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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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