Community Programs
Written by: Ida Seitter, Director of Development, Columbus REALTORS® It is easy to overlook the Milo-Grogan (MG) neighborhood in downtown Columbus (OH). With its seemingly deserted post-industrial landscape and aging homes, it stands in stark...
If you are thinking about a creating a placemaking project in your community but are not sure of where to find a space to transform, here are some ideas. You probably should not tackle this by yourself. Find other folks in your neighborhood, or a...
The Luzerne County Association of REALTORS® in PA used NAR's Placemaking Grant to create a dog rest area along the Greater Hazleton Rails-to-Trails path.
Take them or leave them, elevated freeways are a mainstay of cities all over the world.
Even if there are places to visit just a short walk from your home, you may be unlikely to walk there if the way to get there is unsafe or unpleasant.
This is an updated repost from 2015. Please note that while NAR's Placemaking Grant does fund community gardens, the gardens need to be multi-functional spaces whereby anyone in the community can enjoy it as a destination. So don't forget to...
If you’ve been keeping up with the posts to date, you’ve probably thought of at least one site in your community that would be a good candidate for a placemaking project. But if you still can’t identify a site, you may want to take a look at any...
Written by Chris Bailey, Government Affairs Director, Greater Greenville Association of REALTORS® Like a lot of other small Southern towns, Greenville, South Carolina has experienced a rebirth and renaissance of sorts. Downtown Greenville is...
Land trusts and city parks conservancies exist to help communities address limited access to nature and unplanned development and to create and preserve parks and open spaces. Land trusts conserve natural resources such as natural areas, parks,...
Happy Valentine’s Day. Maybe it’s the perfect time to send your city a love note. Love notes are something Peter Kageyama, an urban strategist and author of For the Love of Cities, refers to as gestures between cities and its citizens. They are...