ephraim: DOOR COUNTY REAL ESTATE - THE LIGHT AT THE END OF THE TUNNEL
- 10/15/09 02:06 AM
October 14th, 2009 IT'S THERE - THE LIGHT AT THE END OF THE TUNNEL! I can't say that the Door County real estate market suffered the extreme collapse that we witnessed in other markets. We all saw markets where property values plummeted 50% or more, sales came to a virtual standstill, and foreclosed homes could be found on almost every block. We were lucky. Values decreased, but 10% of value would be a worst case scenario. Only a small percentage of the properties on the market are foreclosures. The worst thing we experienced was a dramatic drop in the number of … (0 comments)
ephraim: COMMUTING TO WORK IN DOOR COUNTY
- 08/11/09 03:08 AM
August 11th, 2009 I live in Fish Creek. My office is in Ephraim. My commute to work is ten miles. One mile is on Juddville Road, a paved country road with no center-line. Six miles are on a County Road A which is a bit wider and does have a painted center-line. The last three miles are on State Highway 42, a two-lane highway that is the main street in Ephraim. There are three stop signs on my way to work but no traffic lights because there are no traffic lights in northern Door County. The drive takes about 15 minutes. This morning . . … (1 comments)
ephraim: Air Conditioned Door County
- 08/11/08 01:06 AM
August 9th, 2008 I am a Florida girl-at least I was raised there and lived there until I was 19-so my youth was spent in perpetual summer. Miami in the 1950's before homes were air-conditioned is my frame of reference. But now that I've made Door County my home for 29 years you would think I would be used to Wisconsin summers. I'm not. Not that I long for the sweltering heat. No, no, no. Since the gift of menopause I generate enough of my own heat. It is just that Door County is so beautiful in the summer that I … (3 comments)
ephraim: MEMORIAL DAY IN DOOR COUNTY
- 05/27/08 03:01 AM
May 26th, 2008 My family always called it Decoration Day and we went to the cemeteries to plant flowers on the graves of my Great-Grandparents. It wasn't necessarily a sad time, just a time of rememberance. This morning I passed the Pebble Beach Cemetery in Sister Bay and saw the veteran's service going on there. Quite a few people, a small band, and some of the vets from the VFW. Typical small town. I wish I was back in Michigan today, so I could visit my family gravesites and plant some flowers. Marigolds for my Grandfather, his favorite flower. But … (1 comments)
October 14th, 2009 ;)
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