REPORTER June 26, 2018

CAMP NORTH END Varian Shrum and Jessica Brown

Jerry Coughter introduced both Varian Shrum and Jessica Brown to discuss our program on Camp North End. Varian Shrum is the Community Manager for Camp North End, an ATCO redevelopment project on a 75-acre historic industrial site in Charlotte’s burgeoning innovation district. ATCO is a real estate investment and ownership platform that acquires urban and office properties. At ATCO in Charlotte, she oversees marketing and branding, facilitates strategic partnerships, curates programming and events, and champions the long-term vision while bringing it to life through immediate action.

Since moving to Charlotte in 2013, her community engagement work with Charlotte Center City Partners, 8 80 Cities, and the Knight Foundation has developed into a passion for understanding how place making strategies can spark public life and strengthen communities. She has won several national grants and participated in fellowships focused on advocating for quality urban neighborhoods, in activating public space and building community capacity. Varian is originally from the DC area and graduated from Wake Forest University with a BA in Communications and Religion.

Jessica Brown joined Cushman and Wakefield in 2016 as Executive Director and leader of the Charlotte Agency Leasing team. Cushman and Wakefield is a commercial real estate broker and consulting company. Ms. Brown is one of the Charlotte region’s top commercial real estate executives having represented clients such as Goldman Sachs, Cousins Properties, Hines, JP Morgan, RREEF, Maersk and the California State Teachers’ Retirement System and properties such as South Tryon Square, , the Carillon, Fifth Third Center, NASCAR Plaza and SouthPark Towers. She graduated Summa Cum Laude from the University of Charlotte with a B.S./B.A. in Finance, with a focus on Real Estate.

Varian started the discussion saying that the Camp North End is a new project on an old site on Statesville . Charlotte has an unprecedented opportunity to creatively use these old buildings and write the next chapter of history for the 21st century. The site was originally used in the 1920s and 30s by Henry Ford to build Model T and Model A Cars. Over 300,000 cars were built on the assembly line there. In the 1940s, 50s, and 60s, it was run by the US Army as a Quartermaster Depot and later on as a place to make missiles during the cold war. From 1975 to 2016 it was a distribution center used by Eckerd/Rite Aid. ATCO bought the site in 2016. ATCO’s vision is building on a legacy of innovation and adaptive reuses of old buildings to be used for offices, food or beverage, retail, entertainment, open spaces, residential and hospitality. Phase one of the new development only started a year and a half ago. This activation phase is focusing on awareness so there are events on Friday nights and Saturday mornings as well as Tuesdays and Thursdays. They are working to have people visit the site so they can get excited about what they see. Current tenants include Junior Achievement, Goodyear Arts, HYGGE Coworking, The Nest, and Allied Bank TM Studio.

Jessica continued the conversation with the focus on Camp North End being an economic driver in the area. ATCO plans to have 1.3 million square feet developed over a five year period. Currently over 300,000 square feet spec office space is available. What their tenants focus on is speed of delivery, capacity for head count, ease of access, no variables, and demographics. Phase two will include further renovation and phase three, which could be 15 years off, will focus on new development on the edges and maybe even residential.

Speaker Write-Up: Jim Kelley; Head Table: David Anderson, Katie Tyler, Jerry Coughter, Chris Thomas; Invocation: John Tabor; Visitors & Guest: Chris Kemper; Photos: Bert Voswinkel; Piano: Em Syrewicze

CLUB NEWS Shout out reminder of the club’s social media opportunities. Facebook page is Rotary Club of Charlotte – please “like” it. Twitter account is #RotaryCharlotte. Karen Price is managing the Twitter feed and is working hard to increase followers. She tags Rotary with her Charlotte Chamber account in order to increase our visibility. If you follow #RotaryCharlotte, we’ll follow you.

President Katie was impressed with the memorial service done at this year’s District Conference and wanted to do the same recognition for club members that have passed away over this past year.

Dr. George D. Page Dr. Page passed away June 17, 2017 at the age of 98. He joined Charlotte Rotary in 1950 under the classification of General Surgery and he never called the Rotary office that he did not identify himself as the full title - Dr. George Page. His last years were spent taking care of his wife, Sarah and at his death in June, 2017 he and Sarah were just short of being married 75 years. When Dr. Page passed away, he had been a member of the Rotary Club of Charlotte for 66 years.

Dr. Harry K. Daugherty Harry was always a hard worker and entered college at the age of sixteen. He received his bachelor’s degree in 1951 from the University of Kentucky, his master’s degree in 1954 from Texas A&M and his MD degree from the University of Louisville School of Medicine in 1959. After joining Sanger and Robicsek (renamed Sanger Clinic), Harry went to The Cleveland Clinic to learn the then newly developed coronary artery bypass grafting technique and performed the first two coronary bypasses in Western, North Carolina. He was co-surgeon on the first heart transplant performed in Charlotte and the lead surgeon on the second heart transplant performed in Charlotte. Harry loved his buds at “The Table.”

William S. Pinson Billy Pinson joined the Rotary Club of Charlotte in 1958 and was a member for 32 years. Billy attended The Citadel before enlisting in the US Navy during World War II. He became a Naval Aviator flying off the carriers of USS Savo Island and USS Midway. After the war, he returned to South Carolina and received a degree in business from the University of South Carolina. Billy was apparently quite the teller of tales about growing up in the South and he chaired, and I believe was the founder, of our club’s Health and Happiness committee.

Charles A. Williams, III Charlie Williams joined the Rotary Club of Charlotte in 1962 and was a member of the club for 55 years. Charlie’s grandfather, Charles A. Williams, Sr. was a Charter member of this club in 1916 and his father, Charles A. Williams, Jr. served as club president in 1944-1945. You could always count on Charlie to take a minute to thank and chat with the speaker. He never left the hotel until he was certain everything was properly put away. He was so proud to have sponsored Luther Moore and when Luther became Governor in 2013, Charlie absolutely beamed with pride.

Julius W. Melton, Jr. Julius Melton was a member of the Rotary Club of Charlotte for 30 years and when he moved to The Pines in Davidson, he joined the North Mecklenburg Club from 2007-2009. Julius came to Davidson College in 1973 as Director of Deferred Giving and has quite the Rotary story. Julius was chosen in 1958 as the nominee of the Jackson Rotary Club for a Rotary Foundation Fellowship for Advanced Study and International Understanding. The day before receiving word of his selection from RI, Julius had become engaged to Ann Kennedy. Letters and phone calls convinced the soft-hearted officials at Rotary and a decision was made to allow two good-will ambassadors for the price of one. Julius and Ann married June 10, 1959 and set sail for Europe on June 30. He was a fantastic writer and was a member of the Reporter committee for years.

William Thomas Robertson, Jr. Tom joined the Rotary Club of Charlotte in 1976 and served as club president in 2003-2004. Although his health had been declining, he remained a member of the club for 42 years at the time of his death. As his wife Barbara so lovingly said, William Thomas Robertson, Jr. died at the age of 86 at The Cypress following a full and wonderful life. Jamie Armstrong, former member of Charlotte Rotary and former pastor at Hawthorne United Methodist Church, delivered Tom’s service and said Tom had sent him a four page letter in 2004 with everything he needed to cover in his funeral. That was certainly Tom’s way – very thorough, formal, and involved. During his year as president of the club, he called the Rotary office every single day to make sure things were ok and offered his help with anything that needed to be done. Tom was president of the club when the first Rotary Scholarship Golf Classic was introduced and except for the last two years with his health issues, you would find him on the golf course at Luther Fincher’s tent pitching the benefits of the scholarship and why it was important for the golfer to donate $20 to try their hand at the current contest…closest to the pin, beating the pro…whatever it was. Tom was a true gentleman and left a wonderful legacy.

Katherine Ann Boozer Boone Kathy Boone joined Charlotte Rotary in 2012. She enjoyed a robust 23- year banking career spanning positions in corporate and investment banking with SunTrust Bank in Atlanta and Orlando, First Citizens Bank in Charlotte and her most current role as Senior Vice President, Regional Commercial Banking Executive at South State Bank in Charlotte. She met Brian, the love of her life in Atlanta and they were married in November, 2004. The couple moved to Charlotte in 2007. Kathy loved Clemson football and rarely missed a game. She graduated from Washington & Lee University in 1995 and was quite active in the W&L Alumni Association. Kathy did not want cancer to define her life, but instead hoped that her passion and zeal will be a model for us all to follow. She is survived by her husband Brian and two daughters – 10-year old Lindsey and 8-year old Lillie.

2017-2018 Review Welcomed 25 New Members Linwood Bolles, Catherine Bracey, Devon Cains, Brian Carn, Ann Clark, Mike DeAmicis, Suzie Ford, Todd Ford, Jim Hintz, Catherine Horne, Howard Hoyle, Jr., Chris Jackson, Kim Kuo, Christy Majors, Margaret Marshall, John Menser, Richard Mialik, Frank Mueller, Karen Price, David Seroy, Neal Triompo, Helen Verkamp, Gabrielle Weekly, Kyle Woodruff and Tony Zeiss

Recap of Board Decisions - Approved $15,000 donation that will be added to the club’s Centennial account balance of $39,715 to contract the second bench featuring Bonnie Cone. - Reviewed/managed board vacancies, new member applications, financials - Established a Board Manual and reviewed/updated all Policies & Procedures - Improved New Member Orientation process - Approved restructuring of the Youth Merit Awards; now called Interact Service Award - Conducted a Healthy Club survey with the Board - Approved chartering new Interact Club at Harding University - Approved a $5000 unrestricted sponsorship of the Rotaract Turns 50 Conference - Approved the restructured criteria for Excellence in Leadership Award - Issued a Statement of Proper Conduct to all club members - Improved Rotarian Emeritus membership guidelines - Reviewed and approved Honorary Members - Renewed lease for Rotary Office - Discussed changes to the club officer nomination process - Approved 2018-2019 budget - Goals were met to achieve the Rotary Citation (formerly Presidential Citation)

Projects Supported Community Service Avenue - $15,000 Soccer Project: District Grant provided funding for the soccer partnership with American Youth Soccer Organization (AYSO) at Starmount and Merry Oaks Elementary Schools - $2500 Charlotte Rescue Mission: help launch the Community Matters Café - $2000 Fill My Cup!: Program working with adult literacy - $1500 Rocky River Trout Unlimited: Environmental program to support Trout in the Classroom program - $3500 Clean Air Carolina: Help build an educational Ozone Garden at J.T. Williams Montessori School - $2500 Queen City Honor Flight: Project to take WW II, Korean, Vietnam vets to Washington - $2500 Carolina Breast Friends: Putting together comfort bags - $5000 Allenbrook Elementary: Literacy program - $600 Charlotte Rescue Mission: Supplies needed to serve breakfast on Christmas morning - $500 Autism Speaks: Support Greater Charlotte Walk - $4000 CART: Coins for Alzheimers Research Trust - $5000 TreesCharlotte: Support tree planting at Community House School - $8000 Donor Advised Fund: Funding for future projects

International Service Avenue - $12,000 The Rotary Foundation: Polio Eradication - $1500 Rotary Peace Centers - $2000 Shelter Boxes - $100 Rotary Rose Parade Float - $500 Cheshire Services Ethiopia: Helping children with disabilities, including Polio - $1250 Advent Peru Mission: Living expenses and tutoring education - $2000 Libros for Learning: Buy books and set up for multiple libraries in schools in Mexico - $2000 MILK Project: Global Grant to provide nutrition and economic advancement - $500 Club Rotario: Provide mobile library in Mexico - $3000 Women of Nepal: Global Grant to provide health services - $750 Advent Peru Mission: Assist with preparation for college testing and living expenses

Vocational Service Avenue - $3000 Classroom Central - $350 Excellence in Leadership

New Generations Avenue - $4130 Dental services by Dr. Paul Stroup: In-kind donation for international student in the US - $1500 NewGen Peacebuilders Seminar - $5000 Rotary Scholarship Golf Classic: Provide scholarships for children of Fire, Medic, Police and Sheriff - $2000 Myers Park High School Mustang Project: Hydroponic garden project - $115 Interact & Rotaract: Provide graduation sashes - $12,500 Interact Service Award: Scholarships to recipients of the Interact Service Award - $5000 Rotaract Turns 50 Conference

Support of The Rotary Foundation - $53,284 Annual Fund - $31,708 Polio Eradication

MEMBERSHIP 07/01/2017 309 06/26/2018 288 Net Increase: -21 New Members: Resignations: Rohan Paul

Visitors 13 Club Members 111 Total 124 (46.3%)

Visitors & Guests: Kristina Hitchens, Grant Keyes, David Dorsch, Kim Walker, Sydney Farrer, Jeremiah Evans, Kristen Moore, Scott Fuller, Kevin Pratt, Crystal Lester

BIRTHDAYS (07/04/18 – 07/10/18) 07/04 David Erdman 07/07 Gunda Knese, David Seroy, Gabrielle Weekly 07/09 Rex Reynolds, Charlie Bones 07/10 Ron Kimble

WEDDING ANNIVERSARIES (07/04/18 – 07/10/18) 07/06 Phyllis & Bill Gill 07/07 Penny & Charlie Bones 07/09 Gunda & Hugo Knese 07/10 Cynthia & Tom Marshall

ROTARY ANNIVERSARIES (07/04/18 – 07/10/18) 02 years – John Rodgers 16 years – Matt Joyner 17 years – John Snyder

UPCOMING PROGRAMS 07/03 President’s Installation 07/10 Kendall Alley, Chair, Charlotte Chamber 07/17 Mike McGuire, CEO, Grant Thornton Global 07/24 Linda Hudson, CEO Cardea Group 07/31 Dione Nelson, CEO, Laurel Street Residential (Evergreen)

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