St. Louis REALTORS® Prove Campaign Prowess in Winning Alderman Seat for One of Their Own
The 7,000-member St. Louis Association of REALTORS® put its campaign experience to work, along with mailers and online advertisements from NAR to back one of their own for the Board of Aldermen in Ballwin, Missouri, last April. The successful Independent Expenditure Campaign resulted in a...
Las Vegas REALTORS® Grow New Leaders Across Ethnic Lines
The Greater Las Vegas Association of REALTORS® (GLVAR) does more than talk about embracing cultural differences, it is actually doing something to grow future leaders from diverse backgrounds. The 11,700-member association is drawing local minority real estate partners to their successful...
Salt Lake Board Works With Transit Authority to Get Cars Off the Road and People onto Public Transit
Air quality is a big concern in the Wasatch Front region of north-central Utah, and the Salt Lake Board of REALTORS® took steps to help clear the air. The 6,700-member board used a Game Changer Grant and funds of their own to sponsor the Utah Transit Authority’s RideClear Program, which helped...
South Bend (IN) REALTORS® Lead Way Bringing New Life to Local Hispanic Neighborhood
The 495-member Greater South Bend-Mishawaka Association of REALTORS® took the lead in breathing new life into a largely Hispanic local neighborhood. With a Smart Growth Grant, funds of its own, and lots of community engagement, they hosted a Better Block Weekend last October that transformed an...
San Diego REALTORS® Open Housing Opportunity Doors for Foreclosure Victims, Minorities and Other Under-served Populations
From veterans and their families, to minority groups, to homeowners who lost their homes to foreclosure and are attempting to re-enter the market, the San Diego REALTORS have been there to open doors to housing...
Worcester (MA) REALTORS® Use Placemaking Grant to Restore Local Veterans’ Memorial Triggering a Surge of Civic Pride
A 65-year-old granite eagle monument to honor veterans had become an eyesore from years of neglect, and the 1,500-member Worcester Regional Association of REALTORS® decided to do something about...
Wilmington (NC) REALTORS® Stand Up for Home Owners to Defeat Proposed Vacation Rental Ordinance
Kure Beach, one of North Carolina’s treasured seaside communities, consists largely of investment properties whose owners rent to vacationers for most of the...
Beverly Hills/Los Angeles REALTORS® Defeat Unfair Transfer Tax Proposed for Santa Monica
In a campaign involving volunteer and professional phone-banking, online advertising, yard signs, direct mailings and door-to-door work, the Beverly Hills/Greater Los Angeles Association of REALTORS® soundly defeated a proposed transfer tax increase that would have hit Santa Monica developers...
Akron Cleveland Association Fights Troubling Rental Housing Proposals Using NAR’s Land Use Initiative
The 5,000-member Akron Cleveland Association of REALTORS® (ACAR) had taken just about enough. When troubling and overly restrictive rental housing proposals arose in two of this association’s communities, the ACAR took on City Hall. By tapping into NAR’s Land Use Initiative, ACAR was able to...
St Louis Association Responds to Ferguson Violence and Unrest with Innovative Fair Housing Campaign
As the nation was riveted by the violence that followed the Ferguson shooting last summer, relief for the riot-torn suburb of St Louis came from the local REALTOR organization. The 6,600-member St. Louis Association of REALTORS® first helped with deliveries of basic supplies to the citizens of...