Gainesville is more than just another town...it's the place I've called home for 50 plus years. I've seen such amazing growth and opportunity over the years, and yet, the town still keeps its distinctive southern charm and energy.The area has been my family's home for 7 generations, and that makes for some deep roots for me and my wife and children. Many of my childhood friends have either found their way back to town or long for the day they can. Gainesville has a way of grabbing your heart and never letting go, and it gives everyone a deep sense of community. It's a small town feel with many big town opportunities. From the Hippodrome Theatre where world class plays are intimately held, to the Cultural Arts facilities where many big-name bands, comedians, operas, ballet, political speakers and more share their talents. There is of course big-time athletics in town at Florida Field and the O'Connell Center and other venues at the University of Florida and Santa Fe College. There is always something going on, which makes for a lot of electricity in this North Central Florida treasure.And in an hour, or two, in any direction you can find yourself in some amazing places. Whether its Orlando and all of the Disney World Parks, to the Atlantic Ocean and the sun and surf, to Cedar Key on the Gulf of Mexico for some of the world's best seafood, and world class shopping opportunities in Tampa and Jacksonville. Adventure surrounds us.But what I love most about this slice of heaven is family. It's a place where my boy and girl thrive in education, and violin lessons, and cheerleading and gymnastics, track and field and so much more. The warmth of a community envelops their wishes and their dreams and turns them into reality. It's a place they will always call home and a place where a piece of their heart lives.This is Gainesville...This is my hometown.

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Michael started his real estate career in 1994 and quickly built a successful professional business where he was named a Top Producer in Gainesville/Alachua County. Since 2003, he has worked on the brokerage side of the business. In 2013, he was named President of Coldwell Banker M.M. Parrish Realtors where he manages two offices and over 85 sales associates. "We differentiate ourselves with our strong culture. The company is comprised of not only the best-of-the-best Realtors in this community, but we do it with the right group of highly trained professionals who do it the right way. Couple that with the best support team in the area and non-competing brokers and our agents find they close the most business in town."Since his start, Michael has been extremely active in the profession. He has Chaired the majority of Committees within the local association. In 2000, at the age of 30, he was selected as the then youngest President to serve the Gainesville/Alachua County Association of Realtors, and he also served on the Florida Association of Realtors Board of Directors.As a seventh generation "Gainesvillian", Michael is involved in the Gainesville community as well. He is currently an active member of the Chamber of Commerce and Council for Economic Outreach, United Way, First Presbyterian Church and has also spent many years coaching youth sports league teams.Michael has been married for 29 years to his wife Sherry, whom he shares a twenty-two-year-old son Avery, who having graduated from the University of St. Andrews in Scotland is now living in London and a seventeen-year-old daughter, Tori who is a senior at Oak Hall School.

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