Wednesday  – September 9, 2009 at the Herlong Mansion located at 402 NE Cholokka Blvd. (Micanopy, FL).
Hor D’ Oeuvres and Wine / Beer on the front porch at 6:00pm, Dinner and Meeting in the “Stables” room at 7:00pm.

MENU:
Choose from one of the following:

Beef Wellington   or Salmon en Croute   or Vegetable en Croute

Mandarin nut salad with raspberry vinaigrette, wild rice pilaf, fresh roasted asparagus medley, freshly baked bread, assorted petite desserts

Iced Tea, Water and Coffee

We would like to thank our Gold Sponsors: Advanced Building Systems, Inc., LOGIX Insulated Concrete Form Distributer and Scherer Construction and Engineering of North Florida, LLC.

This year, AIA Florida is introducing the “Bring a Mentor” program as part of the 2009 Annual Convention.  This great new program is a way for us to continue our strategic planning vision of building the pipeline and reaching out to students.  We currently have about 20 University of South Florida architecture students interested in participating, but they need a mentor.

You are invited to attend the USGBC Social May 27th at the Hilton

LEED v3 Presented by Bahar Armaghani and Jim Sullivan.
Come a learn about the new LEED 2009.
Enjoy Hors D’oeuvres. Cash bar available.

Green Jobs in Red Hot Markets
GreenCitiesFlorida.com
When: May 20-21, 2009
Where: Orange County Convention Center, Orlando Florida

Register for Green Cities™ Florida and learn from leading experts on how to find a green job, propel your career, and participate in the next wave of economic opportunities for your business, organization, or government agency.
“The Apollo Alliance estimates that an ambitious $500 billion in federal spending over 10 years would create over 5 million jobs. This includes a broad range of activities such as building efficiency, renewable energy investments, smart growth, advanced grid technology, research and development initiatives and a ‘cap and invest’ program to reduce climate change pollution.”

— Jerome Ringo,
President,
Apollo Alliance

Hear more from Ringo on Wednesday, May 20th in his session entitled The Color of Green: The Next Inconvenient Truth.

Partner in Education Focus: Green America
Green America is a not-for-profit membership organization founded in 1982. Its mission is to harness economic power — the strength of consumers, investors, businesses, and the marketplace — to create a socially just and environmentally sustainable society. For more information visit www.greenamericatoday.org.
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Resources at GreenCitiesFlorida.com:
Register to attend.
Check out our program and speakers.
Become a volunteer.
Become a sponsor.
Stay up to date at GreenCitiesMedia.com or on Twitter.
Visit Green Cities™ on Facebook or Myspace.

Alisa Gravitz,
Director of Green America, will speak on What Makes a Business Green? Learn what it really means and how a business, agency, or organization grows greener. Ms. Gravitz shares how to implement authentic sustainable practices and policies into your work from the perspective of businesses who have been walking the green path for the last 25 years. Mark your calendar to attend this session on Wednesday, May 20th.
Mary Anne Bowie
On Thursday, May 21st, Mary Annie Bowie, Founder, Sarasota Green Marketplace will lead a workshop on Growing and Nurturing Your Local Green Economy where participants will learn how the Sarasota Green Connection Economic Development Model has evolved over a six year period and is replicable in other communities. Results include green building products retail store, local directory of 250 businesses that sell eco-friendly products and services, a 4,000 person community network, six years of monthly eco-forums and a grow the green economy focused non profit.
Robert Van der Like
Also on Thursday, May 21st, meet Robert Van der Like with The Cadmus Group who will conduct a workshop on Greening America’s Schools, New & Existing, through LEED. Van der Like currently manages the US Green Building Council’s pilot project for Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) in existing schools.
See more speakers at GreenCitiesFlorida.com

Government Hosts

Contributing Sponsors

Supporting Sponsors

Media Sponsors

Bid #: RECR-90046-FB
Description: Restoration of Biven Arm Interpretive Pavilion & Replacement of North Bridge & Gator Gap Bridge
Buyer’s Name: Fran Boynton
Bid Due Date: April 14, 2009
Pre Bid: Mandatory Date: March 31, 2009, 9:00 AM, Bivens Arm Nature Park Picnic Pavilion.
Document Cost: $25
Commodities/Services Covered: See below
Subcontracting Opportunities: Yes

COMMODITIES
ARC-912-26 – Construction, Hike and Bike Trail
ARC-913-13 – Construction, Bridge and Drawbridge (Includes Reconstruction/Rehabilitation)
SRV-988-63 – Park Area Construction/Renovation

There will be a Professional’s Workshop on the subject of providing architectural professional services to the City of Gainesville and the State of Florida on Thursday 2 April.  Shaad Rehman is the small business coordinator for the City and John Herman is with SCORE.  We will use our usual Lunch & Learn format: 11:30 for lunch and announcements, 12:00 for the program.  Roger Morales with the Florida Credit Union (now making commercial loans) is picking up the lunch tab.  PLEASE! RSVP not later than mid day Tuesday 31 March by reply e-mail.  You may bring a Contractor that you are working with.

Bid #: FPUR090054-PJ
Description: Request for Qualifications for Professional Architectural and/or
Engineering Design Services for Capital Improvement Plan Parks, Recreation
and Cultural Affairs Projects
Buyer’s Name: Patti Jo Davis
Bid Due Date: March 30, 2009
Pre Bid: Non-Mandatory Date: March 17, 2009 at City Hall Room 332, 200 East University Avenue, Gainesville, Florida 32601
Document Cost for QLSB: $2
Commodities/Services Covered: See below
Subcontracting Opportunities: Yes

COMMODITIES
ARC-906-07 – Architect Services, Professional
ARC-906-10 – Buildings – Architectural Design
ARC-906-29 – Environmental – Architectural
ARC-906-38 – General Construction – Architectural
ARC-906-40 – Graphic Design – Architectural
ARC-906-56 – Landscape Architecture
ARC-906-57 – Land Development and Planning – Architectural
ARC-906-72 – Recreation Facilities (Parks, Marinas, etc.) – Architectural Services
SRV-918-15 – Architectural Consulting
SRV-918-42 – Engineering Consulting
SRV-925-17 – Civil Engineering
SRV-925-33 – Engineer Services, Professional
SRV-925-34 – Energy Management Engineering
SRV-925-35 – Environmental Engineering
SRV-925-36 – Engineering Services (Not Otherwise Classified)
SRV-925-37 – Facilities Design Services, Engineering
SRV-925-38 – Field Engineering
SRV-925-42 – Foundation Engineering
SRV-925-61 – Land Development and Planning/Engineering
SRV-925-88 – Structural Engineering
SRV-968-17 – PARKS/REC FACILITY CONST.
SRV-988-63 – Park Area Construction/Renovation

Tallahassee

9:00a until 5:00p State Capitol

5:30p until 7:30p Reception at AIA Headquarters

Our annual Let’s Do Lunch Tabletop and CEU Festival is to be held on March 4th at the Best Western Gateway Grand Hotel located at 4200 NW 97th Blvd., Gainesville, Florida.

The Tabletop will consist of approximately 20 exhibitors representing construction and design manufacturers and representatives. The open Tabletop forum is from 1130a until noon when lunch will begin. During lunch a presentation entitled “Insulation Techniques for Southern Climates” will be presented by Dow Chemical Company.

The optional afternoon sessions will consist of four topics. They are “Building Envelope”, “Green Coating Solutions”, “Solar Standing Seam Roofing” and “Introduction to Tubular Daylighting Devices”. Each session is worth one AIA Learning Unit-HSW.

The Tabletop and Lunch is free but the afternoon sessions have a cost of $50 total.