Advocacy & Outreach

Community Watchdog Program

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The Community Watchdog program was created by the Akron Cleveland Association of REALTORS® to ensure that new legislation does not negatively affect the real estate industry or private property owner’s rights.

These volunteers are the watchdogs for the real estate industry, and help keep the Legislative Committee informed of “hot issues.” The role of the watchdog is an informative only and not one of advocacy.

Watchdogs are asked to submit an email reporting any real estate activity or meeting agendas/minutes to the ACAR staff.  It is as simple as that!

The Legislative Committee and staff monitor activity in more than 100 communities in Cuyahoga, Portage, and Summit Counties.  We do an extremely effective job, but we need your help to keep up this high level of success. ACAR is trying to build relationships with communities and this program enables us to get our “foot in the door” early in the legislative process.

Seeking Community Watchdogs

We are currently looking for Community Watchdogs to serve the following communities (in bold):

Cuyahoga County Communities

  • Bay Village
  • Beachwood
  • Bedford
  • Bedford Heights
  • Bentleyville
  • Berea
  • Bratenahl
  • Broadview Heights
  • Brooklyn
  • Brooklyn Heights
  • Brook Park
  • Chagrin Falls
  • Cleveland
  • Cleveland Heights
  • Cuyahoga Heights
  • East Cleveland
  • Euclid
  • Fairview Park
  • Garfield Heights
  • Gates Mills
  • Glenwillow
  • Highland Heights
  • Highland Hills
  • Hunting Valley
  • Independence
  • Lakewood
  • Linndale
  • Lyndhurst
  • Maple Heights
  • Mayfield Heights
  • Mayfield Village
  • Middleburg Heights
  • Moreland Hills
  • Newburgh Heights
  • North Olmsted
  • North Randall
  • North Royalton
  • Oakwood
  • Olmsted Falls
  • Orange Village
  • Parma
  • Parma Heights
  • Pepper Pike
  • Richmond Heights
  • Rocky River
  • Seven Hills
  • Shaker Heights
  • Solon
  • South Euclid
  • Strongsville
  • University Heights
  • Valley View
  • Walton Hills
  • Warrensville Heights
  • Westlake
  • Woodmere

Summit County Communities

  • Akron
  • Barberton
  • Bath
  • Boston Heights
  • Clinton
  • Cuyahoga Falls
  • Fairlawn
  • Green
  • Hudson
  • Lakemore
  • Macedonia
  • Mogadore
  • Munroe Falls
  • New Franklin
  • Northfield
  • Norton
  • Peninsula
  • Reminderville
  • Richfield
  • Silver Lake
  • Stow
  • Tallmadge
  • Twinsburg
  • Boston Twp.
  • Copley Twp.
  • Coventry Twp.
  • Northfield Center Twp.
  • Richfield Twp.
  • Sagamore Hills Twp.
  • Springfield Twp.
  • Twinsburg Twp.

Portage County

  • Aurora
  • Garrettsville
  • Hiram
  • Kent
  • Mantua
  • Mogadore
  • Ravenna
  • Streetsboro
  • Sugar Bush Knolls
  • Tallmadge
  • Windham
  • Atwater Twp.
  • Brimfield Twp.
  • Charlestown Twp.
  • Deerfield Twp.
  • Edinburg Twp.
  • Franklin Twp.
  • Freedom Twp.
  • Hiram Twp.
  • Mantua Twp.
  • Nelson Twp.
  • Palmyra Twp.
  • Paris Twp.
  • Randolph Twp.
  • Ravenna Twp.
  • Rootstown Twp.
  • Shalersville Twp.
  • Suffield Twp.
  • Windham Twp. 

To apply, fill out the form. If you are interested in learning more about the program contact Jamie McMillen at (216) 525-4834 or at jmcmillen@AkronClevelandRealtors.com.

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