Events

Bruce Rinker, a member of Mansour Gavin LPA’s Real Estate and Land Use practice group, was recently honored at the Cuyahoga County Mayors and City Managers Association’s annual dinner.  Held at Landerhaven, the event toasted – and gently roasted – outgoing mayors and city managers from the area. Other departing mayors honored included Richard Balbier of Brooklyn, Tom Brick of Chagrin Falls, Bill Cervenik of Euclid, Greg Kurtz of Independence, and Joe Cicero of Lyndhurst. Rinker, who is not seeking re-election after 22 years as the mayor of Mayfield Village, will step down from his post in January 2016 when his successor is sworn in.

While circumstance led him to run, as a vacancy opened up in the mayor’s office while he was City Council President, Rinker says he developed a sense of commitment to putting the village on a path toward long-term stability. He is most proud of growing a healthy tax base, rebuilding and refurbishing all major public facilities and amenities in the village, and installing a new and greener infrastructure during his years as mayor. “Our creation of the Greenway, the spine of our greenway corridor, is emblematic of our seamless meshing of residential, commercial and recreational uses within our boundaries,” Rinker said.

And what will Rinker, who also serves as a Cleveland Metroparks Commissioner, do with a bit of extra free time once his tenure as mayor is complete?  “What’s that?” he joked.

Congratulations, Bruce! Mansour Gavin sincerely appreciates your years of public service, and all that you have contributed, both to your community and to Cleveland.

Proud supporters of the American Heart Association | American Stroke Association, Mansour Gavin LPA once again put together a team that walked in the 2015 Heart Walk on Saturday, September 26th.  Prior to the big walk, Mansour Gavin raised funds for the AHA with an office cake walk, happy hour, 50/50 and prize raffles, and the ever-popular casual days.

Jim Budzik, a member of Mansour Gavin LPA’s Labor and Employment practice group, will present at the National Business Institute’s “Human Resource Law from A to Z” seminar on December 1 and December 2, 2015.  The NBI seminar will be held at the Holiday Inn in Independence, Ohio.

Jim will speak on December 2nd, and his presentation will cover current issues in Human Resources, including best practices with employee wellness programs, developing workforce plans that benefit businesses, and effective strategies for reducing health benefit costs.

For more information or to register to attend the seminar, please click here.

Bruce Rinker and John Monroe, both members of Mansour Gavin LPA’s Real Estate and Land Use practice group, will be speaking at the 27th Annual Planning and Zoning Workshop on Friday, November 13th.  Hosted by the Cleveland Section of American Planning Association Ohio, the seminar will take place at LaCentre Conference and Banquet Facility in Westlake, Ohio.

Bruce will be conducting the required AICP Ethics session, inclusive of review of the Code, hypothetical fact scenarios, and a consideration of evidentiary and public records issues from the perspective of the courtroom.

John will be co-presenting a session on variances entitled “Varying the Variance” along with former Cleveland City Planning Director Robert Brown.

For more information or to register to attend the seminar, please click here.

What do you get when you put 25 attorneys in one room for an entire day?  (Actually … don’t answer that). In Mansour Gavin’s case, however, it involved plenty of good ideas!  We held an all-attorney firm retreat at Sawmill Creek Resort in Huron on September 28th,  where we worked on plans for the firm’s practice groups and discussed ways to improve our service to clients.