Columbia Apartment Association

Meetings are on the second Wednesday of each month starting at 6pm at the Columbia Country Club.

March 13 (Wednesday) - Columbia Apartment Association General Meeting - CCC at 6pm

Come out to meet the new Director of the City's Housing and Neighborhood Services Department Rebecca Thompson.

You are invited to the Wednesday, March 13, 2024 Columbia Apartment Association (CAA) General Meeting. We are meeting on the second Wednesday of each month at the Columbia Country Club for the rest of the year.

The Columbia Country Club (CCC) was chosen due to a combination of factors including decent food, a bar, good parking, AV equipment, and privacy/room acoustics. The cost of dinner is $30 per person served buffet style. You can pay by credit card using:

CAA credit card payment link:
https://app.autobooks.co/pay/columbia-apartment-association

March 13 General Meeting Speaker:
The City of Columbia has announced Rebecca (Becky) Thompson as the inaugural director of the City's new Housing and Neighborhood Services Department beginning March 6. Thompson is a lawyer with seven years of experience as an assistant city counselor. Prior to serving in that role, she worked as assistant counsel for the Missouri Department of Transportation.

"Becky's work with the Board of Adjustment, Planning and Zoning Commission and the City's Community Development department will translate directly to the work of this new Housing and Neighborhood Services department, where she will craft new partnerships and find new ways to address the housing crisis our community faces." Thompson was sworn in at the Feb. 19 City Council meeting.

Please make it a commitment to come to the meetings each month. We can accomplish a lot for our individual businesses as well as collectively for our industry. The format of each meeting will be a 6pm start time to allow networking with dinner being served at 6:30pm. The formal meeting / discussion will start around 6:45.

April 10 (Wednesday) General Meeting Speaker -
Greg Oelrich with PropertyManagerAssistant.com will be discussing virtual assistants (VA’s) and how they can affordably help your business.

February 15 (Thursday) - Columbia Apartment Association General Meeting - CCC at 6pm

You are invited to the Thursday, February 15, 2024 Columbia Apartment Association (CAA - https://columbiaaa.com/) General Meeting. We will be meeting at the Columbia Country Club for the rest of the year. Our normal meeting will be on the second Wednesday of the month except for this week due to Valentine's Day...we will be meeting on Thursday at 6pm.

The Columbia Country Club (CCC) was chosen due to a combination of factors including decent food, a bar, good parking, AV equipment, and privacy/room acoustics. The cost of dinner will be $30 per person served buffet style. You can pay by credit card using:

CAA credit card payment link:
https://app.autobooks.co/pay/columbia-apartment-association

Please make it a commitment to come to the meetings each month. We can accomplish a lot for our individual businesses as well as collectively for our industry. The format of each meeting will be a 6pm start time to allow networking with dinner being served at 6:30pm. The formal meeting / discussion will start around 6:45.

This meeting we will be addressing recently passed ordinances both with the City of Columbia and Boone County as well as federal beneficial ownership reporting.


Future Meetings:
March 13 (Wednesday) General Meeting Speaker:

The City of Columbia has announced Rebecca (Becky) Thompson as the inaugural director of the City's new Housing and Neighborhood Services Department beginning March 6. Thompson is a lawyer with seven years of experience as an assistant city counselor. Prior to serving in that role, she worked as assistant counsel for the Missouri Department of Transportation.

"Becky's work with the Board of Adjustment, Planning and Zoning Commission and the City's Community Development department will translate directly to the work of this new Housing and Neighborhood Services department, where she will craft new partnerships and find new ways to address the housing crisis our community faces."

Thompson will be sworn in at the Feb. 19 City Council meeting.

April 10 (Wednesday) General Meeting Speaker -
Greg Oelrich with PropertyManagerAssistant.com will be discussing virtual assistants (VA’s) and how they can affordably help your business.

FYI: Boone County is implementing Rental Standards. Current draft is in the email invitation to the meeting.

Autobooks

There is some false information about Short Term Rentals floating around. Please come to the meeting tomorrow, February 15, at the CCC at 6pp for clarification and other information about items affecting our industry.

To Members and Non Members of the Columbia Apartment Association (CAA)

If you own or manage rental property, you are invited to attend the Columbia Apartment Association meeting which will be held at 404 Tiger Lane (404 Tiger Meeting Rooms) at 1pm on Wednesday, April 12.

Our Speakers - Dr. Tyler Page, MU Director of Residential Life, who manages campus housing and Dr. Michelle Froese, MU Associate Dean of Students, who oversees off-campus housing. They will be sharing information about MU housing projects, student enrollment expectations as it pertains to housing, goals, metrics, and any other information they would like to share with Columbia's rental housing professionals. Dr Froese will discuss campus/community relationships and how best to support students.

If MU Housing decisions affect your business, you might want to attend. If you have any advance questions they might need to prepare for, please send them to me.

Light snacks will be provided. This is an open event for CAA members and non-members.

Please Register https://caa04122023.eventbrite.com/

April 12 (404 Tiger) - Discussion / Agenda (limiting to 90 minutes):
Introductions
Speakers - Dr. Tyler Page, MU Director of Residential Life and Dr. Michelle Froese

If there is time left, we will review status updates:
- Source of Income
- Rental Energy Efficiency
- Short Term Rentals

Future General Meetings will be held at Grand Cru Restaurant unless otherwise advertised.

April 12 CAA General Meeting with Director of MU Residential Life General CAA Meeting with Speakers Dr. Tyler Page, MU Director of Residential Life and Dr. Michelle Froese, MU Associate Dean of Students

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The National Apartment Association offers a litany of COVID-19 webinars, including a series of daily micro-webinars. View resources at: https://www.naahq.org/coronavirus-guidance

Great idea shared by the Apartment Association Of Kansas City

We asked our members what fun activities everyone is doing at their properties to keep their residents involved and connected during the quarantine.

Our first activity submission comes from Sierra Laing and Alycia Hasson from 45 Madison Apartments where they have implemented a Bingo-like game, called The Quarantine Quest. Their residents get to pick which rows they want to complete by posting a photo inspired by the hashtag in the box. It has been such a successful activity that they are considering a round two or a second event planned for the last half of April! Great job, 45 Madison, and thanks for sharing your super creative activity! 🎉🎊

CAA General Membership Meeting & Networking TOMORROW Wednesday March 11th @ 11:30am. See CAA calendar for details:

Columbia Apartment Association The CAA promotes the rental housing industry through education, legislative advocacy and member services.

Looking forward to seeing everyone on 1/8/2020 for a tour of the MU Student Housing. Visit the CAA website for details: https://columbiaaa.com/calendar. If you have questions, please send an email to [email protected]