Thank you to all team members who donated to our annual fundraiser. We collected $12,832.00 to share with the three charitable organizations our team members chose to support: Wounded Warriors, Second Harvest Food Bank, and Animal Rescue of New Orleans (ARNO). Due to your generosity, these non-profits will be able to assist people and pets in need within our communities.
Any team member who contributed $26 or more, will have their name entered in the drawing for one of 26 extra vacation days. Team members receive one entry for every $26 donated.
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We’d like to congratulate everyone who had a position or property promotion at our communities in the 4th quarter of 2022.
Service Awards are given to team members who have been employed on a full-time basis for 5, 10, 15, 20, 25, 30, 35 & 40 years. The following team members achieved one of these milestones in Quarter 4 of 2022:
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Individuals are nominated by industry leaders for their achievements and dedication to the multi-family industry. The following team members were nominated in 2021.
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2021 AAGNO Nominees: Top Row: James Pastore (Maintenance Technician), Christina Hart (Property Manager), Lenox Reed (Resident Services), Emily Varnado (Leasing Consultant), Misty Vercher (Property Manager), Mandy Savoie (Assistant Manager) Bottom Row: Osborne Brown (Maintenance Technician), Ed Domingue (Maintenance Technician), David Boitmann (Resident Services), Michele Shane L’Hoste (President), Lisa Marshall (Assistant Manager), William Shepard (Maintenance Technician) Not Pictured: Tricia Barrosse (Property Manager), and Enrique Contreras (Resident Services), Landry Duchane (Resident Services)
The AAL Industry Awards are designed to honor outstanding members who by their participation had a positive effect on the apartment industry. Nominees must have a minimum of three years experience in the industry. Individuals are nominated by a representative from the apartment association by submitting a letter on behalf of the nominee. All nominations are sent to a National Representative with the National Apartment Association for judging. Winners are chosen in categories: Service Technician of the Year, CAM, CAPS, CALP/NALP and Associate of the Year. In 2022 1st Lake Properties won in every category.
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We have a feature on our website that allows our residents to submit compliments about any 1st Lake Team Member. We call it an Honorable Mention. We would like to recognize those team members who received an honorable mention during the 4th quarter of 2022. We collected nominations throughout the year and drew three names to each win $100.
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We would like to thank everyone for working safely in 2022.
For those of you who are new with us and may be unfamiliar with our safety program, we have a system in place to recognize and reward all team members for working safely. Each eligible team member has the opportunity to earn 2 safety holidays each year, which is 2 paid days off from work, just for working safely.
We experienced 7 minor work-related injuries throughout the year. As a result of everyone’s continued dedication to safety, 478 safety holidays were earned. Great job everyone!
Quick Start is the first level of management training and was developed to provide our new management team members with important information on leasing, resident relations, time management, policies & procedures, and much more. This program includes 3 days of classroom training, shopping apartments, and a final project.
1st Lake has Quick Start classes for newly hired Maintenance Team Members. These classes include everything from Fair Housing and Resident Retention to Daily Recaps and Apartment Make-Readies. This class is one full day of training with a follow-up assignment to complete a task checklist.
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1st Lake Properties | P. O. Box 73709 | Metairie, LA 70033 | info@1stlake.com
