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Congratulations to the ACE Mentor Program Greater Boston students, and 🌟senior🌟 scholarship winners, for another successful year! The PCA Host Site mentored 30+ students from participating high schools including Boston, Brookline and a few neighboring towns. Kudos to PCA's Janine Byrne, an ACE Mentor Program Greater Boston past President, Board Chair and volunteer since 2018, for supporting the PCA site seniors at this year's End of Year Celebration, Presentation Showcase, and Scholarship Night Event! More about ACE: tinyurl.com/d3vvvm98 A big thank you to all Site 2 Mentors: PCA's Robert Krauszer, AIA; BR+A Consulting Engineers' Hannah Frank and Catherine Reedy, E.I.T.; DPR Construction's Phil Gagnon; LeMessurier's Eric S. Johnson, P.E. and Ethan Turner; Structure Tone's Sara Alinia; TerraPact's Steve Koester; Simpson Gumpertz & Heger (SGH)'s Lobna Youssef, E.I.T., Giovanna Zamora, EIT and Ronan K. Bates, EIT; Shawmut Design and Construction's Yordy Tesfaye; Thornton Tomasetti's Erin Gallagher; Turner Construction Company's Henry Morgan and Sabrina Lorica; The Green Engineer, Inc.'s Prachi Sharma; Nitsch Engineering's Rachel Graham, EIT; Arup's Lisa Burg; TG Gallagher's Peter Stoesser, and Ryan Associates' Laura Knosp, RLA, ASLA, LEED AP. #PCA_team #PCA_culture

PCA's Director of IT Daniel Carp was an amazing ambassador representing us at the Massachusetts Center for Employee Ownership (MassCEO) Symposium at Cambridge City Hall. We continually strive to better our workplace and Dan was happy to share our experience as a MA State ESOP (Employee Stock Ownership Plan) Business. More about Massachusetts Center for Employee Ownership (MassCEO) and ESOP: tinyurl.com/4s246cnm #PCA_team #PCA_culture

Thank you Built Environment Plus News for sharing the PCA / The Green Engineer, Inc. Materials Label Decoder Tool with your membership and greater community! We're happy to continue our collaboration with Built Environment Plus to create buildings and spaces for healthier living. Built Environment Plus News: tinyurl.com/4yct889j PCA Ideas / Materials Label Decoder: tinyurl.com/3b59dhkx #PCA_sustainability #PCA_team

Thank you Freedom by Design at Northeastern University for hosting a successful Career Fair! We had a great time talking with students about their careers and co-op goals for the upcoming year. Dave Snell, AIA, LEED AP BD C (a Double Husky himself) was happy to share his Northeastern University CAMD experience as a student and now PCA principal. Yasmine Badawi joined him to engage attendees about her experience as a former PCA intern to current PCA team member. We're looking forward to the next event! More about Freedom by Design at Northeastern University (AIAS NEU Chapter): tinyurl.com/bdhj2ybz #PCA_gohuskies #PCA_team

It was a rewarding day for PCA's Yasmine Badawi and Emeline Gaujac as panelists at Digital Ready, where they also serve as board members. Emeline and Yasmine shared their experiences and expertise with high school students about building a personal STEM brand from their perspectives as former design students, educators, facilitators and PCA team members. Digital Ready connects underrepresented high school students to tangible pathways to economic mobility in Boston's innovation economy. More about Digital Ready: tinyurl.com/b9bmjnnd Co-Panelists: Ross Marshall, Head of Community Engagement, BioversityMA; Owen Salerno, Director of Marketing, MDS/Miller Dyer Spears Inc.; Jose Cotto, Director of Community Engagement and Design Justice, Utile. #PCA_team #PCA_community

Update: Colony Grove, located in Worcester MA, is Phius (Passive House Institute U.S.) CORE 2021 Design Certified! A multi-unit, affordable senior housing community, Colony Grove will be re-imagined and modernized to become 220 new senior homes with greater accessibility while also providing comprehensive support and social services for residents. Thank you to our client Affirmative Investments, Inc. and our project partners: AKAL Engineering Inc, RSE Associates, Inc., Graves Engineering, Inc., NEI General Contracting, BEC and Verdant Landscape Architecture. #PCA_team #PCA_sustainability

As we close out February and Black History Month, PCA celebrated with a JEDI Council 2025 Year-In-Review presentation during our weekly Coffee Talk. To recap, we continued our partnerships with several key organizations: Builders of Color Coalition, Embrace Boston, ACE Mentor Program Greater Boston, On The Rise, HBCU Professional Development Program, Boston Architectural College Summer Academy, Boston Society for Architecture (Meet+Greet w/ Danyson Tavares), Living Future and Digital Ready. Along with JEDI, other PCA internal groups where our JEDI goals externalize is through our Just Label Team and Voices in Design. We will continue our JEDI work here at PCA. #PCA_JEDIstrong #PCA_community   P.s. A big shout out Exodus in Roslindale, MA for providing DELICIOUS bagels and coffee for our celebration! Check out their website: tinyurl.com/5n8asrx2 #SupportLOCALBusinesses

Taking some time at the beach to celebrate the year’s end in the tiki-themed Beacon Studio Lounge! Everyone was invited to enjoy some summertime fun in January... Can’t wait to do this again! #PCA_team #PCA_celebrate

Thank you restaurant development + design magazine for featuring Saltie Girl in your ⭐New and Notable section! We enjoyed collaborating with our client 🧜 Kathy Sidell 🧜 on the newly refreshed Saltie Girl restaurant in Boston’s Back Bay. Feature: tinyurl.com/y2ekwrj4 Saltie Girl photos: tinyurl.com/5epmh6r7 #PCA_design #PCA_team

Excited to share the latest drone footage of Modera Revere Beach in Revere MA - with its oceanfront views. Project info: tinyurl.com/2kxh8r8j Client partner: Mill Creek Residential Trust LLC #PCA_team #PCA_projects