Athens, GA

If you are a runner, mark your calander for Monday, September 7. It will be the 7th running of the (k)larity Group Race for the Dream. The proceeds from the race benefit the Athens Area Habitat for Humanity.

You can register either by mailing your registration fee directly to the Athens Area Habitat for Humanity or you can register online at Active.com.

For more information, you can contact Will Chamberlain at Classic Race Services: 706-769-6593 or email to gwillc@bellsouth.net.

Runners on your mark.......

For more information about what is going on in the Athens, GA area, or if you are interested in buying or selling your home there, please call me at 706-207-5290. Or you can click here to email me with your inquiries. To search for homes in in and around Athens, please visit my website The Athens Real Estate Page.

For the third year in a row, the Athens Area Association of Realtors will be hosting a Family Fun Day. This year, Fun Day is set for Saturday, September 19 from 10am - 2pm.

There will be lots of fun, kid-friendly activities like bounce houses, pony rides, dunk tank, and many more activities, such as a Fire Safety House that teaches children how to escape a house fire. The Athens-Clarke County and the Oconee County fire departments will have personnel and vehicles at the event the kids and families can check out.

So, set aside a few hours and bring your family to the Athens Area Assication of Realtors parking lot, 1720 Meriweather Drive, Bogart.

While riding at Scull Shoals the other day on my friend Linda's Spotted Saddle Horse, Jake, I remembered that I never posted the pictures that I took there back in the spring.

Scull Shoals is an abandoned town located on the Oconee River in Greene Co, GA, only minutes south of Athens, GA. More on the town another time.

We rode the horse trail in the Oconee National Forest. Part of the trail leads to the Indian mounds and the whole trail is also great for hiking.

"Jake"

Fallen Horse Creek

Our favorite spot to stop for lunch

wildflower

Jake taking a lunch break

In Athens -Clarke County, GA, for the week ending Aug 16, 2009 the real estate market looks like this:

There are 1626 active listings of which 1346 are residential, 20 are farm and land. This is a decrease of 51 listings from the previous reporting.

There are 143 listings under contract. This number is down 19 from the previous period.

There have been 19 closed sales duiring the period of Aug 10- Aug 16, 2009, 16 of which were residential. This is 3 fewer closed transactions than the previous period.

For more information on Athens, GA or if you are interested in buying or selling your home there, please call me at 706-207-5290. Or you can click here to email me with your inquiries. To search for homes in Athens, please visit my website The Athens Real Estate Page.

Note: All data is taken from the Athens Area Association of Realtors MLS system and accurate as of one day after the reporting period.