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Berkshire Hathaway Homeservices 
Beach Properties of Florida Named 
One of HSF Affi liates LLC Real 
Estate Network’s Top Companies

Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Beach 

Properties of Florida was recently recognized 
as a member of the Berkshire Elite Circle, a 
select group of the top 50 companies in the 
Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices network 
based on their annual Gross Commission 
Income (GCI). The brokerage, ranked 
number 40, was recognized during a special 
awards ceremony at the Berkshire Hathaway 
HomeServices national sales convention in 
Phoenix, Arizona.  

“We are humbled to have received this 

honor alongside some of North America’s 
most prestigious real estate brokerages,” 
said Hunter Harman, broker/co-owner of 
Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Beach 
Properties of Florida. “Our company is 
committed to customer service excellence as 
well as to being innovators in our industry. To 
achieve this designation in our inaugural year 
as an affi liate is truly exciting.” 

 “To have 40 total agents recognized at a 

national level is an incredible achievement for 
our brokerage,” said Harman. “Every one of 
our agents is instrumental to our success and 
admired by peers in both our local market and 
our global network of affi liates. We are proud 
of their achievements and their continued 
commitment to growing the Berkshire 
Hathaway HomeServices Beach Properties of 
Florida brand.”

Dell Military Donates Laptop to 
Children In Crisis

Dell Military Brand Ambassadors for Eglin 

Air Force Base, Justine Hoffman and Jennifer 
Rising presented a new 13” Inspiron 2 n 1 
touch screen 360 laptop to Children in Crisis. 
The computer will help the at-risk children 
living at the CIC Neighborhood.

Ken Hair, CIC President & CEO 

commented, “The donation was truly a 
blessing and came at a perfect time.  We 
provide a home to about 100 children every 
year and most are behind in school when they 
arrive.  This donation will be an enormous 
help with our tutoring and educational 
programs to get our kids back on track.”

Children in Crisis is a non-profi t, 501(c)(3), 

charity of caring people that are passionate 
about helping with the severe shortage of 
foster homes in our community.  The CIC 
Neighborhood provides an emergency shelter 
for children that are removed from an unsafe 
environment on short notice and homes to 
help with the foster home shortage.  Since the 
opening, over 700 children have been given a 
home, food, clothing and love.  Additionally, 
all of our brother and sister family sibling 
groups have been kept together.

For additional information on CIC or ways 
to support the CIC vision, please visit
www.childrenincrisisfl .org or call 864-4242.

Emeril’s Coastal Italian Restaurant 
Opens in Grand Boulevard at 
Sandestin Town Center Late Spring 
2017
 

 When legendary chef Emeril Lagasse decides 
to open a new restaurant, it’s a momentous 
occasion and people sit up and take notice. 
The award-winning restauranteur, cookbook 
author and television star has announced the 
opening of his newest restaurant, Emeril’s 
Coastal Italian, which opens in Grand 
Boulevard late Spring 2017. 

Chef Emeril is hands-on with his 

restaurants and personally created the new 
restaurant concept.  Emeril’s Coastal Italian 
combines the rich and diverse tradition of 
Italian cuisine with the bountiful variety 
of nearby fresh Gulf seafood and local 
ingredients.

 Opening a restaurant in Miramar beach 

has been of interest to the Lagasse’s for some 
time. Chef Emeril is an avid fi sherman and 
has been fi shing in the gulf waters for years.  
He and his wife Alden Lagasse are active 
members of the community and call the Gulf 
Coast their home base. 

 “Part of the appeal of opening in Miramar 

Beach and at Grand Boulevard is the 
proximity to my home and the ability for my 
whole family to be involved. My children 
have grown up in our restaurants and we are 
really looking forward to having this property 
so close, it’s practically in our backyard,” said 
Lagasse.

 Emeril’s Coastal Italian restaurant is 

located at 435 Grand Boulevard, Suite 104, 
next door to the Town Center cinema.

Fort Walton Beach Medical Center 
Receives Full Verifi cation from 
American College of Surgeons 
(ACS) to become a Level II Trauma 
Center

 
The trauma services at Fort Walton Beach 

Medical Center have been verifi ed as a Level 
II Trauma Center by the American College of 

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