HYANNIS (February 25, 2015) – Brown Lindquist Fenuccio & Raber Architects is pleased to announce that Rodney Topolewski has recently joined their staff as a Project Architect & Project Manager. In his new position, he will be responsible for designing and managing various projects for financial institutions and other commercial clients.

Topolewski has more than 17 years of experience working as an Architectural Designer. He has worked on a variety of building types including retail banking, credit unions, multi-use office buildings, and general commercial projects. He most recently worked as an Architect at DRL & Associates Inc. in Weymouth, MA. Topolewski attended Boston Architectural College and resides in Hanson, MA with his wife and daughter.

HYANNIS (January 9, 2015) – Brown Lindquist Fenuccio & Raber Architects is pleased to announce that Christine Howard has recently joined their staff as Office Manager & Contract Administrator. She is a graduate of California State University, San Bernardino with a Bachelor of Arts degree, with a concentration in management. In her new position, Howard will be responsible for managing the day-to-day operations of the office.

Howard has more than 15 years of experience working in Management and Contracts. She has worked with a variety of clients including the US Federal government’s AFCEE (MMR) and DTRA (international) agencies. She is currently a member of the American Business Women Association and the Cape Cod Young Professionals. She most recently worked as a Subcontract Manager at CH2M HILL Constructors, Inc. as a teleworker, based from their Chantilly, VA office and has also volunteered for the last seven years with the Family Pantry of Cape Cod, most recently as co-chair of their large holiday gift giving program. She resides in Harwich, MA with her husband.

HYANNIS (July 30, 2013) – Brown Lindquist Fenuccio & Raber Architects is pleased to announce that Hugo Coutinho has recently joined their staff as a CAD Draftsman and Assistant Project Manager. Coutinho has more than 6 years of experience working as an architectural designer and draftsman on a variety of different projects including custom residential, multi-unit residential and small commercial buildings.

In his new position, Coutinho will be responsible for managing and producing design and construction drawings for various residential and commercial projects. He is a graduate of Wentworth Institute of Technology in Boston, MA with a Bachelor’s of Architecture degree (2007) and a Master of Architecture degree (2010).

HYANNIS, MA  (May 13, 2014) – Cape Cod Creamery will be expanding into the Hyannis area with the opening of its newest location at 655 Rt. 132 in Hyannis, MA in the Christmas Tree Promenade Plaza on Thursday, May 15th at 11: 00 am. The store’s regular hours will be daily from 11:00 am to 10:30 pm during the summer season.

Cape Cod Creamery is known for its super premium, homemade ice cream that is displayed “gelato-style” in stainless steel pans, as well as its wrap around porch with trademark blue and yellow Adirondack chairs. Ice cream sold at the new location will include the same favorite flavors found at the original store and will be freshly made on site. Currently, the Creamery produces 55 different flavors of ice cream and typically displays 24 flavors in the ice cream case, rotating a few flavors in and out each day. Some of its more popular flavors have playful local names like Allen Harbor Almond Joy, Cummaquid Coconut, Chapin Cherry Chocolate and Craigville Carmel Crunch.

“There’s an old adage that we ‘Eat with our Eyes’ and our display is very visual with the ice cream scooped in mounds to display the fresh ingredients,” said owner Alan Davis. “We want customers to walk in and visually experience our unique flavors that were created right here on Cape Cod.”

The ice cream store was designed by Brown Lindquist Fenuccio & Raber Architects. The General Contractor was Coastal Construction of Duxbury, MA in cooperation with the Property Manager Turtle Rock, LLC of Yarmouthport.

“We tried to maintain the hometown feel of the original store with a large open central space for friends and neighbors to gather and visit as they ordered their favorite ice cream,” said Kurt Raber from BLFR Architects. “The high ceiling extends upward to a glass cupola which bathes the space with natural light to give a more open feel. The new building also pays homage to the original with a large, open wrap around porch where the trademark blue and yellow Adirondack chairs invite families to stop and linger while they enjoy their ice cream.”

The new location will be open year-round with extended hours during the summer. During the off-season, Davis plans to continue to offer ice cream, as well as sandwiches and other food items. Besides its two retail locations, the Cape Cod Creamery sells packaged quarts of its premium ice cream at grocery stores from South Boston to Provincetown.

HYANNIS (February 28, 2014) – John F. Fulone, Senior Vice President, Chief Planning and Operations Officer at The Cooperative Bank of Cape Cod and Richard Fenuccio, President/Architect at Brown Lindquist Fenuccio & Raber Architects, Inc. spoke about their experience of rebranding and rebuilding The Cooperative Bank’s local branches over the last four years with members of the American Bankers Association National Conference in Phoenix in mid-February.

 In their presentation and panel discussion, “Rebrand, Reimagine, Rebuild: Community Banks and generation next” the pair joined the President of Premier Bank of Dubuque, Iowa to share how each bank had weathered the perfect storm of an economic recession, new banking regulations and a wave of emerging technologies, to enhance their relevance by rebranding from the ground up.

 On the eve of its 90th anniversary, The Cooperative Bank implemented a plan to refresh and update its image by positioning itself as welcoming and future-oriented, demonstrating how new technologies and social networking can coexist with new brick-and-mortar branches and high-touch customer service. Some of the key changes included a comprehensive marketing campaign, an update to the look and feel of its Bank branches, as well as opening new branch locations. The plan was an overwhelming success with a significant growth of the Bank’s customer base along with assets and deposits.