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Happy holidays and best wishes to everyone

Hello Everyone, Wow, cannot believe this year has already flown by. This will be my last message to you as 2014 president of NHCIBOR. It has been an honor and a pleasure to serve all of you this past year. I also want to thank all of you that helped and replied back to my messages each month, helped to make it a lot of fun as well. Starting next month you will get to hear from our new 2015 president Gerry O'Connell with KW Commercial Coastal Realty. I would ask everyone to continue to step up and support the organization in helping even just a little as many of you did this year. Besides we are a great community together and from all that I have seen everyone is always happy to help out their fellow NHCIBOR members. Lastly, it is great to have a good time with all the holiday events. Please keep these two points in mind. One, please be safe while driving and traveling. Second, keep the pump primed and you will start off the year with a bang. Look forward to seeing and meeting you all. Upcoming Events: December 9th is time for our holiday annual party. The event will be held this year at the Manchester Country Club. We would love to see all of you there. Remember to sample a taste of this great organization you can attend our two statewide marketing sessions held each month. For details go to our website and click on calendar of events: * 3rd Friday in Portsmouth, N.H. * 4th Wednesday in Bedford, N.H. All of the details for these and others can be found at www.nhcibor.com under calendar of events. Thanks for taking the time to talk with me this month. And as always if you would like to see something appear in our message please reach out to me. Mark Dickey is the 2014 president of the New Hampshire Commercial and Investment Board of Realtors.
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