AAGP has partnered with CBS to air an Apartment Living advocacy campaign with the primary goal to promote AAGP members as “The Good Guys”.  The campaign will run 30 second spots featuring the benefits of apartment living, encouraging renters to look for the AAGP logo when renting their next apartment, and highlighting the eight Owner members participating in the CBS campaign.  Many thanks to these participants for covering the expense of this endeavor, through their generosity ALL members of AAGP benefit!

AAGP is stepping out into the public eye with a fresh new look. The updated AAGP logo will debut on CBS; look for the spots to air on the CBS Early Show, Talk Philly at noon and the CBS Evening news on August 15. Each participating Owner will be interviewed for a weekly segment on Talk Philly by hosts Pat Ciarrocchi and Ukee Washington discussing their company and why being an AAGP member benefits not only their company but their residents as well.  Set your DVRs for August 16 at noon to see David Adelman, Campus Apartments on Talk Philly.

Thank you to our fabulous PR Committee Chaired by Jim Korman! The Committee made up of Larry Falkow, Christine Gertz, Aaron Helfman, Jenel Marraccini, Ron Monson, Paul Small, Ellen Thompson, Jessica Scully and Gunti Weissenberger have in one year created 1)The Renters Bill of Rights 2) The website FAQ’s and great new content and design 3) produced monthly newspaper advocacy articles 4) created the fresh new logo and look for all AAGP communications and 5) finally the CBS Advocacy Campaign. So much progress in one year!!!

If you have any questions regarding this new and exciting outreach, please give Pam Bennett a call at 610-664-1800

Check out Campus Apartments on CBS: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jj-V8Yz1S4Q

View the Talk Philly Interview Schedule: http://aagp.com/associations/11216/files/CBS%20Talk%20Philly%20Interview%20Schedule.pdf

~posted by Erica Hunter 8/9/11

AAGP held its wildly successful annual picnic in July.  As usual, hundreds of enthusiastic AAGP members came out to play, despite the record-breaking heat.  One of this year's highlights was that hundreds of attendees – both on the property management side and the vendor side – proudly wore matching corporate T-shirts.  In fact, some attendees embellished their shirts to match their personal style (hooray for scissors, glitter and fabric paint!). Your team members proudly wearing their corporate shirts, and even decorating them, speaks volumes about unity and morale.  

Does this sound like your company? Or do you think you could use a little boost to help foster this kind of unity among your team?  Next week AAGP has Bill Nye coming to Philadelphia to present Building a Healthy Organization.  Bill thinks that to be healthy means that your customers and your employees rave about you and enjoy the relationship they have with the company.  Come to class next week (Thursday, August 11 at 9 am) to get that boost you’re looking for. This session is designed specifically for regional property managers, owners and executives.  Bill may even provide instructions for embellishing your company T-shirts…

Linda

     "Wouldn't it be great," we wondered, "if all the District Justices got to know us?"  "After all, we’re the authority on Pennsylvania’s  apartment industry. So we sent every  DJ  a copy of our Landlord/ Tenant Handbook.      Our ample  calling card may not exactly be good beach reading , but it really shored  up our image as industry experts. MDJ’s are still recommending it! This week we received yet  another book order from a rental owner who said the judge  hearing his eviction case  suggested it as a helpful resource. It’s still a best seller, but don’t expect the movie any time soon. How could we do it justice?