Leadership Role in Promoting the Village
This year’s Leadership Role in Promoting the Village is presented to Gary Jordan with UAW Local #647. Gary has over 32 years of service with GE Aircraft Engines and over 30 years as a UAW official and president for the last 10 years. Gary’s main goal has been “Business for GE and Jobs for Evendale”. He has negotiated numerous local contracts for UAW, served at Large Table in six national negotiations and has and continues to lobby the US Congress and Senate for the Joint Strike Fighter production in Evendale.
Media Partner of the Year
The media partner of the year is ICRCTV, Intercommunity Cable Regulatory Commission. Bringing the community to you over Cable TV and the World Wide Web.
ICRC covers all of Evendale Council Meetings and other community events such as; youth sports, social events and lectures. ICRC recently filmed the Chamber’s Meet the Candidates Night and did a fantastic job in helping the Chamber to professionally lay out the event. In addition to publicity of our local events, ICRC has numerous volunteer and intern opportunities, classes in camera work and editing and provides equipment to local organizations through equipment grants.
ICRC provides coverage for 27 local communities and 3 Boards of Education including Princeton City Schools
Beautification Award
The history of the GE campus is storied - Orville Wright of the Wright Brothers attended the ribbon cutting ceremony to open the original government owned factory buildings that made piston engines for Wright Aeronautical in World War II. During the height of the war, as many as 27,000 employees worked for Wright in a 1.4-million-square-foot factory, the largest of its kind in the U.S. at the time. GE took over the site after WWII and moved its Gas Turbine Division from Lynn, Mass., to the former Wright factory.
Decades after Orville Wright helped dedicate a facility that grew to become
GE Aviation's headquarters in Evendale, the complex is poised for a transformation that will bring its work environment in line with the today's globally competitive landscape. Work has already begun and the most striking impact to-date is the new green spaces, trees and landscaping along the I75 corridor. The renovated facilities, which should be largely in place within three years, will be leaner and more energy efficient and will enable the installation of new equipment that the antiquated infrastructure was not able to handle, helping the company to keep a competitive edge well into the future.
All eyes are on GE and we are looking forward to seeing this huge undertaking evolve right in our back yards. Thank you GE.
Outstanding Service & Support to the Chamber and the Village of Evendale
Carolyn Smiley-Robertson
Carolyn and her husband Tommie are longtime residents of Evendale raising their two sons Kevin and Michael in the Village. Carolyn served eight years of dedicated service as a Councilmember from Dec 1, 2003 through November 30, 2011. Carolyn conscientiously and ably served the Village of Evendale as President of Council, Vice Mayor and as a Councilmember and served on various committees, setting an outstanding example of good citizenship and concern for the well-being of her community.
Thank you Carolyn, we appreciate your dedication and hard work.
Bill Puthoff Jr.
William D. Puthoff Jr. and his wife Sandra are longtime residents of Evendale raising their two daughters Isabella and Alexandra in the Village. Bill served as a Councilmember of the Village of Evendale from December 1, 1999 through November 30, 2011 for twelve years of dedicated service. Bill conscientiously and ably served the Village of Evendale as a Councilmember, Vice Mayor and on various Council Committees, thereby setting an outstanding example of good citizenship and concern for the well-being of his community.
Thank you Bill, your hard work and dedication is appreciated