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OXFORD — Shown are 3 new changing rooms at Pismo Beach for public use. Pismo Beach is a public beach used for swimming, boating, and picnics, and also hosts summer recreation programs, baseball, and softball for the community. Several REALTOR® members, affiliates, and family members helped to organize and construct the 3 changing rooms.

 

OXFORD — The Mountains to Shore Board of REALTORS® Association used a $4,355.43 Placemaking grant from the National Association of REALTORS® to help transform unused space at Pismo Beach to construct changing rooms, a popular swim spot for community use and enjoyment. The grant was designed by NAR to ensure local REALTOR® Associations are partnering with other neighboring organizations to plan, organize, implement, and maintain placemaking projects in their communities.

The Mountains to Shore Board of REALTORS® have used the funds to construct 3 changing rooms at Pismo Beach for the public to use. Pismo Beach is a public beach used for swimming, boating, picnics, and also hosts summer recreation programs, baseball, and softball for the community. Several REALTOR® members, affiliates, and family members helped to organize and construct the 3 changing rooms. Summit Hill Sessions, a local construction company, generously donated the labor on this project, to help keep the costs low and ensure a quality product.

“REALTORS® live, work, and volunteer in their communities, and we take immense pride in our work to make the Lakes Region neighborhoods a better place to live, work and raise a family,” said Jocelyn O’Rourke-Shane, President of Mountains to Shore Board of REALTORS® “This grant gives us a tangible, immediate opportunity to identify and address areas in the Lakes Region and other areas that need enhancement and revitalization and can be used for the greater good. Placemaking can help foster healthier, more social and economically viable communities, and create places where people feel a strong stake in their neighborhoods and are committed to making things better.”

NAR offers Placemaking Grants to state and local REALTOR® Associations around the country to create new public spaces and destinations in a community, such as turning a parking spot into a people spot (parklet) or a vacant lot into a pocket park or garden. “Placemaking Grant projects help create more welcoming, vibrant communities where we can make a meaningful difference at the local level!” said Jocelyn O’Rourke-Shane.

To find out more about the National Association of REALTOR® placemaking program, visit https://realtorparty.realtor/community-outreach/placemaking