palm springs: Palm Springs - more sustainable ideas...Replace your pool pump and get a rebate! - 10/12/09 11:53 AM
The Palm Spring City Council voted to issue rebates to Palm Springs residents who replace their pool pumps with more efficient models.
A total of 40 Palm Springs residents will have the opportunity to save money on new energy efficient pool pumps thanks to the City Council which allows Palm Springs to
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palm springs: Palm Springs Farmer's Market open for the season again. - 09/23/09 01:58 PM
This market brings local farmers and vendors together to showcase the fruits of their labor. It features organic and transitional produce, cheese, bread, fresh cut flowers, nuts, and California-grown olive oil. Organic coffee and a fresh market breakfast is available at the nearby on-site cafe. A weekly Market Chef
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palm springs: Welcome to Palm Springs - brief travel log introducing Palm Springs - 06/10/09 12:21 AM
Here's a little travel log video about Palm Springs, introducing you to the many highlights of things to do in our little desert community! Its a little hotter this time of year then when this was taped... a little less snow on the mountains right now, but you get the idea!
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palm springs: Palm Springs Restaurant Week- great deals on meals! - 06/03/09 12:29 PM
The Palm Springs Restaurant week is in full force thru Jun 9th.
Restaurant Week is a culinary celebration featuring restaurants from the entire Valley from Palm Springs to Indio!
Participating restaurants are offering a three-course menu at the fixed price of either $24 or $36 per person (tax, beverages and gratuity
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palm springs: Things are picking up in Phoenix! From bust to boom? - 05/18/09 12:15 PM
Just saw this article in the LA Times regarding the recent boom in sales in the Phoenix area. Click here for more info.
This is not too different that what we're experiencing in Palm Springs. With prices at an all time low, well priced listings are selling often over asking, and often
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palm springs: Dog Day Afternoon in Palm Springs to suppor the new Animal Shelter - March 28 - 03/02/09 01:16 PM
A benefit for the friends of the Palm Springs Animal Shelter! All proceeds go towards the new shelter building fund. Acitivies include:Palm Springs Police K9 DemonstrationsCalifornia Highwy Patrol Helicopter Demo'sRiverside Sheriff's Office K9 Team DemosCanine Agility, Flyball and Freixbee demosK9 Vendor BoothsPet Micro-ChippingFood and drink served throughout the day!Free Admission Donations
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palm springs: Palm Springs famous Riviera Resort is starting to shape up - 03/15/08 11:23 PM
The famous Palm Springs Riviera Resort has been undergoing a multi-million dollar renovation over the last few months. Its due to reopen in the fall of 2008. I drive by it everyday on my way to the office. This past week, I noticed they're attacking the tacky facade that was put up
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palm springs: Palm Springs airport landscape architect fights adding native plants - 02/29/08 03:48 PM
Palm Springs airport landscape architect fights adding native plants Stefanie Frith • The Desert Sun • February 29, 2008 PALM SPRINGS - At a time when homeowners, businesses and cities across the valley are looking to conserve water by converting green space to desert landscapes, some at the Palm Springs International Airport are
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palm springs: Farmers Market coming to Palm Springs - 02/15/08 08:41 AM
This Saturday will be the first Certified Farmers Market in Palm Springs. This will be a weekly event. Located next to the Camelot Theatres, at the corner of Farrell and Barristo, across from the Palm Springs High School. 8:00 to 12:30. Should be a great opportunity to pick up locally grown fresh fruits
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palm springs: New Restaurant - The Purple Palm - Colony Palms, Palm Springs - 02/07/08 09:58 AM
Wow, wanted to spread the word on my latest visit to The Purple Palm restaurant at the newly opened, Colony Palms Hotel, in central Palm Springs. http://www.colonypalmshotel.com/home.php What a great property that evokes the spirit of the old Palm Springs era. Dine pool side in a lushly landscaped courtyard in the middle of
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palm springs: Mayor gives update on the City of Palm Springs - interesting stuff - 02/06/08 01:21 PM
I attended the Board of Realtors weekly meeting this morning, to listen to newly elected Mayor, Steve Pougnet, update us on what's going on in town. Here are some highlights: Two new hotels, the Hard Rock and the Mondrian are moving forward, to provide more rooms for the Convention Center. The Ace Hotel
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palm springs: Repo Caravan tour- Highlighting Palm Springs - 01/27/08 08:34 AM
BUYER OPPORTUNITIES:
Need help sorting through buying Bank Owned properties? Come tour with us. We're experts in REO property purchases. We'll help you through each step of the process:
Education on what a REO propertie is and how you can save money buying them
Help you with prequalifying with a lender
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palm springs: Mid-Century Modern Lawsuit dismissed - 01/22/08 09:42 AM
William Krisel, an architect for the Alexander homes in the 1960s, files a $3 million lawsuit agains Contempo Homes. The claim was the Contempo Homes used Krisel's architectural copyrighted designs of his homes he designed fot the Alexander Construction Company in the 1950s.
Contempo built 6 homes in the Palm Springs Country Club neighborhood,
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palm springs: Fresh and Easy market coming to Palm Springs - 12/12/07 07:40 PM
The neighborhood market chain, Fresh and Easy is slated to be opening a new store on the corner of Tahquitz and Sunrise, in the Jensen's shopping center! They opened their first store in the Coachella Valley today in Indo. http://www.freshandeasy.com/home.aspx Jensen's will be moving once their new store is completed on East Palm Canyon
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palm springs: Understanding Lease land in Palm Springs - 12/11/07 09:27 AM
Lease Land vs. Fee Simple
Financial Benefits
The primary difference between buying land and leasing it is obvious; lease land reduces the cost of a home by 20 to 30% on average. Once a structure is built the land beneath it can be of no other use to the
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palm springs: Another Hip/Trendy hotel coming to Palm Springs! Bye bye HoJos - 12/04/07 03:48 PM
Good news for Palm Springs!
The Ace Hotel chain is planning to bring a new hotel to Palm Springs, where the former Howard Johnson's Hotel and Denny's restaurant once sat.
Ace started in Seattle and Portland with additional projects underway in NYC. The hip budget-friendly chain has received rave reviews from
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palm springs: NAR Report: Economists: Mortgage problems not fatal for housing market - 11/13/07 07:05 PM
Downturn expected to last through much of 2008 Economists: Mortgage problems not fatal for housing market Tuesday, November 13, 2007By Glenn Roberts Jr.Inman News LAS VEGAS -- The slumping housing market should turn around in 2008 or 2009, the current and former chief economists for the National Association of Realtors trade group said today during
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palm springs: Who says now is not a good time to buy? - 11/08/07 12:25 PM
Mortgage rates are at a 6 month low http://www.freddiemac.com/dlink/html/PMMS/display/PMMSOutputWk.jsp?week=44&ending=20071101 Inventory is up, and prices are lower then they have been for years!! I hear this everyday, "I wish I had a bucket of money to pick up some of these amazing deals I'm seeing on the market." It is the epitome of a
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palm springs: Palm Springs Art Museum- Urban Modern lecture - Architecture & Design Council Lecture Series - 11/06/07 01:12 PM
URBAN MODERN IN SAN DIEGO Saturday November 17, 2008 6-8 PM Annenberg Theatr 101 Museum Drive Palm Springs CA 92262 Jonathan Segal, architect, AIA, lecture and rectipion Sponsored by BIA San Diego Architect, develper and builder, Jonathan Segal has been working actively on numerous urban infill projects. Using socially and ecologically progressive ideas, he has designed and built
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palm springs: Palm Springs hosts the 21st annual Greater Palm Springs Pride festival this weekend - 11/02/07 01:44 PM
The annual festival comes alive with a parade and two days of entertainment and activities. Festival: Palm Springs Stadium at Sunrise Park, Sat: 10 am to 8 pm, Sunday 10 am to 6 pm. Parade: Sunday 10 am, S. Palm Canyon Drive from Alejo Road to Ramon Road. Author's Village: Book signing
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