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NASHVILLE — December 23, 2003 — Richard Courtney, a 25-year real estate veteran and a broker at Fridrich & Clark Realty LLC, has received the President’s Award from the Greater Nashville Association of Realtors, announced Steve Fridrich, principal broker of Fridrich & Clark Realty LLC. The award was presented last week to Courtney by outgoing GNAR president John Gifford for Courtney’s outstanding level of service to GNAR in 2003, specifically for spearheading the organization’s involvement in affordable housing.

“ It was my pleasure to select Richard Courtney as the recipient for the GNAR President’s Award this year,” said Gifford. “It is important to note that this award is not given every year. It is only given when a member distinguishes their service to the association in an exceptional way. Richard Courtney did just that, with his leadership of our involvement in affordable housing issues, both in the community and with the members of the association. And, he provided the same kind of leadership in our legislative affairs and political action committee fundraising efforts. We are fortunate to have him as a member and leader in GNAR.”

“ Richard is such a dedicated professional, and his service to GNAR this year, as well as to the state and national associations, has been unbelievable,” said Fridrich. “In addition to his work with GNAR, he was named Federal District Coordinator for Congressman Jim Cooper, served on Mayor Purcell’s Working Group on Affordable Housing, and was named director of Fridrich & Clark’s new affordable housing division. It’s tough to balance a busy real estate practice and also give back to your community – but Richard is one of those rare individuals who excels in both areas.”

According to Fridrich, Courtney logged the following professional and community service achievements in 2003.

Greater Nashville Association of Realtors (GNAR®)
• Board of Directors and incoming vice president
• Chair, Affordable Housing Committee – Developed first affordable housing curriculum, which was approved by the Tennessee Real Estate Commission; graduated 62 agents in the inaugural class, Affordable Housing for the Real Estate Professional
• Chair, RPAC Committee – Led RPAC reform and the formation of GNAR
RPAC. Achieved record-setting results of more than $68,000
• Membership Committee
• Recipient of Education Award
• Recipient of Gold Award of Excellence, Lifetime
• Conference Participant - GNAR Annual Convention in Nashville
• Program participant – Hispanic Homeownership Day, Predatory Lending and Borrow with Confidence
• Major donor to GNAR Building Fund

Tennessee Association of Realtors (TAR®)
• Board of Directors
• RPAC Board of Trustees
• Conference Participant - TAR Annual Convention in Savannah, GA

National Association of Realtors (NAR®)
• Federal District Coordinator for Congressman Jim Cooper
• Sterling R Award Recipient - RPAC

Community Leadership
• Chair, Realtor Advisory Committee of Schermerhorn Symphony Hall
• Member, Mayor’s Working Group on Affordable Housing – Developed agenda for residential Affordable Housing Summit in Nashville, which was held in November

Professional Distinctions
• Earned 2 professional designations in 2003: ABR,CRS
• Took second place for Best Real Estate Agent in The Nashville Scene’s Best of Nashville 2003 Reader’s Poll
• Affordable Housing Director of Fridrich & Clark
• Weekly Real Estate Columnist, Nashville City Paper
• Guest columnist, Nashville Business Journal
• Guest Real Estate Columnist, The One Paper

Courtney joined Fridrich & Clark in 1993 and is a graduate of the inaugural class of Leadership GNAR. He has provided expert real estate commentary for Nashville print and electronic media and received national acclaim for his book, “Buyers Are Liars And Sellers Are Too.”

Founded in 1966, Fridrich & Clark Realty LLC is a full-service residential real estate firm with 108 full-time professional agents, 26 licensed brokers, and offices in Nashville and Williamson County.

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