Kevin Block joins IFMA Membership Committee

Our Sales Manager, Kevin Block, has recently been appointed to the Membership Committee of the Northern Illinois Chapter of the International Facility Managers Association. IFMA is the world’s largest and most widely recognized international association for professional facility managers, supporting more than 19,000 members in 60 countries. Formed in 1980, IFMA certifies facility managers, conducts research, provides educational programs, recognizes facility management certificate programs and produces World Workplace, the world’s largest facility management conference and exposition.

ILT Vignocchi attends CAI tradeshow

Kevin Block and Aaron Zych spent Saturday January 16th at the Community Associations Institutes (CAI) annual trade show.

Community Associations Institute (CAI) is a national organization dedicated to fostering vibrant, competent, harmonious community associations. For more than 30 years, CAI has been the leader in providing education and resources to the volunteer homeowners who govern community associations and the professionals who support them. Their members include community association volunteer leaders, professional managers, community management firms and other professionals and companies that provide products and services to associations.

For more information go to www.caionline.org

ILT Vignocchi creates Facebook page

In an effort to further connect with our customers and prospects, we have created a Facebook page. We will be posting photos of current projects, landscape tips and advice as well as news clips. We invite you to sign up to be a fan!

http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#/pages/Wauconda-IL/ILT-Vignocchi/115137383065?ref=nf

ILT Vignocchi featured in Sophisticated Living

This year ILT Vignocchi completed a stunning renovation to a Cincinnati Residence overlooking the Ohio River. The results were featured in Sophisticated Living, a local magazine featuring Cincinnati's finest. For photos of this project visit: http://www.iltvignocchi.com/portfolio.html

EXCERPT:
"The rear landscape is as well appointed as the interior. Designed by landscape architect Harry Vignocchi, chairman of ILT Vignocchi in Chicago,the steeply sloping lot has been tamed with a series of terraced lawns that give way to a heavily wooded expanse. The upper lawn, accessed from a veranda off of the living room, features a unique circular fireplace,a design element borrowed from a pillar at the top of the driveway. A pergola at the other end of the lawn incorporates the same circular pillar style. In from of the pergola, a meditative ball fountain set atop a stacked stone base adds to the serene feel of this outdoor "room".

Designed by landscape architect Harry Vignocchi, chairman of ILT Vignocchi in Chicago, the steeply sloping lot has been tamed with a series of terraced lawns that give way to a heavily wooded expanse. Darting in and around the retaining walls are scores of "Lazarus Lizards", Italian imports that purportedly came to the area in 1951 after being smuggled home by a young George Rau, a member of the Lazarus family, following the family's vacation at Lake Garda near Milan."

ILT Vignocchi joins MELA

ILT Vignocchi recently joined MELA, the Midwest Ecological Landscape Association.

MELA is an association of green industry professionals dedicated to adopting sustainable designs, methods and materials as standard practice. Through their efforts, we believe that the green industry can become a partner in a sustained and regenerated world.

The Midwest Ecological Landscape Association was organized in 2002 by Mike Nowak and Connie Cunningham.

MELA’s Vision for the future is that the use of sustainable design, materials, and methods will be the professional standard of the green industry.

MELA’s role in bringing this vision to reality will be to develop and promote standards and best practices for sustainability in the green industry in Chicago.

We look forward to participating, along with other industry leaders, in making MELA's Vision a reality.

ILT Vignocchi attends Openlands Annual Luncheon

Donna Vignocchi, Melisa Bell (operations manager) and Aaron Zych (account manager) attended the 2009 Openlands Luncheon.  The luncheon honored Bill Curtis and his wife for their contributions to preserving open lands.  The guest speaker was Rick Bayless of Frontera Grill.  It was an inspiring event attended by 700 people who believe that it is imperative that we preserve our planet for future generations by living responsibly as individuals and as a community.