Nearly 500 persons attended educational workshops conducted in September and October along the North Carolina coast. Jointly sponsored by the Real Estate Commission, North Carolina Sea Grant and the North Carolina Division of Coastal Management, the workshops were designed to inform real estate agents and developers about what they should know concerning building, marketing and selling coastal property.

During the five-hour program, a panel of experts, including Commission Legal Counsel Tom Miller, addressed such topics as beach erosion, building construction, property insurance, and disclosures which should be made to purchasers of coastal real estate. Opening remarks were presented by The Honorable Marc Basnight, President Pro Tempore of the North Carolina Senate, and David Sullivan, Director of the North Carolina Disaster Recovery Task Force.

Response to the course offerings at Wilmington, Atlantic Beach and Nags Head was so overwhelming, an additional workshop was held at Wilmington in December.

The Real Estate Commission thanks the many speakers who participated in the workshops, the hundreds of real estate agents who attended, and the Commission staff members and others whose efforts contributed to the success of this program.