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f. FGMA Field Leadership:
i. Celeste Karier was appointed At Large Board Member of the MWGL Region
Chicagoland Chapter, of A4LE. Congratulations Celeste!
g. Awards:
i. Sherlock Elementary School, School District 99, won the 2022 Chicago Building
Congress Merit Award in May of 2022
ii. Prairie Trails school achieved PHIUS+ 2018 & Source Zero Certification in February
2022. Prairie Trails is the nation’s first net-zero energy renovated school that also meets
the PHIUS+ Source Zero
iii. The Prairie Trails Playground won the Illinois American Society of Landscape Architects
(ASLA) Merit Award as an excellent example of how diverse the profession is and how
landscape architecture positively impacts everyday interactions with the surrounding
environment. The playground was designed by Terra Engineering.

FY 23- Goals- What are the major goals going forward
1. Developing and constantly renewing our technical, design, and client core expertise
1. Client Retention
2. Develop and recruit next generation PK-12 leaders and staff
3. Promote knowledge transfer and professional leadership development
4. Blow our horn, enhance our business development skills and tactics
5. Develop new internal capabilities to seize new market opportunities
6. Increase the net number of Client/Relationships

Promote knowledge and expertise- In 2022, how did specific projects move the needle re: thought
leadership
1. Glenview SD 34
a. Glenview SD 34 is in the midst of a multi-year initiative to transform its learning spaces in
support of a new student-centered learning pedagogy. There seems to be an interest in
the PK12 marketplace to transition to this new pedagogy and FGMA is uniquely
positioned to assist school districts with the transformation process.
2. River Trails SD 26

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