Lina Robertson, ozarks-realestate.com, Springfield MO Real Estate For Sale

On September 14, 2009, the Nixa Board of Alderman passed a law that requires drivers and passengers to wear their seatbelts while driving through Nixa. While it's only common sense that one should wear their seatbelt, what is significant about this ordinance is that it gives the Nixa Police Department the right to pull you over if they suspect you are not complying. It also give them the right to issue a citation based solely on seatbelt usage....REGARDLESS OF AGE.

Only one council member cast a dissenting vote, Kevin Elmer. His reasoning was that a seatbelt violation should not constitute the right to inspect or detain.

Statistics were used as arguments for the ordinance. According to a representative from St. John's Hospital, only 62% of Nixa residents treated at the hospital following an automobile accident reported wearing their seatbelt. In the 15-19 age group, only 17% reported wearing a seatbelt. The average cost of treatment for someone wearing their seatbelt was $9,000, compared to the patient who did NOT wear their seatbelt, which averaged $40,000.

So....save lives....save money...and save an officer's time! Buckle up!

Jim Springer, an agent at our RE/MAX Solutions office in Ozark, is now giving tours of the newest bank repos and foreclosures each week free of charge.

Join Jim each Saturday at 9:00 a.m., at the RE/MAX Solutions office in Ozark, MO, and hop on the new ShowMeRepos bus to view the previous week's new REO, foreclosure and repos in the Springfield, Ozark and Nixa areas. Jim's tour will also include area HUD homes. The homes will be opened for you to walk around, and you will be given detailed information sheets about each property. You can view these properties in advance at www.showmerepos.com.

What a great opportunity to be the first to view the most sought after properties in our area!

Are you wondering how safe Springfield Public Schools and Nixa Public School District schools are? I have found a great resource! News-Leader.com has a database that publishes school incidents involving drugs, weapons and assaults. The database dates back to the 2007-2009 school year. Because the incidents involve minors, the names are redacted. The database includes all junior high and high schools in the Springfield Public School District, as well as Nixa Public Schools.

Click the link below to access the database:

School Incident Reports

Homes for Sale in Nixa, MO:

• Active Listings: 344 homes
• Under Contract: 77 pending sales
• Sold Listings: 58 sales

Nixa MO Sales Price Information

• Average Sales Price: $152.276
• Sale Price to List Price Ratio: 96.9%

Days on Market (for Sold homes)

• Average Days on Market: 73 days

The Board of Alderman approved an amended developer's agreement on September 8, 2009, to bring an 8-screen uptown movie theatre to Ozark. The theatre will be located on a 5 acre site on Highway 14 behind Mitchum Jewelers and People's Bank inside the Town & Country subdivision. The theatre is scheduled to open in May of 2010.

B&B Theatres is the 29th largest theatre circuit in North America. The theater will use digital projection, allowing it to offer 3-D movies and show events such as live sporting games and concerts. Businesses can use the digital projection system for company meetings and presentations as well.

This is wonderful news, not just for the citizens of Ozark, but the clever location will be convenient for residents of Nixa as well. I am excited about the likelihood of the theatre attracting other new economic development in Ozark, in an area where economic development has slowed tremendously over the past few years. Once the improvements to the intersection at Highways 65 and 14 are completed, I expect to see that corrider thrive with new businesses anchored around the new theatre.