Well, we didn’t win the Small Business of the Year award but it was still an enjoyable process to go through and the awards banquet was quite impressive. The winner was Anderson Bookstore in Naperville. Theirs is a story of a long and successful operation in the Naperville area.

Back to real estate, we are continuing see an increase in activity in the Chicago area. Our activity, however, isn’t close to the activity that our Florida offices are experiencing. Florida hit the wall about a year earlier than we did and they are coming out of the doldrums with a vengeance. Perhaps a year from now the Chicago area will see a similar boom in sales activity. We will be ready for it!