About Denver's Downtown Denver

Downtown has so much to offer! With the completion of our Trex project and light rail systems is making the city an even better place to live. Everything is becoming more convenient. Real Estate trends are turning more and more into "lightrail living" communities, as new construction springs up along the I-25 corridor. With a website tool you can judge the characteristics of your prospective homes with a walkability score.

www.walkscore.com Is a site that rates the convienience of an address, to stores and business in a radius surrounding it. For those concerned with fuel consumption it is an excellent tool. Be able to look into your future and see the amount of time errands may take you, or your daily commute to work.

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Amanda Hendershot, EXIT Realty DTC, Realtor, Denver, Colorado

Proud Highlands Ranch, Douglas County, Colorado Resident and Realtor

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As thousands put on their tennis shoes, I will "sleep in for the cure"! As the Denver, Colorado race has gotten so big that I don't feel up to the crowds, I have found an alternative. Donate and cheer from the finish line, or couch, or coffee shop... On Sunday October 5th, over 60,000 people will leave the Pepsi center for the 5k trek. Whereever you are wear your pink, and say a prayer for the thousands of women fighting this disease. We have made great accomplishments in early detection and the cure. So far this year they have raised over $750,000! That is only 40% of their goal. Please go to www.komendenver.org and donate what you can.

Fund free mamograms by clicking everyday.

I have lost a dear aunt, my dad's little sister Kathy. Every October we are reminded how a young woman of 40 can lose to this. Her own daughter has now been fighting it at the age of 27! I never thought someone younger than me could have it. Take care of the ladies you love.

There are typically 7 to 8 Free days at the Denver Museum of Nature & Science in Denver, Colorado. There are only 2 days left this year. So if you are looking for something inexpensive for the family check out the museum on these 2 days.

October 22

December 7

Free Days are for Colorado residents only. A fee still applies to IMAX films, and Planetarium shows.

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Here is a list of there current exhibitions:

Current Exhibitions

Discovery Zone This interactive educational center is geared toward children and families who like fun, hands-on activities. Extreme Ice Extreme Ice Award-winning photographer James Balog and the Museum have partnered to present a new photographic exhibition, featuring some of the most beautiful and remote environments on Earth. Egyptian Mummies Two mummies teach modern scientists how the ancient civilization of Egypt regarded its living and preserved its dead. Gems & Minerals Tunnel beneath the earth in a re-created mine and examine a host of colorful crystals and minerals found both locally and globally. North American Indian Cultures Shelter. Food. Clothing. Tools. Experience the incredible diversity among Native American groups and the practicality and artistry of their everyday objects. Prehistoric Journey A journey through the eons allows you to trace the evolution of life on Earth, from single-celled organisms to lumbering dinosaurs to the inhabitants of today's world. Space Odyssey Explore the universe and your place in it in this dynamic and highly interactive exhibition. Wildlife Exhibits Animals big and small come to life in exquisitely detailed dioramas that transport you around the world.

September 27
First showing at noon and last showing begins at 7 p.m.
Neighborhood Flix
2510 E. Colfax Ave. Denver, CO 80206

Join Denver Zoo for a film festival like no other! The Wildlife Film Festival will include award winning nature films for families and adults.

Seating is limited and a free reserved ticket is needed to enter.

THEATER 1: Premier Cinema - Films for Adult Audiences:

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Noon Snow Leopard: Beyond the Myth

Northern Pakistan is the setting for this heart-warming tale of a man's quest to find and film the elusive snow leopard. In 2004, a team from the Planet Earth series came to these remote mountains near the Afghan border and filmed the first ever, intimate images of a wild snow leopard. For Nisar Malik, the Pakistani journalist who led the expedition, this shoot marked a turning point in his life: the images were not enough, he felt compelled to return and get to know this creature of legend. Together with cameraman Mark Smith, he spends two years documenting the snow leopard's daily life, finally lifting the veil on the most elusive of all cats.

2008 International Wildlife Film Festival Awards: Best of Festival, Best Editing, Best of Category: Human-Wildlife Interactions, Merit Award for Script, Merit Award for Cinematography, Merit Award for Music, Merit Award for Sound Design, Finalist

Lecture by Jennifer Snell Rullman, Conservation Program Director, and Charudutt Mishra, Science and Conservation Director, Snow Leopard Trust

A Closer Look at the Elusive Snow Leopard - The elusive and endangered Snow Leopard of Central and Southern Asia is one of the least known of the big cat species; rarely seen, living in some of the most harsh and remote mountain environments. Join Dr. Charu Misrha and Jennifer Snell Rullman from the Snow Leopard Trust as they share their intimate stories and first-hand accounts of working for the conservation of snow leopards. Dr. Mishra, Conservation and Science Director for the Snow Leopard Trust, is based in India and has been working with the Trust since 2000. He will introduce you to this majestic cat, the global issues facing their survival and the innovative conservation and research strategies being implemented by the Snow Leopard Trust to lead the way for it's survival in Asia. Jennifer Snell Rullman, Conservation Program Coordinator for the Snow Leopard Trust works out of the Seattle office. She will share intimate stories of how these conservation strategies are saving cats and alleviating poverty for herding families in these rarely visited regions of the world. Ms. Rullman will also share what has happened since the release of the film Snow Leopard Lair and explain how zoos around the world are helping the Trust understand and conserve these rare ghost cats.

1:45pm Saba and the Rhino's Secret

Famously bad tempered, myopic, and solitary, the black rhino has a daunting reputation. Its common reflex on encountering danger is to charge. Over the last century, the black rhino has been poached to the brink of extinction for its horn and today less than 3,000 remain in all of Africa. Little understood, difficult to study, feared, and vilified, the private life of rhinos has remained an enigma-until now.

2008 International Wildlife Film Festival Awards: Best of Category: Presenter/Host, Merit Award for Night Cinematography, Finalist

3pm A Seal's Life: The Story of the Northern Elephant Seal

For hundreds of thousands of years, an extraordinary journey has taken place in the sea. Twice a year along the west coast of North America, elephant seals set out alone on a nearly impossible roundtrip migration across the vast expanse of the North Pacific. For months they remain at sea, swimming thousands of miles while diving relentlessly to unimaginable depths in search of food. By journey's end, they'll have traveled farther in a year than any other mammal on Earth. From the rugged, wave-swept shorelines of Northern California to the cold dark depths of the North Pacific, this is the incredible story of one of the greatest migratory marine mammals ever to inhabit the sea, a remarkable creature living a life of extremes and their species' never-ending struggle for survival.


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4:30pm A Seal's Life: The Story of the Northern Elephant Seal (See description above)

5:45pm Saba and the Rhino's Secret (See description above)

7pm Snow Leopard: Beyond the Myth (See description above)

Lecture by Jennifer Snell Rullman, Conservation Program Director, and Charudutt Mishra, Science and Conservation Director, Snow Leopard Trust

A Closer Look at the Elusive Snow Leopard - The elusive and endangered Snow Leopard of Central and Southern Asia is one of the least known of the big cat species; rarely seen, living in some of the most harsh and remote mountain environments. Join Dr. Charu Misrha and Jennifer Snell Rullman from the Snow Leopard Trust as they share their intimate stories and first-hand accounts of working for the conservation of snow leopards. Dr. Mishra, Conservation and Science Director for the Snow Leopard Trust, is based in India and has been working with the Trust since 2000. He will introduce you to this majestic cat, the global issues facing their survival and the innovative conservation and research strategies being implemented by the Snow Leopard Trust to lead the way for it's survival in Asia. Jennifer Snell Rullman, Conservation Program Coordinator for the Snow Leopard Trust works out of the Seattle office. She will share intimate stories of how these conservation strategies are saving cats and alleviating poverty for herding families in these rarely visited regions of the world. Ms. Rullman will also share what has happened since the release of the film Snow Leopard Lair and explain how zoos around the world are helping the Trust understand and conserve these rare ghost cats.

THEATER 2: Screening Cinema - Films for Adult Audiences:

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12pm The Last Trimate

The Last Trimate is a compelling account of the work of Birute Mary Galdikas, who alongside Jan Goodall and Dian Fossey, is one of three formidable women to have dedicated their lives to the great apes of the world. The film chronicles her lifelong fight to save the diminishing rainforest, home of Indonesia's wild orangutans. Narrated by Mel Gibson.

2008 International Wildlife Film Festival Awards: Special Jury Award, Best of Category: Newcomer, Merit Award for Conservation Message, Merit Award for Editing, Finalist

Lecture by Michael and Wayne Sowards of the Orangutan Conservancy

1:45pm The Curse of Copper

Canada is the biggest investor in global mining, and Vancouver's Ascendant Copper Corporation plans to open a mine in the Ecuadorian cloud forest, one of the world's most threatened biodiversity hotspots. According to local citizens, the mine would destroy the precious ecosystem and livelihoods. Already, concerned citizens face death threats, physical and mental intimidation, and an atmosphere of fear. 'The Curse of Copper' follows the battle between a profit-driven company and villagers who simply want to maintain their life and ancient home. Featuring Carlos Zorilla, 2008 recipient of the Denver Zoological Foundation Conservation Award.

2007 International Wildlife Film Festival Awards: Best Independent, Merit Award for Use of Music

A Green Agony

In an idyllic corner of the Bay of Bengal, where rivers meet the ocean, lies a labyrinthine maze of a world that obeys no boundaries. A world that has long defied all descriptions and set its own rules, but one gradually vanishing under the burden of an industrialized world. A Green Agony explores the unique ecosystem of the Sundarbans, and analyses the impact of global climate change on the inhabitants of the region: man, mangroves, and wildlife.

3pm Crash

For many decades, human have harvested the horseshoe crab for use as fishing bait. Since the 1970s, horseshoe crab blood has been used for medical purposes. But now we may have gone too far. Horseshoe crab numbers have declined significantly and, naturally, so have their egg numbers. This is especially important to a small shorebird that is a global traveler of the most impressive kind. The red knot makes one of the longest migrations of any animal-a journey that takes it from one end of the earth to the other. To accomplish this feat, it relies on the eggs of the horseshoe crab. Without those eggs, the red knot is in danger.

2008 International Wildlife Film Festival Awards: Sapphire Award (Second Place), Best Script, Best of Category: Conservation & Environmental Issue, Merit Award for Editing, Merit Award for Narration, Finalist


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4:30pm Crash (See description above)

5:45pm The Curse of Copper (See description above) A Green Agony (See description above)

7pm The Last Trimate (See description above)

Lecture by Michael and Wayne Sowards of the Orangutan Conservancy

THEATER 3: Bistro Cinema - Films for Families:

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12pm Saving Planet Earth: Cheetahs

CBBC launched a nationwide competition to find a group of children who care passionately about wildlife, giving them the chance to become part of the Saving Planet Earth Challenge Team. The seven lucky winners travel to far-flung corners of the world, spending two weeks in the wild with their favorite animals and reporting on the plights of some of our most endangered species. Adesh Sundarasan, aged 11, from Buckinghamshire, travels to South Africa to look at the plight of the cheetah.

2008 International Wildlife Film Festival Awards: Best of Category: Children's Series, Finalist

1pm Small Talk Diaries: Changelings

Changing your appearance doesn't change who you are, but might help you make friends. Some very ugly insects talk us through the tricky business of shedding their skin to become something utterly different and spectacular, proving that beauty is often no more than skin deep.

2008 International Wildlife Film Festival Awards: Merit Award for Educational Value, Merit Award for Creative Approach, Finalist

Small Talk Diaries: Pollinators

Plants once made a deal with insects, "we'll provide shelter, nectar, and pollen if you'll carry our pollen so we can make seeds and thrive." Mostly, it does work that way, but there is cheating on both sides. The gentle bumblebee shows us how pollination works, and takes us on a tour among some stunning flowers, then back to her nest where she shows us her family and her honey pots. The honeybee shows us how to industrialize the process for greater efficiency, and the bee orchids show us how to beat the system.

2008 International Wildlife Film Festival Awards: Merit Award for Cinematography, Merit Award for Creative Approach, Merit Award for Educational Value, Finalist

2pm Extreme Animals: Sports Stars

On your mark, get set, go! Extreme Animals are off! Today it's the turn of the animal sports stars, all competing to become your favorite and earn their gold prize: a place in the Extreme Animals grand final! From super speedy cheetahs on the plains of Africa to tree-top gymnastics from a troop of Asian gibbons, to a surprisingly stinky weightlifter, and squirrels that fly. This is the animal Olympics and you are the judges.

2008 International Wildlife Film Festival Awards: Best of Category: Children's Program, Best Educational Value, Merit Award for Editing, Finalist

3pm Saving Planet Earth: Cheetahs (See description above)

4pm Small Talk Diaries: Changelings and Small Talk Diaries: Pollinators
(See description above)

5pm Extreme Animals: Sports Stars (See description above)

Our broker keeps up informed of the lateset news, market trends and mortgage information. This week she forwarded a market study on to me that I want to share.

A study by the Denver area MetroList shows listing inventory drops 18.733% in one year from September 2007. This is the lowest September inventory since 2004.

The inventory reduction is a continuing trend that brings inventory levels down this year. These types of inventory reductions cause the buyers to change their buyer patterns from the last three years. When choices of homes are reduced, buyer behavior increases to make housing choices faster. As buyers make housing choices at a quicker pace, the number of sales will grow faster than the number of new active listings coming on the market, which will result in appreciation of homes.

Watch this inventory number go below 22,000 by January of 2009 and remain at lower levels through 2009 over previous years.

Sold data continues to be the slower indicator of a rebounding market and as of August the number of properties closed still has not yet caught up with the lower inventory and higher under contract data lines. This fall season will start to see year over year changes where 2008 and 2009 will outperform the previous year. The yearly figures for sold data follow a similar trend.

If we annualize these numbers we predict the Denver marketplace will expect to close 42,871 units for 2008. This number reflects a 6.015% decline from 2007 and will be the 5^th year in a row of declining sold data for homes. This might sound gloomy but it actually reflects that we have already hit the bottom and 2009 will be the year of appreciation as inventories continue to decrease and home buyers have a change in their behavior to move quicker into the market.

For Buyers, the shrinking inventory will provide fewer choices. The current absorption rate for homes below $500,000 is 5.985 months.

For Sellers, if you own a home below $500,000 it is good news as your home will be able to stand out as there is not as much competition, but since real estate is localized to the neighborhoods, you must see where you are positioned against other properties in you sub area. For homes above $500,000 sellers must be the first priced home the buyers will find and must be in move in condition to attract the buyers looking for homes above $500,000 in todays market.

There is approximately a 22 month supply above $500, 000. This will start to drop fast and get more in the 13-14 month range by December, as homeowners in these price points will take their homes off the market if they are not selling.

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