COMMERCIAL ATLANTA On Thursday, October 9, the Diversity Committee of the


Atlanta Commercial Board introduced a new series of events, the Commercial Real Estate Studio. These events will highlight featured guests of diverse backgrounds that will share their personal experience of building a com- mercial real estate practice. The first interview was with Egbert Perry, CEO of The Integral Group and moderated by Dallas Smith of T. Dallas Smith & Company. At- tendancewas over 150 with a combination of Atlanta Commercial Board members and Empire Board mem- bers hosted at the Atlanta REALTORS®


Center. The mission of the Diversity Committee, created by Board


President John O’Neill, is to embrace, educate, and elevate minorities and women in the commercial real estate industry through avenues such as networking, education and mentorship programs. The 9th Annual fall networking event, October BrokerFest, was held on Thursday, October 23, at The Ivy


Buckhead. Guests mingled among the 350+ people in attendance while enjoying great food and raffle prizes. BrokerFest 2014 would not have been such a success without the support and commitment of each of our committee volunteers and sponsors. A special thank you to our Gold Sponsors, Crow Holdings Capital and Highwoods Properties for their involvement and continued dedication to October BrokerFest. We would also like to extend our sincere appreciation to the BrokerFest Chairman, John Winter, and Co-Chairman, Ryan Hoyt for their outstanding leadership. Proceeds benefited The Dana G. Smith Cancer Assistance Fund and the Atlanta Board Educational Foundation.


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IN 2014, THE NORTHEAST GEORGIA BOARD HELD TWO RPAC WINE TASTING FUND - RAISERS. THE FIRST WAS HELD ON MAY 22 AT CRANE CREEK VINEYARDS IN YOUNG HARRIS, AND THE SECOND WAS HELD SEPTEMBER 30 AT CARTECAY VINEYARDS IN ELLIJAY. A MAJOR DONOR RECEP- TION WAS ALSO HELD ON OCTOBER 28 AT THE UNION COUNTY COMMUNITY CEN- TER, WHERE MANY NEW RPAC CONTRIBUTORS WERE HONORED FOR THEIR 2014 CONTRIBUTIONS. WE CONGRATULATE OUR NEWEST 2014 STERLING “R” DONORS, FARON KING, BERRY RANKIN, JUNE SLUSSER, AND TERESA BIDEZ!


NORTH 400 On October 8, TriviaNight attendees —


our charity fall fundraiser—experienced riotous laughter, good times, great food and camaraderie. Held at Windermere Golf Club, the spirited evening brought together 100 of north metro Atlanta’s REALTORS®


and corporate industry lead-


ers. In addition to the trivia, over 75 com- panies donated items to make up seven unique raffle packages. Attendees had the opportunity to purchase tickets and enter into the chance drawing. Of the 12 teams participating in the


trivia portion of the evening, only the top three were awarded with cash prizes. Each team wasgracious enough to donate their prizes backto the charitiesthatwere selected: Forsyth Feed the Hungry, Daw- son County Family Connection, and Lump- kin County Family Connection. The event raised more than $6,600and each organ - ization was presented with a check at the annual Holiday Luncheon. A special thanks goes out to all of the sponsors, item donors and attendees who made this night such a success!


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On Thursday, September 25, a seamless day welcomed the 25th annual Atlanta Commercial Board’s Young Council of REALTORS®


Charity Golf


Tournament. Participants, sponsors and volunteers enjoyed the beautiful weather, networking and fellowship at the beautiful North Fulton Golf Course of Chastain Park. There were nearly 130 in attendance and the group raised over $17,000 to benefit the YCR’s long standing charity, The Carter Martin Endowment Fund, a non-profit that helps to raise awareness with experimental drugs and therapy for children with cancer. The Board would especially like to thank the golfers, volunteers, main event sponsor, Jeff Shaw with Fairfield Commercial Real Estate and our other sponsors who helped to make the tournament another great success.


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