Public Opinion Wanted

The Tampa Bay Area Regional Transportation Authority (TBARTA) has been holding community workshops in the seven-county area. They have now scheduled two on-line workshops.

A live, moderated PowerPoint presentation will be given at the first hour of the online workshop and repeated in the second hour. In addition, TBARTA representatives will answer questions and ask for ideas and comments from the online audience.

Below is information on the two online workshops:

• Thursday, November 1311:30 am to 1:30 pm

Visit http://www.tbarta.com/?q=node/1944 for login information

• Tuesday, November 185:30 pm to 7:30 pm

Visit http://www.tbarta.com/?q=node/1949 for login information

For more info, check out their website: www.tbarta.com.

Green Features on New MLS!

The Sarasota Association of Realtors' Green Realtor Alliance of Sarasota committee was amazingly able to have 4 green feature options added to our new Mid-Florida Regional Multiple Listing Service system's listing form. This makes us one of a small handful of Realtor associations and multiple listing services in the country to offer green features (1) as a way to distinguish your home for sale and (2) as an option to look for in your home. Go Sarasota!

Check out our new listing form: http://www.mfrmls.com/uploads/MFRMLSresidential.pdf. The green features can be found on the bottom left corner of the first page. My contribution is the last option which I felt was important since a lot of homes have some green elements (energy efficient appliances, window upgrades, skylights, low impact yards that may not yet be Florida Certified, etc), especially considering that every little bit helps!

Thanks for all the hard work, GRAS!