In 2003, I became a realtor with The Murphys Realtors. I focused on a special niche: the sale of houses near to rail trails, greenways, or other conservation lands. This unique real estate practice was recently featured in two national realtor trade magazines, a Boston Globe editorial, an article in the Wall Street Journal, and in United Airlines’ in-flight magazine, Hemispheres.
        
       I am consistently listed among the top performing realtors in the Five-College area of the Pioneer Valley because I bring innovation and creative marketing to the local real estate market. Earlier in the spring of 2013, I had my 5th book come out and also that same spring, a third book came out that featured some aspect of my creative marketing as a case-study. 

          Because of my demonstrated interest in historic preservation, I am now on Northampton’s Historical Commission and the Board of Historic Northampton, Inc. My real estate practice has reflected this area as well because I’ve sold some of the most dramatic, famous AND historic properties in the Five College area.  Links to more info and all my businesses can be found  at www.trailsidecompanies.com or www.CraigDP.info
 
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS AND AFFILIATIONS
Professional Realtor® through the National Association of Realtors®
Member of the Realtor Assoc. of the Pioneer Valley's Presidential Advisory Group for Green Initiatives
Member of the Massachusetts Association of Realtors®
Governor’s Bicycle Pedestrian Advisory Board
Former Co-chair of Mass Highway’s Trails & Greenways Taskforce
Former Chair of the East Coast Greenway’s Massachusetts Committee
Coordinator for the MassCentral Rail Trail Coalition
Member of the City of  Northampton's Historical Commission
Board member of Historic Northampton, Inc.
Board member of the Hampshire County Tourism Council
Board Member for Mass DCR’s Massachusetts Recreational Trail Advisory Board
Board Member for Friends of Schell Bridge, Inc.
Member of the Association of Pedestrian and Bicycle Professionals
Member of the Congress of New Urbanism
Advisory Board Member of the Massachusetts Bicycle Coalition [MassBike]
Professional Association of Innkeepers International