50 year anniversary question and answer Michael Barnes
Name: Michael Barnes
Title: Publisher
Company: High-Profile Monthly
Years with Company: 10
Years in Industry: 45
Address: 615 School St., Pembroke, MA 02359
Telephone: 781-294-4530
What year did you discover the New England Real Estate Journal and what business were you doing at that time? In 1969 while attending Emerson College and working part time with Ralph A. Barnes Public Relations, I was introduced to Rolly's new and successful publication. It was already being seen as the who's who in commercial real estate. Unique to New England, there was nothing like it to compare.
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