The healthier a community, the better the environment for REALTORS®. Keeping a community attractive, livable, and functioning well is a complex task. Who better to be stewards of their community than REALTORS®! Whether your community is grappling with transportation and land use issues, crowded schools, or open space, or working to bring vacant properties back to productive use, NAR’s Smart Growth program has resources to help you and your association plant seeds that will pay dividends for years to come.Read more >
NAR's Action Grant program can assist your efforts to implement programs and activities that position REALTORS® as leaders in improving their communities by advancing smart growth. NAR is considering applications twice in 2008. Apply for grants>
WHAT'S NEW IN SMART GROWTH
NAR Honors Students for Winning School-of-the-Future Designs (May 2) The national awards ceremony of the School of the Future Awards Program was held today at the National Building Museum, culminating a week of activities in Washington with the six regional winning teams of middle school students from across the country. This was the third year that NAR partnered with the Council of Educational Facilities Planners International (CEFPI) to hold this national competition. Read more> School of the Future Design Competition>
New Survey on Growth Released Three-fourths of Americans believe that improving public transportation and building smarter development are better long-term solutions for reducing traffic congestion than building roads. More than 70 percent are concerned with how growth and development affects global warming. View the survey results> NAR Press Release> What Americans Want>
New Reports on Blight Statutes and Dealing with Eminent Domain Reform NAR and Robinson and Cole, LLP developed two reports that provide a review of blight statutes, trace the origins of state blight legislation, analyze the blight statutes in all 50 states, and identify seven issues that need to be addressed for meaningful reform of blight statutes as they relate to eminent domain. View the reports>
