[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 22 (Tuesday, February 5, 2019)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E130]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                 WEST METRO CHAMBER 2019 SEYFER FAMILY

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                           HON. ED PERLMUTTER

                              of colorado

                    in the house of representatives

                       Tuesday, February 5, 2019

  Mr. PERLMUTTER. Madam Speaker, I rise today to recognize and applaud 
The Seyfer Family for receiving the 2019 West Metro Chamber of 
Commerce's Steve Burkholder Diamond Legacy Award.
  This award is reserved for individuals who achieve the highest level 
of respect within the their community. Nominees are known as the 
``shining stars'' of the current business world and must have had a 
positive economic impact within the Jefferson County community over the 
last year. This is true of the one and only Seyfer family--Margie, 
Christy, Don, TinaMarie and Troy--who have all contributed to their 
community in unique and substantial ways.
  Margie Seyfer has co-chaired the Wheat Ridge Carnation Festival and 
Wheat Ridge Kite Flight Festival as well as spearhead membership and 
recruitment efforts for the Wheat Ridge Business Association. For the 
past several years, she has also served as a reading tutor for 
Jefferson County and Denver Public Schools.
  Christy Seyfer has also been an integral part of the Wheat Ridge 
Carnation Festival as their designated photographer and organizing the 
kid's craft booth. She has also volunteered with the Wheat Ridge Kit 
Flight Festival, Arvada Center Dance Academy, and the Wheat Ridge High 
School's Boy's Tennis Team Booster Club, After Prom Committee, and STEM 
Program. In 2015-2016, she co-created the Wheat Ridge Business 
Association Christmas Tree Auction and served on the planning 
committee.
  Don Seyfer formed Seyfer Automotive in the spring of 1961 and has 
been actively involved in leadership for the Automotive Service 
Association, both state and national chapters, and served as the 
National Chairman for the ASA. Locally, he served as a board member for 
Wheat Ridge Local Works (formerly Wheat Ridge 2020) and the Wheat Ridge 
Business Association.
  After twenty years of working for Corporate America, Troy and 
Tinamarie Seyfer, decided it was time to follow their passion and start 
Seyfer Specialties, a hot rod specialty business in Wheat Ridge. 
Tinamarie has been on the Board ofDirectors with the Wheat Ridge 
Business Association for the last four years and is currently the Vice 
President. Troy volunteers and/or directs several car shows throughout 
the year in the community, including the Berkeley Bash and the All Ford 
Show where money is raised for different charities. In 2014, the couple 
created the Annual 44th Avenue Rumble which brings together community 
leaders, car enthusiasts, families, and small business owners in the 
community as well as raises funds for the Wheat Ridge High School's 
STEM program.
  The Seyfer family has clearly demonstrated an extraordinary ability 
to influence their community and have used their strong leadership 
skills to advance community and business success through public service 
and philanthropy.
  I extend my deepest congratulations to The Seyfer Family for this 
well-deserved recognition.

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