WASHINGTON, Oct. 6, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — The National Association of Realtors^® today announced the winners of the 2022 Good Neighbor Awards. For 23 years the Good Neighborhood Awards has recognized real estate agents^® who make an exceptional impact on their communities through volunteer work. The five individuals named as this year’s winners illustrate how Realtors^® to make their communities a better place to live, work and raise families.

The Good Neighbor Award 2022 winners are:

• Jennifer BarnesKeller Williams Realty Peachtree Road, Brookhaven, Georgia, founder of Solidarity Sandy Springs
• Dennis CurtinLegacy Investments, Kansas City, Missouri, Founder of Mimis Pantry
• Jim EdmondsEmerald Isle Properties, Kilauea, Hawaii, Founder of Permanently Affordable Living (PAL) Kaua’i
• Heather Griesser LaPierreRE/MAX Preferred Newtown Square, Newtown Square, Pennsylvania, Founder of Kids Against Hunger Philadelphia
• Mali Vai WashingtonDiamond Life Real Estate, Jacksonville Beach, Florida, Founder of the MaliVai Washington Youth Foundation

“I am so proud to honor our Good Neighbor Award winners for how they have made change to improve the lives of others in their communities,” said Leslie Rouda Smith, President of NAR, a realtor^® of Plano, Texas, and a broker at Dave Perry-Miller Real Estate in Dallas. “Each of these brokers^® has put in hundreds of hours a year and raised huge sums of money for their respective causes. I applaud her for her vision, dedication, passion and selfless generosity.”

Each of the five winners – selected through a multi-stage, criteria-based judging process – will receive a $10,000 stipend for their charity and will be featured in the Fall 2022 issue of REALTOR^® Magazine. They will also be presented with crystal trophies on November 12th NAR NXTNAR’s annual conference, which will be held this year in Orlando, Florida.

More about each winner:

Jennifer Barnes, Keller Williams Realty Peachtree Road, Brookhaven, Georgia

In 2020 Jennifer…