I hope you all had a safe and Happy Easter!
As you may know, we had the Annual Meeting in March, and elected the new Board members for 2013. We will have our first monthly meeting in April, and it looks like Karen McClory will be leaving us as Secretary, in order to enjoy Retirement and Grandchildren. Karen has done an outstanding job for us here at the St. Regis. In addition to all the note-taking she did, she had a BIG hand in all the changes and improvements to the St. Regis. She was a big help in orchestrating, along with the other Board members, the additions of Francisco, (Maintenance M,W,& F mornings), and especially Theresa, our terrific On-Site Manager (Th, F,& Sat). In addition, she worked tirelessly with the Beautification Committee (Eli Guzman and Jodi Rich) and was very supportive throughout the entire Beautification process for the new lighting and furniture for the Lobby. Karen, we owe you a big debt of Thanks; the Systems you helped put in place will continue to benefit the St. Regis, and her residents, for many years to come. After the April Meeting, I will post the line-up of Board members, and their respective positions on the Board.
In other news, our beautiful, old building was awarded a Navy Grant from the Historical Society of Long Beach. These grants are awarded to various institutions around Long Beach that hope to maintain and restore historical gems.We received an award to be used to enhance and restore the Second Place Entrance, which will include a beautiful, new mahogany Front Door, monies to replace and restore a chandelier to the Ocean Blvd. Entrance, plus 2 new Flush-Mount lights, appropriate long-handled hardware for the 2 Entrance Doors, new varnish and a marine sealant for all the exterior wood at both entrances, etc.In addition, money was provided to restore the broken pediment that encircles the building above the second floor that was broken several years ago by a falling concrete sill, as well as to restore the concrete, seashell design above the South corbel above one of four columns at the Second Place Entrance. This money is not easy to get; the legwork and paperwork is extensive and time-consuming, and my husband Jon, and I applied for this grant way back in September, so it is also a waiting game. Rodney Hilburn, our Fantastic President, and I picked this award up this past Thursday, March 28. I plan to have a picture of him accepting the award on my next blog, along with a BIO of Rodney, with pictures of all he has done, and is doing for the St. Regis. Where to begin? There will be pictures and descriptions of our beautiful new patio furniture, the addition of gardening help with Ron, new retaining walls to help with erosion, the beautiful new ‘transition strips’ in the carpet (something I know I drove him crazy about!)…..Following that, I hope to have more news and updates about our new ELEVATOR! This is exciting news for the St. Regis, as anyone who lives here can attest. A BIG thank you to Lisa Chin! Lisa is our “go-to”person and a key player on this needed project; she was also the person spearheading our recent water replacement. I plan to include a BIO on her to coordinate with the elevator completion.
In fact, all our Board members, the Staff, the Beautification Committee, the owners, the residents, and now, even the City, all are working hard to see that the St. Regis continues to be a safe, clean, and friendly place to live.
