March Forth!
Once again, I cordially encourage you to March Forth in all that you do. Here’s to a very fulfilling 2006 and the realization of your goals. And here’s to the wonderful accomplishments and extraordinary opportunities of the past year. Most importantly, here’s to you, with sincere thanks, for your friendship and support. Many of you are familiar with the professional activities at WEBSTER ENTERPRISES (WE). For those who are not fully up to speed, I want to share 2005’s exciting highlights.
WE grew. Much to our delight, our son, Christopher, recently expressed his wish to join Patti and me in the family business. He’s well into a crash course in our real estate, venture capital, art, and investment activities and recently received his New Mexico real estate broker’s license. Here’s to sharing with you, son, the vision, that guides us down life’s path, and the passion, that makes the journey always exciting and resoundingly fulfilling.
WE simplified. Many people have not fully understood the history and transition of our company. To recap, Christopher Webster Real Estate, founded in 1976, was acquired by Sotheby’s International Realty (SIR) in 1998 as its first acquisition of an affiliate company world wide. The Santa Fe SIR office became a franchise in 2004 due to a merger yielding a powerful sales force of 160 agents in 9 offices county wide. SIR again became a wholly owned and operated corporate office in 2005 with a clearly defined direction: Sotheby’s International Realty - Artfully Combining Extraordinary Lives with Extraordinary Properties - and currently commands the largest Santa Fe market share by a substantial margin. We always welcome the opportunity to be of service to you … and those you know … when buying or selling real estate, by bringing to you the strength and resources of this dynamic, market-leading company. WE synthesized. For the past few years I have worked increasingly with Robert Burnett and Matt Shanaberger, founders of Synthesis Realty Group, a real estate advisory, marketing, and sales company providing expertise to developers of ultra-luxury resort projects world wide. I recently accepted their invitation to become an equity partner in this unique, dynamic, and growing company. A partial list of present and past clients and projects speaks volumes about Synthesis’s abilities and respect in the real estate industry: Aman Resorts, Jack Nicklaus Golf, Starwood’s St. Regis Hotels, the Forbes family, St. Andrews Bay Resort and Golf Club (Scotland), Sea Horse Ranch (Dominican Republic), Tamarindo Preserve (Costa Rica), Tamarack (Idaho), Princeville (Hawaii), The World of ResidenSea, Sotheby’s International Realty, Christie’s Great Estates, Hart-Howerton, Tricia Wilson and Associates, and my long-time colleagues at The Lyle Anderson Company. WE ventured. WEBSTER ENTERPRISES has invested in venture capital activities in an array of diverse companies. I‘m an early round investor in Eclipse Aviation located in Albuquerque, New Mexico; WE and the world will see its technologically innovative and less expensive 6 person jet airplanes delivered to customers in 2006. I maintain an equity position and director’s seat at Boulder, Colorado based Patriot Wind, a wind energy development and delivery company focused initially on securing contracts with and within the states of New Mexico, Texas, and California. And, the opportunity to serve as a founder, investor, and director in the creation of Genebiology, a Research Triangle Park, North Carolina based generic pharmaceutical development company, materialized due to the lifelong personal relationship with its creator, Dr. Walker Long. In conjunction with Dr. Albert Waxman, founder of Psilos, America’s leading healthcare venture company, and past founder and CEO of Diosonics, the inventor of real time ultrasound and MRI technology, we formed W2 Investments, a venture capital and investment company analyzing non-healthcare related investment opportunities. American Clay Enterprises and its American Clay product line, recognized as Product of the Year by several construction industry organizations for its green, natural, cost attractive, installation efficient clay wall plaster, was W2’s first investment. At the beginning of 2006, I accepted an advisory board position with Flywheel Ventures, a New Mexico and California technology venture fund. WE traveled. Our business and philanthropic interests took us to many exciting places and venues in 2005 including Sydney, Australia and New Zealand’s South Island for an inspection of WE’s luxury guest resort listing, Kahikatea; Mexico’s Costalegre where long standing brokerage and consulting activities continue in Careyes and Punta Mita, bookends to one of the most beautiful sections of coastline in the world; Hawaii (Spring) and Washington, D.C. (Fall) for the semi-annual meetings of the National Tropical Botanical Gardens (NTBG) of which Patti and I are Fellows; Athens, Greece for the annual International Real Estate Federation (FIABCI) World Congress; The Scottish Open at Loch Lomond Golf Club in Dumbartonshire, Scotland with additional travel to Dublin and Edinburgh as well as the Irish and Scottish countryside for property inspections; and under the Southern Cross once again to Buenos Aires and Pilar, Argentina and Lima, Cusco, and Machu Picchu, Peru for cultural enrichment and ethno-botanical research for the NTBG. We, at WE, invite you to visit us at our downtown Santa Fe Plaza location or online at Webster-Enterprises.com 24/7/365, to drop us a line, or to call us from the closest land, cell or internet phone. We will always be glad to hear from you, to see you, and to know how we may help you fulfill your dream for tomorrow – today. Lastly, and most importantly, in all humility, we give sincere heartfelt thanks to you - our family, friends, partners, professional colleagues, business associates, and acquaintances - for your support and energy, without which we could not begin to set out to attempt, let alone accomplish, all the things we do and love. We recognize that the only limitations in life are those that are self-imposed. As a result, we know that anything, moreover everything, done successfully requires a properly balanced integration of mind, heart and spirit. On behalf of the Webster family and everyone associated with WEBSTER ENTERPRISES, I extend our best wishes and thanks, as we all look forward to hearing from you and seeing you soon. March Forth indeed! Sincerely, Chris Webster |
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