Ron Opfer, CCIM with Coldwell Banker Premier Realty was recently recognized with three others.  ESRI, the CCIM Institute and the CCIM Education Foundation announced the first recipients of a $1 million grant program. Grant money will be distributed to up to 50 recipients per quarter through next summer. The first quarter recipients are:

• Benjamin R. Baldwin, CCIM (Innovation) — Baldwin will design and implement a geospatial mapping and data subscription service for Socialserve.com, a North Carolina 501(c)(3) with a mission to increase access to information about affordable rental housing.
• David L. Bode, CCIM (Workflow) — Bode will identify trends and forecast the impact of the potential loss of Harley-Davidson in his community with the ultimate goal of empowering individuals, businesses and community and government organizations to make informed decisions that produce stable economic growth and minimize the impact of a potential economic downturn.
• Ron Opfer, CCIM (Workflow) — Opfer will develop analytical tools to help bank officials and credit risk managers analyze distressed commercial real estate, thereby providing value to their overall goals for property management and disposition.
• Ben Poh, CCIM (Innovation) — Poh will improve processes for quantifying the gap between supply and predicted demand for senior housing products for different income segments by analyzing demographic data and trade areas for different product types.