San Francisco, CA, September 10, 2010 — MERIT Property Management, a leading provider of professional community association and rental management services, is hosting a complimentary evening of 'Tastings & Trends' at 5:30 p.m. on Thursday, September 30th at the EPIC Roasthouse in downtown San Francisco for homeowner association board members and volunteer committee members, vendors and media.
A social reception will be followed by informative presentations on managing and living in community associations. Panel experts will speak on trends in high-rise community living, unraveling financial challenges, security essentials and learning to be proactive on behalf of your community.
Expert speakers include MERIT's Executive Vice President, Operations Management Susan DeGrassi, CCAM, MERIT's Executive Vice President of Finance Andrew Schlegel, CCAM; Richard Peterson, Jr., Principal, Goodyear-Peterson, LLC; Garrett Frakes, Principal, Polaris Group; and Bret A. Almassy, Vice President of Business Development, AlliedBarton Security Services. The panel will be moderated by MERIT's Assistant Vice President of Training Marybeth O. Green, CCAM.
The event will begin at 5:30 p.m. at EPIC Roasthouse located at 369 The Embarcadero, San Francisco, California 94105. For a complimentary invitation to the event, please contact MERIT at (877) 781-7787 or visit MERIT.
About MERIT
Since 1980, MERIT (www.meritpm.com) has grown to be one of the foremost providers of professional community association services in the Western States. MERIT specializes in the forward planning and management of master planned, single family home/condominiums, active adult, and urban high- and mid-rise communities as well as rental property management for investors (www.meritrental.com).
MERIT is a part of FirstService Residential Management which manages over 4,000 communities, representing more than 1,000,000 homes/units in 18 states. FirstService Residential Management is a subsidiary of FirstService Corporation (NASDAQ:FSRV).
For additional information on this topic or to schedule an interview, please contact Amy Sarti at asarti@meritpm.com or visit www.meritpm.com.
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