Join Us Oct. 8 for the Cobb County Make-A-Wish 5K
SEPTEMBER 2011. Croft and Associates is proud to sponsor the tenth annual 5K road race that benefits the Georgia & Alabama chapter of the Make-A-Wish foundation.
Date: Saturday, Oct. 8, 2011
Time: Registration at 7 a.m., race begins at 8 a.m.
Location: The race begins and ends at the Marietta Square.
To see the race route click here.
Pre-registration:
Untimed 5K Walk/Run - $20
Timed 5K Run - $25
To register online, click here
Mail-in forms must be postmarked by Oct. 1.
After Oct. 1, fees are:
Untimed 5K Walk/Run - $25
Timed 5K Run - $35
Teams of 10 or more:
Untimed - $15
Timed - $20
Parking: Parking will be available in the Cobb County Parking Deck as well as lots surrounding the square.
Croft Named 2011 "Hot Firm"
SEPTEMBER 2011. Croft & Associates has been named to the Zweig Letter 2011 Hot Firm List.
The Zweig Letter 2011 Hot Firm List recognizes the fastest-growing architecture, engineering, planning and environmental consulting firms in the United States and Canada. These are the firms that have outperformed the economy and competitors to become leaders in their chosen fields.
Rankings are based on a survey of industry firms conducted by ZweigWhite, the publisher of The Zweig Letter, and the nation?s leader in enhancing business performance for architecture, engineering, and environmental consulting firms.
Croft Plays in Matt Ryan Celebrity Classic
JUNE 2011. Croft & Associates proudly sponsored the recent inaugural Matt Ryan Celebrity-Am Classic, a fundraiser for The Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta Aflac Cancer Center. As a "Touchdown" sponsor, three Croft executives participated in the golf tournament at Sugarloaf Country Club, teamed with Atlanta Falcons quarterback John Parker Wilson. Live and silent auctions also contributed to the event.
Pictured above, from left, are Jim Croft, founder of Croft & Associates, Dan Baker of Duffy Southeast Construction, Atlanta Falcons quarterback John Parker Wilson, Mark Jackson, vice president of Croft & Associates and Anthony Iorillo, project architect at Croft & Associates.
Croft & Associates Named A Cobb Top 25 Small Business
JUNE 2011. The Cobb Chamber of Commerce and The Atlanta Jounal-Constitution named Croft & Associates as one of Cobb County's Top 25 Small Businesses for 2011. An independent panel reviewed nominated businesses based on criteria published by the U.S. Small Business Administration. Those criteria included staying power, growth in number of employees, increase in sales or unit volume, current and past financial standing, innovative products and services, response to adversity, contributions to community projects and overall management philosophy. Croft & Associates was recognized at the Cobb Chamber's First Monday Breakfast on June 6. Croft, based in Acworth, was also a Cobb Top 25 Small Business in 2009.
LEED Accreditation for Mary Emily
JUNE 2009. Job Captain Mary Emily LeDonne is now a LEED Accredited Professional. She has already brought a green strategic approach to the design of Croft & Associates’ new office building design as well as other projects. We appreciate Mary Emily’s passion for sustainable design and her hard work to become accredited.
LEED Accreditation »Southern Living features Croft green homes
JUNE 2009. Southern Living Magazine recently selected Croft & Associates home designs for their house plans site. The selected plans come from Croft’s new Vintage Green Homes portfolio. Each home is designed meet Green Craft home standards and will be featured on Southern Living’s upcoming green page on their website.
A Cobb Top 25 Small Business
JUNE 2009. The Cobb Chamber of Commerce and AJC Media Solutions named Croft & Associates as one of the 2009 Cobb Top 25 Small Businesses of 2009. An independent panel reviewed nominated businesses based on the criteria published by the U.S. Small Business Administration. Those criteria included staying power, growth in number of employees, increase in sales or unit volume, current and past financial standing, innovative products and services, response to adversity, evidence of contributions to aid community projects and overall management philosophy. Awards were presented at the Cobb Chamber's June First Monday Breakfast.
Jim Croft and Mark Jackson are pictured above with Dr. Lisa Rossbacher, Cobb Chamber of Commerce chairwoman and president of Southern Polytechnic University and Eric Moran of AJC Media Solutions.
It’s official: Croft & Associates has a new home
MAY 2009. Croft & Associates held a ribbon-cutting ceremony on May 6 to celebrate the move to a new 13,000 square foot, two-story building designed by the entire Croft staff. About 300 people attended the ceremony, including Acworth Mayor Tommy Allegood, Director of Public Worlks Mark Hipp, Police Chief Michael Wilkie, Building Official Loyd Fasselt, City Aldermen Bob Weatherford and Tim Houston, City Manager Brian Bulthuis, and Scott and Chuck Rosemond, general contractors for the project.
The firm outgrew its old office space quickly—the new building accommodates its needs and leaves room for future growth. Situated close to Downtown Acworth and Kennesaw, the architecture is designed in context to both historic cities while expressing a fresh, compatible contemporary theme. The building was designed with LEED certification as the goal. It is currently LEED registered. Among its green features are a white TPO roof, low VOC products and materials, and a rainwater harvesting system for the mostly native and drought-tolerant landscape.
Croft & Associates on WSB-TV
APRIL 2009. Croft & Associates is WSB-TV’s “Going Green Champion” for June. See the interview with partner Mark Jackson to learn why and get a look at the new LEED-registered building.
Big News!
JUNE 2008. We recently broke ground on our new offices in Acworth! The 12,000 square foot, two-story building will be located less than a mile from our present location, but it's a big move in many ways. The design team, which included our entire staff, created a green design with LEED certification as the goal. The objective is to develop the site in a responsible manner, minimizing the environmental impact and providing a healthy and happy environment for our employees. The building has been sited sensitively with a small footprint, leaving significant open space. The open office work environment is shallow, allowing generous penetration of daylight. Low-e insulated glazing and sun screens over the south windows will minimize solar heat gain. We will harvest rain water and use it for landscape irrigation. Most of the planting will be native and drought tolerant. White roofing will minimize heat island effect of the new development. In addition we will try to recycle at least 50% of construction waste, use as much as possible of locally produced materials, increase building ventilation, optimize HVAC systems to be more economical and use low VOC create healthy indoor air quality.
The new building addresses the needs of the community. Situated close to Downtown Acworth, the architecture is designed in context of historic Acworth while expressing a fresh, compatible contemporary theme. It reflects our team's design capabilities and our desire to be good neighbors in the Kennesaw/Acworth community.
City of Acworth, GA web site »LEED Certification »
LEED Accreditation for Krystyna
JUNE 2008. Senior Designer Krystyna Bukowiecki is now LEED Accredited Professional. She has already brought a green strategic approach to the design of Croft & Associates’ new office building design as well as other projects. We appreciate Krystyna’s passion for sustainable design and her hard work to become accredited.
LEED Accreditation »Creating Special Homes at Serenbe
JUNE 2008. Croft & Associates is creating multiple custom homes in the well known community of the Serenbe. The homes are designed to fit the unique needs of the home owners and are near completion. We are very fortunate to be contributing to a development that brings quality of life, community, and sustainability together in Georgia.
Serenbe, GA web site »