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Today is for celebration in the land of the free, home of the brave.
Go dig out your flag and hang it high. Remember what it stands for and salute the people who have died to protect it and us.
We live in the greatest land of all, the U.S. of A. Let’s not forget for one moment how fortunate we are.
Enjoy the day, have a bar be que, watch some fireworks, rejoice, be thankful and most of all live!
First time buyers have hit the JACKPOT this year. $8000 is a handsome sum that a first time home buyer will receive just for purchasing a home. This unprecedented incentive is meant to stimulate the economy and give a boast to a well deserving home buyer.
$8000 is a lot of money, it’s not a credit, it’s a check. As a first time home buyer there are many things you can do with this money, perhaps improve your new home, buy furniture, pay off a few bills or maybe stash it in the savings for a rainy day. However it is spent will be determined by you.
The deadline for closing on your first home is December 2009. That date is creeping up on us, from today it’s only 149 days away. Ah but still there must be time to write an offer, finalize financing and close. Leaving this to the last minute will not do, unless you are a Riverboat Gambler, I suggest the latest one needs to finalize on a contract is October 15th.
Forty-five days to close on a contract leaves just enough time to get the job done. So 149 minus 45 leaves 104 days to gather a down-payment and start your house hunt.
If you start now it is a sure bet, so what are you waiting for?
Lately there’s been a lot of bear sitings. A few days ago there was a bear who fell out of a neighborhood tree onto a trampoline. The bear was tranquilized and woke up ok, the trampoline was trashed. Another bear cub wandered into a kitchen to gather a treat. Both fuzzy creatures were relocated out of the city.
Two weeks ago a we were attending a conference when a friend of ours spotted a bear walking around the resort in Crested Butte! Bears in a small mountain town are not usual to see, but when they come into large metro areas as they did last week, it makes me wonder.
I would love to see a bear, but I want to see one on my terms, from the safety of a house or my car. I don’t want to surprise one of stumble over a bear cub while hiking in the back country.
Of course what I want is not always what I will get. Being prepared for whatever comes my way is probably the best.
Today we were cycling around Chatfield Reservoir in Littleton where this sign was posted. I had to stop my bike and snap a shot of this sign just so I could commit it to memory.
I also thought it might be helpful to anyone who might find themselves with a bear bouncing on their trampoline.
Once again the people at Forbes.com turn their focus to Denver and the real estate market. Today they announced Denver to be one of the best cities to purchase a home.
Why you ask? Isn’t the real estate market in the tank?
Actually it’s not.
As Forbes says our fundamentals are very good. Forbes used three different sets of data to arrive at their conclusion. You can read about it here.
After combining all data, Denver tops the list. 25% of property sales have occurred within 25% of the city’s zip codes, making a proportionate market within the city. Thanks to our modest appreciation over the past few years our fall was not nearly as deep as other parts of the country. “Little boom, little bust” quoted Christopher Cornell an economist at Moody’s.
This is certainly good news for Denver!
The community of Lone Tree is serious about art and culinary delights. Each year the Chamber sponsors events 
welcoming the public to enjoy both. If you are a resident of Douglas County or nearby you will want to stop by the Taste of Lone Tree this weekend.
In addition to lots of good food, over 60 artists will be presenting their original works. Come enjoy the music, relax in the beer/wine tents. Cooking demonstrations will be performed by the pros inside the Great Indoors.
All proceeds are donated to Douglas County Housing Partnership, Douglas County Partners and Youth Leadership Douglas County. Tickets can be purchased on site in the parking lot of Great Indoors, 8585 South Yosemite.
For those who have never sampled a Taste before, be sure to come hungry! The restaurants take pride in putting forth their best delights. You can sample or better yet share each offering, because there are so many choices.
Participating restaurants this year are Champps, Cheesecake Factory, Dazbog Coffee, Fish City Grill, Grand Lux, John Holly’s, Mikumi, Nothing Bundt Cakes, Pasta Jay’s Creative Heights Catering, Sam’s Club, Fromage to Yours, Renewal Cafe, California Cafe, Counter Burger, Chick-fil-A, Carrabba’s Italian Grill, Earl’s Cafe, Brio, Merles, South Philly Cheese Steak, Ben & Jerry’s, TGI Friday’s CJ’s Frozen Custard, Mosaic, Luca’s Jersey Pizza & Past, Barking Goat Tavern, Old Blinking Light and Noodles and Company.
As a member of the Lone Tree Photography Club, I will be there shooting the event. If you see me smile, I’ll try not to catch you with your mouth full, but no guarantees!
Date: June 20 & 21
Time: 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 pm.
Location: 8585 South Yosemite (Great Indoors Parking Lot)
Cost: $15 (age 13 +)
$5.00 (age 5-12)
$40.00 (for whole family)
FREE (Ages 0-4)
Purchase Tickets on site or online.
The view from the steps of the Colorado Capitol Building is always amazing. At this point the altitude is marked at 5280 ft. As high as that might be to other parts of the country, in Denver every direction you go is up!
The People’s Fair continues this weekend. This year marks the 38th year of celebrating the Capitol Hill United Neighborhoods. Go check it out! It’s a great way to spend the day, it’s free. There are six entertainment stages throughout the city, they guarantee something to appeal to every taste!
The annual Capitol Hill United Neighborhoods celebration of the People’s Fair is happening, June 6 & 7, 2009. It’s a great FREE event where people gather to listen to music on six stages (hourly changes of bands), arts & crafts, exhibits, food and other fun things for people of all ages.
Located in Civic Park (across from the Capitol) the two-day affair begins at 10:00 a.m Saturday and Sunday. For more information on both the Capitol Hill United Neighborhoods and the Peoples Fair, visit the website!
BTW, I will be there shooting the Canon. Hope to catch you smiling!
Are you looking to purchase a home now or in the near future? If so, I bet you are cruising the Internet looking at homes where ever they can be found! It’s so simple to do these days, the information is abundant and it’s so easy to do.
On this website you can not only access all the homes for sale in the Metro Denver area, but you can register for email alerts. These alerts allow you to go about your daily routine without having to login to the system to see what is new on the market.
The system I offer was built with you, the consumer in mind. I know how consumers like to search in various ways; zip codes, school districts, subdivisions and even foreclosures exclusively. This search was developed to cater to your need for ease and specificity. Just sign up, log in and have the latest property listings emailed to you each night.
It doesn’t get any simpler than that.
You can create multiple searches, so if you don’t know exactly where you want to live, you can use my Denver MLS-IDX system to deliver a variety of neighborhoods or zip codes searches.
If you aren’t planning to be buying Denver Real Estate soon, use the system to track your favorite properties. It is amazing how much you can learn about the market, just by sitting back and watching.
As you explore the properties for sale, you will note pictures are available for you to preview. There is a mortgage calculator for you to figure out the mortgage payment.
If you see something you like, SAVE IT by clicking “Add To Favorites.” You may also request additional information on a property and/or schedule a showing.
As you can see the system is friendly and easy to use. It has ALL the real estate in Denver that is listed for sale, so you don’t need to register with multiple sites, just one will do.
Enjoy and let me know if I can assist you.
Gracing the site of the former Fitzsimons Army Medical Center in North Aurora, the Anschutz Campus is the home of the University of Colorado’s Health Science Center and University of Colorado Hospital. Actually, those well known institutions are just the tip of an enormous iceberg-like medical and research center that promises to be in the top tier of such medical research centers.
With the 2007 opening of the Children’s Hospital, and the soon to be constructed new Veteran’s Administration Hospital, the Anschutz Campus also houses the Rocky Mountain Lions Eye Institute, the Nighthorse Campbell Native Health Facility, and numerous research centers and educational facilities. The present Fitzsimons Golf Course, built for the Army, will give way to the Colorado Science and Technology Park at Fitzsimons. When fully developed, this 578 acre research park will provide jobs for as many as 40,000 people, working in up to 18 million square feet of state of the buildings.
With the hospital facilities and research park employing as many as 90,000 highly trained people in as little as 20 years, the question of where to house those people comes to mind. The areas of Aurora surrounding the campus are old, crammed with obsolete housing, and offer little in the way of modern amenities. To its credit, Aurora has undertaken a massive urban renewal effort, but much remains to be done before there is any hope of matching the spectacular facilities of the Anschutz Campus with its surroundings. The nearby Denver neighborhoods of Stapleton and Lowry offer new, higher end housing built to the standards of New Urbanism. Stapleton, 10 minutes west of the Anschutz Campus, is a continuing redevelopment of Denver’s former airport. Lowry, a similar redevelopment of the site of the former Air Force base, lies 15 minutes from the campus. 15 to 45 minutes south, neighborhoods in south Aurora, Centennial, and eastern Douglas county offer modern housing in all price ranges, with the added benefits of top notch schools and plentiful shopping.
The northeast Metro Denver area, especially Aurora, will reap the benefits of the Anschutz Campus and adjacent Science and Technology Park far into the future. Hard work, imagination, and money from many sources, including over 91 million from the Anschutz Foundation, have come together to create this milestone project from an abandoned military hospital.
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