april/may/june 2012 east lake news

East Lake Management & Development Corp.

East Lake was asked to put together the 2012 HUD Spring Conference for Service Coordi-nators in Region V, which in-cludes Illinois, Indiana, Michi-gan, Minnesota, Ohio and Wis-consin.

East Lake Management’s Direc-tor, Resident Services Rose Jennings was in charge of the informative and well-received conference that took place in Indianapolis in May.

Rose Jennings says, “East Lake received public acknowledge-ment for their professionalism and East Lake Management’s

Service Coordinators greatly contributed to the success of the conference.”

East Lake’s RSC’s who helped plan sessions and book speak-ers are (in alphabetical order): Vivian Campbell (6900 S. Cran-don), Jeanette Gill-Stevenson (Liberty Commons), Nancy Kluth (Bristol Apartments), Ida

Lambert (6900 S. Crandon), Scherri Lewis-Onesimoh (Grant Village), Greta Moss (Fellowship Manor), Rose Scott

(Bristol Apartments) and Billy Williams (MEDS).

Among the many speakers at the conference were George R. Gilmore, HUD Senior Project Manager, who spoke about the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA); Atty. Neville M. Bili-moria, who spoke about the HIPAA Guidelines and Updates; and East Lake Oversight Manager Lolita Smith, who spoke about Teamwork and its impor-tance between RSCs and Property Management Teams.

Congratulations to Rose Jennings, the East Lake RSCs and everyone who took part for a job well done!

Volume 2, Issue 2

EA S T LA K E SH I N E S AT HUD C ON FE R EN C E IN IN D I A NA P OL I S !

Apri l/May/June 2012

EAST LAKE NEWS

E A S T L A K E G I V E S B A C K : 5 T H A N N UA L T R A C K & F I E L D B A N Q U E T A S U C C E S S—S U P P O R T I N G T E E N T R A C K A T H L E T E S !

On Friday, April 20, 2012 the 5th

Annual East Lake Windy City

Track & Field Banquet was held

at the Parkway Ballroom. Over

200 teen athletes and their

coaches from high schools in-

cluding Dunbar, DuSable, Robe-

son, Harlan, Simeon and Morgan

Park attended the event held to

encourage them to excel in aca-

demics, sports and life.

Olympic hurdler Lacey O’Neal

(1964, 1972) inspired the teens

with a keynote speech challenging

them to be the best and go for

their dreams. Ms. O’Neal also

received The Humanitarian Award.

World Class Athlete Dr. Robert

Saddler received the Recognition

and Appreciation Award. Both

Ms. O’Neal and Dr. Saddler at-

tended Chicago Public High

Schools, DuSable and Wendell

Phillips respectively. The Windy

City Track Meet was held the

following day at Hanson Stadium

in Chicago.

Cont. on pg. 2

Rose Jennings (lft.) and Lolita Smith

celebrate the successful confer-

ence.

RSCs (lft.—rt.) Nancy Kluth, Billy

Williams and Scherri Lewis-

Onisemoh at the conference.

tional story of his life from the

lessons he learned in his child-

hood from his parents, to his

track experiences from middle

school through college, to his

hard work and persistence in his

climb through the real estate

world.

Go to The HistoryMakers at

www.thehistorymakers.com and

click on The BusinessMakers sec-

tion to see more about our foun-

der and president.

The HistoryMakers tells the sto-

ries of success, achievement and

inspiration of prominent African-

Americans. It is the largest archi-

val collection of its kind in the

world. Quincy Jones, Tom Burrell,

Tavis Smiley, Ernie Banks and Dr.

Carol Adams, president of Du-

Sable Museum, are among those

who have been featured.

Mr. Elzie L. Higginbottom was

interviewed by The HistoryMakers

in April. He shared the inspira-

C O N G R A T U L A T I O N S T O T H E S E E A S T L A K E P R O P E R T I E S W I T H O U T S TA N D I N G R E A C S C O R E S O F 8 5 O R B E T T E R !

5 T H A N N U A L E A S T L A K E W I N D Y C I T Y T R A C K & F I E L D B A N Q U E T

C O N T .

E A S T L A K E F E A T U R E D : O U R F O U N D E R & P R E S I D E N T I N T E R V I E W E D B Y T H E H I S T O R Y M A K E R S

Garfield Park Apts.—94b

Laiche Gutter, Property Manager

Chandra Crawford, Property Supervisor

Franklin & Drake Apartments—89b

Keisha Walton, Property Manager

Kenzella Greer, Property Supervisor

Old Town Village West—87b

Nicole Rathey, Property Manager

Selena Harmon, Assistant Property Manager

Juana R. Pollard, Project Executive

Old Town Village East I & II—85a


Selena Harmon, Assistant Property Manager


Lake Park Manor—97b

Marva Lee, Property Manager

Michelle Ratcliff, Oversight Manager

Lisa Williams, ELM Property Inspector

Old Town Square—95b


Selena Harmon, Asst. Property Manager


Volume 2, Issue 2

The athletes

gather with

their

coaches, Dr.

Conrad

Worrill, Lacey

O’Neal, Dr.

Saddler and

Mr. Eric Hig-

ginbottom for

this historic

group shot

Honorees Lacey O’Neal & Dr. Saddler

East Lake News

LaJeana Walls is an Oversight

Manager with East Lake and was

excited to join the company in

1998. Properties that she has

overseen during her tenure are

Ellis Lakeview, Kenwood, Wash-

ington Park, Drexel Street Proper-

ties, 6900 Crandon, South Apart-

ments, Luther Terrace, Vincennes

Courts, Calumet Apartments,

Market Place, Second City, HICA

and Roosevelt Independence.

She started at East Lake as a

Property Manager Trainee, in four

months she was promoted to

Property Supervisor, then became

a Residential Property Supervisor

and was promoted to her current

position in 2010.

“I enjoy helping people and main-

taining a decent, safe, and clean

development which allows us to

keep it highly marketable, profit-

able and functional.” LaJeana adds

that, “East Lake has allowed me

the chance to use my common

sense approach while implement-

ing new and creative ways to reach

objectives set by the ownership and

upper management.”

The Chicago native learned the

importance of education from her

mother and she has received de-

grees at Robert Morris College,

Moraine Valley, and the Real Estate

Institute.

A quote that means much to her

comes from Dr. King, “The ultimate

measure of a man is not where

he stands in moments of com-

fort, but where he stands at

times of challenge and contro-

versy.” Other words she lives

by include, “To whom much is

given much is required.”

Her keys to success are loyalty,

respect and remaining true to

those who have supported her

in reaching her goals. LaJeana

also believes that, “Hard work

will speak for itself, it requires

no introduction.” She also says

it is important to, “stand strong and

positive.”

Thank you LaJeana!

pany including residential prop-

erty management, CHA property

management, maintenance, com-

mercial property management,

facilities, accounts payable, ac-

counting, and payroll.

The production got good reviews

and it was an enjoyable evening

for all.

In celebration of Employee Spirit

Month in March, East Lake sent

several lucky employees to per-

formances of Dream Girls Chi-

cago at the Harold Washington

Cultural Center in Bronzeville at

4701 S. King Drive.

Employees were selected in a

random raffle drawing and repre-

sented every area of the com-

S P O T L I G H T O N M A I N T E N A N C E S U P E R V I S O R M I G U E L G O N Z A L E Z

S P O T L I G H T O N O V E R S I G H T M A N A G E R L A J E A N A W A L L S

E A S T L A K E A P P R E C I A T E S : C E L E B R A T E S E M P L O Y E E S W I T H T I C K E T S T O D R E A M G I R L S !

“I take pride in fixing things and

keeping the building clean.” He

started working with East Lake

in August 2009. He says it is

important to, “come in to work

with a positive attitude and be

respectful.” He also says he

puts an emphasis on, “learning

as much as I can.” The words

he lives by are, “Help People.”

The Mexico native also believes

strongly in family.

VP of Property Management

Brenda Whitman says, “Miguel

is an excellent and dependable

employee and he takes on new

projects without complaint.”

Miguel adds that he likes work-

ing for East Lake because the

company has good benefits and

good people.

Thank you Miguel!

Miguel Gonzalez is Maintenance

Supervisor at Cunningham

Apartments in Calumet City,

Illinois where Joya Turner is the

Property Manager. Joya says

Miguel does an outstanding job

and both she and the residents

are pleased with his work.

Miguel states that he likes eve-

rything about his job and notes,

About Your Newsletter Editor: Lydia Davis Eady

Lawless Gardens Unveils a New Senior Center!

Wabash Crossing In Decatur Holds Spring Open House!

Wabash Crossing in Decatur, Illinois celebrated the opening of

their new management office at Ullrich Center and the intro-

duction of their new Model Unit with a special event on Thurs-

day, April 19th. The April Open House was attended by com-

munity leaders, residents and East Lake Corporate Executives.

Congratulations to Property Manager Tina Rice and the entire

staff of Wabash Crossing for a job well done!

On Friday, May 11th Lawless Gardens unveiled its

beautiful new Senior Center with a special event for

residents. The seniors enjoyed good food and con-

versation with each other plus Lawless and East

Lake executives. Several of the residents have lived

there many years and were very happy with their

colorful and beautifully decorated new center com-

plete with eye-catching artwork and a TV. Frances Tolbert is

the Property Manager at the 3550 S. Rhodes building where

the center is located and Cynthia Stewart is the Oversight Man-

ager. Congratulations Lawless!

As East Lake’s Director of Marketing one

of the projects I enjoy working on is the

company newsletter. Learning more

about East Lake’s story, accomplish-

ments, our founder Mr. Higginbottom and

the people who all work together as a

team to make the company successful is

very fascinating.

I am not a Chicagoan and East Lake is

helping me to learn the city in interesting

ways. I was born in Indiana in a small town outside of Indianapo-

lis (Kokomo) and I’ve lived all over the Midwest (I call myself a

“minister’s brat”). There are several generations of A.M.E. minis-

ters on both my paternal and maternal sides throughout the U.S.

My dad is definitely my hero and my mother is my role model.

I graduated Magna Cum Laude from Howard University

in Washington, D.C. with a Broadcast Management ma-

jor and Business Management minor. After 6 months

as a reporter at the ABC-TV station in Indianapolis I had

the opportunity to work at Johnson Publishing Company

(EBONY, JET and Fashion Fair Cosmetics).

I spent 20 years there as a Vice President and the foun-

der & CEO, John Johnson, was my mentor. One of the

most wonderful moments of my life with JPC was when I

met Nelson Mandela at the Presidential mansion in

Johannesburg. I struck out for five years with my own

company, Joy Communications, before coming to East

Lake in March 2011. I am the mother of two wonderful

sons, Andrew and Matthew. My parents instilled in me

the importance of education and always doing your best.

I’m glad to be here with you at East Lake!

East Lake Cleans Up On Earth Day

Lake Park Apartments resident Bobbie Townsend joined members

of her community to clean up the neighborhood on Earth Day,

April 21st. East Lake’s Lake Park Apartments is located at 4048

S. Lake Park (Drexel). LaToya Artis is the property manager. Ms.

Townsend is pictured in the middle of the photo (at left) by the

cleaning supplies. Thanks to Bobbie Townsend for showing such

community caring and spirit!

East Lake Management

& Development Corp.

2850 S. Michigan Ave.

Chicago, IL 60616312-

842-5500 ph.

312-842-0765 fx.

www.eastlakemgmt.com

Mrs. Lucille Jackson is a 41

year resident of Lawless.

She and her husband raised

their children there and she

turns 87 in July.

3 Generations of family live at

Lawless - grandmother, daughter,

granddaughter - celebrating the

new center (lft. to rt.) Mrs. Green,

Mrs. Hollingsworth and Mrs. Hicks.

East Lake: Many

Faces—Diverse

Talents—One

Family

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