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"Thanks to a childhood spent on an organic farm in Wisconsin, sustainability has been 'baked into me' from a young age, says Sammi Cook-Kuehn REALTOR®, Property Manager & Solar Home Expert at the Dreamteam of National Realty Guild.  

She lives and works in Minnesota’s Twin Cities metro area and practices real estate in Minnesota and western Wisconsin. 

Procrastinators, you’ve been issued a reprieve.

The EverGreen Award deadline has been extended to July 31st, meaning you have a bit more time to nominate yourself or a colleague for this annual recognition. 

We’re looking for NAR Green Designees who have made unique contributions to advancing the green building industry. 
 

Jeannette Moore, Green, EcoBroker, GRI, a St. Augustine, FL-based REALTOR® and broker, first earned her real estate license in 1984 while working as a stockbroker and financial planner. 

In 1990, she entered the residential real estate industry full time and created a niche selling bed and breakfast inns across Florida.

With the financial market downturn in 2006, B&B financing dried up, so Moore shifted her focus to green building and healthy homes and received both her NAR Green Designation and EcoBroker certification. 

If you’ve spent your pandemic downtime identifying new avenues of business and plan to pursue home builders, "review the 2020 Green Single Family and Multifamily Homes SmartMarket Brief." 

The report, conducted by Dodge Data & Analytics, in partnership with the National Association of Homebuilders, looks at the green building market, the high-performance features that builders and remodelers are including, and the features buyers will pay extra for. 

Craig Foley has become one of the green housing industry’s leading voices. 

The 2013 EverGreen Award winner is past chair of the Sustainability Advisory Group for the National Association of REALTORS® (NAR), and NAR President Vince Malta invited him to chair a Presidential Advisory Group and develop a 2030 Sustainability Action Plan for NAR. He’s also the Chief Sustainability Officer for Chelmsford, MA-based LAER Realty Partners.