Member Spotlight - Mercedes Angell
Anyone who has ever met Mercedes knows that her name perfectly matches her personality.
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Member News - Heidi Damon
CREW Tampa Bay member Heidi Damon was on the TODAY Show from New York City on Monday morning, December 12 being interviewed by Ann Curry.
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Member News - Wells Fargo/Stearns Weaver Deals
As evidence that the Florida real estate market continues to improve and that lenders have an appetite for new deals, Valerie A. Girrens, Relationship Manager and Vice President in the Tampa Real Estate Group of Wells Fargo Bank, worked with Susan Fleming Bennett, Esq., of Stearns Weaver Miller Weissler Alhadeff & Sitterson, P.A. to close two (2) real estate construction loans.
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Member News - Support for CREW
Sharron Washburn, ABI, Board Member and Partner Sponsor; BJ Ryan, GLE, Board Member and Platinum Sponsor; and Karen McKinney, Elements, Board Member and Event Sponsor, won the live auction bid for a 7-day trip to Puerto Vallarta at the artLOUD! Gala in November. A former CREW Tampa Bay member, Mary Jane Stanley, now with USF, is the fourth member of the group going on the trip this spring.
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Member News - GLE Supports Communities
CREW Platinum Sponsor, GLE Associates, hosted their annual Thanksgiving Food Drive this past month in Tampa, FL and Atlanta, GA, donating 315 lbs. of food and nearly $300 to the Metropolitan Ministries and Atlanta Community Food Bank.
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Member News - Deals Being Done
Aubrey Hankins with American Surveying, Inc. (ASI) reports working with CREW members Penny Hulbert Larsen of Links Financial, LLC & Cathy Walters of GLE Associates, Inc., completing multiple surveying projects in October through December. Aubrey says that working on projects with other CREW members just makes the deal(s) go that much smoother, saying, “I love working on transactions with fellow CREW members!”
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Member News - Karen McKinney
Karen McKinney with Elements Architects ▪ Interior Designers, applied and was selected to serve on the CREW Network Editorial and Communications Advisory Committee for the third time. The committee creates the editorial calendar for Network publications in print and online each year.
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CREW Network News
CREW Network announces: The Gold Standard Chapter Playbook and the Programs Playbook are finished!
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State Department of Revenue Decides Not To Pursue Sales Tax on Tenant Improvements After Meeting with Commercial Real Estate Leaders
TAMPA, Fla. (November 2011) – After meeting with a group of real estate and industry leaders earlier this month, the Florida Department of Revenue has decided to suspend its consideration of a sales tax on tenant improvements to commercial property, which had the potential to have a significant negative impact on the state’s economic comeback.
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