October 2, 2009
"Before the playground here at St. Ambrose, our students considered the asphalt plat with a fence around it their playground.  Although it was pretty stark, it was used gratefully by the 310 students, aged kindergarten to 8th grade.

Robert Palmer and Mark Driver from Ascend Sports Marketing, John Fortunato from GAA Builders partnered with Nick Riggio, attorney at law, the friends of St. Ambrose and I to make this playground project possible.  The construction was completed late Fall 2009 and the St. Ambrose students will continue to enjoy it probably until there's snow covering the ground!  And now, instead of sitting in the cafeteria, the 30-45 children in the St. Ambrose After Care program can go outside and play freely.

I am grateful to Fortunato, Driver and Palmer for their efforts in order to provide a safe and fun place for the kids at St. Ambrose.

GAA Builders and Ascend Sports Marketing would be glad to assist other schools in the Archdiocese with building or renovating playgrounds for their students in order to provide a safe and fun place to play.  Please contact Mark Driver or Robert Palmer at (314) 771-0441 or John Fortunato at (314) 713-2551 to discuss details.  They were clean and efficient workmen, and come highly recommended."

Msgr. Bommarito

Church of St. Ambrose
5130 Wilson Avenue
St. Louis, Missouri  63110
(314) 771-1228

October 6, 2009
"Robert Palmer and Mark Driver from Ascend Sports Marketing, and John Fortunato from GAA Builders partnered with St. Roch Parish to make our playground project possible. The construction was completed in September 2009, and now our students have a fun and safe area in which to play.

GAA Builders and Ascend Sports Marketing would be glad to assist other schools in the Archdiocese with building or renovating playgrounds to provide a fun and safe place to play.  The materials used for the new playground flooring are environmentally friendly.

You can reach Mark Driver or Robert Palmer at 314.771.0441 or John Fortunato at 314.713.2551 to discuss details.  Their staff is hard-working, efficient, and kept the area neat and clean while revamping the old play yard.  Because of inclement weather, they worked weekends to try to get the job done as quickly as possible."

Sincerely,

Rev. Msgr. Sal E. Polizzi
Pastor

Saint Roch Parish
6052 Waterman Boulevard
St. Louis, Missouri 63112
314.721-6340

"This letter is both a testimony and statement regarding our business relationship with John Fortunato & GAA Builders/Investors.  For the past year, we have worked with Mr. Fortunato in the development of our new home construction business contracting his services as Construction Manager for EcoUrban Construction Company, LLC building eco-friendly, infill, new construction in the City of St. Louis as EcoUrban Homes.

We purchase real estate, both vacant and occupied, and utilize his experience in modular building and new construction to improve these scattered site parcels into single family fee simple homes and townhomes priced between $200,000 and $400,000.  We act as general contractor, carrying our own liability insurance and builder's risk policies and employ GAA Builders/Investors to manage the day-to-day execution of project development, negotiate estimates, collect Certificate of Insurance from selected contractors and collect final lien waivers as we work toward obtaining an occupancy permit for the new residence.

The time and effort that Mr. Fortunato has spent supporting our work goes above and beyond the scope of his contract.  Work is done on time, under budget and without need for contractor callbacks.  GAA Builders/Investors simply gets the job right the first time.

We intend to continue our relationship with John Fortunato and GAA Builders/Investors as we expand our development work throughout all areas of St. Louis City and County and are pleased with their dedication to our common vision of developing urban neighborhoods through the construction of new, ecologically-sensitive homes."

Sincerely,

Jay Swoboda, Principal
EcoUrban Homes

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