Brooksville, FL (PRWEB) February 25, 2015

Regions Facility Services President Ron Wilhite was named the Restaurant Facility Management Associations (RFMA) 2015 Vendor of the Year this month at the organizations annual industry conference.

To select the Vendor of the Year, RFMAs board of members reviews nominations for individuals who have made extraordinary contributions to the organization and done so willingly and without seeking personal accolades. The board then votes on those nominations to select the winner of the award.

Wilhite was the volunteer general contractor for a RFMA Gives project in Sanford, Florida in 2013. The first vendor to receive RFMAs Certified Restaurant Facility Professional (CRFP) designation, Wilhite has been an active member of the organizations education committee and an integral part in the development of curriculum for the new CRFP online prep course.

It is truly an honor to be recognized as RFMAs Vendor of the Year, said Wilhite. RFMA does so much for its restaurant and vendor members. There truly is no greater promoter of professionalism within the restaurant facility management industry. Contributing to this organization has been rewarding both personally and professionally.

About Regions Facility Services

Founded in 2003, Regions Facility Services (RFS) is a full service facility management company specializing in commercial renovation services including full restaurant renovations, kitchen remodels and restaurant repairs. RFS currently provides nationwide services to familiar brands such as Darden Restaurants, Ruby Tuesday, Wendys, Joes Crab Shack, Benihana, Red Lobster, True Foods Kitchen and many others.

About Restaurant Facility Management Association (RFMA)

The Restaurant Facility Management Association (RFMA) is the only association created by and for restaurant facility management professionals. The organizations mission is to advance industry awareness of restaurant facility management, while promoting professional and ethical standards to serve the customer with added value.

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Wanted: A few good men or women with the ability to organize. Willing to donate some time. Experience in building trades or home improvements, a plus.

Pay: Knowing you've helped someone who couldn't help themselves. Benefits include a grateful smile and possible handshake.

Reply to: Portage Rebuilding Together, which has helped 192 families in Portage Township since 1998 live better lives.

PORTAGE | When Tom Cznarich retired as an electrician, his youngest son encouraged him to get involved, use his skills and help other people.

Cznarich applied to be a volunteer with Rebuilding Together Portage.

That first year he became a house captain. Sixteen years later, he's president of the organization, which aims to help people in Portage Township stay in their homes, by making repairs, large and small.

"I feel I have a talent. I don't think it is right if you don't share that talent," said Cznarich. Besides, he adds, he thinks he's gotten more back in those 16 years than he's ever been able to give.

Cznarich has seen the organization ebb and flow since it began as Christmas in April in 1998.

"When it first started, Portage was in its building boom," he said. "House captains were contractors who were in competition with each other. The money and donations flowed easily. Then the recession hit."

The group struggled from time to time, but held a building day the last Saturday in April every year, helping as many people as they could. There were hit hard in 2010 when it was discovered the treasurer had embezzled nearly all the group's funds. He's now slowly repaying the debt.

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Last summer, chef Michal Ulehla and his wife, Joyce De La Torre, opened Bread + Salt in Frisco. Situated on Main Street, kitty-corner from the couples flagship Italian eatery, Bagalis, Bread + Salt was an experiment in upscale breakfast fare, with a name that alluded to the Central European custom of greeting friends with fresh-baked bread and salt.

With a starting base of longtime Bagalis customers and word-of-mouth referrals from friends and neighbors, Bread + Salts popularity quickly grew. The restaurant recently underwent a remodel, and Ulehla has added a lunch menu to sate his customers, who, between Bread + Salt and Bagalis, can now partake of the chefs creations morning, noon and night.

I knew it was going to take some time, especially with restaurants, to build up a reputation, Ulehla said. I think we were surprised how quickly we were able to build a customer base, but also, on the other hand, since this was established as a new business, we learned a lot along the way.

TIME TO REMODEL

When Bread + Salt first moved in, the corner storefronts large, south-facing windows spilled sun into a dimly lit, darkly painted dining room with a large coffee station in the center and a slivered view of the kitchen over a high countertop.

Ulehla and De La Torre wanted to brighten the space, so they embarked upon a remodel that opened up the dining room and made it more functional. They started by stripping off the wood paneling below the chair rail, repainting the dark green walls a light buttercup yellow with gray accents and upgrading the lighting and ceiling fans.

The light that they used to have, it was super old and super dark, De La Torre said. In the mornings when we would open, it would look so dark in here because the lighting was really bad. And all of the new lighting is really, really great.

A dividing wall set with window panes near the west entrance was jettisoned to create better flow, and the east entrance was closed off with drywall to make the central entrance a stronger focal point. The countertop dividing the dining room and the kitchen was lowered and set with bar stools to provide more seating, and the coffee station was relocated behind the counter.

Its just so open that you can see everything thats happening, De La Torre said, gesturing toward the windows. If its snowing really bad, if its blowing, this stop sign gives you a big show of everything thats happening. It feels like everything thats happening in town, you see it right here the people walking by, walking their dogs. Its a really good view.

New signage and chalk sandwich boards help draw traffic to Bread + Salt, and when the warm days of late spring and summer roll around, the couple is planning to take better advantage of the dog-friendly, wrap-around patio. Overall, the tight but conversational space creates a different energy than whats found at Bagalis, Ulehla said.

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While sad is the descriptor of choice for patrons of Johnny Caces Seafood & Steak House, celebrate is the word Cathy and Chelsea Cace prefer to use.

The 66-year-old restaurant will serve its final meal March 28, which has fans of the New Orleans-style eatery down in the dumps. But the Cace family is approaching its last two months in business with an air of celebration.

Thats really what we want it to be, owner Cathy Cace said. A celebration.

The decision to close the restaurant came after months of prayer and of pondering options, Cathy and Chelsea said.

However, they said they feel a sense of peace about their decision.

The 13,000-square-foot, 50-year-old building needed so much repair and upkeep that the restaurant and its owners were buckling under the strain.

Cathy and Chelsea say they havent even had the chance to properly grieve husband and father Gerard.

Gerard Cace, son of Johnny Cace, husband to Cathy and father to Chelsea, ran the restaurant since the early 1980s before dying suddenly in 2012.

I dont think weve properly dealt with that, said Chelsea, the restaurants general manager. Weve been so busy.

The mother and daughter agreed that the next two months will be filled with memories and hard work, while honoring the business, the family and continuing the legacy that began 66 years ago.

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San Francisco, CA (PRWEB) January 22, 2015

Christopher Wells Construction, a bay area remodeling contractor, recently addressed the ongoing need for San Francisco buildings to be evaluated for earthquake preparedness in 2015, based on San Francisco's Mandatory Seismic Retrofit Program Ordinance.

As of October 6, 2014 there were approximately 500 property owners who had not submitted their screening forms for the program, according to the Department of Building Inspection.

It's a new year, 2015, and many residences, called soft-story homes for having a weaker first floor, could be at risk of collapsing when the next big earthquake strikes, Wells said. "Bay Area homeowners should be aware of the risks involved in having a home that is not earthquake-prepared. We only need to look at what happened in nearby Napa in 2014. The Napa earthquake resulted in financial losses totaling close to a billion dollars, and more than 100 buildings were deemed unsafe to inhabit. And surprisingly, just two days ago a 4.4 magnitude quake hit San Benito County, which is only a few hours south of San Francisco."

There is a lesson to be learned for San Francisco homeowners," Wells went on. "For those with San Francisco properties at risk for earthquake damage, make 2015 a safer year by having your home evaluated for seismic strengthening.

In fact, the likelihood of an earthquake measuring 6.7 or greater striking the Bay Area in the next 25 years is 63%, according to the US Geological Survey. Wells said this should raise two urgent questions for homeowners: First, how can I get the information I need to make informed decisions when the next tremor strikes? And second, what can I do to protect my home from being seriously damaged?

The voluntary strengthening ordinance (AB 094) was passed in 2010; it applies to buildings with less than five residential units. Larger buildings fall under San Francisco's 2013 Mandatory Seismic Retrofit Program for Soft Story Wood Frame Buildings. This ordinance applies to buildings with two or more stories which contains five or more units. Property homeowners were required to complete a screening form by September 15, 2014.

Wells added that the problem is most SF homes were built long before earthquake ordinances were mandated. The cripple walls, the short stud walls between the floor and foundation (the crawl space) need to be shear walled, or braced, with plywood. This will stop a home from sliding off its foundation, he explained. What you are doing is strengthening the weakest part of a building, which gets hit by the greatest force during an earthquake.

How do you detect if your home is a soft-story building? Wells pointed to several criteria listed in the 2010 ordinance that would indicate a need for voluntary strengthening. Among the criteria:

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