January Newsletter 2019

January 31, 2019    Uncategorized   

MEET GEORGE IGUALT:

“Then Al added, ‘Don’t Screw It Up’”

By Dale Dauten

Today we get to visit with George Igualt, who heads McGill Investments, the new company now responsible for managing Al LaCanne’s properties, including Silveridge and The Resort.
Al LaCanne (left) and George Igualt

“Back in 2004 Al asked me if I wanted to sell mobile homes. I didn’t know anything about mobile homes. I didn’t even know that there were such things as single- and double-wides. All I could think to say was, ‘How do you sell them? Do you want me to put on a wig and clown suit and hold a sign outside the mobile home park?’ Al said that might work but that I would figure out something better.

A few months later I had sold all the homes. Al, surprised, asked, ‘How did you do that?’ And I was surprised right back and told him, ‘I thought I had to.’”

And that’s George’s career, summed up: He’s figures it out and comes through. Al LaCanne quickly spotted that trait in George and asked him to join his company. George decided that commercial real estate had more potential than the business he’d been running, so he turned that company over to a key employee, and went fulltime with Interstate Investments.

It wasn’t long before Al put George in charge of a mobile home park in Tempe, right in the middle of the last financial crisis, when financing for mobile homes dried up and the whole mobile home park business model seemed to be in jeopardy. George remembered getting word of the assignment this way:

“Al said to me one day, ‘I need you to run Tempe Cascade.’

Then he added, ‘Don’t screw it up,’ and laughed that laugh of his.

Everyone who knows Al know just how ‘Al’ that is.”

From there, George went on to figure out the other businesses of Interstate Investments, including the sister parks, Silveridge and The Resort. He gives a lot of credit to Aileen Gunning and Leslie Jones, his colleagues at corporate headquarters, as well as to the park managers. “It’s a team effort,” he points out. “And it’s a first-rate team.”

Along the way, Al came to him to point out, “We need to get you some business cards. So we need a title.” George shrugged and said he hadn’t thought about it. Al replied, “Well, you’re out in the field all the time, so let’s say, Field Manager.” And that’s been his title… until now. Al is turning over the running of all his properties to George and his new management company, McGill Investments, where he is, simply, Owner.

George says this about Al LaCanne:

“He has been my mentor, and a great one. I will be forever grateful to have worked under his wing. He opened my eyes as to how a professional property management company is run. I am truly lucky to have been able to learn from THE BEST.”

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A QUICK BIO

George was born in California, but grew up in the Valley. He went to Dobson High, then Mesa Community and ASU. His father is an entrepreneur who works in heavy machinery and George’s mother is a former social worker (“earning her degree while being a mom, between soccer practices”) who went on to become an interpreter (Spanish/English) for local hospitals. George and his wife, Michelle, have two daughters, Hannah and Lily.

THE RESORT

We close with George’s thoughts on The Resort:
“You drive up to those gates and you start smiling. The people of The Resort are always uplifting. The sun is always out and they are always happy.”

STATUS UPDATE ON HDTV/INTERNET

Rhonda passed along this update:
GOOD NEWS: There are 440 modems up and running, which means a majority of the homes have the new internet and cable TV service. The signal now reaches every corner of the park.
Still, work continues: There are lines to be buried and minor upgrades to be made. This requires that small parts of the park will lose service some weekdays (M-Thurs). Each of those days, service should be back up after the workday ends and testing and rebalancing is completed, all prior to 6PM.

THE RESORTER, PRINTED EDITION

If you’d like to see the printed version of The Resorter, with its special events listings and Activities updates, click below…

ANN’S PHOTO GALLERY

Activities Director Ann Christensen’s latest

Kitchen Band

La Mesita

Golf Parade

Winter Chorale

ANN’S ANNOUNCEMENTS

WELCOME COMMITTEE

OVERVIEW OF THE RESORT FACILITIES AND ACTIVITIES

JAN. 8TH, JAN. 22ND, FEB 12TH 1 – 2 PM STUDIO 55

CONTACT: TOM STUCKER 253-820-0236

BOOK CLUB

JOIN US THE LAST FRIDAY OF THE MONTH IN THE PARTY ROOM 9:00 AM JANUARY 4 – THE FORGOTTEN GARDEN BY KATE MORTON JANUARY 25 – THE GREAT ALONE BY KRISTAN HANNAH

LADY CRAFTERS BRING ANY CRAFT YOU WOULD LIKE TO WORK ON. EVERY TUESDAY 6-8 pm CONTACT: KAREN 651-280-7816

SCRAPBOOKERS AND STAMPERS

IF ANYONE IS INTERESTED IN THE NEW STAMPIN’ UP CATALOG

PLEASE SEE EMILY AT SITE 614. I HAVE A FEW 2018-2019 ANNUAL

CATALOGS, 2019 OCCASIONS PAMPHLETS, AND THE JANUARY SALE-A-BRATION BOOKLETS.

IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN PLACING AN ORDER, PLEASE “DROP-BY” ANYTIME ON SATURDAY, JANUARY 12 OR SUNDAY, JANUARY 13 BETWEEN NOON AND 4 PM.
I WILL BE PLACING AN ORDER AT 5 PM ON SUNDAY JANUARY 13. THE ORDER WILL BE SHIPPED WITHIN ONE WEEK TO MY HOUSE AND I WILL THEN DELIVER TO YOU.
STAMPIN UP CATALOG
EMILY BLOOM – 815-289-1937
SITE 614 – NORTH PERIMETER
JANUARY 12 OR 13, BETWEEN NOON AND 4 PM

RESORT WORSHIP COMMITTEE

SPRING BIBLE STUDY

JANUARY 15 – MARCH 12

1 & 2 THESSALONIANS

TUESDAY 1:30 – 2:30

CERAMICS ROOM CONTACT: KEN BELL 717-304-0686

ROSARY

ROSARY IN THEATRE EVERY FRIDAY 8;15AM

BINGO THURSDAYS

BINGO IS ALWAYS BINGO WITH DINNER DINNER IS 5:00 TICKETS SALES 5:00 PM BINGO STARTS AT 6:30

THURSDAYS DINNERS FOR JANUARY

JAN 3RD – SPAGHETTI

JAN 10TH – CHICKEN & DUMPLINS

JAN 17TH – MEATLOAF

JAN 24TH – SOUP & SANDWICH

JAN 31ST – LASAGNA

CASINO SCHOOL

JANUARY 11TH – 11:30AM STUDIO 55 COST: $10.00 PAY AT THE DOOR

GENTLE YOGA CLASS

JANUARY – FEBRUARY 2019 8 WEEK SESSION TUESDAYS & THURSDAYS BEGINS: TUESDAY JAN 8TH ENDS:     THURSDAY FEBRUARY 28TH 1 CLASS PER WEEK FOR 8 WEEKS

$45.00 FOR THE SESSION (@$5.63)

2 CLASSES PER WEEK FOR 8 WEEKS $75.00 FOR THE SESSION (@$4.69)

DROP IN $10.00 EACH CLASS REGISTER ON JANUARY 8TH

THE RESORT TENNIS CLUB

ROUND ROBIN EVERYONE WELCOME – DAILY 7AM – 8:30 AM LEARN TO PLAY – TUESDAYS 2:30PM

CONTACT RICHARD McGRATH Site 586 ALL OTHER INQUIRIES – HANK HOF – SITE 609 OR FRED ARNOLD – SITE 530

 

COUPLES DANCE LESSONS

JANUARY 6, 2019   2PM – 3PM

STARTING WITH BEGINNER 2 STEP

SINGLES ARE WELCOME TO PARTNER UP WITH OTHER SINGLES . SIGN UP REQUIRED IN ACTIVITY OFFICE

 

PICKLE BALL

DAILY PLAY EVERY TUES 8:30 AM & 7 PM SKILLS & DRILLS EVERY THUR 8:30 AM LEARN TO PLAY EVERY TUESDAY 8:30 AM DUES $10. PER PERSON

CONTACT: KATHY SMITH # 119

DAVE & SHERYL HERMAN #323

 

SHUFFLEBOARD

MON-FRI OPEN PLAYS STARTS 9 AM

SAT PLAY STARTS 9:30 AM

TUES – FREE BEGINNERS LESSONS 8:45AM MON – LEE’S FUN SHUFFLE 1 PM (FUN FOR ALL LEVELS OF PLAY) WATCH BULLETIN  BOARD FOR OTHER ACTIVITIES.

 

WOMEN’S GOLF

WOMENS GOLF THRU MARCH 2019 SUNLAND SPRINGS VILLAGE – THURSDAYS 10:00AM SIGN UP ON CLIPBOARD ON WALL OF POOL HALL BY NOON MONDAY OF THE WEEK INVOLVED MEN WELCOME

CONTACT: KAREN CHRISTIAN # 666 or ELOYCE MCGILLIVARY # 705

THE RESORT ANNUAL STYLE SHOW

WE ARE IN NEED OF PEOPLE TO VOLUNTEER TO WORK ON THE COMMITTEE’S. PLANNING NEEDS TO START AS SOON AS POSSIBLE DATE OF STYLE SHOW: FEBRUARY 19TH, 2019 WE HAVE A NEW FASHION VENDOR -TAYLOR MARIE

CONTACT: SHARON COCHRAN # 412                     (253)278-2433

 

MINNESOTA PARTY

SAVE THE DATE: JANUARY 27, 2019

HAPPY HOUR 4-5PM, DINNER 5:00 PM TICKETS $5.00

SEE CHERI STREETER # 253

 

MAH JONGG

TUESDAY MORNING IN THE SOLARIUM 9:00AM

TARTING JANUARY 8TH

CONTACT: MITZI SPACE 544 480-586-8230

 

SPRING CHORALE

WELCOME NEW SINGERS REHEARSALS BEGIN MONDAY JAN 7TH 2:30 PM IN THE BALLROOM SPRING CONCERT MARCH 17TH RICK McGRAW, DIRECTOR

 

LAWN BOWLING

SILVERIDGE 10 AM MON – SAT

COME GIVE IT A TRY NO COST SEE RON OR SHARON SCOTT THE RESORT SITE 333 FOR MORE INFO.

 

WANTED SOFTBALLS PLAYERS

IF INTERESTED IN PLAYING SOFTBALL PLEASE CONTACT: MEL MUELLER SITE # 51 BOB PEACH SITE # 354

GAMES START JANUARY 8TH, 2019