Balloon Release A Success At RE Sales Center

By Gary Nager

Broker/owner Leslie Seabury and her cartoon sidekick (more on that below) Barbara Nelson-Fuqua don’t seem to do anything “just like everybody else does” at the Real Estate (RE) Sales Center, which is actually located at a private home in the gated Estuary at Arbor Greene community.

For example, Leslie and Barb, who have cartoon versions of themselves on their business cards and small figurines of those cartoon characters holding up “For Sale” signs at the impressive RE Sales Center — which is a beautifully refurbished four-bedroom home with three full baths and 3,279 sq. ft. of living area — didn’t just host a well-attended Greater Wesley Chapel Chamber of Commerce (WCCC) ribbon-cutting event on Sept. 24. They turned it into a true party!

However, there was one minor glitch during the ribbon cutting, as Leslie and Barb planned to release a couple of dozen helium-filled balloons with those cute business cards attached as they cut the WCCC’s red ribbon, but the balloons got caught up in the lush trees in front of the house.

Now, I’ve known Britisher and Scene on Glass Media owner Mike Prenderville (photo) for a couple of years now, but I never knew he was so heroic. Mike went into the house, found the telescoping light bulb changer needed for the RE Sales Center’s tall ceilings and took several minutes to free all of the balloons so they finally could float away. As of this writing, we had no word on whether all the balloons fell together, where they fell or if anyone actually called the Real Estate Ladies because of the balloon drop, but it was still a cool idea, in one reporter’s humble opinion.

Another great idea was that Leslie and Barb gathered together even more free prizes to give away to attendees than they did helium balloons, including the Grand Prize of one half-page or two 1/4-page ads in this publication. I was lucky enough to win a gift certificate worth $200 off a catered event by The Private Chef of Tampa, owned by former New Tampa Rotary Club (which meets Fridays at 7 a.m. at Tampa Palms Golf & Country Club) president and current Rotary District 6890 Assistant Governor Peter Gambacorta (see page 1). Other prizes were donated by A Dash of Salt & Pepper on Cross Creek Blvd., which also provided the food for the ribbon cutting.

These Real Estate Ladies will always go the extra mile for their clients, too, so call Leslie at 417-5201 or Barb at 815-0715 or see the ad on pg. 6. To see a gallery of pics from this event, visit NTNeighborhoodNews.com. — GN