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<br />CHAPTER
<br />PRESIDENT'S
<br />REPORT
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<br />NAIOP ANNUAL DINNER
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<br />On Wednesday, April 15, Ed Harrington pulled off another extravagant event - the
<br />Second Annual NAIOP Dinner and Awards Banquet. Ed is our managing director and
<br />the one you see behind the registration desk at our seminars. Thank.you, Ed!
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<br />The main theme of the evening was a tribute to Sam MarfieId for his extraordinary
<br />service and accomplishments during his two years as President of our chapter. This
<br />honor was something Sam truly deserves. So if any of you who were not at the meet-
<br />ing see Sam, let him know you appreciate what !Ie has done and will continue to do
<br />for all of us. We look forward to many more years of service from him as an active
<br />board member.
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<br />A tribute was also paid to all members who served on the various committees last
<br />year. This is what makes NAIOP work. It is the actiue interest and participation of
<br />many members. In the future, let's keep our participation level as high as it has been
<br />in the past.
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<br />Finally, the new officers you elected were installed and so
<br />passes the gavel and responsibilities that go with it. Since many
<br />_._Qf you were not able to make this event, I've chosen to print
<br />'Ie part of my speech that applies to who we are and where
<br />~e're going as a chapter:
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<br />"Let me now look into the next year and share with you
<br />some of the aspirations of the new officers, committee chair-
<br />men and myself.
<br />"In one sentence, we want the voice and concerns of
<br />NAIOP to be heard loud and clear. We want to have a positive
<br />impact on those people that affect our industry in the Upper
<br />Midwest region. We expect this impact to produce measureable
<br />profits for each of us - personally, professionally, and for
<br />NAIOP.
<br />"Our goal is to take our existing organization and melt
<br />it down, mold it, form it, and shape it into an organization
<br />that will fully utilize t~e power and strength within it.
<br />"Let us examine who we are, and why we should ex-
<br />pect to have that kind of impact and realize a measureable
<br />profit.
<br />f "We are 145 member firms strong. One of the largest
<br />'~--", the country - larger than most in the more publicized
<br />,growth areas in the country. These firms employ over 300
<br />)eople who attend our meetings. We have a mailing list for our
<br />monthly newsletter. publication of over 900 people who affect
<br />our industry.
<br />, "Our members - all of you - havedevelopedo'~ own in'
<br />excess of 150 million square feet of commercial and industrial
<br />real estate. These developments provide a place of employ-
<br />ment for 60,000 people. This work force represents an annual
<br />payroll of $ 900 million. With the state budget so much in the
<br />news today, we know that in addition to the income taxes
<br />paid on that payroll, we pay more than $ 130 million annually
<br />in real estate taxes.
<br />"In summary, we are important. We are important to
<br />the state, local communities and, most of all, to the people.
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<br />"Realizing this, what is it that we can and should be
<br />doing? We will achieve our goal through the following specific
<br />objectives:
<br />"We will continue to provide quality educational pro-
<br />grams to the membership. We consider this the backbone of
<br />our organization.
<br />"We will be increasingly active at the state legislative
<br />level. We will be particularly ;ctive in the areas of (1) Land use
<br />regulation; (2) Environmeqtal law; (3) Public fmancing of
<br />commercial and industrial d,evelopment; and (4) Minnesota tax
<br />policy. .
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<br />"We will create a vehicle to cause more effective com- .
<br />munications with our local communities. We will assist and ad-
<br />vise them in their work and regulations that affect our indus-
<br />try. As an example, we will try again this year to host a
<br />developer / city planner seminar.
<br />"We will establish a regular program of media news re-
<br />leases.
<br />"We will promote our organization and industry by pub-
<br />lishing a brochure reciting many of the statistics I gave you
<br />earlier.
<br />"We will inform our members of our activities as well
<br />as the important works and accomplishments of other organi-
<br />zations, such as the Minnesota Business Partnership, MET
<br />Council, MIDA, etc. through the publication of our monthly
<br />newsletter.
<br />"We will produce a membership directory containing
<br />pertinent' information about each of the members. oJ..
<br />"We will increase our membership by 15% with concen-
<br />trated efforts in obtaining more members from the St. Paul
<br />development community.
<br />"We will maintain firm fmancial footings in order to
<br />fund all of these activities.
<br />"We will only accomplish this goal, however, through
<br />the continued dedicated support of our membership and the. ~
<br />75 people who will actively serve on the .various committees
<br />this year.
<br />"At this time, I would like.to.recognize the officers and
<br />committee chairmen for the corning year: Steve Gage, Vice
<br />President (Garron Corporation); Bill Balsiger, Secretary
<br />(Northland Mortgage Company); Don Woodward, Treas1,lJ'er
<br />(Don Woodward & Associates); Dave Weir, Program Com-
<br />mittee Chairman (Cramer-Weir Company, Inc.); Harry Yaffe,
<br />Newsletter' Committee Chairman (Marfield Investment Com-
<br />pany); Tony Hipp, Membership Directory Committee Chair-
<br />man (Title Insurance Company of Minnesota); Jim Stuebner,
<br />Legislative Committee Chairman (Northland Development
<br />Company); John Gabrielson, Membership Committee Chair-
<br />man (Coldwell Banker); Marion Freed, Finance Committee
<br />Chairman (Prudential Insurance Company); Rick Martens,
<br />Public Relations Committee Chairman (Winfield Development
<br />Company); Ed Harrington, Managing Director (Management 2).
<br />"We should give all of these men applause - and give
<br />a special thank-you to Ed Harrington for arranging this won-
<br />derful evening.
<br />"With this, I will close by thanking you for your vote of
<br />confidence in me for the coming year."
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<br />- William C. Tobin
<br />NAIOP Chapter President
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