July 4th, 2008 categories: For Fun
Happy 4th of July from The Don Edam Group. As we celebrate the birth of our nation here in the Twin Cities, we wanted to provide you with some great things to do on the 4th in the Minneapolis and St. Paul areas.
Minneapolis
Riverfront - http://www.mplsredwhiteboom.com/
Music starts at 5 p.m. on Main Street and fireworks begin at 10:00 p.m. The fireworks can be viewed from Main Street, the Stone Arch Bridge and along West River Parkway.
Powderhorn
Powderhorn Park’s Fourth of July fireworks will begin at 10 p.m. or dusk.
St. Paul
Taste of Minnesota - http://www.tasteofmn.org/
The Taste of Minnesota offers a great venue for eating, listening to music, and watching a great fireworks display. Fireworks show begins at 10:20 p.m. Admission is free.
Edina
Roseland Park (Lake Cornelia)
The city closes down 66th Street between Lake Cornelia and puts on a spectacular fireworks display. The John Phillips Sousa band plays patriotic tunes at Roseland Park shorty before the fireworks begin. The display will begin just as the sun goes down (dusk that is.)
Eden Prairie
Round Lake Park - http://www.edenprairie.org/vCurrent/upload/images/july08-broch-final.pdf
Celebrate the Fourth of July at Round Lake Park with activities and entertainment concluding with a spectacular fireworks show. Check out the website for more details.
HAVE A BLAST ( no pun intended)!!
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May 13th, 2008 categories: For Fun, Home Buying, Real Estate
Google has been synonymous with everything from great search, to amazing free email, to maps, etc…but one of their relatively new features (for Minnesota at least) is Google Street View. Google Street View is built right into their Google Maps feature. The implications of this tool for your home search are enormous. Google Street View allows you to type in an address, location, or point of interest and then take a virtual walk through the neighborhood.
For example, if you were interested in our listing on 1511 W 33rd Street in Minneapolis and wanted to see how far your actual walk to Lake Calhoun would be, you could go Read the rest of this entry »
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March 23rd, 2008 categories: For Fun
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March 13th, 2008 categories: Design, For Fun, Green Living, Home Buying, Real Estate, Trends
Green is the new black during this, the final weekend of the 2008 Parade of Homes Spring PreviewSM presented by Builders Association of the Twin Cities’ members.
This year’s Guidebook includes plenty of great Green articles to help us make sense of this growing movement and the homes in this year’s 14-home earth-friendly mini tour are built to showcase Green building practices, products and design, and many of them will host education seminars and other interesting events to give home buyers a better understanding of their Green options.
Some of the seminars that are taking place this weekend include: “Landscaping for a Green Community”, “Light up Your Home AND Your Energy Bill” and “Geothermal Heating and Cooling: A Systems Approach.” And I’m thinking about checking out an event with eco-friendly design expert, Jackie Kanthak, who will be will answering questions, giving green design ideas, and offering advice on the the hard to find eco-friendly products for the kitchen and bathroom.
Green or not, the homes on parade cover a broad spectrum of prices to fit the needs of every buyer, ranging from the lowest priced home by S.W. Wold Townhomes, Inc. in Cambridge, priced at $119,900, to the most expensive home by Stonewood LLC, located on Loring Drive in Minnetrista and priced at $2,950,000.
So come on out this weekend to take advantage of the longer days and beautiful spring weather that’s rolled our way, and peruse the preview parade!
For more information go to http://www.paradeofhomes.org.
Happy house hunting!!! 
:: Kelly ::
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