About Centre County, PA

Weekend and vacation homes near Penn State University (www.psu.edu) are always in demand. Penn State alumni, hoping to re-kindle the spirit of their undergrad days or with a keen interest in Penn State sports, including Penn State football and basketball, are the primary buyers of weekend and getaway homes near Penn State University.

Buyers of weekend and vacation homes near Penn State can be assigned to several different categories including:

1. Those alumni that want to be as close to the Penn State campus as possible

2. Those alumni that enjoy the great outdoors and want to combine their weekends between Penn State athletics and all the amenities that the Central Pa outdoors has to offer.

In today's post we will focus on weekend and vacation homes near Penn State University that are close to the campus. We will discuss point number 2 in a follow-up post.

For many alumni, it is all about Penn State football http://www.gopsusports.com/sports/m-footbl/psu-m-footbl-body.html weekends and trips to the Nittany Lion Inn and the Berkey Creamery

(http://www.creamery.psu.edu/) for a bit of Peachey Paterno ice cream. You folks have a few choices in weekend and vacation homes too. You can try to find a home in College Heights or a downtown condo but because of demand and price most buyers of weekend and vacation homes at Penn State look to an area just north of Beaver Stadium that offers condo's, garden homes, and single family homes built by S & A Homes in State College, PA.

Appropriately named, Homecoming Ridge is located less than 2 miles to the stadium and on the CATA bus route and is a part of The Village of Penn State. http://www.sahomebuilder.com/communitymulti.asp?comnum=247

Amenities include maintenance free living, new construction condo's, and a club house with swimming pool and fitness center. Prices start at just under $200,000 and there are homes ready for immediate delivery in time for the first Penn State Football game of 2009. About half of all buyers in Homecoming Ridge are Penn State alumni that buy homes as second homes for weekend getaways.

For more information give me a call or tune in to Tim Rogers Coaches Corner radio show Saturday mornings on 970 AM WBLF radio from 9:00 to

Centre Hall PA provides all the charm of small town living with the conveniences of a larger town. Centre Hall PA is located about seven miles east of Penn State University and is renowned for the Grange Fair (http://www.grangefair.net/) that has been assembling at the Grange Fair grounds for the past 135 years and was featured on a PBS television special. The 2009 version of the Grange Fair is 32 days away.

As you travel east towards the charming community of Centre Hall you will pass the Round Barn, a famous landmark that acts as a gatekeeper heading into Penns Valley and the growing Amish community of Centre Hall and Penns Valley.

Centre Hall PA has a very nice mix of homes including one new subdivision and restored older homes that remember the heyday of the Grange Fair. Originally founded as an agricultural hub Centre Hall is now home to a dwindling community of farmers and a growing number of Penn State professors, support personnel and tech employees filling the demands of a growing Penn State University.

Centre Hall's children attend the Penns Valley school district (http://www.pennsvalley.org/) known for small class sizes and a vibrant, active parent-teacher interaction within the community and school. The Centre Hall elementary school was built new two years ago and provides all of the latest technology for students. The Centre Hall area library is across the parking lot from the elementary school.

The distribution of housing in Centre Hall covers the spectrum from affordable housing for first-time homebuyers starting in the low $100's to large, newer homes in the $400,000 and up price category. Current inventory including building lots is as follows:

Price

			118 BONNIE STREET	$25,900	Penns Valley	Centre Hall	Active	29144	3	2
			159 BIRCH LANE	$35,000	Penns Valley	Centre Hall	Active	28925	3	2
			Lot #32 ASHFORD MANOR DRIVE	$66,900	Penns Valley	Centre Hall	Active	20548
			115 LINGLE ROAD	$69,900	Penns Valley	Centre Hall	Active	28894	2	1
			Lot #21 BLARNEY LANE	$74,900	Penns Valley	Centre Hall	Active	22649
			Lot #25 BLARNEY LANE	$76,900	Penns Valley	Centre Hall	Active	22650
			154 ASHFORD MANOR DRIVE	$79,000	Penns Valley	Centre Hall	Active	28075
			135 BLARNEY LANE	$82,000	Penns Valley	Centre Hall	Active	28076
			ON HIGH STREET	$97,500	Penns Valley	Centre Hall	Active	27618
			Lot 1 TUSSEY MEADOW LANE	$109,000	Penns Valley	Centre Hall	Active	28391
			ON RIMMEY ROAD	$118,900	Penns Valley	Centre Hall	Active	28889
			Lot #1 HIDDEN LAKE DRIVE	$139,900	Penns Valley	Centre Hall	Active	25922
			208 PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE S	$145,000	Penns Valley	Centre Hall	Active	29035	3	2
			127 SECOND STREET	$164,900	Penns Valley	Centre Hall	Active	28043	3	2
			122 RIDGE AVENUE	$169,900	Penns Valley	Centre Hall	Active	28431	3	1
			230 PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE S	$169,900	Penns Valley	Centre Hall	Active	27950	4	2
			134 ROCK HILL ROAD	$196,900	State College	Centre Hall	Active	27734	3	2
			0 HIGH STREET	$199,000	Penns Valley	Centre Hall	Active	28284
			Lot #6 LITTLE SUGAR VALLEY ROAD	$230,502	Penns Valley	Centre Hall	Active	26610
			102-106 POTTER STREET	$270,000	Penns Valley	Centre Hall	Active	28002	3	2
			281 HIGH STREET	$279,500	Penns Valley	Centre Hall	Active	28022	2	1
			140 ROCK HILL ROAD	$320,000	State College	Centre Hall	Active	29056	3	1
			155 LAUREL MEADOW LANE	$349,000	Penns Valley	Centre Hall	Active	28420
			119 AIRPORT ROAD	$475,000	Penns Valley	Centre Hall	Active	27934	4	3
			133 WINDY LANE	$575,000	Penns Valley	Centre Hall	Active	28593	4	3
			2459 UPPER BRUSH VALLEY ROAD	$1,380,000	Penns Valley	Centre Hall	Active	25795	3	1
			0 ROUTE 322	$1,890,000	Penns Valley	Centre Hall	Active	21736

For more information about real estate in Centre Hall give me a call or tune in to Tim Rogers Coaches Corner radio show every Saturday from 9:00 to 10:00 a.m on 970 AM WBLF radio.

It was a terrific morning for a run in Rothrock state Forest and my plan today was to get a long run in this morning before the day got too busy. At this point in my training (week 3 after an injury), anything over four miles is considered a long run so my goal was to log at least six miles in one of my favorite locations in Central Pa.

It should be said that I use the word 'run' loosely at this point in my training. The idea is to log some jogging time on my feet. It would be unfair to call myself a runner. I've never been a 'runner' but I've been an addicted jogger for many years and have run a fair number of local races including the Tussey Mountainback 50 mile race held in the early Fall in Rothrock State Forest. Check it out here www.tusseymountainback.com/ I have always run this race as part of a 5 person relay and the past two years I have logged 13.1 miles of the 50 total miles of the race.

Can you spot the wild turkey and her brood of five chicks?

So I had my lovely wife drop me off right along Rt. 322 where Decker Valley Rd. spills onto the highway. The plan was for me to run to Penn Roosevelt State Park while my wife picked up our son at a friends house. She would return and rescue my sore legs at Penn Roosevelt about an hour later.

Off I went on the soft gravel road and within five minutes a nice steady rain started to soak me prior to my breaking into a heavy sweat. It must have rained for about forty minutes as I shuffled past several cabins and ruffed grouse cuts and worked hard on the numerous uphill sections of the trail. I'm guessing that running the trail in this direction provides about four miles of uphill running.

At some point the rain stopped but I never saw the sun as the cloud cover felt as though it was being propped up by the thick appalachian forest. About an hour into the run I was relieved to see the sign telling me that Penn Roosevelt State Park was one mile in the distance and I rememberd that most of the remaining one mile was downhill. Just at this point my wife drove by and I begged her for a bottle of water but none was to be found in the cleanest mini-van this side of the Mississippi River.

Down the hill I pushed stretching my stride and burning calories as I coasted into the parking area adjacent to the pond and the famous Penn Roosevelt chimney right in the middle of Rothrock State Forest.

A bit more than seven miles Meredith announced and I could feel it in every part of my body. What a terrific feeling and I'm looking forward to adding additional mileage next weekend in Rothrock State Forest.

Parkview Heights Estates, a premiere Bellefonte, PA neighborhood is conveniently situated in the sleepy but growing county seat of Centre County, home to Penn State University. Parkview Heights Estates is a small subdivision of relatively newer homes surrounded by woods and farmland and located two miles from the Centre County courthouse in Bellefonte, PA. Most of the homes in Parkview Heights Estates have been built since 1996 and are custom homes built for convenient family living.

Parkview Heights Estates, a premiere Bellefonte, PA neighborhood is comprised of families and retiree's and provides an easy commute to State College, PA. and Penn State University. Homes in Parkview Heights Estates range in size from about 1,900 sq. ft. and priced around $300,000 to greater than 4,000 sq. ft. and priced in the high $400,000 to low $500,000 price range.

Parkview Heights Estates is conveniently located one mile from the Bellefonte High School and the Bellefonte middle school and there is a grocery store and a new Rite Aid drug store one mile away for your convenience. You can easily travel to all Penn State events and the State College Spikes games via I-99 and the on ramp is about two miles from Parkview Heights Estates.

There are currently three homes for sale in Parkview Heights Estates and they are as follows:

			1316 JOANNA DRIVE	$325,000	Bellefonte	Bellefonte	Active	27793	3	2
			1306 LAURA LANE	$327,500	Bellefonte	Bellefonte	Active	24653	4	3
			1340 JOANNA DRIVE	$369,900	Bellefonte	Bellefonte	Active	27209	5	2

Don't miss your opportunity to buy your dream home in Parkview Heights Estates, a premier neighborhood in Bellefonte, PA. Give me a call to preview one of the custom built homes in Parkview Heights Estates or tune in to Coaches Corner Radio and learn more about real estate. Coaches Corner airs Saturday mornings from 9:00 to 10:00 a.m. on 970 AM WBLF radio. The Coaches Corner hotline is 814-272-9700.

Hunters Chase at Foxpointe Phase 7 will feature a grand opening this weekend and will offer new building lots with homes priced between $285,000 to $350,000. Hunters Chase at Foxpointe is conveniently located five minutes west of the Penn State University campus and is close to shopping, parks and the Science Park swimming pool.

S & A Homes (http://www.sahomebuilder.com/state-college-pa-home-builder.asp) has several neighborhoods that have building lots available but you must buy them as part of a new construction home purchase. During the grand opening of Hunters Chase at Foxpointe Phase 7 there will be a ribbon cutting ceremony and a walking tour of the new neighborhood along with food and entertainment.

There are two move-in ready homes for immediate occupancy in Hunters Chase at Foxpointe and they are both Foxwood models priced from $284,900 featuring 4 bedrooms and 2.5 baths.

Please call me for additional information and discuss buyer upgrades in the new homes offered at Hunters Chase at Foxpointe. Or tune in to Top Gun Tim's Coaches Corner radio show every Saturday morning at 9:00 a.m. for the latest in real estate information in Central Pennsylvania. Coaches Corner Radio is a three hour syndicated radio show airing locally on 970 AM WBLF. Call the Coaches Corner hotline at 814-272-9700 to join the discussion.

See the layout below of Hunters Chase at Foxpointe and don't miss the phase 7 Grand Opening.