Community Programs
Written by Michael Wagler, Main Street Iowa State Coordinator, Main Street Iowa.
There is a growing understanding in the economic development discipline that creating a place where people want to be is a critical element to creating a strong, sustainable, interconnected community and economic development strategy.
The National Association of REALTORS® encourages our state and local REALTOR® Associations to partner with others to make their communities better places to live. Our Placemaking Grant is available to our REALTOR® Associations to help fund the creation of new public spaces and destinations in a community. Since the launch of the grant in 2014, we have approved over almost $1 million in...
Loan applicants could be affected as FHA tightens standards for higher-risk borrowers. REALTORS® step up to help in the aftermath of Midwestern floods but help is needed, and Gen Xers are buying bigger homes to accommodate multigenerational families. This weeks's video is sponsored by the REALTOR Benefits® program.
This year, NAR’s Placemaking Grant has a level 1 grant for up to $1,500 for pop-up and demonstration projects such as temporary bike lanes, parklets, trails and plazas. Demonstration and pop-up projects enable a community to test the viability of a program, project or plan before making...
The real estate community is rushing to help victims of record-breaking floods in the Midwest last month, which hit the state of Nebraska particularly hard. The REALTORS® Relief Foundation has partnered with the Nebraska REALTORS® Association to collect donations for mortgage and rental payment assistance for hundreds of residents who have been displaced.
Everyone deserves safe and easy access to parks, but that is not the case in many communities across our Country. One in three Americans don't have a park within a 10-minute walk (or half-mile) of their home.
There are a few reasons as to why these inequities exist in communities such as barriers that limit walkability to parks or makes walking to parks undesirable. Distance and...
What you need to know about accommodating an employee’s mental health condition in the office.
Written by Dana Wall, Project Manager, The Street Plan Collaborative
You may have heard of Tactical Urbanism, the low-cost, short-term, nimble methodology for kick starting and advancing long-term projects related to street safety, public space, and more. What started as a guerrilla tactic for citizens to “take back their streets” has evolved into a sanctioned and sought-after project...
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. REALTORS® aid in improving and revitalizing neighborhoods with smart growth initiatives, helping create walkable, urban centers, which...
More and more organizations are seeing the value of placemaking and integrating it into their business models. The Urban Land Institute (ULI) has undertaken a placemaking project as part of their Building Healthy Places Initiative. ULI has helped advance the notion that placemaking adds value to real estate and urban environments.
ULI’s...
