Farmington Valley Area Community Association Manager Earns Top Industry Professional Credential

Avon/Farmington, CT –November 28, 2014 — Robert L. (Bob) Elwood, General Manager of the Farmington Woods Master Association located in the towns of Avon and Farmington, CT recently joined the elite group of community association managers who have earned the Professional Community Association Manager (PCAM®) credential from Community Associations Institute (CAI). Elwood is one of more than 2,200 managers worldwide who have earned the highest level of professional recognition in the community association field.

More than 60 million Americans live in an estimated 315,000 association-governed communities.

Elwood earned his BA degrees in Economics and Spanish at the University of Richmond, VA, and then the JD/MBA from the University of Virginia. His career has focused on the design, development, marketing, sales and property management of planned communities in Indiana, Florida, the island of Aruba, West Virginia, and now here in Connecticut.

Farmington Woods is a gated community of 1084 attached and free-standing condominiums located within the towns of Avon and Farmington. The community features an 18-hole championship golf course offering both resident and non-resident memberships, business memberships and social memberships, a clubhouse with restaurant, pub, and banquet facilities, seven tennis courts, one paddle tennis court, four pools, over 100 garden plots, a playground, and miles of walking paths. A wide range of services, activities, entertainment and events are available to residents and members. For further information on Farmington Woods, visit www.farmingtonwoods.com.

To earn the PCAM credential, managers must have five years of community association management experience and complete more than 100 hours of course work. In addition, credentialed PCAMs must fulfill continuing education and service requirements, as well as adhere to a code of ethics.

“Professionals who earn CAI credentials maximize the value they can provide to their community association clients,” said CAI Chief Executive Officer Thomas M. Skiba, CAE. “Not only have these professionals demonstrated a personal commitment to self-improvement, but they have also elevated their practical knowledge and expertise. That’s what all community associations need, and what board members and residents deserve.”

Professional managers provide administrative, operational and managerial counsel to the boards that govern homeowners and condominium associations. Managers typically are responsible for managing budgets and contractors, directing association personnel and overseeing compliance with association covenants and restrictions.

CAI is an international organization dedicated to building better communities. CAI and its 60 chapters work on behalf of the professionals and volunteers engaged in the management and governance of homeowner and condominium associations, cooperatives and other planned communities. CAI’s nearly 32,000 members include community association volunteer leaders, managers, management companies and businesses that provide products and services to these communities. One of CAI’s largest chapters is right here in Connecticut. More information is available at www.caionline.org.