[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 76 (Thursday, May 10, 2018)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E626-E627]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                      RECOGNIZING MARK SILVERWOOD

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                        HON. GERALD E. CONNOLLY

                              of virginia

                    in the house of representatives

                         Thursday, May 10, 2018

  Mr. CONNOLLY. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize the recipient of 
the Devotion to Children Legacy Award, Mr. Mark Silverwood. Co-founded 
in 1994, by my good friend, Rosemary Tran Lauer, Devotion to Children 
seeks to raise awareness and support for high quality education and 
child care programs for children under the age of six who are from 
economically disadvantaged families, which is critical in ensuring 
these children become mentally, physically and emotionally healthy 
members of society. Both working and unemployed families need access to 
affordable, quality preschool, daycare, health and educational 
services, which are often unavailable to them without outside 
assistance. Devotion to Children

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identifies those needs, and works to find solutions.
   Each year Devotion to Children recognizes an individual who has made 
extraordinary contributions by promoting public awareness of the 
organization and local needs, providing funding for programs and 
services, and who has collaborated with other community organizations 
to support local children. I am pleased to join Devotion to Children in 
congratulating and thanking this year's honoree, Mr. Mark Silverwood, 
for his service to our community.
   Mark Silverwood is President and CEO of Silverwood Associates, Inc. 
and Silverwood Management, Inc., affiliated real estate development and 
management companies, as well as a partner in Silverwood Investments, 
LLC.
   Since founding Silverwood Associates in 1993, Mr. Silverwood has 
been responsible for the acquisition, renovation, and management of 
several thousand apartments in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area, 
North Carolina, and West Virginia. Mr. Silverwood has more than 35 
years of experience in the real estate industry, building more than 
4,000 residential units and one million square feet of commercial 
space.
   In addition to his work as a developer, Mr. Silverwood has served on 
the Board of Directors of the Arlington Free Clinic and the Columbia 
Pike Revitalization Organization, as co-chair of the Urban Land 
Institute Workforce Housing Committee and as a member of the Governor's 
Housing Policy Advisory Committee. Currently, he is a member of the 
Urban Land Institute's Washington District Council Advisory Board, the 
Virginia Housing Development Authority's Northern Virginia Advisory 
Board, and the Fairfax County Economic Advisory Commission.
   Mr. Speaker, the dedicated work of citizens like Mark Silverwood and 
the volunteers, staff, and sponsors of Devotion to Children are some of 
the many reasons why Fairfax County and Northern Virginia as a whole 
remains one of the best places in the country in which to live, work, 
raise a family, and start a business. I ask my colleagues to join me in 
commending Devotion to Children for their dedication to future 
generations and in congratulating Mark Silverwood on receiving this 
award.

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