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in Germany.
Patrick Sweeney, a recent gradu-
ate of the University of Maryland
College Park, has joined the Stru-
ctural Engineering Group as an
engineer.
Billy Tyler has joined the Salis-
bury office as a summer intern. He
is a former GMB Scholarship winner
and has just completed his second
year at Bucknell University in civil
engineering.
Kyle Pepper recently joined the
Seaford office as a summer intern.
He is a civil engineering major at the
University of Delaware, where he
will be a Junior this fall. He is a 2011
graduate from Seaford High School.
New Manager Hired
OCEAN CITY ­ Bethany-Fen-
wick Area Chamber of Commerce
Executive Director David Martin
announced recently the hiring of
Sue Nilsson as Member Benefits
and Programs Manager. This new
role will focus on building value and
additional benefits into chamber
memberships and identifying new
program, event and member oppor-
tunities.
Nilsson has a long history of mar-
keting expertise and community
involvement. Originally from the
Washington D.C. area, she was a
marketing professional at both R.H.
Donnelly and Bell Atlantic where
she specialized in marketing re-
search and strategic planning. She
also owned her own marketing re-
search firm that conducted focus
groups and provided other market-
ing services.
I've said many times, the
Chamber's focus needs to always
be on membership value," Martin
said. "How we support our members
through promotion, helpful pro-
grams, events, educational and
being a local voice for business will
breed success. Sue will have a
major impact in those areas, espe-
cially in our inland towns."
As a former business owner,
Nilsson embraces the good works
of the Chamber and experienced
first-hand how beneficial member-
ship is. "It's a very tightly knit busi-
ness community," according to
Nilsson, "and one of its strongest
threads is the Chamber. I'm very
proud to be joining such a long-
standing and important part of the
local business community."
Delmar Property Sold
DELMAR ­ Henry Hanna, Senior
Advisor with Sperry Van Ness ­
Miller Commercial Real Estate in
Salisbury, has announced the sale
of the former Building Blocks Day-
care at 38238 Old Stage Rd. Hanna
represented the owner of the build-
ing.
The Tabernacle purchased the
property for $680,000. Chris Davis,
an Advisor with SVN-Miller, and
George Vouros, an agent with Coral
Reef Realty, represented the buyer.
"The building was built for a day
care facility but was modified to be-
come a church in 2011. It was a per-
fect match for the new congregation
and they were able to hold their first
service last Sunday," Hanna said.
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