Founders Page

In late April of 2019, the story of the idea, formation, and early years of COAA as told by founder Al Phillips was captured on video. The end result is a 6-part series to be released between COAA’s spring conference in Austin and its fall conference in Atlanta.

We hope you’ll enjoy this interesting history as told by the man who conceived and helped start what is now the industry’s foremost association specifically of and for facility Owners.


Part 1 – Roots


Part 2 – The Idea


Part 3 – Gauging Interest


Part 4 – Formation


Part 5 – First Gatherings


Part 6 – Maturation


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