Martin County Commission Taps Realtor to Rep Business Community on Tri-County Board

Aug. 25, 2011 - PRLog -- STUART, FL ----  Real estate broker Charlene Oakowsky has been appointed to the tri-county Treasure Coast Community Action Agency Advisory Board by the Martin County Commission. Oakowsky was selected from a field of four applicants to represent the county’s business community on that board, and will serve in that capacity through April, 2013.

A member of the Martin County Affordable Housing Advisory Committee, Oakowsky also serves on the Martin County Construction Industry Licensing Board and just completed a two-year term on the Board of Directors of the Martin County Early Learning Coalition. In addition, she recently established a non-profit organization to provide services to area residents in need of emergency financial assistance and training to improve work and leadership skills.

Owner of Oakowsky Properties, Inc., she chairs the Young Professionals Network of the Florida Women’s Council of Realtors and is immediate past president of the Jupiter-Tequesta-Hobe Sound Women’s Council of Realtors. She also serves on the Professional Standards Board of the Jupiter-Tequesta-Hobe Sound Board of Realtors and is an Ambassador for the Hobe Sound Chamber of Commerce.

Three counties, Martin, St. Lucie, and Okeechobee, comprise the Treasure Coast Community Action Agency, and its nine-member Advisory Board is comprised of three representatives from each county.

The Advisory Board is charged with the development and oversight of the Community Services Block Grant services provided through the Treasure Coast Community Action Agency, which receives funds from the federal government through the Florida Department of Community Affairs.  Funding varies but for 2010-2011, the total for the three counties was $286,000.00.

Community Services Block Grant program funds are designed to provide a range of services to assist low income people in attaining the skills, knowledge, and motivation necessary to achieve self-sufficiency. The types of assistance provided include transportation assistance, nutrition programs, emergency food and housing, and homeless prevention programs.



Oakowsky Properties, Inc. is based in Stuart, FL and provides both traditional real estate sales services and estate management services, including home concierge. The company began operation in Martin County in 1998 as Oakowsky Management, Inc., and was expanded and renamed in early 2011 after owner Charlene Oakowsky earned her real estate broker’s license. For additional information, call
772-286-5885 or visit www.oakproperties.com.