Join NEFAR for a night of celebration of our 2024 accomplishments, and welcoming a new year full of endless possibilities! This year’s annual Awards and Installation Gala will take place at the Hyatt Regency Jacksonville Riverfront Hotel on Friday, January 24th. The event will begin with our awards ceremony. This yearly ceremony is our opportunity to celebrate and recognize the many extraordinary achievements of our remarkable members. A complete list of the awards and their descriptions can be found below.
After the awards ceremony is complete, we will carry out the transition from 2024 to 2025 with the installation of our 2025 Officers, and newly elected members to the board of directors. The installation will be followed by a cocktail hour beginning at 5:30 p.m. and a three-course plated dinner at 6:30 p.m. The event will wrap up at 9 p.m. We hope you will join us for this evening of honoring our exceptional members and new officers. Registration for the event can be found here. Tickets are $60 and include dinner, a free drink, and free self-parking in the hotel garage.
Awards:
- Affiliate-Business Partner of the Year Award: Awarded to NEFAR members to commemorate many years of exceptional service and contributions to the community, state, and the real estate profession.
- Circle of Honor Award: Awarded to NEFAR members for many years of exceptional service and contributions to the community, state, and the real estate profession.
- Diversity Award: Awarded to a NEFAR REALTOR® member who has actively worked to raise the consciousness of inclusiveness within NEFAR, the REALTOR® community or in their workplace. Nominees should be REALTOR® members who have earned the At Home with Diversity designation and have completed online fair-housing tools such as NAR’s Implicit Bias training, and the Fair Haven video simulation. They should also have tangibly demonstrated the promotion of fairness and diversity regarding age, gender, race, religion, sexual orientation, national origin, political affiliation, marital status, disability and so forth within NEFAR or their workplace, or the real estate industry.
- Global Involvement Award: Awarded to a NEFAR member who has been involved in real estate by working within the global community. Members who hold the Certified International Property Specialist (CIPS) designation and are actively involved in NEFAR’s Global Council as well as those who have shown participation in some form of international real estate at the local, state, national, and international levels, are given strong consideration.
- Golden R Award: Awarded to any NEFAR REALTOR® member to commemorate their faithful long-term service to NEFAR.
- Guiding Light Award: Awarded to the REALTOR® member who has done an exemplary job to educate the NEFAR membership through professional instruction and/or mentorship to less-experienced agents in the real estate industry.
- NEFAR Good Neighbor Award: Awarded to a NEFAR member who has dedicated extensive personal time and resources to humanitarian causes or charitable efforts. Nomination must include specifics regarding the amount of time, type of support and/or resources rendered, and the full name(s) of organizations served.
- Newcomer of the Year Award: Awarded to a NEFAR REALTOR® member who has been a REALTOR® for a maximum of three years and who has demonstrated active NEFAR participation through educational accomplishments and/or NEFAR committee, council, and or task force service.
- Professional Development Award: Awarded to a NEFAR REALTOR® member who has excelled in their professional development for the past two years. Items considered are the completion of local, state, and national real estate courses (including online courses) and the earning or supplementing NAR-conferred designations and/or certifications.
- Property Manager of the Year Award: Awarded to a NEFAR member who has made the greatest contribution to the property management profession through professional leadership initiatives and/or educational accomplishments.
- REALTOR® of the Year Award: Awarded to one NEFAR REALTOR® member who has demonstrated continued personal involvement and support to NEFAR and to the real estate profession for the past three years.
- Silent Angel Award: Awarded to a NEFAR member who has remained in the background, while faithfully going well above and beyond in serving NEFAR through volunteer service and/or support.
- Special Recognition Award: Awarded sparingly, this honor recognizes NEFAR members who have gone far and above expectations in their efforts to support NEFAR’s special projects or events.
