About The Mower-McLennan Team
Exceptional representation isn’t improvised. It’s designed.
The Mower-McLennan Team is built around a simple idea: exceptional real estate representation shouldn’t depend on one person trying to do everything. It should combine experienced professionals, specialized expertise, thoughtful systems and clear accountability around a common purpose—the client.
Our roots extend back to Ruth W. “Ruthie” McLennan, who pioneered the real estate team concept in the region. Together with her husband, Charlie, Ruthie built The McLennan Team into the area’s leading real estate team. Her strengths in representation, communication, negotiation, agent development and team models were complemented by Charlie’s analytical, technological and business-management expertise. Together, they created a remarkably strong foundation of experience, systems and accountability.
In 2018, Ruthie joined forces with Daniel “Dan” Mower, an established local real estate professional and business owner who brought a different perspective on where the industry—and consumer expectations—were headed. Dan had long studied buyer and seller behavior and industry research while embracing technologies, professional media and digital marketing strategies that were only beginning to change the way consumers searched for and experienced real estate.
Rather than simply combine two successful businesses, they spent the year thoughtfully designing what the next generation of the team should become.
Experience was paired with research into what buyers and sellers valued most about working with real estate agents—and where those experiences most often fell short. Existing strengths were preserved and refined. Communication was further systematized. Marketing was rebuilt around professional media, digital distribution and the way modern buyers experience homes. Performance tracking was expanded alongside deeper analysis of historical market data. Roles, responsibilities and accountability were further defined around a better and more consistent client experience.
Executive Administrator Nancy Bohlayer was an important contributor to that work, bringing her exceptional organizational ability and deep understanding of agent interaction, referrals, compliance, responsibilities and accountability to the redesigned model.
In 2019, The Mower-McLennan Team launched in its new form with Dan as Lead Agent.
Designed Around the Client
The philosophy behind that redesign continues to guide us today.
Our clients benefit not simply from an individual agent, but from an organization built to support that relationship. Experienced professionals concentrate on the work they do best. Communication is intentional. Responsibilities are clearly defined. Systems provide continuity and additional layers of accountability so that commitments are carried through and important details are far less likely to fall through the cracks.
For sellers, that philosophy begins well before a property reaches the market. Preparation, pricing, positioning, presentation and accessibility all influence how buyers experience a home. Every Mower-McLennan listing receives the same core professional media treatment regardless of price point, supported by thoughtful preparation and strategic distribution. When appropriate, digital marketing extends well beyond the immediate area to reach buyers drawn to the value and quality of life available in the Southern Tier and Finger Lakes.
For buyers, the same structure supports responsive communication, informed decision-making, careful market analysis and experienced advocacy. Whether moving across town or across the country, clients deserve candid advice, relevant information and skilled negotiation—not simply someone to facilitate a transaction.
Today, The Mower-McLennan Team serves buyers and sellers throughout Corning and Painted Post, Horseheads, Elmira and Elmira Heights, Steuben, Chemung and Schuyler Counties, and the broader Southern Tier and Finger Lakes region. Our work includes residential seller representation, expert buyer representation, corporate relocation, and luxury and distinctive properties.
The Mower-McLennan Team has ranked #1 locally among teams by sales volume for multiple consecutive years. We’re proud of that distinction, but its greater significance to us is what it demonstrates: thoughtful preparation, experienced people and disciplined systems can make exceptional service more consistent.
Real estate will always be personal. Technology, marketing and systems aren’t substitutes for the relationship between an agent and client. Properly designed, they strengthen it—giving our professionals better tools and more time to advise, communicate, solve problems and negotiate for the people who have trusted us to represent them.
Every client. Every home. Every price point. One exceptional standard.