James Camacho
President
"April Fool's day" 1979, the day James Camacho, FCSI, CST, CDT, started working full time at Joseph Camacho Associates, the Foodservice Consulting firm founded by his father in 1962.
Camacho studied drafting in school, and so his first position was to create MEP and detail drawings on the drafting board. Camacho worked his way up to Project Manager then Vice President before being named President in 1995. In 1996, he and his wife Cathey, bought the firm and relocated to Norcross, GA.
Camacho's FCSI experience includes serving on the Board of Trusties for the FCSI-The America's Division for twelve years in different positions, including Chair. His service also included two terms on the FCSI World Wide Board, as Treasurer.
In 2001 & 2005 Camacho was named as one of Food Arts magazines "Top 10 Kitchen Consultants in the Country", in 2006 he received the FCSI award "Design Excellence for the Chick-Fil-A Corporate Headquarters". In 2010, Food Equipment and Supplies magazine awarded James "Top Achiever Consultant of the year" and in 2015, Food Equipment Report awarded James, "Industry Service Award."
Camacho is a Professional Foodservice and Laundry Facilities Design and Consulting Firm with offices in Atlanta, Charlotte, Birmingham and Eufaula.
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Urban Land Institute
NAIOP
Midtown Alliance
National Council of Architectural Registration Boards (NCARB)
American Institute of Architects
Rotary Club of Atlanta
Registered Architect: AL, AZ, AR, CO, CT, FL, GA, LA, MA, MT, NB, NC, OH, PA, RI, SC, TN, TX, WA, WV
JAMES CAMACHO
ULI Atlanta District Council Advisory Board
Dean’s Advisory Board - Georgia Tech College of Design
Co-Chair, Atlanta Mayor Shirley Franklin’s Walkable Atlanta Task Force
Chair, ULI Atlanta Grant – Westside Atlanta Beltline Re-Zoning Overlay
Chair, ULI Atlanta Urban Plan Committee
NAIOP National Convention, Las Vegas, NV– Vertically Stacked Mixed-Use Seminar
Design Principal for two ULI Atlanta Developments of Excellence Awards
About me
Camacho Associates, Inc. was founded in 1962 by Joseph "Joe" Camacho with the first office located in the basement of his Atlanta home. Joe's son, James, began working at Camacho as a draftsman 38 years ago. James became the president of Camacho in 1991.