

The Bridge

— Jimmy Menke, Regency Lighting (2011 Exhibitor)

+ A special CCIM presentation

CONNECT

“We’ve (gotten) some good leads, even within some of the exhibitors.”

’s Heavy Hitters Awards

A great success! Much better laid out (than most trade shows) and better attended (by) the decision makers that I deal with.

— MG Cox, Image Building Maintenance (Exhibitor)

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Auction

Affiliates include: (local chapters of)

Commercial Real Estate Auction

perry Van Ness, one of the largest national commercial real estate brokerage firms will conduct a commercial real estate auction Thirty-one Sperry Van Ness area advisors will be talking with their clients, and other interested sellers, over the next several weeks to select properties to be included in this high-profile auction event.

Live at the Dallas Convention Center at 1:00 PM, March 30th, the auction will be streamed over the internet to allow for bids to also be placed online.

“Properly marketed auctions bring maximum market value to sellers,” according to John L Johnson, President of SVN Auctions, the national auction arm of Sperry Van Ness. “At an auction, there are no price ceilings. Competitive bidding brings auction sellers top dollar on the seller’s terms (as is, quick close, no contingencies). “The buyer’s earnest money goes ‘hard’ immediately, so over 99% of our auction contracts close” said Johnson, “and the buyer pays our commission, not the seller.”

Sellers who are interested in having their property included should talk with their local Sperry Van Ness Advisor, or call John Johnson at 404-303-1232 x16.

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AIA + American Institute of Architects ASID + American Society of Interior Designers AI + The Appraisal Institute BOMA + Building Owners and Managers Association CCIM + Certified Commercial Investment Members CREW + Commercial Real Estate Women IAVM + International Association of Venue Managers IIDA + International Interior Design Association IREM + The Institute of Real Estate Management NAWIC + National Association of Women in Construction NTAEE + North Texas Association of Energy Engineers NTAFE + North Texas Association of Facilities Engineers NTCRA + North Texas Corporate Recycling Association TEXO + Associated General Contractors of America USGBC + United States Green Building Council USGCC + United States Green Chamber

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Some of the 2011 Door Prizes + A private suite at the Ballpark in Arlington for a Ranger game + A Roger Staubach signed and framed jersey with logo and photo + A signed and framed photo of Nolan Ryan - “Don’t Mess With Texas” + Tickets to Dallas Stars, Mavericks, FC Dallas, Cowboy Stadium + Tickets to O’Reilly Auto Parts 300 + Tickets to Samsung Mobile 500 + Tickets to AT&T Performing Arts Center productions : + Tickets to Dallas Summer Musicals productions + Multiple gift certificates to highly rated restaurants + Tickets to the opera, the symphony, the ballet, special concerts and other performances, waterparks, and much more.

It is so well done and I’m so glad that I came. It just seems so professional - everything from the trade show to the education.

I took three classes today and in every one of them I got great information.

— Jessica Warrior, Granite Properties (2011 Attendee)

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GENERAL ASSEMBLY

Winner of Best Design Designer: Seifert Murphy Name: ‘Swagged & Shagged’ Sponsor: Townsend Leather

THE ‘LIFE OF DESIGN’ EVENT scholarship fundraising event on the 42nd floor of Cityplace. The evening consisted of a chair design competition between interior design firms, interior design students and individuals. Culinary students manned food stations throughout the evening. Fundraising directors Schaeffer Hill and Ron McDaniel presented the “Best Design” award to the design firm Seifert Murphy. Carlson Joyce picked up honors for ‘People’s Choice’ and ‘Director’s Choice’ for their chair design. The event’s top Foundation Sponsors were Purchasing Management International (PMI), Tai Ping Carpet, and Hill and Associates. For more information about NEWH or Life of Design visit NEWH.org and/or email LifeofDesignNEWH@gmail.com.

(L-R) Sarah Pickard, Robert Stovall and Nancy Luna of Pickard Design Studio with their chair, “Kiss My Grass”, sponsored by Signature Carpets

Chairs on Display

Lindsey Klein and Bruce McClure

UNT Students

Ron McDaniel and Schaeffer Hill (Fundraising Directors)

(L-R) Christy Thompson, Haley Morgan and Jenna Fitzgerald

Winner of Directors’ Choice and Peoples’ Choice Designer: Carlson Joyce Interior Design; Name: “Bling chair”; Sponsor: HB Architectural Lighting

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Where do they get the seeds to plant seedless watermelons?

The Dallas Chapter of The Hospitality Industry Network (NEWH) hosted its “Life of Design”

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Amongst the candidates, only Rick Santorum and Herman Cain made it to the Spin Room after the event

ON THE NETWORK The network joined the mainstream media at the Republican candidates debate in Las Vegas in October. With the pageantry of home team player introductions at a playoff game, the Republican would-be presidential contenders strode gallantly one-by-one on to the stage before cheering crowds and then stood patriotically during a highly theatrical rendition of The Star Spangled Banner. After more cheers (and other sounds you would expect to hear at a sporting event), Anderson Cooper might have said, ‘Play ball!’ instead of “Take your podiums.”

It got pretty contentious at times, as those of you who watched it know – but along with a few pictures from the event supplied by CNN, here are a few photos you won’t see anywhere else, including Wayne Newton and Representative Michelle Bachman in a warm embrace.

any of our readers (besides being real estate professionals) are artists, collectors, or hobbyists of some sort and, while they’d like to make that known to those who might be interested, they don’t necessarily want to tell the world at large. If the items shown here are of interest to you, email editor@crestpublicationsgroup.com. We’ll take it from there. Likewise, if you have something you would like to have featured on this page in future issues, let us know.

THE CONSIGNMENT PAGE

AUTOGRAPHED TED WILLIAMS SWINGING DURING BATTING PRACTICE Unframed 8” x10” color photograph with certificate of authenticity With his autograph written across it, this color 8x10 photograph of Boston Red Sox Hall of Famer Ted Williams shows the “Splendid Splinter” watching a ball he has just sent into the stratosphere. In the background, the stands are empty except for one fan watching Ted intently. ($215)

FREEDOM (11.5 X 13.5) $200 Framed mixed media; wire, water color and acrylic on canvas

(Speaking to moderator Anderson Cooper of CNN) “You get to ask the questions. I get to answer like I want to.”

If this were a British tabloid, this would have been our cover photo!

Mr. Las Vegas and Arizona Governor Jan Brewer were in the Spin Room for a long time

AUTOGRAPHED MICKEY MANTLE Unframed 8” x 10” color photograph with certificate of authenticity Saturday, September 18, 1965 was the first Mickey Mantle Day at Yankee Stadium, but every day can be Mickey Mantle Day when you own this collectible. ($260)

Disclaimer: CREST Publications Group is not involved in any transaction which might result from items posted on this page and makes no warranties and has no liability with regard to such items. All items offered are available locally and sellers/buyers are responsible to make their own inquiries.

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2009

1 What Berlin wall?

2 Heart-lung transplants have always been possible.

3 Jimmy Swaggart and Jim Bakker have never preached on television.

4 Voice mail has always been available.

5 “Whatever” is not part of a question but an expression of

sullen rebuke.

6 They have always had the right to burn the flag.

7 Starbucks has always been around the corner.

8 Dirty dancing has always been acceptable.

9 American Motors has never existed.

10 “Baby M” may be a classmate, and contracts with surrogate mothers have always been legal.

11 The Hubble Telescope has always been focused on new frontiers.

12 Black Americans have always been known as African-Americans.

13 Digital cameras have always existed.

14 Tom Landry never coached the Cowboys.

15 Time Life and Warner Communications have always been joined.

16 They never saw a Howard Johnson’s with 28 ice cream flavors.

2008

2007

1 Desi Arnaz, Orson Welles, Roy Orbison, Ted Bundy, Ayatollah Khomeini and Cary Grant have always been dead.

2 “Here’s Johnny!” is a scary greeting from Jack Nicholson, not a warm welcome from Ed McMahon.

3 The Energizer bunny has always been going, and going, and going.

4 Photographs have always been processed in an hour or less.

5 Baby Jessica could be a classmate.

6 There has always been a Comedy Channel.

7 They have always been comfortable with gay characters on television.

8 They have suffered through airport security systems since they were in strollers.

9 They have done most of their search for the right college online

Looking Ahead…

The class entering college in 2012 will have grown up in an era where computers and rapid communication are the norm, and colleges no longer trumpet the fact that residence halls are “wired” and equipped with the latest hardware. These students will have seldom utilized landlines during their adolescence, and will continue to live on their cell phones and communicate via texting. Roommates, few of whom have ever shared a bedroom, have already checked out each other on Facebook where they have shared their most personal thoughts with the whole world.

It is a multicultural, politically correct and “green” generation that has hardly noticed the threats to their privacy.

For these students...

1 Ricky Nelson, Richard Burton, Orson Welles and the U.S. Football League have always been dead.

2 “Ctrl + Alt + Del” is as basic as “ABC.” 3 Bert and Ernie are old enough to be their parents.

4 Gas has always been unleaded.

5 They never heard Howard Cosell call a game on ABC. 6 Datsuns have never been made.

7 Test tube babies are now having their own babies.

8 Banana Republic has always been a store, not a puppet government in Latin America.

9 Directory assistance has never been free.

1 Sammy Davis Jr., Jim Henson and Freddy Krueger have always been dead.

2 Harry Potter could be a classmate, playing on their Quidditch team.

3 GPS satellite navigation systems have always been available.

4 Gas stations have never fixed flats, but most serve cappuccino.

5 Electronic filing of tax returns has always been an option.

6 Films have never been X rated, only NC-17.

7 Clarence Thomas has always sat on the Supreme Court.

8 IBM has never made typewriters, and c aller ID has always been available on phones.

9 Pee-Wee has never been in his playhouse during the day.

10 They may have been given a Nintendo Game Boy to play with in the crib.

11 Authorities have always been building a wall along the Mexican border.

12 Employers have always been able to do credit checks on employees.

13 Soft drink refills have always been free.

14 They have never known life without Seinfeld references.

15 Windows 3.0 operating system made IBM PCs user-friendly the year they were born.

See the complete lists for these and other years at www.beloit.edu/mindset.

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HERSTORY ROSE-MARY RUMBLEY

rosetalksdallas@aol.com Rose-Mary Rumbley has written three books about her native city – Dallas. She has also written “WHAT! NO CHILI!” and a book about the 300th anniversary of the invention of the piano. She has appeared on the stage at the Dallas Summer Musicals and at Casa Mañana in Fort Worth and was head of the drama department at Dallas Baptist University for 12 years. Today she is on the speaking circuit and teaches drama classes at Providence Christian School. Her loving views of Texas history appear in every issue of the network.

THE SHAPE OF THE STATE

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he state of Texas has a unique shape - one which is easily identified by almost everyone in the world. No other state can claim that honor. California? Maybe. Florida? Maybe. But there is no doubt that when the map of Texas is shown, everyone knows that it’s Texas! Jewelry is designed in the shape of Texas. Cookies are cut in the shape of Texas. There are even stores that sell nothing but items which depict the state of Texas.

Just how did Texas get into such a shape? Let’s take a trip around the border and find out.

Beginning in Texarkana, a city in the far northeastern part of the state that may have been named for its location on the border of Texas and Arkansas. This ‘fact’ is debated.

There was a steamboat - the Texarkana - that came down the Red River in 1860. Perhaps the name of the boat was given to the city. Then there was a man who ran a general store in the area where he sold Texarkana Bitters, a cure all. That name could have been given to the city. You decide!

Two very well known people were born in Texarkana - a musician and an electronic genius. Ragtime pianist Scott Joplin was born in Texarkana in 1867. Scott, an African-American, and didn’t have much in the way of opportunity; nevertheless, his mother made certain he had a formal music education. He went on to compose pieces he called Ragtime. Their popularity caught on at the Chicago World’s Fair in 1893, and Joplin achieved fortune and fame in the entertainment world. In fact, his best-known piece is The Entertainer. Robert Redford and Paul Newman, in The Sting, performed with Joplin’s ragtime music playing in the background throughout the movie.

Ross Perot, the electronic genius, was born in Texarkana in 1930. He was always an outstanding student and used his brains to create Electronic Data Systems. Of course, from this company, he became a billionaire.

A line drawn straight south from Texarkana meets the Sabine River. This river and this line in 1803 (when Louisiana was purchased from France), became the dividing line between the United States and territory belonging to Spain. When Mexico declared independence from Spain in 1821, there was a border dispute.

After Stephen Fuller Austin made the deal with the Mexican government to colonize Texas, settlers came in large numbers, and after the Republic of Texas was established in 1836, the line and the Sabine River served as the western boundary of the United States. When Texas was annexed into the Union in 1845, it was officially declared that the river and the line served as the boundary between the states - Texas and Louisiana.

Riverboats began to navigate the Sabine River, and a pass was established at the mouth of the river as it flowed into the Gulf of Mexico. During the Civil War, that pass became the site of an extraordinary battle. Lieutenant Dick Dowling and a company of 44 Irishmen, known as the Jefferson Davis Guards, were stationed there. Dowling and his men were known for their skilled artillery work, and they were definitely ready when, on September 8, 1863, a Union navy flotilla of 5,000 men attempted to enter the channel. Dowling and his men made direct hits on the ships and forced the Union to retreat, which led to the capture of 350 prisoners and a large quantity of supplies.

How could 44 men surround 350 men? Well, somehow they did it! And there is a monument at Sabine Pass, which honors Dick Dowling and his unit.

The Gulf of Mexico defines the southern rim of Texas. There is Galveston Island, named for Bernardo Galvez, the Spanish explorer who served as the governor of Louisiana and also of Cuba. He was a guiding force in gaining the freedom of Texas from Mexico. Though he didn’t live to see Texas as a free republic, he was honored when the beautiful island was given his name.

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DIVERSI NS DID U KNOW?

I’m in shape. Round is a shape, isn’t it?

of Spain granted the Padre this island, where he established the first mission in the valley. He also brought orange seeds and began the citrus fruit business that flourishes there today.

The Rio Grande runs into the Gulf at the very tip of Texas. This grand river begins in the eastern part of Colorado where several streams flow into it; then it flows through the San Luis Valley into New Mexico, passing through Albuquerque and Las Cruces to El Paso. Below El Paso it serves as part of the border between the United States and Mexico.

El Paso County was established in March 1850, when the boundary between Texas and New Mexico was settled. A military post was founded and a plan for the town (El Paso) was laid out. But 300 years before El Paso was created, an event took place in this area that deserves our attention.

General Juan de Onate came with a troop of soldiers, a number of priests, many Spanish families, and herds of cattle, sheep, and goats.

When this entourage arrived near to what became El Paso, they celebrated with a feast and prayers of thanksgiving.

The first Thanksgiving was really in Texas, 1597 - long before the Pilgrims thanked the Lord!

When Sam Houston defeated Sana Anna in 1836 and claimed Texas as a free republic, the territory of Texas included not only Texas, but also New Mexico, Colorado, and part of Wyoming. Houston never considered all this land, but when Mirabeau Lamar became President of the Republic, he sent an expedition to Santa Fe to claim all of it. The men received a hostile reception, however, and were forced to return. Spain still claimed the rich Santa Fe Trail, the lucrative route. Big money was made on that trail.

Texas came into the Union in 1845 as a slave state, and the federal law (based on the Missouri Compromise) established the eastern boundary of New Mexico. The Texas Panhandle was created. The border wasn’t set for some time. Some of the people living in the little town of Texline thought they were in New Mexico; some thought they were in Texas. The conflict went on for some time.

But the Red River was obviously the northern boundary of the state. In 1806, President Thomas Jefferson commissioned the Red River Expedition to explore the new lands acquired by the Louisiana Purchase. Zebulon Pike traveled the Red River and later, in 1852, Captain Randolph Marcy rowed down the Red River.

There was a fort near what became Paris, Texas, named for Captain Marcy. What was his home is now a museum in Paris. And also very near Clarksville, there is a park which honors the very spot Sam Houston first put his foot down on Texas soil in 1836.

The Red River flows into Texarkana where we started our trek around the state of Texas. As far as I can tell, the state is in a pretty good shape.

SOONER OR LATER

» Sooners is the name given to settlers in the Midwest of the United States who entered

the Unassigned Lands in what is now Oklahoma before President Grover Cleveland officially proclaimed them open to settlement in1889. The name derived from the “sooner clause” of the Act, which stated that anyone who occupied the land prior to the opening time would be denied the right to claim land. Sooners were often deputy marshals, land surveyors, railroad employees, and others who were able to legally enter the territory early. Some Sooners crossed into the territory illegally at night, and were originally called “moonshiners” because they had entered “by the light of the moon.” These Sooners would hide in ditches at night and suddenly appear to stake their claim after the land run started, hours ahead of legal settlers. The term Boomer relating to Oklahoma refers to participants in the “Boomer Movement,” white settlers who believed the Unassigned Lands were public property and open to anyone for settlement, not just Indian tribes. In 1908, the University of Oklahoma adopted “Sooners” as the nickname of its football team, after having first tried “Rough Riders” and “Boomers”. Eventually, Oklahoma became known as “The Sooner State.”

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Beginning

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(NOTABLE FIRSTS IN RETAIL)

Piggly Wiggly was the first self service grocery store when it opened on September 6, 1916 in Memphis. In just six years, Clarence Sanders built the chain to 1200 locations. It was also the first grocery store to dress its employees in uniforms, use refrigerated cases (to keep produce fresh), have checkout counters, and mark every item with prices.

The Drug Store About this, there is some uncertainty. Some contend that the first was in 1823 in New Orleans, and that it was created by the first (US) registered pharmacist.

Others say it was in 1740 (before there were registered pharmacists) in Fredericksburg, Virginia. One thing seems clear, however, and that is that drugstores didn’t begin to base medications on scientific fact until the 1860s.

The Convenience Store In Dallas, in 1927, the Southland Ice Company began selling ice blocks to refrigerate food. This expanded to milk, bread and eggs on Sundays and evenings (because grocery stores were closed then).

As cars became more commonplace, they opened Tote’M outlets – the name, of course, describing how the customers got their goods home. In 1946, to reflect the chain’s new and longer hours of operation, it became 7-Eleven. As such, it was the first store to have self-serve soda fountains, sell coffee to go, and provide super-sized sodas. (The 32 ounce Big Gulp was introduced in 1980.)

The POST OFFICE Richard Franklin’s tavern was created by Massachusetts in 1639.

Customers/colonists could get more than stamps when they needed to send mail back to the home country. They could pick up a pint or two (or more) of ale, as well.

The Movie Theater In 1896 (at the Ellicott Square Building in Buffalo, New York), Mitchell Mark opened a 75-seat theater that (he claimed) had more than 200,000 visitors in its first year. It was open 13 hours a day, 7 days per week.

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Old, cracked, worn concrete?

Multiple concrete pours?

The PUBLIC SCHOOL The Boston Latin School was founded in April of 1635 (guess where?). It was all male when it began with a few students who met in the headmaster’s home (and who, to earn admission, had to read Biblical verses aloud). The first female wasn’t accepted until 1877.

The Hospital Benjamin Franklin founded the Pennsylvania Hospital in 1751.

(Yes – he did that, too!). Together with Doctor Thomas Bond, it was created to take care of “the sick, poor and insane who wander the streets of Philadelphia”.

THE PAY PHONE AND PHONE BOOTH William Gray invented the public coin telephone, the first one of which was installed (in 1889) at a bank in Hartford, Connecticut. It was originally called a ‘postpay’ machine, because you deposited the coins after the call was placed; it was replaced by the ‘prepay’ in 1898. By 1902, high-traffic places throughout the US had them. (There were 81,000 in operation.)

The first outdoor coin phone was in 1905 (in Cincinnati), but outdoor phones didn’t become popular until they were put in booths. Amazingly, the first phone booths were made of wood (and some had carpeting); they were replaced by glass booths (without carpeting) in the 1950s.

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Alexander Hamilton (the fellow who is on the $10 bill) was the Secretary of the Treasury when he suggested the idea of a central bank (1790). The government was in debt (sound familiar?) after the Revolutionary War and there were many different currencies in circulation. Congress chartered the First Bank of the United States – and it lasted for twenty years. The Second Bank of the United States was created in 1816 (mostly due to the debt created by the war of 1812).

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1 The Capitol Christmas tree in Washington DC is decorated with 3,000 ornaments that are the handiwork of U.S. schoolchildren. The encircling evergreens in the ‘Pathway of Peace’ represent the 50 U.S. states.

2 The world’s largest Christmas tree display rises up the slopes of Monte Ingino outside of Gubbio in Italy ‘s Umbria region. Composed of about 500 lights connected by 40,000 feet of wire, the ‘tree’ is a modern marvel for an ancient city.

3 A Christmas tree befitting Tokyo‘s nighttime neon display is projected onto the exterior of the Grand Prince Hotel Akasaka.

4 Venice ‘s Murano Island renowned throughout the world for its quality glasswork is home to the tallest glass tree in the world. Sculpted by master glass blower Simone Cenedese, the artistic Christmas tree is a modern reflection of the holiday season.

5 Illuminating the Gothic facades of Prague‘s Old Town Square and casting its glow over the manger display of the famous Christmas market is a grand tree cut in the Sumava mountains in the south of the Czech Republic.

6 The Christmas tree that greets revelers at the Puerta del Sol is dressed for a party. Madrid ‘s two-week celebration mixes millionaires with merrymakers.

On Dec. 22, a lucky citizen will win El Gordo (the fat one), the world’s biggest lottery.

7 The largest Christmas tree in Europe (more than 230 feet tall) can be found in the Praça do Comércio in Lisbon , Portugal . Thousands of lights adorn the tree, adding to the special enchantment of the city during the holiday season.

8 Moscow celebrates Christmas according to the Russian Orthodox calendar on Jan. 7. For weeks beforehand, the city is alive with festivities in anticipation of Father Frost’s arrival on his magical troika with the Snow Maiden.

He and his helper deliver gifts under the New Year tree, or yolka, which is traditionally a fir.

9 In addition to the Vatican ‘s heavenly evergreen, St. Peter’s Square in Rome hosts a larger-than-life nativity scene in front of the obelisk.

10 Ooh la la Galeries Lafayette! In Paris, even the Christmas trees are chic.

With its monumental, baroque dome, plus 10 stories of lights and high fashion, it’s no surprise this show-stopping department store draws more visitors than the Louvre and the Eiffel Tower 11 Oh Christmas tree, oh Christmas tree: Even in its humblest attire, aglow beside a tiny chapel in Germany‘s Karwendel mountains, a Christmas tree is a wondrous sight.

12 A token of gratitude for Britain’s aid during World War II, the Christmas tree in London‘s Trafalgar Square has been an annual gift from the people of Norway since 1947.

13 Drink a glass of gluhwein from the holiday market at the Romer Frankfurt’s city hall (since 1405) and enjoy a taste of Christmas past.

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INTHEWORKPLACE

JULIE BRAND LYNCH

julie@LYNOUS.com Julie Lynch is the principal of LYNOUS, a Dallas-based talent management firm focused on executive search , interim staffing and customized employee training exclusively within the real estate industry.

PROFESSIONALS ON THE MOVE

Scott Jackson has been promoted to Senior Vice President of Hudson Peters Commercial

CASSIDY TURLEY ANNOUNCES THE NEW MEMBERS OF ITS BROKERAGE TEAM

Debi Carter has been Daniel M. Miller has promoted to Senior Vice joined Lincoln Property President of Hudson Company as an analyst Peters Commercial

Greg Biggs – Executive Managing Director, Principal – Office Tenant Representative Broker

Randy Cooper – Vice Chairman, Principal – Office Tenant Representative Broker

Michael Ash joined Commonwealth Development Corporation as a vice president

Rob Morris – Vice President, Principal – Office Tenant Rep

Christina Morrow has joined Crow Holdings as a financial analyst

Craig Wilson – Senior Managing Director, Office Tenant Representative Broker

Shirley Lincycomb of LumaCorp was conferred the ARM designation by Fort Worth IREM

Blake Anderson – Managing Director, Principal – Industrial Tenant Representative Broker

DRIVING YOUR CAREER FORWARD

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elma Hart, the chief financial officer of AMVETS summed it up perfectly when addressing President Obama at a conference last year when she said, “I’m exhausted.” I believe this describes many people’s emotions as the United States economy continues to crawl ever so slowly out of the great recession. Recent reports by the Bureau of Labor Statistics indicate that the unemployment rate is hovering around 9%. The May, 2011 National Association of Realtors Commercial Real Estate Outlook suggests that the real estate markets are stabilizing and job creation is boosting demand for commercial space. Individual markets are now stabilizing and, in some cases, rising. And - good news - the economy should be adding between 1.5 and 2 million jobs annually both this year and next, with the unemployment rate falling to eight percent by the end of next year.

Wages have remained relatively flat over the last few years.

Among some of the growing occupations are architects and brokers. The Bureau of Labor and Statistics (BLS) says that current demographic trends will lead to an increased demand for architects over the next seven years. As the populations of the Sunbelt States continue to grow, the people will need new places to live and work. The BLS also predicts that employment of real estate brokers and sales agents will grow during this time – at a rate which is higher than average for all occupations.

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your own business or working for NATIONAL EMPLOYMENT AND WAGE DATA someone else. Best selling busifrom the Occupational Employment Statistics survey ness author Tom Peters offers in2010 Average Annual Base Salary spirational workshops on “Brand Appraisers and assessors of real estate. . ................................... $54,230 You”. He encourages employees Architectural and engineering managers................................. $125,900 to see personal development as CEO............................................................................................. $173,350 their own brand. Put your efforts Construction Manager............................................................... $94,240 in gear and establish a goal - the Human Resources Manager ...................................................... $108,600 object towards which your enHuman Resources. . ..................................................................... $57,830 deavor will be directed. Then determine your objectives by which Insurance underwriters............................................................. $65,220 you can achieve that goal. Goals Loan officers. . ............................................................................. $65,900 are general; objectives are more Market research analysts and marketing specialists................ $66,850 specific. An example of a goal Marketing Manager................................................................... $122,720 would be to secure a leadership Property, real estate, and community association managers..... $62,400 position within your company within the next five years; the specific objectives Perception management is hard work. However, we to make this happen might be to obtain an MBA, can grow and develop individually and as leaders if to earn a leadership position within an industry we work at giving and receiving feedback. The Chiassociation, or to serve on leadership committees nese philosopher Lao-tzu said, “Knowing others is wisdom, knowing yourself is enlightenment.” This within your company.

Develop a maintenance program for yourself, enlightenment will expand self-knowledge and enwhich includes education or learning by doing, hance self-confidence, which will enable us to work managing perceptions by serving as a role model, more effectively as leaders. As communicators and perception managers, we must always consider and evaluating your professional package.

What sets great leaders apart is their ability to both the rational content of our messages and the manage perceptions. What people observe or assess perceived meaning.

Move your career forward by building and as your ability to be a leader and your effectiveness is their perception; it becomes reality. Unmanaged developing your personal brand. Be memorable. perceptions become an unintended reality. As lead- Inspire performance. Build distinction. Be that ers, we need to go beyond knowing others; we need complete package that a company is looking for to to understand our own strengths and weaknesses. increase productivity and drive results. •

Life isn’t about finding yourself; it’s about creating yourself.

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WHAT DOES THIS HAVE TO DO WITH YOUR TELEPHONE SYSTEM?

Communications is critical to your success. If you are a business with 1 to 100 phone lines, hosted IP-based telecom solutions can help drive your success. Voice over IP is simply leveraging your business internet service with a hosted IP PBX solution like we offer. Our solution manages, transfers, routes and processes your inbound and outbound calls. Answer360 saves businesses 20% - 40% on their monthly phone cost, while providing a rich set of calling features, not offered by traditional landline service providers. All of this - and no annual contract!

This is an ideal time for SMBs to be thinking strategically about telephony and how it can make your business more competitive and your employees more productive. This could also be true for SMBs not facing change-inducing events. Perhaps you are experiencing a variety of pain points that make looking for a better approach to telephony attractive.

Voice communications over an Internet connection (VoIP) – is becoming the standard for business communications. VoIP enables a broader array of features than traditional analog phone systems to improve productivity, enhance customer satisfaction, and deliver exceptional business intelligence. Taken together, the lower cost and robust features offered by VoIP is making a positive impact to the bottom line of SMBs. Until now, smaller companies have been limited in choice to inflexible, expensive traditional phone systems or residential-grade voice over IP (VoIP) solutions with limited functionality and flexibility, and less than business-grade performance.

Now there’s a cost-effective, feature-rich alternative to on-premises IP PBXs and traditional analog phone systems expressly designed for the needs of small and medium-sized businesses. Office360 is a hosted PBX solution, offering state-of-the-art features, seamless scalability, and unparalleled ease-of-use all in a low-risk, low total cost of ownership package provided by Answer360 Telecommunications.

Hosted PBX phone solutions are revolutionizing how small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) serve their customers, grow their business, and support their employees. Delivering the same enterprise-level, professional phone system capabilities large businesses use at a much lower cost, hosted PBX is helping SMBs save money while putting their customer services on par with much larger organizations.

Perception is reality when it comes to a customer’s experience. Your phone system can make or break your company’s efforts to provide a professional, efficient experience to its customers. It can mean the difference between appearing to be a mom-and-pop shop or a much larger, estab-

lished enterprise with the resources to satisfy customers’ needs. That’s why choosing an office phone system should be based on much more than cost alone. While cost is a major reason why SMBs are switching from traditional office phone systems to hosted IP telephony, many SMBs are unaware of the equally important, additional advantages of leveraging the latest technology for voice communications.

For a low monthly rate, Answer360 offers the professional, enterpriselevel features and functionality SMBs need to be more efficient and productive, improve customer responsiveness, and enable flexible business models and growth. Some of the features offered include:

BASIC FEATURES

• Local numbers • Virtual numbers • Unlimited calling • Do not disturb • Emergency service (911)

CALLING FEATURES • Caller ID/on-call waiting • Call hold • Call conference • Call recording

VOICEMAIL FEATURES

• Password protected • Voicemail to e-mail (via Wav file) • Check voicemail through Web interface • Group messaging

• Toll free numbers • Web Admin Access • Local number portability • Directory assistance (411) • Virtual Fax - in/out bound • Call forwarding • Call transfer • Call waiting • Call logs

• Voicemail greeting options • Voicemail to Text Messaging • Multiple mail folders • Visual waiting indicator

AUTO ATTENDANT FEATURES • Day and night mode • Virtual departments • Import greetings

ADVANCED FEATURES • Softphone support • Find me/follow me • Conference bridge • Fax back

• Dial-by-name directory • Multiple auto attendants • Marketing message on hold • Call groups • Customize music on hold • International virtual numbers

SMBsfaceanendlessvarietyofchallengestocompeteeffectively.IPtechnology helps address this on two levels; first by providing a more cost-effective solution for communications, and second by providing tools and applications that make employees more productive—not just doing familiar things more efficiently, but also enabling new capabilities that cannot be supported by traditional landline phone providers.

CALL ANSWER360 FOR A FREE QUOTE !!

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PRODUCT SHOWCASE

SCOSCHE: boomCAN Portable Media Speaker for Smartphones, Tablets, Netbooks and more • Slightly larger than a film canister • A 40mm driver pumps out big sound despite a small footprint - Plugs into a 3.5mm headphone jack making it compatible with virtually any portable media player - Rechargeable lithium-ion battery provides up to 7 hours of music playback - Users can daisy chain multiple boomCANs together - Available in black, silver, blue or red

iTwin: iTwin A ‘limitless’ USB device that enables users to simply and safely access, edit and share files and media between any two computers anywhere in the world without the security and privacy risks of the cloud • Compatible and interchangeable with both Mac (Snow Leopard and Lion) and PC (Windows® XP, Windows® Vista, Windows® 7) • iTwin allows users to keep a single version on one computer and remotely access all files on a small device that fits into the palm of your hand • Securely edit and share files - the remote data can only be accessed if you physically have the matching iTwin with you and the correct password • Edit remote files directly, with no additional copies created. No need to worry about version control • Using a disable code, if one half of the iTwin is lost or stolen it can be disabled remotely • New Features, fixes and enhancements are rolled out regularly and all the automatic updates are free

Price: $99.00 Available at: www.iTwin.com, Amazon.com

FINIS: SwiMP3 A Waterproof mp3 Player The SwiMP3 is a waterproof mp3 player created with a unique innovative sound transfer technology that offers exceptional underwater sound clarity. The completely redesigned waterproof MP3 player utilizes bone-conduction technology to transmit high-fidelity sound underneath the water. Standard players rely on the transmission of sound through air or water which causes the swimmer to perceive only muffled noise. Because the SwiMP3 uses bone conduction, the sound vibrations are able to be directly transferred from the cheek bone to the inner ear, giving the swimmer the ultimate sensory experience.

Price: $149.99 Available at: www.finisinc.com

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Life is like a roll of toilet paper. The closer you get to the end, the faster it goes.

Price: $24.99 Available at: www.scosche.com

SCOSCHE: flipCHARGE burst Emergency backup battery and charger for iPhone and iPod • Provides instant power boost capable of charging iPod to 70% or iPhone up to 30% • Flush folding USB cable for convenient synching and charging - Powerful 720mAH lithium-polymer battery can fully recharged in 2.5 hours - Four LED lights indicate how much battery power is left.

- Included carabiner for clipping to backpack, golf bag, or luggage - Works with Scosche reVIVE App for advanced battery management

Price: $44.99 Available at: www.scosche.com

SCOSCHE: flipCHARGE Rogue Full-size emergency backup battery and charger for iPhone and iPod • Provides instant power boost capable of charging iPod or iPhone up to 100% • Flush folding USB cable for convenient synching and charging - Powerful 1800 mAH lithium-polymer battery can fully recharge in 4 hours - Four LED lights indicate how much battery power is left - Included carabiner for clipping to backpack, golf bag, or luggage - Works with Scosche reVIVE App for advanced battery management

Price: $59.99 Available at: www.scosche.com

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ELGATO: EyeTV Hybrid TV tuner stick turns Mac or PC into a HDTV and digital video recorder • Watch, pause and record live TV on a Mac or PC • TV tuner stick receives both digital and analog, including HDTV channels • Also captures video from sources such as a set-top box or VCR • On a Mac, you can edit recordings and export to iTunes for viewing on iPhone/iPad/iPod • Optional App available to view live TV on iPhone/iPad/iPod • Comes with infrared remote, EyeTV3 software and video input cable for S-Video and RCA • One year free of TV Guide data, with option to renew for only $19.95/year

Price: $149.95 Available at: Apple Store, Amazon, www.elgato.com for list of retailers Finally, a product that allows you to watch live TV on your computer and easily record video programming directly from your cable outlet (or cable box) into your iTunes library – and the best part, no more paying iTunes for that missed episode of The Bachelor! With the Elgato EyeTV Hybrid TV Tuner Stick, you can schedule a single recording or a series of episodes via coaxial cable or RCA A/V output into the included USB stick on a Mac or PC. You can then watch those recordings on your computer, iPhone, or iPad. With the included free TV Guide online membership, scheduling recordings is just as easy as using the DVR on TV. (Yes - the same DVR for which you probably pay a monthly fee!)

For just $4.99 (for those who are a little more tech-savvy and understand networking and port-forwarding), you get EyeTV at the iTunes app store. With a Wi-fi or 3G connection, this will allow you to watch your recordings and live TV transferred over the web directly to your iPad or iPhone – an excellent feature for traveling or slow times at the office. (Just don’t let your boss catch you.)

If you’re okay with one more wire hanging around, and you’re willing to spend a couple hours setting it up and learning, there isn’t any easier or cheaper way to get your recorded TV programming into an easy-to-use and easy-to-transport format.

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WINNER OF THE 2011 FRICKEN-BEST AWARD

The network received the 2011 Fricken-Best Award as the Southwest’s most Creative Real Estate Associations Publication (CRAP) at the annual ceremony held in the Moore Ballroom at the Notel Motel in Gainsberg in October. More than 300 people attended. All of the Fricken family was there, but none of the Best kids were able to attend.

When Katherine Elizabeth Fricken married William Best in 2009, it was the second marriage for each of them. She was the heiress to the Fricken Promotional Products Company, founded by her late father (Randall U. Fricken) in 1961. Her mother, Katherine (Kitten) Mee of St Louis, passed away in 2001. (The company was originally called RU Fricken-Kitten Mee.). Best made a career in ladies undergarRandall U. Fricken and ments (think Playtexas).

Katherine (Kitten) Mee Focusing on the functions, needs and contributions of associations and corporations of all types and the groups that serve them (which is to say, pretty much without focus), other honorary awards were presented to the National Dyslexic Association (DNA), the AAAAA (the Organization for Drunk Drivers), PMS (the Purchase More Shoes Society), the State Housing Interagency Team (S**T); ABC (the American Broadcorping Castration) and the ‘killer’ singing group, Youth In Asia.

Abbra Fricken-Kadabra was the mistress of ceremonies.

» BOOK REVIEW THE POST-AMERICAN WORLD 2.0

By Fareed Zakaria

T The United States, Liberia and Myanmar are the only countries in the world not on the metric system.

his should be required reading – for everyone. We don’t review or recommend books as a rule (though in Dec 09, we reviewed Jeff Rubin’s “Why Your World is About to Get A Whole Lot Smaller” – another should/must read.) and, if you don’t already know Fareed Zakaria (from CNN or TIME Magazine), you’re not likely to be interested in this book. However, if you do know him, you will want to know him better and you will enjoy this remarkable work. And you can win it in our quarterly contest (see the inside back cover) or as one of the many door prizes at crestEXPO. We think it’s that important – and we’ve got several copies to give away.

This is an extremely intelligent work that eschews the simple-minded projections of crisis and collapse that seem to be everywhere. From the disappearing dollar to the financial disasters and the wars in which we are engaged on several fronts, the author doesn’t dwell on the decline of America – or the decline of American anything; rather, he addresses “the rise of the rest” – China, India and others. “China today exports in a single day more than it exported in all of 1978”, says Zakaria.

So, what can we do about this? From political and economic analysis to social, cultural and military perspectives… across a span of decades… and with an intensely acute understanding of both today’s demographics and the geographical histories (which interrelate and have brought the world where it is today), Zakaria apolitically sometimes takes America to task and other times offers insights as to how we can maintain the “considerable ability to set the (world’s) agenda,” This is a very important book by one of the greatest thinkers of our time. •

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artchitecture.info

At a Special Showing at the Milan Gallery in Sundance Square…

‘ROCK STAR OF THE ART WORLD’ ow the country’s biggest selling artist, the “Rock Star of the Art World” creates his famous martini-themed artwork for a huge collector base of celebrities, musicians and regular folks who love his irreverent subjects and vibrant style. There’s a long waiting list for Godard original paintings and his soldout giclees bring big bucks on the resale market.

Some of Godard’s work remains on display at Milan Gallery in Fort Worth and Wisby-Smith Gallery in Dallas, and at least one of his works will be available at the Art & memorabilia Auction (benefitting The Bridge) at crestEXPO on March 30th (see pages 34-35). The artist will be back for another open house at Milan Gallery in May of 2012.

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“Not only is the artwork more interesting when you see it up close, but meeting the artist gives it an even greater dimension. And, when he signs the piece for you right there, it adds value and much more meaning. It becomes not just something you enjoy looking at, but something special that you will always remember. It actually makes a work of art an event – a repetitive event, because it’s something you will talk about with everyone who comes into your home or office and sees it.” — Andrew Felder

Godard painted, chatted and posed with the many patrons who lingered for hours and signed pieces for customers. For that special night, the entire gallery was devoted to ‘the Olive King’ (as he is also known).

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The happy purchasers of ‘Perfect Zen’

(L-R) Tal Milan, Gallery Director and his wife Lesli and daughter Talia

MEET PETER MAX NOVEMBER 19, 2011 erhaps best known for his work in the 60’s, Peter Max has prolifically influenced the art world in a variety of styles and media for over 50 years. Excited by the mid-’60s counterculture explosion, Max turned to the medium of collage to capture the zeitgeist of the era and create a mind-expanding psychedelic vision.

His collages had more in common with the Dadaists (like Marcel Duchamp) and the surrealists (like Salvador Dali), he pioneered the use of photographic images in kaleidoscopic patterns. Hiss posters were hanging in college dorms all across the country; it has been said that they were to the ‘60s what MTV was to the early ‘80s – radical, revolutionary and in demand. His signature style of cosmic characters, meticulously painted against bold, vibrant colors, was among the most influential graphic sources of the 1960s. His art was often cited as the visual counterpart to the music of The Beatles.

Max’s art was so much in synch with the times that it was licensed by 72 corporations, from General Electric clocks to Burlington Mills socks, and within a 3-year period, the line of products had generated more than $1 billion in retail sales.

The era of the sixties was the great American renaissance and Max visually captured its creative spirit and the promise of the dawning of the ‘Age of Aquarius’.

Max will be at the Milan Gallery on November 19th from 7pm to 10pm to meet his fans and to discuss and sign his work. The pieces will be uncrated on November 12th and available for previewing as of that date. The Gallery is located at 505 Houston Street in Sundance Square. Admission is free (but due to the expected large turnout for this event, please RSVP to 817-338-4278.

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Fall Gallery Night

FROM ARTSPACE 111 he community spirit and wealth of artistic talent in Fort Worth shone brightly at 20+ museums, art galleries, non-profit associations and specialty commercial stores at this semi annual event.

From Artspace 111, a gallery on the fringe of downtown with its outdoor sculpture garden, and restaurants, art stores, and wine shops all around town to the art galleries at TCU, TCA and the Amon Carter Museum, it was an opportunity to make an authentic cultural connection with the local artists who interpret and illuminate life’s experience.

Every medium and style was represented and the range of talent included major artists whose work is exhibited nationally and internationally. Many of the venues offered food, wine and music to further enhance the visitors’ experience.

Perhaps the most festive of the open houses was at Milan Gallery in Sundance Square. Fine wine, a pianist, an accomplished painter creating a new work live, several artists describing and discussing (and even signing) their work , a diverse and eclectic collection of sculpture and paintings by renowned and local artists - all for and enlivened by the nightlife of the downtown community – created quite the buzz and a culturally fun and enlightening event.

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ADVERTORIAL

LEASING art BUILDS YOUR REPUTATION, YOUR SPACE, YOUR CULTURE WHY?

Art enriches the human experience, stimulates creativity and enhances cognitive thinking. Well-placed art strengthens an organization’s culture and brand, and is a symbol of its maturity and success. Artwork benefits morale, recruitment and employee retention… and leasing it is simple and convenient. Nothing changes a room like art on the walls.

Without tying up valuable business capital, your lobby or office can immediately have the look of success.

At Milan Gallery, we offer original and limited edition fine art to corporate, institutional, hospitality, professional and residential clients. You decide the style, ambiance, and placement; we consult with/assist you to select the perfect art to meet your needs within your budget - and you can rotate the pieces! Keep your public areas or offices always looking refreshed without adding any additional costs!

BENEFITS

You’ll be amazed at how far your dollars will go when you lease. It is not like leasing a car, which depreciates. Art appreciates in value - and, there are other business advantages as well: • Tax benefits. (Low ‘operating’ cost with no capital expenditure; minimal up-front cash with lease terms to fit your budget; and 100% of the lease payment is tax-deductible for businesses.)

• The conservation of credit and capital.

(Leasing art is an operating expense; your capital is available for other capital expenditures - and the return on that capital can be very significant.

• Off balance sheet financing. (An operating lease keeps the debt, and the corresponding asset, off the company’s balance sheet. Therefore, borrowing debt covenants are circumvented, financial ratios are enhanced and borrowing capacity is increased.)

• The possibility of selling from your location helps bring capital to replacement sculpture for your business.

TERMS

• Leasing provides fixed rate financing with specially structured terms to accommodate the specific needs of your company.

Featured on the cover and within these pages in the next issue of the network, the unique style of Ginny Herzog. To see more of and about her work (the quintessence of combining art and architecture), find her link at www.artchitecture.info.

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“Leasing corporate art, I can say with confidence, will be very memorable and helpful in guiding our customers back for future business.”

— Talon Milan, Art Director

• Lease payments can be converted to a purchase option.

• The lease cannot be cancelled, but the art can be traded for other art.

• The lengths of leases vary with the art selected (though they generally range from 12-36 months). Each piece is individually priced according to its current purchase value and the rotation schedule, if selected. We handle shipping, ‘installation’ and retrieval. Lease-end purchase option gives you possibility of ownership of art at low prices. All terms are negotiable.

SECURITY DEPOSIT

5 to 10% (of art value) (or a set number of months of lease payment), applicable towards lease extension or purchase at the end of lease term.

RESOURCES

• Artist biographies and statements provided with art.

• We can provide insurance for your leased art for only pennies per day.

• Call Milan Gallery at 817-338-4278 for details.

WHAT ARE THEY DOING IN THERE?

THE SHAPES OF THINGS TO COME (TO WORK AT)

Have you ever imagined a world with no hypothetical situations?

Cleverly concealed behind what looks to be the bindings of 22 giant books is the garage for the Kansas City Public Library. Local residents helped choose some of the books that make up part of the façade (and include Catch-22, The Invisible Man, The Lord of the Rings, Silent Spring, and Charlotte’s Web.

The United Equipment Company in Turlock, CA sells and rents heavy equipment. It’s fitting that its headquarters building is shaped like a twostory bulldozer. The ‘Bulldozer Building’ (which opened in 1976) is shown using its giant blade to move a pile of boulders.

Financial service centers used to rely on massive punch-card-driven computers, and this building (with its narrow windows) looks like a giant punch card. Residents still refer to The Phoenix Financial Center, as “the Punch Card Building.”

From 1983 to the mid-90s, Twistee Treat Ice Cream opened 90 ice cream shops around the country, and each one is shaped like a soft-serve vanilla cone.

Arthur Gagnon wanted to open an ice cream stand in 1933, and he designed his new business to look like a giant milk bottle. After several changes in ownership (and a move from Quincy to Boston), the structure is now known as The Hood Milk Bottle. It is 40 ft. tall (and could hold 58,000 gallons of milk); it now ‘resides’ at the Children’s Museum.

The House of Free Creativity, Ashgabat, Turkmenistan opened in 2006 to create a ‘comfortable environment for journalists’. Ironically, the journalists work for the state-run press, and, during the reign of the late dictator Saparmurat Niyazov (when it opened), it had no foreign or private media and very little Internet access.

The Longaberger Company of Newark, Ohio is known for its handcrafted maple baskets. Its headquarters includes a 7-story atrium, heated handles that prevent ice formation, and two 725-pound gold leaf nametags.

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STAYCATIONS MINI VACATIONS THAT ARE SPENT ENJOYING THINGS CLOSE TO HOME THE CONCIERGE CONNECTION TEAM OVER 20 YEARS OF COLLECTIVE SERVICE AND EXPERIENCE

SHEN YUN RETURNS TO DALLAS WITH A NEW 2012 PROGRAM Presented by Southern USA Falun Dafa Association President, Concierge Connection, Associate Editor, Staycations

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DECEMBER 16 - 18, 2012 AT&T Performing Arts Center • Winspear Opera House Order Tickets: - Web: Shenyun2012.com or attpac.org • Phone: 888-907-4697 or 214-880-0202 No discounts available After a successful showing at the Winspear Opera House in Dallas, TX in 2011, the New York based Shen Yun Performing Arts once again blazes the best of traditional Chinese culture and dance for a brand new 2012 tour.

“Every year, Shen Yun unveils an entirely new lineup of dances, songs, and “A mesmerizing performance of singers, musical scores. In a collection of short dancers and musicians reclaiming the divinely pieces, audiences travel from the Himainspired cultural heritage of China.” layas to tropical lake-filled regions; from the legends of the culture’s creation over — Donna Karan, Creator of Donna Karan New York and DKNY 5,000 years ago through to the story of Fa*Quotations Copyrighted by Shen Yun Performing Arts lun Dafa in China today; from the highest heavens down to the dusty plateaus of the Middle Kingdom.

After more than 60 years of Communist rule in China, and especially after the Cultural Revolution, Chinese traditional culture had been all but completely demolished.

Shen Yun Performing Arts was established in 2006 with the mission of reviving 5,000 years of divinely inspired Chinese culture.

Today, Shen Yun counts many winners of international dance and vocal competitions among its artists and the orchestras include many musicians from world-renowned symphonies and conservatories.”

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COWBOY TICKETS AND TAILGATE PACKAGES www.theultimatetailgateparty.net • 866-476-7139 • Use promo code UTP 2020 Facebook @ cowboystailgateparty • Twitter @tailgateguru

The ultimate way to get ready for the big game - right across the street from Cowboys Stadium. The party includes: all-in-one indoor and outdoor venue; all you-can-eat BBQ (provided by North Texas’s best - Eddie Deen); beer, wine, sodas and water, music, giant screen TVs and interactive games.

The party begins 3 hours prior to kick-off.

PACKAGE OPTIONS • Party and Park - 2 Tailgate Passes + Valet parking at 1010 Collins - $140 • 200 Level Game Ticket + Tailgate Party - $225 per person • 400 Level Game Ticket + Tailgate Party - $125 per person • Tailgate Party Only - $55 per person 56

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Cap’n Crunch’s full name is Captain Horatio Magellan Crunch.

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ATI Student Laser Clinic Holiday Special!!

THE SIXTH FLOOR MUSEUM AT DEALEY PLAZA

411 Elm Street • Dallas, TX 75202 • 214-747-6660 • www.jfk.org Warm up this winter with a hot chocolate from the Museum Store + Café, located across the street from the Museum at 501 Elm Street. The Museum Store + Café welcomes guests and local residents with an everchanging mix of unique offerings in a contemporary yet historic setting.

This award-winning space showcases newly published books and documentaries, works by local artisans and special gift items including distinctive pop culture products inspired by the 1960s.

ATI Student Laser Clinics offer the latest aesthetic laser treatment options at a fraction of the retail price.

Friday, December 9, 2011 Collections Spotlight: Kennedy in Popular Culture The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza

The Kennedy family members were popular figures in the 1960s.

Join curatorial staff as they share collectibles, coloring books and Kennedy memorabilia from the Museum’s collections.

Friday, January 13, 2012 Living History with Bob Ray Sanders

Special pricing on treatments each month at our North Richland Hills and Dallas clinics.

Save up to 60% off local med spa prices and get ready for holiday celebrations with an amazing offer from ATI. Call each month to learn about that month’s specials.

NOVEMBER SPECIAL

Freshen your skin with a Fraxel or Pixel skin resurfacing treatment AND take home a FREE Obagi gift for just $149 thru 11-30-12 - Not valid with other discounts or offers.

CALL TO SCHEDULE YOUR FREE CONSULTATION!

A respected longtime newspaper, radio and television journalist in the Dallas-Fort Worth area, Sanders was attending high school at an AfricanAmerican school in Fort Worth in 1963. On Thanksgiving Day that year, his marching band performed a memorial tribute to President Kennedy.

Sanders was later an active supporter of the civil rights and peace movements of the 1960s and 1970s.

Two convenient locations - Dallas and North Richland Hills Shannon Ortega: 817-637-1616 • sortega@atienterprises.edu Susan Amassyali: 214-718-0968 • samassyali@atienterprises.edu

Friday, February 10, 2012 Collections Spotlight on Presidential Campaigning The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza

Using historic footage and photographs, the Museum celebrates President’s Day with a look at John F. Kennedy on the campaign trail in Texas from 1956-1960 as well as later visits.

‘Meet the Museum’ programs occur once a month. Programs begin at 11:30 a.m. and are free with paid admission.

FIRST FRIDAYS AT THE MODERN

3200 Darnell Street • Fort Worth, TX 76107 • 817-738-9215 Hours: Sun, Tue-Thu, Sat 10am–5pm; Mon Closed; Fri 10am–8pm On the first Friday of each month, the Star-Telegram, the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, and Café Modern team up to bring you live music and cocktails from 5 to 8 pm. Bring your friends and enjoy diverse live performances, unique cocktails, and the opportunity to dine in Café Modern by night. A docent-led, 20-minute tour of the galleries is available at 6:30 pm. The tour is free for Modern members and Star-Telegram Press Pass holders.

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» RESTAURANT REVIEWS

SAINT ANN RESTAURANT & BAR Moody and Harwood at 2501 N. Harwood St. • Dallas, Texas 75201 www.saintanndallas.com • 214.782.9807 Saint Ann Restaurant & Bar recently announced the launch of its new menu by new executive chef Chad Starling. Starling joins Saint Ann from Aria at the Fairmont Hotel in Chicago, where he served as executive chef. New features of the menu include young coconut soup with oliveoil-poached shrimp and cilantro, chorizo-stuffed dates wrapped in bacon with a roasted tomatopiquillo pepper sauce or crispy rock shrimp with celery root slaw, chile aioli and blue cheese fondue.

The main dishes range from house-made ricotta gnocchi with favas, wild mushrooms and arugula to seared golden trout with roasted corn and beet succotash and applewood smoked bacon.

Located next to Saint Ann Court, the historic St. Ann’s School was preserved and converted

by Harwood International into a restaurant and bar surrounded by gardens and art. It is open Monday through Saturday for lunch, every day for dinner and drinks, and Sunday brunch.

TAYLORED CUISINE www.TayloredCuisine.com or follow us on Twitter @TayloredCuisine ChefJTaylor@tayloredcuisine.com • 972-965-2521 • Twitter: @ChefJTaylor Taylored Cuisine is a premier personal chef company (based in the Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex), providing the atmosphere and experience of the most elite restaurants in the country, at any time or location you choose. Our company is dedicated to serving food with the highest standards in an experience you are able to customize from beginning to end. We offer the following Services. . .

PRIVATE CHEF The elegance, style, and sophistication of a world class meal are available to you as you celebrate your special occasion. Whether you’re planning an intimate dinner for two or a private gathering for 30, we offer full service solutions to ensure that your event is managed to perfection. Taylored Cuisine will provide an atmosphere of genuine hospitality that you will want to have again.

IN-HOME MEAL REPLACEMENT We now offer the ultimate convenience service - your very own personal chef to prepare your meals and deliver them to your doorstep. On a weekly, bi-monthly, or monthly basis, we will develop and prepare a meal plan designed specifically for your family. All of our service plans are developed on an individual or family basis and customized to fit your budget.

FULL SERVICE CATERING Whether you’re planning a corporate or social event, birthday or anniversary party, we will partner with you to plan that event so it is, in one word: memorable. From a seated formal wedding reception to your next company picnic, our staff of trained professionals will provide a dining experience you will want to have over and over again.

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For the holiday season we are also featuring Thanksgiving and Christmas meal deliveries

2010 CENSUS DATA FOR TEXAS Dallas

Fort Worth

1,197,816

741,206 Austin

790,390

5 MOST POPULOUS INCORPORATED PLACES

Houston

2,099,451

San Antonio

Population Growth Since

2000 Census Houston

2,099,451

7.5%

San Antonio

1,327,407

16%

Dallas

1,197,816

0.8%

Austin

790,390

20.4%

Fort Worth

741,206

38.6%

1,327,407

• The largest county by population is Harris, with 4,092,459. Its population grew by 20.3 percent since 2000.

• The other counties in the top five include Dallas, with a population of 2,368,139 (up 6.7%); Tarrant, 1,809,034 (up 25.1%); Bexar, 1,714,773 (up 23.1%); and Travis, 1,024,266 (up 26.1%).

• The largest county by area is Brewster (6,193 sq mi).

• Texas is 261,797 sq mi. (678,054 sq km).

• Texas has 254 counties.

• The geographic center of the state is in McCulloch Co., 15 mi. NE of Brady.

• The state’s nickname is The Lone Star State and the motto is Friendship.

THE OFFICAL TEXAS STATE… (AND WHEN IT CAME TO BE)

Song ........................Texas, Our Texas” (1929) Bird................................. Mockingbird (1927) Tree........................................... Pecan (1919) Flower...............................Bluebonnet (1901) Fish ............................ Guadalupe bass (1989) Dish .............................................Chili (1977)

“TEXAS, OUR TEXAS,”

the official state song of Texas, was adopted by the legislature in 1929 after being selected in a statewide competition. William J. Marsh of Fort Worth composed it and the lyrics were written by Marsh and Gladys Yoakum Wright.

Texas, Our Texas! all hail the mighty State!

Texas, Our Texas! so wonderful so great!

Boldest and grandest, withstanding ev’ry test O Empire wide and glorious, you stand supremely blest. (chorus) Texas, O Texas! your freeborn single star, Sends out its radiance to nations near and far, Emblem of Freedom! it set our hearts aglow, With thoughts of San Jacinto and glorious Alamo. (chorus) Texas, dear Texas! from tyrant grip now free, Shines forth in splendor, your star of destiny!

Mother of heroes, we come your children true, Proclaiming our allegiance, our faith, our love for you. (chorus) God bless you Texas! And keep you brave and strong, That you may grow in power and worth, throughout the ages long.

God bless you Texas! And keep you brave and strong, That you may grow in power and worth, throughout the ages long.

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5 AFE Demand Response Presentation by Vedero Soft at TX Land & Cattle in Bedford at 11:30 AM 17 ASID|FW Meeting 5:30-7:30 PM 1 7 BOMA|Dallas Membership Meeting 11:30 AM – 1 PM 19 BOMA|Dallas Dart Tournament 5 – 10 PM at Billiard Den in Richardson 1 9 NAWIC|FW Meeting 5:30 PM

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WHAT’S IN A NAME?

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ou might think you’re riding around on a Jet Ski, but if it’s not made by Kawasaki Heavy Industries, it’s just a personal watercraft. Bubble Wrap is probably the greatest contribution made to our society by Sealed Air Corporation, which they rightly trademarked. The term Onesies, referring to infant bodysuits, is owned by Gerber Childrenswear. According to their website, the trademark is aggressively enforced. (Twosies and Funzies also belong to Gerber.)

In 1899, Pearle Wait sold the recipe for Jell-O to Orator Woodward for $450. Today, with sales in the multi-millions, the gelatin dessert is owned by Kraft.

Barbie’s full name is Barbara Millicent Roberts. (Ken’s last name is Carson.)

The permanent marker was invented in 1956, but the Sharpie didn’t come along until 1964.

Today, the name is almost synonymous with the product.

Chapstick is a brand name of lip balm produced by Pfizer. The time to remind a friend that Kleenex is a brand name for a tissue is when they are begging you to hand them one. Ping-Pong was trademarked in 1901 as a brand of table tennis products, named (duh!) for the sound the ball makes when it hits the table.

Tupperware got its name from its creator, Earle Silas Tupper.

George de Mastreal invented Velcro when he discovered that burrs stuck to matted dog fur. Weed Eater is owned by Husqvarna Outdoor Products. Don’t ask BIC what’s in their line of correction fluid; the ingredients of Wite-out are confidential.

Frisbee is currently owned by WHAM-O, but a legal battle to make this ‘word’ and several others generic is underway.

In 2010, Manley Toys Ltd. challenged WHAM-O, arguing that the terms Frisbee, Hula Hoop and Slip’n Slide have become generic in the public lexicon.

According to legend, Scotch tape earned its name when a frustrated customer told a 3M scientist to “take it back to your Scotch bosses and tell them to put more adhesive on it.” Today, Scotch “Magic Tape” is manufactured in only one place in the world Hutchinson, Minnesota.

Johnson & Johnson manufactured gauze and adhesive tape separately until Earle Dickinson combined them to create Band-Aids for his accident-prone wife. The Zamboni is an ice re-surfacer named after its inventor, Frank Zamboni. TASER is a trademark of TASER International, and shouldn’t technically be used as a verb. TASER is an acronym which stands for ‘Thomas A. Swift’s Electric Rifle’.

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CONTEST

WORD SEARCH

THE TEA PARTY Find and circle the 22 words listed below and email to editor@crestpublicationsgroup.com or fax to 817-924-7116 before the end of the day on December 9th. 4 winner(s) will be selected from the correct entries.

PRIZES: Thundershirt (see page 49) The Post American World 2.0 (see page 51 ) 2 $50 certificates to Gui Restaurant (see page 62 of the network, March 2011)

WORDS WITH TEA X N M U J H S T E A M E R D N

I X I U N S T E A D Y D U K Z

• Anteater • Atlantean • Beefsteak • Bracteal

T E O E F R A E H H R J E A I J C D H S A G T W E N A L U S

A L S T O T L T C T O T T L T

• Chateau • Gateau • Gluteal • Homestead

S K U A M Y I V E E E Z D A E

I U A G E N N S E A T F G E A

N A S E S T G L T D B H C T R

• Instead • Plateau • Protean • Rateable

G E G T T V P E M F M L L C A

V T E U E S R I P A U A E A T

• Steadfast • Stealing • Stealthy • Steamer

CONTEST WINNER

Congratulations Corinth, TX is the Gateway to Success. Perhaps that explains why the Executive Director of its Economic Development Corporation, F. Wayne Boling, was able to perfectly match the motto with the each of the cities listed. Wayne won a $150 unrestricted certificate (which means it includes drinks) at SCREENDOOR Restaurant in the Dallas Arts District.

O A C R A A F L R S N E J R E

D L A K D H L E M T Q T T B Y

• Stearate • Striptease • Teamster • tearing

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ANSWERS TO LAST CONTEST ...

‘’Ground Zero Mosque supporters: doesn’t it stab you in the heart, as it does ours throughout the heartland?

Peaceful Muslims, pls refudiate.’’

— Sarah Palin

“There are hundreds and hundreds of scientists, many of them holding Nobel Prizes, who believe in intelligent design.” ­ — Michele Bachmann

“You know what, evolution is a myth….Why aren’t monkeys still evolving into humans?”

— Christine O’Donnell

MOTTO

The City Different......................................................... Santa Fe, NM We’ve Got a Lot to Give.............................................. Spokane, WA The City That Works......................................................Portland, OR The Place That Loves You Back.......................... Philadelphia, PA We’ve Got It.................................................................... Louisville, KY More Than You Dreamed........................................ Columbus, OH What We Dream, We Do............................................ Charlotte, NC It’s Good For You............................................................... Buffalo, NY The City That Reads...................................................Baltimore, MD Make It a Good Place to Live In......................... Kansas City, MO