On March 20^th, the Central Panhandle Association of REALTORS and the City of Panama City’s Quality of Life Department will join forces to improve a public space located in the Cove: Adams Park. We will hold a volunteer workday to clean up and add new elements to the park so that is a more enjoyable place for residents.

At the end of 2020, CPAR saw an opportunity to apply for a grant from the National Association of REALTORS® (NAR) for placemaking. Placemaking is a way to make your community a better place to live by transforming unused sites and “eyesores” into welcoming destinations accessible to everyone in a community. Our area, having been devastated by Hurricane Michael, had many public spaces that could be considered eyesores or unusable. CPAR reached out to the City of Panama City to determine the area where they saw the greatest need and put forth our application on the national level. The project was awarded the top-level grant for placemaking that NAR has to offer. The grant will supply flowers and soil for the park and three new swing benches which will be installed by the City separately.

On the morning of March 20^th, REALTORS® and volunteers will meet up at 9 am in the St. Andrews Bay Yacht Club parking lot where we will be shuttled to the park. The City of Panama City will provide all tools necessary for planting flowers and CPAR will bring the coffee, water, and light breakfast. Grab your gardening gloves and join us as we lead the way in improving our little piece of paradise, one place at a time. Parking is limited at Adams Park. Volunteers can RSVP at www.CPAR.us/AdamsPark

About Central Panhandle Association of Realtors®, CPAR

Central Panhandle Association of Realtors® is a member-based organization with about 1,850 Realtors and 200 Power Partners covering Bay, Calhoun, Holmes, Jackson, and Washington counties. We are supporters of our community and contributed over $57,000 to local charity organizations in 2020. Our Realtors® maintain a standard of excellence and uphold the Code of Ethics adopted by the National Association of Realtors®. We are advocates for private property and homeownership rights. We are the Multiple Listing Service that makes the market work by providing the marketplace with accurate listing and market data. We are the original source for every REALTOR® and every listing in our service area. We are the voice for real estate in Northwest Florida. For more information, visit our website at www.PanhandleMLS.com

About the City of Panama City Quality of Life Department

The City of Panama City's Quality of Life Department provides a wide variety of recreational opportunities for citizens of all ages. Programs range from organized activities for seniors to softball and basketball league games and other organized athletics. Panama City sponsors more than 100 softball league games each year and more than 300 events are held in city parks and greenspaces. Any given year sees more than 60,000 city and county residents and tourists utilize the wide variety of recreational opportunities provided by the city. Quality of Life currently maintains more than 220 developed acres that include playgrounds, ball fields, tennis courts, parks, community centers, marinas, and boat launch ramps. For more information about Panama City Quality of Life please go to www.https://www.pcgov.org/190/Quality-of-Life or follow us on Facebook @Pcqualityoflife.