We’re celebrating 15 magnificent years of Town Hall Education Arts Recreation Campus (THEARC)
You are welcome to join us for a virtual celebration tomorrow night from 6PM-7PM for our “THEARC After-Dark” virtual celebration. This event will feature amazing performances from former students, and a rich reflection on the past 15 years of THEARC.
Interested parties can tune in using the viewing links below!
YouTube: https://m.youtube.com/channel/UCzMNF8jG8Ep3ck9ax49vMcw/videos
Facebook: https://m.facebook.com/BuildingBridgesAcrossTheRiver/
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(Registration is not required to watch the program)
For those who are interested, donations to THEARC can be made here:
https://interland3.donorperfect.net/weblink/WebLink.aspx?name=E92754&id=14
Please know that there is no obligation to contribute.
Last week, we wished a fond farewell to Cynthia Bertolotti, senior vice president of property management, who is retiring after a 24-year distinguished career with WC Smith.
Cynthia was the asset manager for many of our residential properties, with a particular expertise in affordable housing.
We will miss her, but hope her well-deserved retirement is full of happiness and health ❤️
Join Kimberly Douglas and Joyce Milford, of our partner Town Hall Education Arts Recreation Campus (THEARC), for a conversation on Empowering Youth and Building Equitable Features.
This event is sponsored by, Smithsonian Institution, with Wise Young Builders and Smithsonian Folklife, June 11 at 12P ET.
The program can be viewed on Facebook: https://lnkd.in/dG6CUHN
or on the Folklife Festival’s YouTube:
https://lnkd.in/dDra4F4.
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Accessing workforce training and advanced educational instruction is a challenge for many young people living in under-resourced communities across the country.
Tech-Teach, a new design and fabrication skills program from the Smithsonian Folklife Festival, aims to provide such opportunities and revive interest in hands-on arts and trades-based education.
The panel will explore the intersection between the arts and professional building trades and the roles that creative workspaces can play in advancing inclusive and equitable community transformation. Learn how you can leverage resources to promote funding and investment models that address concentrated poverty, structural disparity, and lack of diversity in the arts and professional building trades sectors.
THU, JUN 11
Story Circle: Empowering Youth and Building Equitable Futures
A message from WC Smith.
Thank you Forest Hills Connection for this intriguing interview featuring Property Manager, Claire Ruppert and her COVID Companion initiative started at our Clarence House and Frontenac buildings!
Way to go Claire!
https://t.co/3AgVTJSJoo
FORESTHILLSCONNECTION.COM
More neighbors helping neighbors: ‘Covid Companions’ at two Van Ness apartment buildings
Congratulations to Devin Pharr, a recipient of the 2019 WC Smith Excellence Award for Property Management. During his tenure at the company, Devin has developed a wide range of skills, enabling him to master our property management software, teach, mentor and effectively manage staff throughout the company, command the analytics of our business and handle the operational side in both small and large applications.
Food insecurity is significant challenge for many Washington, DC residents, particularly those living east of the Anacostia River.
WC Smith's nonprofit partner, Town Hall Education Arts Recreation Campus (THEARC), is working to tackle the problem and promote healthier eating in underserved neighborhoods.
Read more about its network of urban farms and Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) program - which has 400 subscribers - in recent article published by the Washington Post
https://lnkd.in/d7cx8um.
WASHINGTONPOST.COM
The small city farm: An oasis in food deserts, during the pandemic and beyond
Congratulations to Towan Lofton, who won a WC Smith Excellence Award for Community Management at our 2020 Property Management Awards. Towan is a prodigal son, having left WC Smith for a while only to return to eventually take on Skylands Apartments, where he oversees 224 units and a small retail center and manages a staff of seven.
He has skillfully handled diverse challenges, such as dealing with a thousand feet of underground piping and legacy lead paint at the property!
As we conclude our first-ever virtual PMA Awards, we want to extend a special congratulations to all of our award winners!
We can't thank you all enough for all of your contributions to WC Smith. 😊
Over the next several weeks, we will individually recognize each winner's amazing hard work this past year.
We want to extend a special congratulations to WC Smith's Rhonda Mitchell and Lisa F. Smith, who were named Washingtonians of the Year by Washingtonian Magazine for their volunteer efforts behind Building Bridges to a Better Life (BBBL), a joint project of WC Smith and Town Hall Education Arts Recreation Campus (THEARC) that provides housing and wrap-around services to more than 70 previously homeless families who were displaced when the District closed the DC General Hospital and several motel shelters in 2018.
Each week since March, Mitchell and Smith have also managed a food distribution operation at THEARC that provides critical food supplies to area residents who have been among the hardest hit by the COVID virus.
We appreciate all of your diligent work in helping advance our DC communities!
Check out the full feature here: https://www.washingtonian.com/2020/12/16/washingtonians-of-the-year-2020/#Rhonda-Mitchell-and-Lisa-Smith
Congratulations to Julio Orozco, who won a WC Smith Excellence Award for Maintenance during the 2020 Property Management Awards. In the words of his asset manager, Julio "defines what a maintenance tech should be."
Skilled at plumbing, carpentry, and electricity, Julio is dedicated to making our Hillside Terrace a top-notch property. The marketing team there notes that when he turns over a vacancy it always looks brand new. His "get-it-done" attitude wins praise from colleagues and residents alike.
We appreciate everything that you bring to WC Smith, Julio!
Congratulations to Monique Kearney, who won a WC Smith Excellence Award for Maintenance during the 2020 Property Management Awards. Monique started as a custodian in 2017 but showed determination to learn maintenance. She would tag along after her cleaning duties were complete and acquired the knowledge and skills to fill an open maintenance position when it became available.
Now she is the “go-to” maintenance tech for our Huntington Village property; as co-workers and contractors say, "Oh, Monique? Yes. She's good."
Keep up the great work Monique!
Congratulations to Marquita Thomas, who won a WC Smith Excellence Award for Community Management during the 2020 Property Management Awards. Marquita is a "jack of all trades and master of all" in her roles at our Park Vista and 1320 Mississippi properties. On her own, she manages the day-to-day operations of the properties, from leasing to maintenance. And it pays off, as Park Vista has been the only affordable building among DC's top-10 properties recognized by J Turner Research for two years running.
Congratulations to Paulito Maslog, CPM, ARM, who won a WC Smith Excellence Award for Community Management during our 2020 Property Management Awards.
Paulito is a long-time employee at 2M. He's adept at handling difficult conversations with professionalism and always maintains a positive attitude. Reliable and dedicated, he supports his colleagues, often coming to work on his day off if a coworker is sick or needs a personal day.
Keep up the extraordinary work Paulito!
