The work is done! This charming 4 bedroom home has been totally updated with the latest in designer touches, from the new kitchen to the new carpet and wood laminate flooring. this home is crisp and clean with a very calming theme. Freshly painted in a warm neutral tone with painted out millwork and six-panel doors there is nothing more to do than relax and enjoy the private setting of this home.

When you first enter you can see the pride of ownership. the newer carpet of neutral tones is very warm and welcoming. Glance around the rooms and you will see that the freshly painted walls are just the right shade to show off the new white raised six-panel doors and painted out millwork.

Ind the dining area you will see the new gleaming wood laminate flooring that extends into the total remodeled white on white kitchen. Over head is an updated remote controlled ceiling fan that allows the home to stay cool and refreshing.

The newly remodeled kitchen (2008) is a dream for anyone. Crisp, clean lies with the most up to date features makes this the star of this home. From the decorator lighting to the space-saver microwave over the smooth cook top range you can tell there was a lot of thought put into this cook's dream kitchen. Remember all appliances stay!

The spa-inspired bath will surely please. Clean lines and neutral tones with the most modern of features.

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Bremerton WA | Old Fashioned Fourth of July

DATE: SATURDAY, JULY 4th, 2009
TIME: 9:00 A.M. to 6:00 P.M.
EVENT: Old Fashioned Fourth of July
PLACE: Fourth Street and Pacific Avenue, Bremerton
ADMISSION: Free

Once again the Downtown Bremerton Association is sponsoring a fun-filled downtown event.  What more could you ask for on the 4th of July except for something that reminds you of yesteryear and what a great place like the new revitalized Bremerton Downtown area. 

Fourth Street Market will be open and provide vendors will all sorts of items from food, to crafts, to art.  The Aurora Valentinetti Puppet Museum will provide a Magician along with puppet making. 

You might want to dress up in your "Uncle Sam" attire and have your photo taken by the Roving Photographer and if you need some vintage clothing for that photo you can stop in to Ish Vintage Clothing and Pacific Northwest Costume for help. 

I know CJ's Evergreen Market will be onhand - grab one of those burgers!!

There is going to be music, and signing and all the things that make a holiday like this special. 

FREE ice cream will be provided - thanks to Puget Sound Dairy and Costco!

An Old Fashioned Fourth of July wouldn't be complete without games - GAMES!

Enter the jump rope contest or play some hop scotch! 

After a day of fun take advantage of the Bremerton Boardwalk, the new Bremerton Marina and the Harborside Fountain Park. Have dinner out doors at Anthony's or take a picnic and sit on the steps looking over the waterfront!

 

• Remember to support the businesses downtown and remember to support this year's sponsors!
• Remember downtown is a great place to watch the fireworks over Port Orchard.
  

Here is a video I took of the Fourth Street Market last year so you can see how much fun this is!

 

Bremerton : The 4th Street Market : Arts, Antiques and FUN! from Jo Soss on Vimeo.

Sponsors: COSTCO, PUGET SOUND DAIRY DISTRIBUTORS, INC., THE CITY OF BREMERTON

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LET'S GET THE WORD OUT AND GET EVERYONE ON THE LIST THIER URL!

I found this video on Facebook with a request to share.  So I am sharing.  All of these videos and these holidays about our great country really cause me some emotion. My husband has spent two tours in Iraq, but before that he was in other places of the world fighting for freedom. Freedom is his occupation is what I like to say. He loves his country and loves the Navy and the Marine Corps.  He has been shot at and blown up and I am sure some day he will have to deal with those things. TBI and IED are words in our vocabulary.  Soon he will begin another 3 years of sea duty which means deployment. He will be headed to Camp Lejeune in North Carolina to run a BAS for the 2nd Marine Division. He is my hero and I miss him unbelievably when he is away. Well, darn I have got off track here - watch the video and say a prayer of thanks for all those that keep us FREE!

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Bremerton WA Local Links | Moving to Bremerton? Bremerton Local Information at your fingertips

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K-12 School Districts in Kitsap County:

• Bainbridge Island School District
• Bremerton School District
• Central Kitsap School District
• North Kitsap School District
• South Kitsap School District

Local Government

• City of Bainbridge
• City of Bremerton
• City of Port Orchard
• City of Poulsbo
• Bremerton Electronic Commerce Resource Center (ECRC)
• Kitsap Conservation District
• Kitsap County Chambers of Commerce
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• Kitsap Sun
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• Bremerton Patriot
• Port Orchard Independent

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• Kitsap Transit
• Sea-Tac Airport
• Washington State Department of Transportation
• Washington State Ferries

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• Bainbridge Island Ferry Cam
• Hood Canal Bridge Traffic Cam
• Puget Sound Traffic Cams
• Satus Pass Traffic Cam
• Seattle-Tacoma Area Traffic
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Bremerton WA Homes For Sale - Bremerton Buyers Your Search Starts Here.

If you would like to start your Bremerton home search you will want to check out the links below and you might want to sign up for listing alerts on the search for homes web site I have inserted into this blog post.  Searching for a home to buy in Bremerton is a very easy process with all of the tools we have available on the internet.

 

Please utilize all of this free Bremerton WA Real Estate information to help educate yourself on the Real Estate Market in Bremerton WA. Whether you are living in Bremerton WA now or starting a Relocation or a Military Relocation PCS you will find that I have all of the real estate resource information you need here. If you have any more Bremerton WA Real Estate questions please feel free to contact me.

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• Search Bremerton WA homes for Sale
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• Bremerton WA Home Buying Tips
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• Contact | Jo Soss | Bremerton WA Real Estate Agent

 

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Weekly Street Closure Report
For the Week of June 28, 2009

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STREET: Warren Avenue
LIMITS: 11th Street to 13th Street
TIMES & DAYS: Wednesday, July 1; 6:30aM to 2:30PM
RESTRICTION: One lane closed intermittently
Work Scheduled: Street Survey

STREET: Washington Avenue
LIMITS: 4th Street to Burwell Street
TIMES & DAYS: Ongoing
RESTRICTION: Expect Delays
Work Scheduled: Fairfield Inn Construction

STREET: 4th Street
LIMITS: Washington Ave to Pacific Ave
TIMES & DAYS: Saturday, July 4; 6AM to 7PM
RESTRICTION: Closed to all traffic, vendors on street
Work Scheduled: Old Fashioned 4th of July Community Event

STREET: Washington Avenue
LIMITS: 4th Street to Burwell Street
TIMES & DAYS: Tuesday, June 30, 8AM to 3PM.
RESTRICTION: Closed to thru traffic
Work Scheduled: Water Main Installation

**BREMERTON TUNNEL PROJECT**
STREET: Burwell Street
LIMITS: Park Ave to Pacific Ave
TIMES & DAYS: Ongoing through July 6, 2009
RESTRICTION: Road Closed, Detour Signs
Work Scheduled: Bremerton Tunnel Project

STREET: Burwell Street
LIMITS: Warren Avenue to Park Avenue
TIMES & DAYS: Ongoing thru July 6, 2009
RESTRICTION: Road closed, eastbound; westbound lanes open: detour signs
Work Scheduled: Bremerton Tunnel Project

STREET: 1st Street
LIMITS: Pacific Avenue to Washington Avenue
TIMES & DAYS: Ongoing thru July 6, 2009
RESTRICTION: Road closed, use 2nd St detour
Work Scheduled: Bremerton Tunnel Project

STREET: Pacific Avenue
LIMITS: 1st Street to Burwell Street
TIMES & DAYS: Ongoing thru July 6, 2009
RESTRICTION: Expect delays due to lane closure
Work Scheduled: Bremerton Tunnel Project

All work is subject to weather conditions

Just for fun here is a video I took while driving downtown Bremerton last spring and didn't pay much attention to the street closures and ended up going the wrong way - lol!

Bremerton WA - Naval Base Kitsap Military Relocation.  I have been doing a lot of research the last couple of months on our own PCS (permanent change of station) and while speaking with Jay this morning a light went on. Maybe I will blog about it.  I did write several blog articles last year during the Military Relocation contest and even turned that month long series into a blog of its own - NavalBaseKitsapRelocation.com.  I don't update it but use it as a stand alone type of information site. 

With Jay having chose his next set of orders and receiving his next duty station we will be planning our PCS over the next couple of months.  Jay is stationed in Anchorage, Alaska at the moment.  We have two households, one in Anchorage and one here in Bremerton, Washington.  We will continue to have our home here in Bremerton because I have my business here and since his next tour of duty is a sea rotation he will be deployed more than home over the next 3 years. 

We are headed to Camp Lejeune, North Carolina where Jay will be HMC for one of the units of the 2nd Marine Division.  He is very excited at these orders because he first started his Navy Corpsman career as an HN with 2/2 a few years back.  He is now going back as a Chief.  I didn't know Jay then so this will be the first time I travel to North Carolina.

We will be arranging our 'pack out" in Anchorage for some time in October.  We will ship our household goods to North Carolina, we will ship a vehicle to North Carolina and we will ship his Kawasaki Brute Force 4-wheeler here to Washington. 

After driving to Alaska on that move we have decided to fly to North Carolina via a 30 day leave in Washington.  Jay has to report no later than December 6, 2009.

So this is the first of several posts I will write with the PCS experience.  At this point I am just in the investigation stage and have printed out the "calender of events" from the Military HomeFront web site.  I will be using several on-line sources and will be following the information from my own articles. 

My first step is to use the Military HomeFront's  Plan My Move module and print the calendar and the "to do list". 

My calendar has most of the activity starting in August - so stay tuned.

I will also be following my Naval Base Kitsap Online Relocation Package

 

 

Naval Base Kitsap |Online Relocation Package | Week One - Take Charge | Know Your PCS

When I say "Take Charge" I mean it.  There are so many military members that have no clue on what the move process is even though they have been threw it.  A few months down the road they find out from speaking to someone else that they missed out on some huge entitlements. Remember it is your responsibility to request all of your benefits and to receive the full value of your entitlements.

First you want to educate your self about the basic relocation reimbursement programs. 

Remember not to listen to rumors when it comes to your allowances.  Allowances change from time to time and even if you are doing research on the Internet there are a few .dod sites that are not update and do have the incorrect information.  You need to physically check with the finance office on your installation for the exact amounts.  Just remember that even there you might run into misinformation so book mark this link and read the information prior to your appointment. If you think something is not right then do the research in the Department of Defense, Per Diem, Travel and Transportation Allowance website and the JFTR Portal located there then schedule a follow up appointment. Sometimes those involved either are mislead or don't know that an article has changed. 

 

 

Department of Defense | Per Diem, Travel and Transportation Allowance

 

 

Dislocation Allowance - DLA

•·        The DLA is intended to help with miscellaneous moving costs. It is paid once per PCS move.

Per Diem Allowance

•·        The Per Diem Allowance is to reimburse you and your family for the costs of meals and lodging when you travel to your new duty station.

Temporary Lodging Expense - TLE

•·        The TLE is to partly reimburse relocating members and families for the cost of meals and lodging incurred when temporary housing is needed

Advance Basic Pay

•·        This is basically an interest-free loan you can get when you make a permanent change of station move.  You normally repay advance basic pay in 12 equal installments. This is not something I would advise.

Monetary Allowance - MALT

•·        The MALT is the amount paid when a member and/or the member's family drive to their new duty station, based on the Official Military Table of Distances.

House Hunting Trip Prior to Move

•·        You may request a permissive TDY for up to 10 days.  There is no transportation or per diem paid, members are not charge for leave.

 

I have left off any type of dollar amounts for a reason. I feel it is the responsibility of the member to do the research and be prepared at the finance office meeting.

Once you have a copy of your official PCS orders you will want to make an appointment with your transportation office.  The earlier, the greater your chances of moving on the timetable you desire. At this meeting there will be an explanation of your PCS entitlements. You will have to make some decisions on how and who will move you. Full government move or DITY (which needs approval) or a combination of both. We usually do the combination. We are never over our weight allowance for HHG (household goods) so we file a partial Dity to receive compensation on the weight of goods we haul in our POV (personal vehicle).

You many also qualify to use the online 24/7 Smart Web Move internet site and process the schedule of your HHG's online.  Here you can handle the process at home from your computer.  SmartWebMove is currently serving 80% of routine moves from station to station.  However, if you don't qualify or don't want to participate you can just contact your Personal Property Office. 

We have never been eligible for the SmartWebMove probably because we have alwaysbeen transferred from Marine Corps base to Marine Corps base but I know that is now changing and the SWM is handling Marine Corps moves too.

There you have the process. Now it is your responsibility to "Take Charge" and make sure that you and your family receive your full military benefits. 

 

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If you would like to work with a real estate professional that knows the PCS process here in the Naval Base Kitsap area contact Jo Soss with Skyline Properties, Inc. at (360) 990-1433 or visit her personal website Puget Sound Real Estate Today or her localism blog West Sound Live where you will be able to search for homes and find more Bremerton Real Estate information.

 

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I guess this sums it up .... "The Commission has discontinued the development of an additional Tax Credit Bridge Loan program."

 

Posted June 11, 2009 on the Washington State Housing Finance Commission www.WSHFC.org site:

 

 

 

 

I was so excited about what Washington was doing that I even started a specific blog for it www.taxcreditadvanceloanprogram.com. If you want more information about what went on you can click on over. I will probably post more information about the original tax credit plan and update it when ever any housing credit takes place.

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