Groups partner to create new ADA-compliant trail
(Photo courtesy FIONA HICKS PHOTOGRAPHY)Selkirk Association of Realtors and Kaniksu Land Trust are partnering to create a ADA-compliant trail at the Pine Street Woods.
(Photo courtesy FIONA HICKS) A group of friends prepares to do a little exploring in the great outdoors on the property that will eventually become the Pine Street Woods.
(Courtesy photo) Kaniksu Land Trust has been hard at work raising the $2.1 million needed to purchase Pine Street Woods with the goal of creating an assort of trails for the community to enjoy.
(Photo courtesy FIONA HICKS PHOTOGRAPHY) The final two Walk in the Woods hikes will be taking place this weekend and next, giving area residents a chance to discover all the Pine Street Woods has to offer.
SANDPOINT — The Selkirk Association of Realtors has received a $4,250 Place-making grant from the National Association of Realtors to help make Sandpoint a better place to live by transforming an unused space into vibrant public space for the community to gather and enjoy. The grant is intended to help real estate association’s partner with others to plan, organize, implement and maintain place-making projects in their communities
The Selkirk Association of Realtors will use the funds to help clear and create an ADA complaint trail in the Pine Street Woods project including benches, picnic areas and more. They will partner with Kaniksu Land Trust and many others on this project who will also be making this dream a reality by creating a space that is easily accessible to those with limited physical abilities.
“Realtors live, work and volunteer in their communities and take immense pride in working to improve them,” said Stephanie Rief, Association Executive Director. “Place-making can help foster healthier, more social and economically viable communities. It creates places where people feel a strong stake in their neighborhoods and are committed to making things better. This grant will allow us to address areas in our community that are in need of enhancement and create a place where friends, families and neighbors can come together.”
Place-making grants are awarded to local and state REALTOR® associations to help them and their members create new public spaces and destinations in a community, like turning a parking spot into a people spot (parklet) or a vacant lot into a pocket park or garden. REALTOR® associations and their REALTOR® members are actively engaged in the community and know the neighborhoods and the properties that would benefit most from these place-making projects.
“As the Pine Street Woods Project area becomes more attractive and welcoming, nearby properties may also increase in value,” says Rief.
For more information on the Pine Street Woods Project, visit https://kaniksulandtrust.org/pine-street-woods/. To find out more about National Association of Realtors place-making program visit, REALTORactioncenter.org/Place-making.