National Active Retirement Association (NARA) Welcomes Former Del Webb Executive

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Former Del Webb Executive to Speak at NARA
Charlotte, NC (July 30, 2010) – Dave Reitz of Chicago, IL, one of America’s top authorities on how 55+ active adult communities are planned, will be a featured speaker at the National Active Retirement Community (NARA) 11th Annual Business Conference in Columbia, SC October 20-22 (www.retirementlivingnews.com).

Formerly a leading executive with Del Webb’s Sun City brand, Reitz now works as director of community development for the SEC Group, Inc. For 10 years, Reitz was involved first as a manager of landscape architectural amenity development at Sun City Huntley in Chicago and then a member of Pulte Home’s national Active Adult Business Development Team, targeting age 55+ buyers.

Through his involvement with Del Webb and Pulte, Reitz was a consultant on Del Webb communities such as the very popular new communities of Sun City Carolina Lakes in Charlotte, NC and Carolina Preserve in Cary, NC, as well as Sun City Hilton Head in Hilton Head, SC, Del Webb’s Cane Bay in Summerville, SC, Villages at Deaton Creek in Hall County, GA and Sun City Peachtree south of Atlanta.

The 2010 11th Annual NARA Business Conference will be held at the Columbia Convention Center is downtown Columbia, SC. The Conference is entitled NARA’s “Power Tools” Business Conference: Giving Attendees the Tools to Tackle the fast-emerging 55+ consumer segment.

Professionals, academicians, real estate developers, marketers, salespeople and other businesspeople seeking to capitalize on the unprecedented aging of America will attend. Topics will range internet marketing to strategies to attract retirees to invest in your community to advice on how to successfully design, build and market 50+ housing.

With the oldest Baby Boomer – a group that is 78 million strong – turning age 65 in 2011, many feel that the kickoff to the massive Age Wave is at hand. NARA seeks to inform and educate professionals on the opportunities and challenges that this 55+ Boomer and Beyond market poses to business.

For more information, please call toll free (888)742-7362.