Fran Pigott Harding Real Estate – one of Carteret County’s local experts, specializing in Coastal Properties 

Fran personifies Carteret County real estate. A native of the beautiful Crystal Coast area, her impeccable service and outstanding results are fueled by her unparalleled market knowledge, sharp negotiating skills and innovative marketing. She is respected by clients and colleagues, as well as the business community, as a broker extraordinaire. She ranks in a class of her own, with over 30 years experience buying and selling homes – all with an exemplary track record of success. She prides herself on the personalized service she offers to every buyer and seller. 

Her day-to-day services -- all backed by the unparalleled reach and resources of an outstanding brokerage firm- Black & Tanne Realty Group - in Eastern North Carolina focuses on the following: 

* Positive, helpful partner for buying or selling a home

* Expertise in innovative marketing strategies

* Marketing expertise: staging, Internet, drone, 360

* Hometown Girl -- In depth knowledge of our local communities!

* Expert knowledge of waterfront properties in Carteret County / Crystal Coast

* Expertise in neighborhood features

* Ability to target home searches

* Trusted resource for answers about the process

* Purposeful in research activities

* Strong negotiation skills

* Support through the closing and beyond

LOCAL Knowledge
When looking for a permanent place to hang my hat, I chose to return to this coastal area where I grew up. There are many communities you might consider in this wonderful Crystal Coast area. You can count on me to know the neighborhoods, the schools, market conditions, zoning regulations and local economy. So, let’s get to work. I will keep you up to date with new listings and conditions as they impact the market. I will make the purchase / selling process as stress-free as possible. 

Specialties

= First Time Buyers

= Luxury Homes

= Move-Up Home

= Retirement

= Empty Nest

= Residential – single family, duplex

= Townhome, Condominium

Professional Affiliations

= National Association of Realtors 

= North Carolina Association of Realtors 

= Carteret County Association of Realtors – PR Committee

Community Activities

= Carteret County Chamber of Commerce -- Ambassador

= Carteret Local Food Network – Advisory Council

= Stardust Startup Factory – Board member

= Beaufort Woman’s Club – Past President

= Beaufort Garden Club – member

= Crystal Coast Women / Morehead City -member

The Friends Support and Enhance the Mission of
the North Carolina Maritime Museum in Beaufort
through Communications, Programs and Financial Support.

Who We Are and What We Do
The North Carolina Maritime Museum in Beaufort is a state-funded museum dedicated to care, display and interpretation of our state’s rich maritime heritage. The public funding allotted provides for many basic needs.

State funding makes the Museum possible,
The Friends make it great!

The reason the Museum can go above and beyond in producing and sustaining such a great variety of programs and exhibits is exclusively because of support from the Friends of the Museum. The Friends of the Museum and its membership support is what takes the Museum to the next level.

Your support is crucial to helping the Museum grow in Beaufort, North Carolina. Click Here To Join The Friends of the Maritime Museum!

The Friends work with the Museum in Beaufort by underwriting new projects, purchasing equipment, administering grants, funding educational and public awareness programs, acquiring land and facilities needed for expansion, and operating the Port Of Call Museum Store.

The Friends of the North Carolina Maritime Museum, Inc. is a private, 501(c)(3) non-profit corporation forging a public/private partnership between supporters of our state’s rich maritime heritage and related natural history and the State of North Carolina.

Patrons of the Museum organized “The Friends” in 1977 as a way for the entire state to help the North Carolina Maritime Museum grow and prosper. The Friends goes the extra distance to ensure our state’s maritime heritage will always be preserved and cherished and our citizens will have access to it.

The Friends value the coastal communities, both past and present. Their commitment is reflected through their membership dues and donations which assist in supporting Museum programming and exhibits.

Volunteers are needed for the great times at the North Carolina Maritime Museum and the Harvey E. Smith Watercraft Center. Share your love of history, culture and North Carolina’s well-loved coast. The North Carolina Maritime Museum offers a wide variety of volunteer opportunities, from working with children to helping with events. Click Here To Volunteer!

Gartman & Associates provides training and follow-on consulting that is customized for the customer's activity.  A variety of teaching methods are employed including the use of videos, workshops, small group discussions and activities, lectures, and case studies using the organization's own processes.

Our approach to quality improvement is based primarily on the teachings of Dr. W. Edwards Deming; however, other approaches are discussed and applied where beneficial.

          We work with customers through the entire total quality transformation process.  We recommend that all training be provided on a just-in-time basis and that the unit's leadership be provided quality philosophy and orientation training prior to training others in the unit.  After obtaining the leadership's commitment,  we proceed with the changes necessary to move toward quality improvement.  If the organization does not have a strategic plan,  we recommend that one be developed.  We  provide  facilitation  to produce a plan that will help the total organization focus on its mission and vision.  We  believe organizations without a clear understanding of their mission and without a shared vision lack the sense of direction and shared commitment to successfully accomplish the quality transformation in a reasonable amount of  time.

The deployment of training within an organization should be from the top down.  All middle managers must receive training in the concepts of quality and may require training in  teamwork  before the transformation can proceed.  The organization to support the quality effort must be established at the time the middle level is trained.  Also, facilitators should be trained at this time so they will be ready to assist the initial process improvement team efforts.

Quality training should then be deployed throughout the organization.  For larger units,  we recommend a train-the-trainer approach for  the introductory and basic training in quality improvement.  However, we  provide multiple introductory and basic courses, if desired.  As a larger population is trained, our role changes from instructing to monitoring the cultural change occurring within the organization and providing advice and assistance to the leadership to assure success. 

The transformation to a total quality organization is a long- term process and we prefer to develop and maintain long term relationships with our customers.  However,  we plan from the beginning to establish a self-sustaining effort where our services  will not be needed within a reasonable time. Nonetheless, many of our customers continue to use our services for strategic planning and just-in-time training for new groups.

We do not provide a course in organizational structures.  During our initial training, we  provide information and assistance in establishing a quality structure within the organization to assist and sustain  the transformation.

 Additionally, we are experienced in process reengineering using process mapping and quality management tools. We provide six sigma training and project management training to those organizations that have moved forward in the quality transformation.

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