August 2008 - Posts
A developer, Ardent Residential, has shelved plans to build around an Austin landmark, the Broken Spoke. Around since 1964, the Broken Spoke is an almost legendary country music venue and dance hall on South Lamar Street. Ardent had planned on building
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Well, not mine, but... I was driving down Lakeway Blvd yesterday morning and saw the sprinklers running in the grassy median. It absolutely poured down rain the previous day and the ground should have been saturated, meaning that any water flowing through
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There was an article in the newspaper this morning about Williamson County Commissioners backing a purchase of 1011 acres south of Liberty Hill for a park. The purchase price is reported to be $10.6. The county was considering another smaller property
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I was talking with a couple of ladies in my office yesterday about their frustration after having had worked with "clients," only to hear some time later how these people purchase a home on their own or with another agent, The conclusion was
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The beginning of school is always one of my favorite times of year. The days are starting to get shorter and a bit cooler, football season is just about upon us and I am back to a regular schedule in a sense. I thought about all of this while at Lake
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Kick-off party for the Lakeway-Lake Travis Rotary Foundation Car Raffle. Free BBQ and live music - come buy a ticket for a chance to win a 2009 Mercedes C300 and a European Delivery Vacation. Call 293-2422 for details. Tickets are $100 and only 1200 will
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If you have kids in local schools, you probably already have a schedule. However, if you don't or it you want to see one online so you can bookmark it, I have a page on my site about Austin schools that have the various district schedules. Click to
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I was listening to the radio today when I heard a comment about kids who spend a lot of time playing outside having better eye sight. This may have something to do with the kids not being in front of computer screens, TVs or video games. That got me thinking
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From Alamo Title Co: The number of active listings are up 18.42% over last year. The number of new listings are down this week 13.84% (compared to the same week last year). Pendings and solds are down as well. How are we doing on sales prices? To get
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Do you know what you are looking at? These bushes are called Cenizo or Purple Sage or the Texas barometer bush. Why the latter? The usually gray-leafed bush blooms with bright purple blossoms before it rains. These guys are absolutely covered today. I
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When I moved to Lakeway back in October of 1988, it felt like we were out in the country. I have no idea what the population was, but it was nothing compared to today. The area from Hudson Bend to Lakeway exploded after the bridge below Mansfield Dam
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Forbes came out with its list of best cities to buy a home in. They took the 40 largest metro areas in the U.S. and looked at vacancy rates, home prices and other information from the National Association of REALTORS and the U.S. Census Bureau. Forbes
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