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City Spotlight- Blaine, MN

 "Blaine was the fastest growing Twin Cities suburb from 2010 to 2012, and it is closing in on Coon Rapids for the title of largest city in Anoka County."

All the new businesses and developments in Blaine have certainly added to its allure. Town homes in the Club West development have great family amenities like a pool, fitness center and clubhouse. People living in The Lakes Community have lakes to fish and relax on and the TPC area offers a great golf setting for players and people watchers. 

Welcome Walmart

The building of the new Walmart on HWY 65 brought 300 jobs to the community, and the company says it will offer a job to any honorably discharged veteran within the first year he or she is off active duty. That's pretty fantastic! The new store is set to open Fall 2013. 

The city is hosting a neighborhood night out type deal in the next couple weeks! You can sign up and pick up FREE yard signs at the local police stations. Hurry, sign up ends July 26th!! For more info and to register your neighborhood party, click HERE
 

 Outdoor Fun

With over 60 parks and 70 miles of trails and sidewalks, Blaine offers a variety of leisure and recreational opportunities for residents and visitors of all ages. From neighborhood parks to athletic complexes, you can enjoy a quiet walk, a ball game, or time in the playground. 

Check out their Facebook page to find a park near you and get info on local happenings!!

And finally, so you can rest assured your family is safe, check out the new North Memorial Urgency Center that opened up a couple months ago in a central location in Blaine!!

The first of its kind in Blaine and the surrounding area, the facility will offer high-quality emergency care at a lower cost than a hospital emergency room. 7 days a week, 10 a.m. to 10 p.m.


















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A little slice of history

Looking to check out a small chunk of history in our own backyard? Blaine property to be preserved, July 25 site tour

A rare piece of Anoka County’s natural history, which includes nearly a dozen threatened and endangered species, will be dedicated July 25 as a Minnesota Department of Natural Resources natural preserve.

The public is invited to tour the site and learn about its features of the new Blaine Preserve Scientific and Natural Area. To reach the site from I-35W, take the 95th Avenue NE exit in Blaine and travel about 0.3 mile east to the Blaine Preserve Business Park, 3787 95th Ave. NE. The site is across the street.

The dedication ceremony begins 6:30 p.m. July 25 with remarks by state and local officials. The program will be followed by a 45-minute site tour led by biologists. People can stay after the site tour for 45 minutes of site stewardship work such as cutting invasive buckthorn or pulling knapweed. Participants should come with waterproof footwear, drinking water and bug repellent.

The Blaine preserve offers a snapshot of what parts of the north metro area may have looked like 100 years ago. The 63-acre site represents one of the state’s rarest type of wetlands, a rich fen, where layers of peat and slightly acidic groundwater create the conditions needed by unusual plants such as cross-leaved milkwort, twisted yellow-eyed grass and the tubercled rein-orchid.

The fen is within what biologists refer to as the Anoka Sand Plain — likely an ancient glacial lake bed that includes most of Anoka, Sherburne and Isanti counties — and much of the area has been severely modified by drainage, agriculture and development.

Minnesota’s 159 scientific and natural areas represent some of the rarest and best preserved examples of pre-European settlement plant communities. They are open to the public for passive recreation, such as hiking, wildlife watching and studying nature. They generally have no developed trails, restrooms or other such amenities found at parks.

Original article : HERE

Cool new TECHY thing....the future of #RealEstate

In Real Estate you totally need to be creative and come up with new ideas to market homes. Something kind of neat that just started is through Twitter, its called Vine. It's essentially a quick little video snippet that you can tweet to share with your followers to get them more engaged in what's going on! Here's a link to explain: CLICK HERE FOR VINE!!

I think as an agent this could be pretty neat, even though the video clips are short, they could leave you wanting more. You know, lets say you shoot the entry of a home and as the door opens you can see the beautiful interior but then the clip stops. WELL!! WHERE'S THE REST!!?? That's what I would be saying!!!

How cool, we could then drive viewers to a website custom created for your home's listing. And capture more viewers by kind of, leaving them hanging? Sounds brilliant if you ask me :-)

My plan is to create a couple test videos over the weekend and I'll report back on what I think and share for you to see too!!

The market (and weather) is HOT!!

Oy. The air is thick with moisture and humidity. And, the market is thick with buyers. And fewer homes to pick from! 

I know I have rambled on before about multiple offer situations you may find yourself in as a buyer, but do you really know the best way to handle those? As an agent, I try to come up with ways to make my buyers stick out from the crowd. I like to personally hand deliver offers to other agents, I put time frames in writing on purchase agreements so sellers cannot sit around and wait for more offers to come in, I write letters about my buyers and my confidence in their ability to buy. Little things like this will help you as a buyer stand out from the crowd :-)