Awards & Recognition

NAPLES, FLORIDA – Gulf Coast International Properties® is pleased to announce Laura Jo Smith, Creative Director, as recipient of the Live Exceptionally Five-Star Luxury Marketing Specialist Award for the month of December 2021. Laura Jo has lived in the Naples area for over 40 years. A graduate of Lely High School, she and her family…

Legends Golf and Country Club has been honored as the 2021 Richard D. DeBoest, Sr. Humanitarian Community Association of the Year by the South Gulf Coast Chapter of the Community Association Institute. The annual award recognizes community associations in Lee, Collier, and Charlotte counties that excel in all facets of the operations, most notably associations…

NAPLES, FLORIDA – Gulf Coast International Properties® is proud to announce that agents Matt and Megan Chionis have achieved nearly $33 Million in home sales in 2021 (to date). In less than 12 months, the Chionis’ closed nearly $33 Million in 2021 and currently have over $33 Million pending sales/pre-construction reservations. Their business being nearly…

FORT MYERS, Fla. – Gaby Aguirre, APR, of the Southwest Florida Chapter of the Florida Public Relations Association (FPRA), recently earned professional public relations accreditation, and received the designation of Accredited in Public Relations (APR). Aguirre joins the more than 4,300 active public relations professionals worldwide who represent an elite group of skilled professionals committed to…

Ft. Myers, FL – For the past 8 years, Eddie guided his master through Life – Literally.  The guide dog’s owner, Anne Hanton, Assistive Technology Specialist at Lighthouse of SWFL.  Eddie saw everything Anne Hanton could not. Anne has relied on Eddie to protect her from busy streets, obstacles and gave her freedom. “We’ve been…

NAPLES, FL  – Naples Area Board of REALTORS® (NABOR®) is proud to announce that two of its member committee groups received top awards from the National Association of REALTORS® (NAR®) during NAR®’s annual conference and expo held in San Diego on November 11, 2021. NABOR®’s Global Business Committee was awarded the 2021 Platinum Global Achievement Program Award…

Fort Myers, Florida — The law firm of Henderson, Franklin, Starnes & Holt, P.A., is pleased to announce that stockholder William Boltrek is now a Florida Supreme Court Certified Circuit Mediator and Arbitrator. He completed the required training and is listed on the Dispute Resolution Center’s website under Twentieth Circuit Mediators. Boltrek shares: “The chance…

Laird A. Lile, a board-certified wills, trusts and estates attorney in Naples, presented the Probate Power Hour at the Florida Legal Education Association’s recent Probate Team seminar in Orlando, which was attended by nearly 500 judges, lawyers and paralegals. Lile’s Probate Power Hour presentation opened the two-day seminar with information regarding timely and topical issues…