{"id":477,"date":"2010-11-12T16:27:21","date_gmt":"2010-11-12T21:27:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/schellbrothers.com\/blog\/?p=477"},"modified":"2010-11-12T16:27:21","modified_gmt":"2010-11-12T21:27:21","slug":"schell-brothers-receives-nine-nationals-awards-from-national-association-of-homebuilders","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/schellbrothers.com\/blog\/2010\/11\/12\/schell-brothers-receives-nine-nationals-awards-from-national-association-of-homebuilders\/","title":{"rendered":"Schell Brothers Companies Receive Nine \u201cNationals Awards\u201d from National Association of Homebuilders"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><em>Local Veteran Learns of Top Salesperson Honors on Veterans Day<\/em><\/strong><em> <\/em><br \/>\nThis past Veterans Day, Dan Kauffman spent the afternoon at Arlington National Cemetery, taking part in a traditional Wetting Down Ceremony.\u00a0 Uniquely designed to honor fallen soldiers, the ritual reunited Dan with comrades he met during his deployment to Iraq eight years ago during Operation Enduring Freedom.\u00a0 Dan often says that his success as a new home sales manager for Schell Brothers stems from the dedication and expertise he gained from spending 13 years in the US Army Reserves.\u00a0 So, it was only fitting that, when Dan returned home after a customary Veterans Day commemoration, he learned that he was one of six sales professionals nationwide to be honored as a Silver Finalist for excellence in new home sales. \u00a0\u00a0Dan Kauffman is a new home sales manager for Schell Brothers at <a href=\"http:\/\/schellbrothers.com\/breakwater\/\">Breakwater<\/a> in Lewes, Delaware.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<div id=\"attachment_500\" style=\"width: 632px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/schellbrothers.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/Press-Release-Photos-011.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-500\" class=\"size-large wp-image-500 \" title=\"Nationals \" src=\"http:\/\/schellbrothers.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/Press-Release-Photos-011-660x208.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"622\" height=\"196\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-500\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Community of Breakwater, Dan Kauffman, Rebecca Fluharty,   The Milton at Heritage Creek<\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<p>Dan\u2019s award was one of nine Silver Nationals received by the Schell  Brothers and its family of companies, including Echelon Custom Homes and  Echelon Interiors.\u00a0 Having received five Silver Nationals last year,  Schell Brothers nearly doubled that number in 2010.\u00a0 Presented by the  Sales and Marketing Council of the National Homebuilders Association,  Silver Nationals are handed out to the top vote recipients in several  categories.\u00a0 These recipients then become national finalists for the  Gold Awards which will be announced and presented January 12, 2011 at  the Builders Show in Orlando, Florida.\u00a0\u00a0 In addition to the top sales  award, Schell Brothers was honored for excellence in new home product  design, interior merchandising, television advertising, print\/Internet  marketing campaigns, and website design.\u00a0 Rebecca Fluharty, a designer  at Schell Brothers, received honors two years in a row for the Milton  home at Heritage Creek.\u00a0 Last year\u2019s honors were for the conceptual  design, while this year\u2019s award recognized the team\u2019s ability to bring  the concept to life.\u00a0 This unique Victorian home is now available to  tour at the <a href=\"http:\/\/schellbrothers.com\/heritage-creek\/\">Heritage Creek<\/a> community by Schell Brothers in Milton,  Delaware.<br \/>\nSchell  Brothers is located at 55 Cascade Lane, Rehoboth Beach, Delaware. Twin  brothers Chris and Preston Schell have set the standard for home  building excellence and responsible land use in Coastal \u00a0Delaware. For  more information about Breakwater, Heritage Creek, or other communities  built by Schell Brothers including Independence, the premier active adult community in Delaware, please visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.schellbrothers.com\/\">www.schellbrothers.com<\/a> or call 302-226-1994.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Local Veteran Learns of Top Salesperson Honors on Veterans Day This past Veterans Day, Dan Kauffman spent the afternoon at Arlington National Cemetery, taking part in a traditional Wetting Down Ceremony.\u00a0 Uniquely designed to honor fallen soldiers, the ritual reunited Dan with comrades he met during his deployment to Iraq eight years ago during Operation [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,14],"tags":[106],"class_list":["post-477","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-breakwater","category-heritage-creek","tag-awards"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/schellbrothers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/477","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/schellbrothers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/schellbrothers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/schellbrothers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/schellbrothers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=477"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/schellbrothers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/477\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/schellbrothers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=477"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/schellbrothers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=477"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/schellbrothers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=477"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}