Blanco Tackabery sponsored the 2018 Community Affordable Housing Equity Corporation (CAHEC) conference held June 5-6 in Greensboro, NC. The annual conference brings together leaders in the affordable housing industry. Attending the event were Debbie McKenney, Kelly Otis, Susan Campbell and James Goodwin who are all attorneys in our Affordable Housing and Community Development practice.
Pictured here is Susan Campbell who is an attorney focusing in HUD multifamily matters.
Article written by: Chris Seamster, Business and Corporate Law Attorney
Many individuals, business and legal entities operate under an assumed business name or “d/b/a”. The assumed business name certificate is intended for the registration of business names other than the legal name of an individual or legal entity and are filed in the local Register of Deeds’ office.
The North Carolina General Assembly recently revised the laws governing assumed business names (see Article 14A, Chapter 66 of the NC General Statutes) and now requires that all assumed business name filings filed in the local Register of Deeds’ offices must be compiled into a statewide centralized online searchable database at the NC Secretary of State’s office. To comply with the law, if an assumed business name certificate was filed any time before December 1, 2017, the individual or entity must file a new assumed business name certificate with the local county Register of Deeds’ office in order to keep the assumed business name filing effective.
The law allows a 5-year transition period to give all businesses using an assumed name time to re-file their assumed business information before the old filings expire on December 1, 2022. The new certificate of assumed name will be recorded and indexed in that county and it will also be uploaded to a statewide database of assumed business name information housed at the NC Secretary of State’s office.
Blanco Tackabery was proud to sponsor and attend the 2018 Magnolia Ball for the Piedmont Opera on May 19th. The Magnolia Ball is Piedmont Opera’s largest fundraiser and featured an exciting night of entertainment based on the theme of “Fire and Ice”. Attending the event from the firm were Ashley Rusher, Caroline Munroe and Meghan Maguire. Ashley Rusher will be on the Piedmont Opera board for the upcoming season.
At the firm’s table were David Wilson, Meghan Maguire, Thomas Wilson, Caroline Munroe, Stephanie Hudson, Ashley Parlier, and Ashley Rusher.
Blanco Tackabery was proud to sponsor the Bethesda Center All Stars. Bethesda Center for the Homeless is a nonprofit organization that provides emergency and supportive services to hundreds of men and women experiencing homelessness in Forsyth County.
Blanco Tackabery was proud to support the 2018 Boys Scouts Distinguished Citizen award. Old Hickory Council held its annual Distinguished Citizen Award Dinner on May 10th. Community leaders, family, and friends gathered to honor Dr. Nathan O. Hatch, President of Wake Forest University. Dr. Hatch has had a significant influence through a lifetime of service and leadership to his community and nation. His passion and leadership are best described by the Boy Scout slogan, “Do A Good Turn Daily”.
Attending the event were Hudnall Christopher, Missie & Jim Vaughan and David & Jennifer Barksdale.
Blanco Tackabery attorney Christopher Seamster has been appointed to the Forsyth County Board of Commissioners Industrial Facilities and Pollution Control Financing Authority. The purpose of the Authority is to assist local industry in securing bond financing. He will serve on this board for a five-year term ending in 2023.
Ashley Rusher has been elected to Business North Carolina magazine’s Legal Elite for 2018. Ashley practices in the area of business bankruptcy and creditor’s rights.
Business North Carolina magazine selects the Legal Elite through ballots sent to more than 28,000 attorneys who are active members of the North Carolina State Bar. Members are asked to select the best lawyer in each field and may not select themselves. Fewer than 3% of the state’s lawyers were named to the list this year.
This past Saturday, over 25 Blanco Tackabery employees participated in the 2018 Bowl for Kids’ Sake, for which the Firm is also an official sponsor. Bowl for Kids’ Sake is Big Brothers Big Sisters premier fund-raising event where people get together with friends, family, and co-workers and have a fun time bowling in support of the Big Brothers Big Sisters mentoring programs in the community. We’d like to say thank you to all who made this event possible, and a big thanks to our team for participating in this wonderful opportunity to serve our community!
Blanco Tackabery is honored to sponsor the 15th Annual Partners in Hope fundraiser for Catholic Charities Diocese of Charlotte. This event aims to raise $400,000 to be directly invested in CCDC’s mission of strengthening families, building communities and reducing poverty in the Piedmont Triad.
Blanco Tackabery is proud to support and participate in the Forsyth Backpack Program. Our attorneys and staff collected funds to purchase food to pack over 450 backpack bags, which will feed food-insecure children in our local elementary schools on the weekends. Thank you to the Forsyth Backpack Program for this much-needed service that you provide to the children in our community.
Blanco Tackabery is proud to be representing Northwestern Housing Enterprises, Incorporated and Blue Ridge Housing of Ashe, LLC in connection with redevelopment of the Historic Ashe Hospital into affordable rental housing for seniors.
Five attorneys from our Affordable Housing and Community Development Group attended the North Carolina Affordable Housing Conference. One of the partners in this practice group, Debbie McKenney, was featured in a panel discussion titled “Tax Credit Equity Markets: Navigating Through Winds of Change.”
