Fabulous Cheeses and Wines Event in Fairhaven - 06/29/07 03:32 PM
I my attempt to keep you readers informed of what'sgoing on in Bellingham, I ran across a Cheese and Wine Event.
Friday (6/29) and Saturday (6/30), come taste with the experts! Quel Formage, the premier shop for artisan cheese and all things cheese in the historic Fairhavendistrict, welcomes nationally recognized wine and … (0 comments)
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The 23rd annual Lake Whatcom boat parade on Fourth of July. - 06/29/07 03:18 PM
The 23rd annual Lake Whatcom boat parade will take place on the Fourth of July.
The parade begins at 3 p.m. with the firing of a Civil War-era cannon. As many as 36 boats, including wooden classics, steam engine and ski boats, will participate. It begins at Strawberry Point and will … (0 comments)
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Bellingham makes it onto yet another "Best Places" list. - 06/29/07 03:12 PM
It has happened again. Bellingham makes it onto yet another "Best Places" list.This time it is Mother Earth News naming Bellingham among the "Eight Great Places You've Never Heard Of." That seems kind of odd to me considering Bellingham has been discovered and made so many "Best Places" lists the past … (0 comments)
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Whatcom County, the 10th fastest-growing county in Washington State. - 06/28/07 07:41 PM
Whatcom County is the 10th fastest-growing county in Washington State. Bellingham's growth was 44% of those new people. These stats came from the Office of Financial Management. It is no wonder we are growing we keep ending up on everyone's "Best Places to Live" list and prices are still relatively low by Seattle … (2 comments)
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South Neighborhood - Bellingham - 06/28/07 05:59 PM
At the southern edge of Bellingham, the South Neighborhood is home to over 1,500 Bellingham residents. There are large areas of undeveloped property with significant natural features that help define the character of the neighborhood. The northern end of the Chuckanut Mountains are here rising out of Chuckanut Creek. Chuckanut Bay … (0 comments)
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Edgemoor Neighborhood - Bellingham - 06/27/07 06:38 PM
Edgemoor has some of the finest homes in Bellingham. It is located in the south of Bellingham in close proximity to Fairhaven and the South Neighborhood featuring Fairhaven Park and west of Chuckanut Drive. The views from some of the homes in this area are just magnificent ones of the Bay … (1 comments)
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South Neighborhood - 06/27/07 05:32 PM
At the southern edge of Bellingham, the South Neighborhood is home to over 1,500 Bellingham residents. There are large areas of undeveloped property with significant natural features that help define the character of the neighborhood. The northern end of the Chuckanut Mountains are here rising out of Chuckanut Creek. Chuckanut Bay … (0 comments)
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The Bellingham Real Estate Investors Network - 06/27/07 02:31 PM
The Bellingham Real Estate Investors Network(BREIN) will be presenting Dwan Bent-Twyford tonight June 27 6 p.m. at Fox Hall. She will be talking about short sales, hot topic of late due to all the national exposure of the subprime mortgage meltdown and foreclosures being at an all-time high
The Bellingham Real Estate … (0 comments)
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National Night Out Against Crime - 06/26/07 07:12 PM
National Night Out Against Crime will be held on - August 7, 2007. It is a time for communities to come together, build relationships and stand united against crime. Neighborhoods are encouraged to have an outside event planned for the evening. "A going away party for the criminals... if you will!" Check … (3 comments)
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Who says Bellingham Real Estate is Overvalued? - 06/25/07 07:17 PM
The Bellingham Herald recently published an article about home prices in Bellingham being overvalued by 47% no less. This housing valuation analysis was done by Global Insight Inc. and National City Corp. who ranked the Bellingham area as the 20th most overvalued housing market out of 317 metro areas.
I would … (3 comments)
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Bellingham Bay History Cruises - Every Tuesday this Summer - 06/22/07 02:53 PM
The Whatcom Museumin assosiation with Island Mariner Cruises have set up their summer schedule for the Bellingham Bay History Cruises.
Every summer Thursday -- June 28, July 5, 12, 19, 26, August 9, and 16 -- ayou can board the boat and listen to Museum Curator of Education Richard Vanderway provide … (2 comments)
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Small and Simple Grants boost community projects in Bellingham - 06/22/07 02:37 PM
The city's Small and Simple Grants program has recently awarded a total of 23 projects awards totaling $44,000 for projects that provide city-wide benefits. Each project will recieve up to $2500.
"Small and Simple projects provide a unique and important opportunity for neighborhoods to match their volunteer efforts with cash to finance wonderful projects … (0 comments)
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Lummi Nation's 61st annual Stommish Water Festival - 06/22/07 02:28 PM
Don't miss this weekend's Lummi Nation's 61st annual Stommish Water Festival.
"For thousands of years, the first inhabitants of this area celebrated with song and dance as tribes and local villages gathered in the Spirit of the Potlatch. These are our Ancestral Highways -- these waters of the Puget Sound. Since the … (0 comments)
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Bellingham Inernational Airport - 06/21/07 05:50 PM
Yes it is true, Bellingham actually has an interational airport(BLI). The airport is growing and has 200,000 travellers a year passing through it's gates according to the Port of Bellingham. They call it a full service airport serveing the commercial, general aviation, and corporate air transportation needs of the region. It … (1 comments)
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The Birchwood Neighborhood - Bellingham - 06/21/07 05:23 PM
The Birchwood neighborhood is well known for it's older, well-kept homes built on large lots. Many of the deep lots in the neighborhood are 1/3 acre or moe. These large lots, & mature landscaping, give a rural feel to the neighborhood. Apartment complexes have been constructed in the multifamily zoned areas … (0 comments)
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Free & Cheap Phone Service - Jajah - 06/19/07 03:00 PM
Have you heard of Jajah.com it is a great site for internet phone service. It is free between Jajah members and pretty cheap otherwise. My wife is in Thailand and the charge there is 4 cents a minute, as compared to a phone card I had been using at 10 cents/minute. … (1 comments)
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Marine Drive Trail and it's Park - 06/18/07 05:27 PM
Just off of Marine Drive in the north of Bellingham is Marine Drive Trail. There is a small park above the trail with outstanding island views, a small parking lot where I often see people sitting and relaxing or reading a book. The trail is right below the park, I'm disabled … (2 comments)
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Bellingham's Waterfont - 06/18/07 05:07 PM
Welcome to Bellingham's Waterfront!
We here in Bellingham are blessed with a beautiful waterfront indeed. Not only do we have several waterfront parks but a working harbor and marina.
Squalicum Harbor is home to as many as 1800 boats, many pleasure boats of all kinds and sizes as well as a working fishing … (0 comments)
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Bellingham's Community Food Co-op - 06/17/07 06:09 PM
Bellingham's Community Food Co-op, natural food at it's finest.
The Co-op was fonded in 1970 in Fairhaven as a 900-square-foot store with fewer than 10 items has grown to an 11,000-member-strong natural grocery store and soon expanding again to a second store in the Cordata Neighborhood. I remember that old store and the early … (1 comments)
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Need some Help with Projects around the House - 06/17/07 05:29 PM
Here is an interesting site I ran across for Do-it-youselfers out there. It is called Referbur. It is a social network or community of handymen & women and Do-ti-yourselfers, sharing ideas & advise. There is a group for everything these days isn't there. This should be useful if you need help … (0 comments)
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Open House Ideas - 06/15/07 04:59 PM
I just read a post on Open Houses and started thinking about a few ideas I want to try for my next open house.
1. Have a drawing for theater tickets to every open house visitor who came by and subscribes to you email or snail mail newsletter .
2. Have several free … (20 comments)
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1-800-FREE-411 - 06/15/07 02:53 PM
Are you still paying $1 or more to get phone numbers from information at 411. Switch to 1-800-FREE-411 and get those phone numbers for free. You may have to listen to a brief commercial but hey why pay the phone company when someone else is willing to pick up the tab. … (7 comments)
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Maplandia - Find your town - 06/15/07 01:54 PM
Here is an interesting take on Google maps. This free service is Maplandia.com http://www.maplandia.com This new service organizes Google maps site maps and satellite images by country and continent. Maplandia will creatke an HTML link you can paste into your blog so folks dropping by can see the map with one … (0 comments)
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The American Museum of Radio and Electricity - Bellingham - 06/14/07 11:14 PM
The American Museum of Radio and Electricity, located at 1312 Bay Street in downtown Bellingham is a nique museum that houses a collection of nationally recognized vintage radios and other electronic devices. All of the ancestors of the cell phone, high-speed internet and cable television.
The museum is dedicated to the history … (2 comments)
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Zillow to have automatic listing uploads for Brokers - 06/14/07 04:17 PM
From Jeff Somers at Zillow Blog:
"Soon, we will be launching the capability for brokers to automatically upload their active listings for free to Zillow, reaching the more than 4 million people who come to the site every month - more than half of whom are in the market to buy or … (4 comments)
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How green is your town - driving hybrids - 06/13/07 07:37 PM
I ran across an interesting website today about Hybrid Cars. One of the things of interest is the Hybrid Market Dashboard where there are ratings for states and cities witih the most hybrids. We are doing well in Washington ranking #5 in States with the highest hybrid sales and States where hybrids … (5 comments)
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The Whatcom Museum of History & Art - 06/13/07 07:28 PM
The Whatcom Museum of History & Art is one of the most interesting and unusual buildings in Bellingham. The red brick Victorian building is trimmed with Chuckanut sandstone. It houses some permanent exhibits of cultural and natural artifacts that trace Bellingham's early history as well as a vast collection of images of local … (1 comments)
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Sehome Neighborhood - Bellingham, WA - 06/13/07 01:05 PM
The Sehome neighborhood is located northeast of Western Washington University, and the Arboretum on Sehome Hill which tops out at 650 feet above Bellingham Bay. It is one of Bellingham's older neighborhoods and it's history adds alot to Bellingham, it is once a town on its own and one of the … (0 comments)
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The Guide Meridian/Cordata Neighborhood - Bellingham - 06/09/07 08:11 PM
The Guide Meridian/Cordata Neighborhood is one of the fastest growing and most popular areas of the city. It was annexed to Bellingham in the 1990s The Cordata portion of the neighborhood was originally developed as a suburban business park, with greenbelts and tree-lined streets. Over time, the area has changed to … (0 comments)
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Foreclosures - everybody wants one - 06/09/07 07:05 PM
I stopped in at the courthouse the other day to see what was being auctioned off at the foreclosure sale. Four properties were on the list for auction, each one postponed until further notice. So I thought I would take that experience to task and write a bit about foreclosure investing … (5 comments)
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Giveaway of the Day - Free Software - 06/08/07 07:36 PM
For those of you tech oriented folks out there, here is an interesting site I recently ran across I would like to share with you. Giveaway of the Day - Free Software Everyday they offer a different downlosd of some software for free that you would normaly have to pay for, … (0 comments)
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What are the schools like? - 06/07/07 10:12 PM
What are the schools like? A pretty common question from relocating buyers with kids. Everyone wants what's best for their chidren. And a good education is at the top of the list.
Here are some good resources to get that information:
If you are interested in Bellingham Schools visit their website as well as checking … (2 comments)
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The Deming Logging Show - June 9 & 10 - 06/07/07 09:44 PM
The Deming Logging Show is happening this weekend June 9 & 10. The show is a fundraiser to help injured loggers and their families in times of need, by sending them a disability check.
The first Deming Logging Show took place in 1962 in a field outside of Deming. The need for … (0 comments)
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Fairhaven Wednesday Market Began Today - 06/06/07 08:18 PM
Today is the start of the Wednesday Fairhaven Farmer's Market. The market will run every Wednesday through th end of September at the Village Green between the hours of 3 pm - 7 pm. It is a smaller version of the Bellingham Saturday market, with some of the same farmers and … (1 comments)
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7044 Austin Pass Rd Glacier, WA - 06/06/07 07:58 PM
Put your finishing touches into this 2BR charming chalet with full bath on main floor & large loft area with 3/4BA. Light pours into the great room through large windows, cozy propane fireplace in cultured stone hearth, open kitchen with maple cabinets. Marble countertops, Maytag stainless appliances & commercial gas range. … (0 comments)
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Dual Blogging - 06/06/07 03:03 PM
This AR is an interesting place, unlike other blogs that we do, or anyone else does we have dual audiences here, It's actually more like 2 places in 1, or dual blogs.
1. We are blogging to the general public to try and gain recognition and earn their trust to create some business … (2 comments)
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The Columbia Neighborhood - Bellingham, WA - 06/05/07 10:35 PM
The Columbia Neighborhood is one of the city's oldest neighborhoods. The overwhelming majority of homes within this neighborhood are single family sitting on narrow tree-lined streets with mature landscaping and large old trees.. The southernmost portion of the neighborhood, near the bay is identified as the Eldridge Historical District, it contains … (0 comments)
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Where does your city stand in terms of appreciation - 06/03/07 01:36 PM
Are you interested in finding out where your city stands in terms of real estate appreciation. Check out thre Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight's house price index website.
Washington state (11.6 percent), continues to be among the leaders in terms of highest price appreciation, along with Utah (17 percent), Idaho … (7 comments)
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Whatcom County real estate appreciates 8.2% in First quarter 2007 - 06/03/07 01:17 PM
According to the Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight's house price index, Whatcom County's housing prices have appreciated 8.2% higher in the first quarter of 2007 compared to the fourth quarter of 2006, home prices appreciated 1.85%. This data put Bellingham in 49th place at 265 metropolitan areas that were surveyed … (1 comments)
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Google PR - anyone have any ideas how it works and how to get yours higher - 06/01/07 02:46 PM
Not only do we have rank and points here in AR, but our webpages are ranked by the all powerful Google.
I know they think it is the pages importance and how many people are linking to it, but there is obviouly more to it than that, and I just wonder if … (2 comments)
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May Condo Sales Graph for Bellingham - 06/01/07 02:20 PM
Here is a graphical view of May's condo Sales for Bellingham as compared to last year. Looks like we had a sizeable decrease in average sales price this is very interesting as Residential sales prices continue to rise. 4 fewer condo sold this year in May of 2007 as compared to May of 2006 … (0 comments)
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May Residential Sales Graph for Bellingham - 06/01/07 01:28 PM
Here is a graphical view of Mays residential Real Estate Sales for Bellingham as compared to last year.
It seems like there was a slight increases in average price and median price, once again this month the number of units sold is down and days on the market is up. We still seem … (0 comments)
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