Manitoba Premier Greg Selinger and Finance Minister Greg Dewar officially proclaimed the first Realtor Week in Manitoba history.
A large group of Realtors gathered in the rotunda of the Manitoba Legislative Building Oct. 27 for the surprise special announcement. It took place after Focus 2016; the Manitoba Realtor Network Symposium, “a full-day forward-thinking event with sessions and panels for about 200 Realtors wanting to engage with the Manitoba Real Estate Association towards building stronger Manitoba communities through provincial advocacy,” says MREA in a news release.
The official proclamation was signed by Dewar, who read it aloud.
“Realtors are hands-on community builders that contribute to the multi-billion dollar real estate industry in Manitoba by helping to support local and provincial economies through job creation and consumer spending,” Dewar said, before presenting the proclamation to Roberta Weiss, MREA’s 2015 president.
Weiss said there is no place more fitting to receive this honour than the Manitoba legislature, where important decisions that shape our communities are made.
“This week is an opportunity for our profession to reflect upon on our community-building contributions,” Weiss says. “Most importantly, it’s a chance to focus forward on ways we can contribute to building a stronger Manitoba.”
Selinger praised Realtors and the real estate industry for “ongoing community and economic development contributions that support and enable a better quality of life for all Manitobans,” says MREA.
