Greetings!
Our Estes Park Board of Realtors sold report came out yesterday for November. We experience seasonal slowness in our market during the winter...Estes Park is the location where Stephen King came up with the idea for "The Shining" during his stay at The Stanley Hotel, just as they were getting ready to close up for the season way back when! In spite of our off-season, properties are still moving in all categories. 9 Single Family Residential properties sold, along with 7 condos, 2 vacant land properties, and one commercial. So, in spite of how cold it is outside, our market isn't in the deep freeze!
Happy Holidays, Lisa
Greetings!
Our Arctic blast rolled in on schedule, with the fahrenheit hovering around zero. Unfortunately, not enough snow for a snow day from school...
We are lucky here in Estes to have a lot of local talent, and they are all very generous with their gifts during the holiday season. Last night, the Estes Park Jazz Band and Village Concert Band had their annual Christmas concerts. Tonight is the Estes Park High School concert, and tomorrow the Middle School Band will wrap up the school performances. The audiences are appreciative and enthusiastic, even if it is freezing outside!
Have a great week, Lisa
Greetings from Estes Park!
They say that elk are not the most intelligent of creatures...however, they do seem to be smart enough to hang out on the golf course when there are hunters around! Yesterday, on the way to school, the elk were crossing the highway on their way back to the golf course for the day, and there was an "elk-jam" on HWY 7 for a mile! (you can't use elk as an excuse for being tardy just anywhere...)
I took this photo just before it started snowing, we are expecting an arctic blast this weekend and the elk herd will be hiding in the trees.
Have a great weekend! Lisa
We woke up this morning to a sunrise that had the entire Estes Valley lit up with bright orange and pink "alpenglow" (that's the technical term for sunrise hitting the mountain tops while the valley is still in shade)
Estes Park is such a wonderful place to live...or to visit! If anyone would like a referral for a great place to stay or a fantastic local restaurant, just send me an e-mail and I'll be happy to help.
Lisa
Greetings from Estes Park!
Even though Estes Park is a small mountain town with a year round population of 7000 or so, we have the benefit of many retired professionals residing with us. The Oratorio Society of Estes Park has among its members a former New York stage manager, Air Force band director, music department heads from DePaul and Calvin College...it is an honor for me to play third trumpet with them. (they make me practice...)
The Oratorio's mission statement reads: "Our mission is to provide an opportunity for area musicians to perform major choral and instrumental classical music for the enrichment of our community. Participation is open to any singer or instrumentalist who wishes to perform and has a commitment to the necessary rehearsals."
We had our Christmas Concert this weekend featuring Antonio Vivaldi's "Gloria", John Rutter's "Gloria" and Tchaikovsky's "Nutcracker Dances". We received a standing ovation for Sunday's performance, which is reward enough for all of us!
Estes Park also has a Society for the Performing Arts that is raising funds for a Performing Arts Complex here in town that will be a wonderful addition to our little mountain community..more about that later!
Happy Holidays, Lisa
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Lisa has been a resident of Estes Park, CO for 20 years. She is a 3rd generation Realtor who owns her own business. Lisa specializes in high quality photography, image processing & internet marketing.
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