Tom’s Swan Song

GM TOM CURRY BIDS FAREWELL TO WAL

The rumors are true: Watergate at Landmark General Manager Tom Curry is leaving us. As of September 17, Curry will be on his way back home to New Jersey after six years of service to WAL. He has accepted a position as General Manager of a large-scale patio-home agerestricted community in central New Jersey.

“It’s just 10 miles from my home in New Jersey and it’s an opportunity I can’t pass on,” said Curry, adding, “I’ve gone from managing townhome developments to the WAL high-rise complex and now onto a 55+ community. Change is good — and I must confess my family is thrilled!”

Since he began at WAL in October 2015, Curry has been commuting back and forth to his family in New Jersey nearly every weekend. That’s a lot of miles. “It’s a four-hour ride each way but it’s still less of a commute than a lot of our staff members do,” he said.

Thanks for the Memories

When asked what he liked best about WAL, Curry doesn’t hesitate in his response. “It’s the people,” he said. “I’ve been very fortunate to work with a lot of great committee and Board member volunteers on so many projects. I’ve been especially lucky to have been able to team up with such a professional and hardworking management staff. I hope the community realizes how fortunate they are to have such a great staff keeping the community running.” Of course, WAL being the large community it is meant Curry spent a considerable amount of his time dealing with projects. He noted some of the ones he enjoyed most were not necessarily the largest. “I really liked doing the playground renovation, the LED light retrofits and the revamping of the Wheel magazine,” he said.

Thank you, Watergate, for a good six years.

Of course, there were a significant number of large projects completed under his tenure that are noteworthy, including the renovation of the Market Café, roof replacement on the Racquet Club, rooftop exhaust fan replacement, and unit window and balcony door replacements. “And now we are in the middle of the HVAC façade, balcony renovation and elevator projects — and that’s just the major stuff!” he exclaimed. “We completed so many large projects it’s hard to remember them all.” Curry said he wishes everyone well. “Thank you, Watergate, for a good six years.”

We’re thankful to General Manager Tom Curry for his service.

The community is invited to bid farewell to GM Tom Curry on Thursday, September 16, from 4 – 5 p.m. on the Lower Terrace.