From DANBERRY REALTORS
Danberry’s Annual Business Meeting was held recently at the Glass City Center. The company celebrated 60 years in real estate. The company returned to the newly renovated GCC after hosting the 2022 Danberry Treasure Chest Auction at the venue in October— an event that sold 600 tickets and raised nearly $120,000 for ProMedica Russell J. Ebeid Children’s Hospital.
One of Danberry’s core tenets is serving its community. Nearly $23,500 was raised in 2022 by agents enrolled in the Company Contribution Program which allows them to directly donate a portion of their commission checks.
A new addition to this year’s event was the Danberry Heart Awards. Danberry leaders Lynn Fruth, Kevin Warren, Maggie Fawcett, and Dan McQuillen each chose an agent who they felt went above and beyond to embody the company’s culture of giving and professionalism. Realtors Tony Bassett, Heather Smith LaPoint, Nicole Knight, and Melissa Utterback were the honored recipients of the first Annual Danberry Heart Awards.
Referencing changes to the market and rate hikes, Warren remarked to the audience, “2023 is starting with some pain, but we can already feel the market beginning to ramp up.”
Danberry has been the area’s most successful brokerage since the 1980s and is one of the nation’s leading independent brokerages. The company looks forward to another fulfilling year of community and client service in 2023.
The evening began by reminiscing on how far the brokerage has come since 1962, the year that Danberry Insurance Co. entered the real estate industry. Danberry’s very first Annual Business Meeting commended a respectable sales volume of $350,000; their 2022 sales volume surpassed $1 billion for the third year in a row and Danberry’s 352 agents sold 4,754 properties last year. In addition to sales, the company experienced an astounding year of growth by welcoming nearly 70 new agents, winning Top Workplace by The Blade for the seventh year, and opening an office in Wooster, Ohio— the brokerage’s first venture into North Central Ohio.
