Realtor launches YouTube series celebrating small towns

A local real estate broker who hosts a daily YouTube music and comedy show has launched a second online video program celebrating life in smaller towns.

Mark Pires premiered “Get to Know America,” in which he visits residents and business owners in smaller towns to discuss the benefits of their non-urban surroundings. Pires shot his initial episodes around Fairfield County, with the spotlight shining on New Canaan, Fairfield, Wilton and Greenwich.

“Every day I go to a new town and speak with folks about what they love,” said Pires. “My plan is to take on Connecticut and New York, and hopefully a production company likes what I am doing and wants me to keep going.”

Pires, who is a real estate agent at New Canaan Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices New England Properties, has hosted “Mark Pires Renaissance Man” on YouTube since Dec. 31, 2018, and has presented more than 1,250 episodes in a row.