4 Takeaways from a PCMA Leadership Brief New inclusivity honors, launch of an EMEA conference, broken attendance records, and an unusual recipient of the Chairman’s Award
During the Professional Convention Management Association’s 2021 Convening Leaders conference, which is taking place this week as a virtual event, association leadership took some time to talk with the media to about successes and challenges of 2020 and some highlights on the horizon.
While the conversation touched on many topics, here are four key points from the call.
And the Winner Is…
The chair of PCMA’s Board of Directors gets the privilege of deciding who will get the annual Chairman’s Award, which traditionally goes to an individual or organization for contributions to the industry. For 2020 Chair Stuart Ruff-Lyon, CMP, DES, vice president events and education at RIMS, the risk management society, this was no easy task, and he made an unusual choice for an unusual year: The Chairman’s
Chick-fil-A, CarMax among projects expected in new year
Victorville Daily Press
The construction of a Chick-fil-A restaurant is one of several new business developments planned for the new year in Victorville.
City spokeswoman Sue Jones shared with the Daily Press a list of major business and infrastructure projects expected to begin in 2021.
One project that has received much attention is the Chick-fil-A restaurant coming to Mariposa Road near Interstate 15.
Earlier this year, the city Planning Commission issued permits to Chick-fil-A to demolish the building formerly occupied by a Marie Callender’s restaurant.
Once the building is removed and the property cleared, the company will construct a 5,088-square-foot restaurant that will include patio seating and a double drive-thru.
Here is what the redevelopment of Paradise Valley Mall could look like
City of Phoenix/documents
and last updated 2020-12-14 19:45:09-05
PHOENIX â The future of Paradise Valley Mall could include a specialty grocery store, shops, restaurants, office space, self-storage, and housing, according to initial concept renderings submitted to the City of Phoenix.
Macerich, which owns Paradise Valley Mall and several other shopping centers around the Valley, has long labeled Paradise Valley Mall as a redevelopment property, but
when that redevelopment could take place and
what it could potentially entail were not known.
City of Phoenix/documents
Recently, Macerich filed a request to rezone the 77-acre property near Cactus Road and Tatum Blvd. to allow for the construction of a mixed-use development.