Todd Summerfield (second from left) accepts the National Volunteer of the Year Award from Thomas Bisacquino, President and CEO of NAIOP at the Capital Hilton in Washington, D.C. Summerfield is Vice President, Leasing and Development for Liberty Property Trust. Also pictured are Tim O'Ferrall, Executive Director of NAIOP Maryland; Vince Bagli of Merritt Properties and President, NAIOP Maryland; and Jim Neyer, Chairman of NAIOP.

Summerfield co-chaired the NAIOP Maryland Community Service Committee together with Connie Rhodes of Rhodes Development. Last spring, more than 200 NAIOP Maryland volunteers descended upon the Living Classrooms School to install sod on the nearly one acre site, paint railings, remove invasive materials and trash from the adjacent Inner Harbor water, in addition to the completion of landscaping efforts. More than 800 man hours were invested; 11,000 feet of sod was installed with an irrigation system; 260 shrubs and plants were installed; 10 raised-bed planters were constructed; 100 cubic yards of top soil, 40 cubic yards of mulch, and 20 cubic yards of stone was installed; 400 linear feet of wrought iron fencing was painted and 100 pounds of invasive materials were removed.

Jim Neyer, NAIOP and Todd Summerfield, NAIOP Maryland. Summerfield also serves on the Awards of Excellence and Legislative committees

Turf being installed at the Living Classrooms’ Crossroads School, on S. Caroline Street in Baltimore City