Utah REALTORS ® Raise Money for RPAC With Rally Ride
To increase investments in the REALTORS ® Political Action Committee (RPAC,) the Utah Association of REALTORS ® (UAR) has been capitalizing on one of the state’s most valuable assets: its striking natural beauty. That, and its Harley Davidson-riding members. The culture of a motorcycle rally...
Fort Collins REALTORS® Use Independent Expenditure Campaign to Support Four City Council Candidates: Three Win
When an NAR dues increase went into effect two years ago, the Fort Collins Board of REALTORS® (FCBR) made a promise to its 750 members to bring those dollars back to the northern Colorado community, in the form of grants from the REALTOR® Party. This spring, it made good on that promise,...
RPAC Sweepstakes Winners Have Eyes on More than the Prize
Some gals have all the luck! Sure enough, at the Association Executive Institute in San Diego this spring, Lady Luck rewarded two participants who had generously invested in the REALTOR® Political Action Committee – by simply participating in the drawing. The stakes were high (the prizes were...
Maryland REALTORS® Help Change Shape of Salisbury City Council to Usher in Positive Urban Growth
– May 2013 When two seats came up for grabs on the City Council of Salisbury, MD, the 950-member Coastal Association of REALTORS revved its advocacy instincts into high gear. The association interviewed all the prospective candidates and took heart when they met challenger Jake Day, a “local...
Wisconsin REALTORS® Help Re-Elect Property Rights Champion to Supreme Court
Justice Pat Roggensack, one of the four-justice majority seen as favoring property rights on Wisconsin’s Supreme Court, was running for a second 10-year term. The 13,000-member Wisconsin REALTORS® Association (WRA) was there to help her secure it, with 57.5 percent of the vote. WRA led an...
St. Charles County (MO) Association Turns Evening of Fun and Games into Serious RPAC Receipts
It’s not every day that the president of the St. Charles County Association of REALTORS® gets hoisted 15 feet off the ground in the basket of a boom-truck. But that’s what happened September 12, 2012 when the 14,000-member association, launched its annual RPAC fundraising event with a...
Kentucky REALTORS® Help Elect Three Champions to the State House and Put Polling to Use in Tax Reform Battle
Twice last fall, three real-estate-friendly candidates running to keep their seats in the Kentucky State House found happy surprises in their mailboxes: direct mail pieces endorsing them, but not paid for by their own campaigns. Thanks to Independent Expenditure Grants from NAR, the 8,680-member...
Cincinnati Area Board Holds Back Proposed Property Tax Hike
“My Home is not UR ATM!” read one of the hand-lettered signs held high by a concerned citizen at Cincinnati’s City Hall. The lively annual debate over a proposed property tax hike was underway, and the Cincinnati Area Board of REALTORS® (CABR) had mobilized its troops. Although limiting...
Nashville REALTORS® Gather Coalition for Ground-Breaking Housing Summit
Where there are homes in safe areas with access to good education, good transit and other services, that’s where the jobs go. It was this kind of big thinking that led the 2,800-member Greater Nashville Association of REALTORS® (GNAR) to gather a coalition of regional partners in the housing...
Greater Capital Area Association Takes the Lead in Smart Growth – Twice!
Development in Montgomery County, MD, just north of the nation’s capital, is growing fast. The Greater Capital Area Association of REALTORS® (GCAAR) wants to make sure it grows smart, as well. Two Smart Growth Grants from NAR have been helping it do so. The 8,500-member association used the...