Momentum - Business to Business Online Magazine MOMENTUM FEB 2018 | Page 17

HomeTown Stories It has been an honor and a privilege to be invited to contribute to this publication. Thus far my contributions have been largely related to business; Real Estate statistics, the outlook on the market, as well as what sorts of local or regional events have or could affect those things. But our City and our Region is about more than simply statistics, business and the commerce that happens here. Realty is my passion, but not so much because of the business it generates, or the income. Mostly, it is my passion because of the people in our community that are served. People are my real passion. It is always humbling to share and have the trust of a family during one of the most significant events in their life. With these events come stories. The people and their stories are what make this “my thing”. My husband told me he settled here in League City because of the “character” of the town. He called it a wonderful little tree lined baseball town. That was a long time ago, obviously. But nonetheless, he talked about what attracted him to this place. It had Dairy Queen, and churches, a cool lake, awesome little diners and donut shops, amazing small businesses and the coolest hardware store ever. It had everything he wanted his children exposed to and familiar with as they grew up through school and into adulthood. That’s how he described it. He also said it had awesome people. Folks in the store who would smile and call you by name after you’d been in a few times. Waitresses who spoke to your kids by name and asked them about their dog, or little league games. People like that. A warm place. That’s where the real character of the place comes from… People. By: Deborah Bly RE/MAX Space Center - The Bly Team [email protected] The other morning as my granddaughter was getting ready for school. We were talking, and I was sharing with her about coming back here to the states at 18. I was surprised to learn in our conversation that it was a story she had not heard before and it set me thinking. I wondered about all of the stories I had heard over the years and how many had been shared with me and more significantly, how many more had not been shared yet! Everyone has a story, or a dozen that are more than worth telling. So, I’m inviting you here to join me over the weeks that come as I share not just my own story, but other stories of people in our community. They will be shared on Face Book Live – RE/MAX Space Center – The Bly Team. We’ll learn together how folks came to be here, and why they’ve stayed and made our community their home. You will also be able to find them as the Stories are compiled, on You tube, as “HomeTown Stories”. Click here to see our 1st launch! I hope you will enjoy hearing these stories as much as I will enjoy sharing them! Our community and our region’s character was, and is, a huge thing. Consciously or not, it’s a giant part of what brought us here. And as years pass and we grow, it is still what draws people here. MOMENTUM / February 2018 16