Awards!

CandysDirt.com Cleaned Up on Awards at Annual Journalist Conference!

By Candy Evans / June 23, 2017 /

Rocky Mountain High, Colorado. All those heights helped us set a new record for our seven-year-old blog website: CandysDirt.com took home FOUR (that’s 1-2-3-4!) glittering prizes for excellence in real estate reporting at last week’s 51st annual National Association of Real Estate Editor’s  SpringConference. We first won at NAREE in 2013, when the blog was…

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Dallas Builders Association Recognizes Residential Developers at 38th Annual McSAM Awards

By Jon Anderson / April 3, 2017 /

I have to thank the Dallas Builders Association (DBA) for a very good “last meal” before a business trip to Orlando last week.  With 63 categories, it certainly wasn’t a small, small world that packed the Westin Galleria.  This year’s festivities were kept on track by former Good Morning Texas host Amy Vanderoef who did…

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Tony Ruggeri and Jake Wagner of RPG Awarded by Local Magazine as Best in Biz

By Candy Evans / October 6, 2016 /

How can guys this young have so many homes, so much dirt? We were just thrilled to see that our favorite young single fam developer CEO’s, Tony Ruggeri and Jake Wagner at Republic Property Group (RPG) — aka 1,070-acre Light Farms in Celina, 957-acre Phillips Creek Ranch in Frisco, a 12-acre custom home development within…

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We Won! CandysDirt.com Earns 3 Awards From National Association of Real Estate Editors Journalism Competition

By Joanna England / June 13, 2016 /

As executive editor of the CandysMedia family of websites — CandysDirt.com, SecondShelters.com, and MidlandDirt.com — I could not be more proud to announce that our team earned three distinctions at the National Association of Real Estate Editors journalism awards in New Orleans last Friday. This year’s convention, the organization’s 50th, had the highest attendance over…

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ULI Impact Awards Recognize Positive Urban Impacts in North Texas Region

By Leah Shafer / April 4, 2016 /

Big thinkers and dreamers have shaped North Texas development since John Neely Bryan wandered into the area in 1839. Last week, more than 700 gathered at an gala and soirée to celebrate vibrant, innovative projects that have a positive impact on the built environment in North Texas. This was the Urban Land Institute of North Texas‘ second annual Impact Awards,…

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