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Celebrating Success
Executives from Hyundai Motor America visited Gary Rome Hyundai on July 27 to present several awards, including the 2022 Hyundai Board of Excellence Award and the Global Dealer Award. Pictured on top: from left, Bob Kim, Hyundai’s vice president of National Sales, presents the Global Dealer Award to Gary Rome, president and CEO of Gary Rome Auto Group, and Kevin Schechterle, general manager
of Gary Rome Hyundai. Pictured below: the team at Gary Rome Hyundai and visiting Hyundai executives celebrate the awards.
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Square One
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The planned structure will give the agency far more space than it has presently in the South End, she said, adding that the facility destroyed by the tor- nado had more classrooms than the currently facility.
Miller described what is planned for the site as
a ‘Butler-hybrid’ building, a combination of conven- tional steel structure, with Butler components on the interior.
“This will a be steel-framed building with insulated metal panels on the outside, as well as some masonry on the first floor of the building,” he explained, adding that it will have a glass entranceway.
This pre-engineered building will ultimately save on design costs, he went on, adding that this is a design-build project, with One Development man-
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aging a large portion of the design as well as the construction.
While work continues on design aspects of the building project, Square One is proceeding with its capital campaign to raise funds to build the new facility.
As noted earlier, the agency has entered the quiet phase of the campaign, focusing on major grants from foundations and other donors, DiStefano said, adding that, by the start of 2024, she anticipates the process will enter the public phase.
Bottom Line
Returning to that feasibility study on the capital
campaign and the resounding support it revealed, DiStefano said those results validate the agency’s determination to clear a long row of hurdles and ultimately build in the neighborhood where it was founded back when Chester A. Arthur was patrolling the White House.
“Those results make it enjoyable — that pushes you when you’re ready to say that this piece of land is too difficult to build on and it’s going to cost too much to do this,” she said, adding that this vote of confi- dence provides another dose of determination.
And even more commitment for Square One to build on a legacy that’s been 140 years in the making. BW
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