It’s a new year and it’s time to think about what you can to make your community a better place to live and to reflect back on how REALTORS® did just that. “REALTORS® don’t only sell homes; they sell neighborhoods and communities.
Akron Cleveland Association of REALTORS®'s latest placemaking project focused on the creation of a healing garden/pocket park in the Maple Valley – Copley Road business district of Akron, Ohio.
We decided to create a pocket park in Lisbon, Ohio as a gathering place for village residents, visitors and users of the trail.
The McDowell County Board of REALTORS® in the city of Marion, NC applied for and received NAR's Smart Growth Level 2 Grant. Find out what their plans are for using NAR grants to help their community.
Check out some placemaking projects from the AARP Community Challenge Grant to figure out what would and would not meet the criteria of NAR's Placemaking Grant.
Although PARK(ing) Day isn’t until September, specifically the third Friday in September, now is the perfect time to start planning.
The Raleigh Regional Association of REALTORS® used NAR’s Placemaking Level 2 Grant to help build the first Harnett County Storybook Trail.
NAR’s Placemaking Grant helped the Ponca City Development Authority in Oklahoma to add more picnic tables and shade areas to Central Fare – a community project.
The Central Panhandle Association of REALTORS® used NAR's placemaking grant to help rebuild Adams Park destroyed by the Hurricane Michael in Panama City, FL.
The Charleston Trident Association of Realtors® transformed a vacant lot in the City of Hanahan, SC into the “Hanahan Hub”—a public space for the community.
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Community Outreach Programs
Housing Opportunity Grant
Housing Opportunity Grants support state and local REALTOR® Associations’ affordable housing activities. The goal of the program is to position REALTORS® as leaders in improving their communities by creating affordable housing
opportunities.
Smart Growth Grant
Smart growth is an approach to development that encourages a mix of building types and uses, diverse housing and transportation options, development within existing neighborhoods, and community engagement. The Smart Growth Program offers state and local REALTOR® Associations to way to engage with government officials, community partners and the general public in planning and designing community’s future.
Diversity
Planned diversity initiatives makes good business sense. REALTOR® Associations with well-planned diversity programs create a stronger sense of community, particularly in neighborhoods with high concentrations of foreign-born and minority residents who are moving up the socioeconomic ladder and are buying homes.
NAR Placemaking Resources
Placemaking Guide: A Guide to Transform a Public Space into a Community Place
REALTORS® and state and local association staff can learn the details of Placemaking, the kinds of projects placemaking entails, how to organize them, and where to go for assistance and resources.
Placemaking Webinar Series
Our Placemaking Webinar Series will provide more in depth information on the various types of Placemaking and how REALTORS® were involved in Placemaking activities in their communities.
Placemaking Grant
The Placemaking Grant funds the creation of new public spaces, like pocket parks, trails & gardens, in a community. The grant focuses on “lighter, cheaper, quicker” placemaking projects, which can be built under a year and cost less than $200,000.
