theLAKER | 17 V&V Sponsors BALTHAZAR: LeChase Construction Services SALMANAZAR: Optimax Systems, Waterloo Container, Farm Credit East, Canandaigua Winery – E&J Gallo Winery REHOBOAM: Juniper Education Consulting Inc., Canandaigua National Bank & Trust, Kepner Equipment JEROBOAM: Drs. Karen and Mark Blazey, PLAN Architectural Studio PC, Reliant Credit Union, New York Kitchen MAGNUM: Vance Metal Fabricators, Niagara Label, New York Wine & Grape Foundation, Barbara Hamlin, Lyons National Bank, Genecco Produce/Scoops Ice Cream/ Canandaigua Lady, Ryan’s Wine & Spirits, Wegmans LeChase: A Partner in Growth LeChase Construction Services, the primary sponsor of Vintners & Valentines for the past two years, has been a key partner for more than a decade as the College has transformed its facilities to meet community needs. LeChase managed the construction of the Student Center, the largest expansion since the main campus opened in 1975. Completed in 2012, it received Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) certification from the U.S. Green Building Council, making it the first LEED-certified public building in Ontario County. The company also worked on the redevelopment of the five-acre Geneva Campus Center in 2016. The project combined construction and renovation to preserve the entrance to the 1920s-era high school that once stood on the site. Additional projects included the Muller Field Station bunkhouse (see the inside cover pages) and the Sands Family Center for Allied Health. The Sands Family Center, which opened in fall 2022, expanded and renovated the nursing wing to accommodate more registered nursing students and add a licensed practical nursing program. LeChase was founded in Rochester in 1944 by Raymond F. LeChase as a family operation to fill demand during World War II. Still headquartered in Rochester, it now employs 850 people in a total of 11 locations in New York, Maryland, New Jersey, and North Carolina. Bill Goodrich serves as chairman and CEO; Will Mack, vice chairman; Kyle Sayers, president; and R. Wayne LeChase, chairman emeritus. The LeChase table included, from left, Lydiah Bosire, Hermann J. Wiemer Vineyard winemaker Oskar Bynke, Neil Lawther, Patrick Griffin, Kevin Hoffman, Abby Hoffman, Meg O’Gara, and Tom O’Gara.
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