{"id":25428,"date":"2018-02-06T10:00:05","date_gmt":"2018-02-06T16:00:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/?p=25428"},"modified":"2018-02-06T00:43:25","modified_gmt":"2018-02-06T06:43:25","slug":"clarksville-association-of-realtors-head-to-tennessee-capitol-for-realtor-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/2018\/02\/06\/clarksville-association-of-realtors-head-to-tennessee-capitol-for-realtor-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Clarksville Association of Realtors head to Tennessee Capitol for &#8220;Realtor Day&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-119665\" title=\"Clarksville Association of REALTORS\" src=\"http:\/\/www.clarksvilleonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Clarksville-Association-of-REALTORS.gif\" alt=\"Clarksville Association of REALTORS\" width=\"230\" height=\"93\"\/><strong>Clarksville, TN<\/strong> &#8211; On Tuesday, January 30th, 2018 the Clarksville Association of Realtors\u00ae (CAR) took part in a Realtor \u201cDay on the Hill\u201d at the state capital in Nashville.<\/p>\n<p>This event, which had over 400 Tennessee Realtors in attendance, is intended to give Realtors from all over the state a chance to meet their elected officials and speak on matters important to real estate and homeowners.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_411786\" style=\"width: 490px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.clarksvilleonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Clarksville-Association-of-Realtors-head-to-Tennesse-Capitol-for-Realtor-Day-3.jpg\"  class=\"thickbox no_icon\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-411786\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-411786\" title=\"Tennessee Senator Mark Green with Clarksville Association of Realtors Members.\" src=\"http:\/\/www.clarksvilleonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Clarksville-Association-of-Realtors-head-to-Tennesse-Capitol-for-Realtor-Day-3-480x360.jpg\" alt=\"Tennessee Senator Mark Green with Clarksville Association of Realtors Members.\" width=\"480\" height=\"360\"\/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-411786\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tennessee Senator Mark Green with Clarksville Association of Realtors Members.<\/p><\/div>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Members of the CAR held meetings with Rep. Jay Reedy, Rep. Curtis Johnson, Rep. Joe Pitts, Rep. Tim Wirgau, and Sen. Mark Green.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The Clarksville Association of Realtors is an active and engaged partner in establishing public policy to improve the industry and help protect consumers,\u201d said Rep. Joe Pitts, of District 67. \u201cToday&#8217;s visit was another opportunity to keep important issues in front of the TN General Assembly and build relationships,\u201d said Pitts.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf we\u2019re not participating in the process, then someone else is making decisions for Realtors and homeowners, and their interests won\u2019t be heard,\u201d said Charles Pecka, 2018 CAR President.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI feel more knowledgeable in where our leaders stand on these issues. I may not agree with their stance, but I at least know what they are,\u201d Said Joann Garcia, Clarksville Realtor and member of the 2018 CAR Governmental Affairs Committee.<br \/>\n\u201cOur perspective as real estate professionals is needed and valued by our representatives,\u201d said Melinda Kelly-Major, Clarksville Realtor and member of the 2018 CAR Governmental Affairs Committee. \u201cToday was a reminder that we all need to be involved in the process,\u201d said Kelly-Major.<\/p>\n<h3>About the Clarksville Association of Realtors<\/h3>\n<p>The Clarksville Association of Realtors has over 878 active REALTOR members and 72 Affiliate Partners that work together to improve the public awareness of the value of Realtors to the community and to the benefits of their services. The Clarksville Association of Realtors also serves to promote the success and future developments of its members in association with the Tennessee and National Associations of Realtors.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Clarksville, TN &#8211; On Tuesday, January 30th, 2018 the Clarksville Association of Realtors\u00ae (CAR) took part in a Realtor \u201cDay on the Hill\u201d at the state capital in Nashville. This event, which had over 400 Tennessee Realtors in attendance, is intended to give Realtors from all over the state a chance to meet their elected [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3],"tags":[14326,31422,1790,825,3788,26156,31511,3787,14812,26861,4950,1758,4373,22306,12685,31510],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4xGYI-6C8","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25428"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25428"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25428\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25429,"href":"https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25428\/revisions\/25429"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25428"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25428"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25428"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}