Eric G. Walker Elected As Vice President on Cornerstone Design­Architects’ Board of Directors

(August 2, 2002) (Manheim Township) Lancaster, PA Cornerstone Design-Architects, a Horst Group affiliate, announces that Eric G. (Rick) Walker has joined its board of directors as Vice President. Other Cornerstone Design-Architects board members include Dale R. Yoder, president, and Randall H. Horst, secretary/treasurer.

Walker joined the Cornerstone-Design Architects team as a consultant in March 2001, contributing his 27 years of design and entrepreneurial experience toward Project Management and Business Development. Walker says, “Since joining Cornerstone Design-Architects, I am enjoying forming relationships with our existing and new clients, and developing commercial and religious projects”.

Dale Yoder, President of Cornerstone Design-Architects, is thrilled to have Walker’s board leadership, saying, “Having previously owned his own architectural firm, Rick complements my vision for guiding our growth and enhancing our value-added commitment to clients.”

Professional History:
From 1991 to 2001, Walker owned Walker Architects in Lancaster designing projects locally and in regional shopping malls along the East Coast.

Education and Training:
Walker graduated from North Caroline State University in Raleigh, North Carolina, with a Bachelors of Environmental Design in Architecture. He is a Certified Construction Specifier and is a Registered Architect in nineteen states.

Volunteerism:
Walker has served on the Board of Directors of Lancaster Christian School since 1998 and is Chairman of their Building Committee.

He resides in Lancaster with his wife and their two sons.

Cornerstone Design-Architects is a Pennsylvania architectural firm offering extensive experience in both the design and construction disciplines. In-house services include a full range of architectural services for a wide variety of building types, from initial feasibility, site planning and master planning, programming studies, existing building analysis, code analysis, schematic design and, design development phases, construction, documents, bidding and construction process. Cornerstone is committed to shaping clients’ needs and requirements through an integrated design and construction approach, Design/Build, or a more traditional approach Plan/Spec. For more information about the firm, contact Dale R. Yoder or Rick Walker at 717.581.9950.

For more information regarding this release, please contact Karen Haski, Communications Manager, Horst Group, call 717.581.9817. or email to mailto:khaski@horstgroup.com.

The Horst Group (recently named the 15th Best place to Work in Pennsylvania) is a family of diversified construction, property management and insurance companies (Horst Construction, Horst Excavating, Horst Masonry, Horst Painting, Horst Property Management—commercial, residential, association, hospitality and seniorcare development, management and janitorial services, Horst Insurance and Horst Financial Services), serving the mid-Atlantic region. Situated in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania’s Granite Run Corporate Center, the Horst Group has a tradition of service dating back to 1880. To contact the Horst Group, call 717.581.9800 or visit http://www.horstgroup.com/.

For more information regarding this release, please contact Karen Haski, communications manager, Horst Group, call 717.581.9817 or email to khaski@horstgroup.com.

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