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A Week In Brief
 Monday, June 29, 2020
In This Issue
Sponsor Spotlight - A.C. Owen Construction
July Women in Architecture
AIACOC Design Awards Call for Entries
Mark Your Calendar for Kickball!
AIA Oklahoma Conference Going Virtual
Understanding and Developing Pocket Neighborhoods
Continuing Education Opportunity
Oklahoma Business Relief Program
Mark Your Calendars!
 
July 3:  Office Closed - Happy 4th of July!
July 6-10:  Office Closed - Melissa Staycation
July 16: Arch after 5 hosted by Bell McCoy & CMSWillowbrook
July 17: Women in Architecture
August 5: AIA Luncheon
August 27: Architecture after 5 at Olsson
September 17: AIA Luncheon
September 24: Architecture after 5 at ZFI Engineeering
September 26: AIA Kickball Tournament
September 30 - October 2: AIAOK Conference on Architecture 
October 17:  2020 AIA Architecture Tour
October 22: Architecture after 5 at Timberlake Construction
November 6: OCFA Drinks X Design
November 12: AIA Luncheon
November 13: AIACOC Design Awards Celebration
November 19: Architecture after 5 at Spur Design
December 3: Architecture after 5 at FSB Architects & Engineers
 
AIA CENTRAL OKLAHOMA NEWS

Sponsor Spotlight - A.C. Owen Construction 
We are thankful for the support we receive at AIA Central Oklahoma from our sponsors.  Since we aren't seeing each other right now, we'd like to spotlight one of our chapter package sponsors each week!

2020  Ionic Sponsor:

Three facts about A.C. Owen Construction: 

1).  President, Aaron Owen served in the Air Force prior to and during college and is proud to have served his country.

2).  AC Owen Construction has been named the 2018 Edmond Area Chamber of Commerce Small Business of the Year and the 2019 Project Manager of the Year (Justin Partridge) and we are a 4-time winner of the AGC OK Build Oklahoma Awards

3).  AC Owen Construction has two offices to better serve the state, one in the OKC area and one in the Tulsa area.  

                
A few images from A.C. Owen Construction: 

A.C. Owen Construction team after receiving the 
Edmond Small Business of the Year Award.

Aaron Owen (President) talked talking to a 
5th grade class about the construction industry. 


St. Thomas More University Parish

July Women in Architecture Program


Friday, July 17, 2020
11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. (CST)

Secrets of Wealthy Women
Video-chat with Veronica Dagher

Veronica Dagher is an award-winning wealth management reporter for the Wall Street Journal. As the co-creator, host and co-producer of the top-rated podcast, the Wall Street Journal's Secrets of Wealthy Women, she has interviewed some of the most accomplished women in the world including Gloria Steinem, Bobbi Brown and Rebecca Minkoff. In addition to co-producing and hosting videos for WSJ.com, she is a regular guest on the Fox Business Network and other national media where she speaks about women, personal finance, markets, and the economy.  

Veronica will share what she has learned from her interviews, including her most recent interviews conducted since the beginning of the COVID-19 crisis, about how professional women can improve and secure their financial future.   

You can listen to Secrets of Wealthy Women on Apple podcasts, Spotify, or online at https://www.wsj.com/podcasts/secrets-of-wealthy-women 


AIACOC Design Awards Call for Entries
Mark Your Calendars for KICKBALL!


AIA OKLAHOMA NEWS

The AIA Oklahoma Conference is Going Virtual! 

 

Stay tuned for more information coming soon!
NEWS OF INTEREST TO OUR MEMBERS
Understanding and Developing Pocket Neighborhoods presented by ULI Oklahoma

This half day course will focus on what it takes to permit, design and develop a pocket neighborhood. You will learn start to finish how it can be done and what methods will help get you started. Today's zoning codes make this type of development illegal with variances or special exceptions. This course will explain what cities can do to make development like this permittable making it applicable for designers, planners, engineers and developers wanting to understand cottage courts/pocket neighborhoods. 
4 hours of AIA CE available to attendees.


 
Continuing Education Opportunity
LIVE WEBINARS EVERY WEDNESDAY AT 11:00 A.M. CST


Oklahoma Business Relief Program

Gov. Kevin Stitt has authorized $100 million in Federal Coronavirus Relief Funds for small business assistance in Oklahoma through the Oklahoma Business Relief Program.

The program will operate much like the federal Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) but with the following differences: 

  • A company will have to prove they had a 25 percent reduction in revenue due to COVID-19. 

  • Maximum grant awarded will be $25,000. The grant amount is the total of two months average payroll or $25,000, whichever is less.
 
  • It is a grant program, not a business loan. 

  • 501(c)(6) entities are eligible. 

Details:

  • No mandates for the grant expenses, but funds must be used for business expenses. Suggested usage includes payroll, inventory, equipment and working capital. 

  • Final determination of eligibility will be made by Department of Commerce.

  • Funds will be administered by local lenders.

Important Dates:

·      June 29  - Applications open. Apply through a participating lender.
·      July 10  - Application deadline.  
·      July 17  - Anticipated date funds will be distributed.

CLICK HERE  for more information.

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A BIG THANK YOU TO OUR

AIA CENTRAL OKLAHOMA 2020 PACKAGE SPONSORS!

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Doric Sponsors:

 

Boldt Construction

 


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Wallace
  
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Roofing Systems


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Triangle Sponsors: 

LWPB



Friend of AIACOC:

Minick Materials





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