About York County, VA

Free Home Buyers Workshop on Thursday, Sept. 25

Freddie Mac, BB&T Bank and the York County Virginia Department of Community Services/Housing Division are partnering to sponsor a "Get the Facts: Dispelling the Myths of Homeownership" workshop.

The future home buyer workshop is to be held Thursday, Sept. 25, 2008 from 6:30 - 8:00 p.m. at the Yorktown Library, 8500 George Washington Memorial Hwy (Rt. 17), in Yorktown, VA.

Attend this free "Get the Facts" workshop to learn what it takes to become a homeowner. There will be no confusing jargon, no fine print and no sales pitch, just the information you need to better understand your path to homeownership.

For more information, contact the York County Housing and Neighborhood Revitalization Division of the Department of Community Services at 757-890-3885.

Three neighborhoods in York County VA. have received the 2008 Neighborhood of the Year award.

Villages of Kiln Creek Homeowners' Association received the award for Safety. The Kiln Creek association was chosen for numerous initiatives that have or soon will result in improved safety for their community, including successfully reducing the level of speeding and hit and run incidents in the neighborhood by posting additional signs about the fines associated with speeding, and installing security cameras to monitor the area and deter would-be criminals.

Kiln Creek also holds regular crime watch meetings and has started an email list to enable crime watch captains and residents to share information when anything happens in the neighborhood.

Running Man Community Association's was selected for the Neighborhood Cooperation and Spirit award. The Running Man association holds many successful community events throughout the year, including a Bicycle Rodeo, an Annual Easter Egg Hunt, Halloween Parade, Annual Yard Sale, block parties and at Christmastime, the Luminary Gift to the County, in which almost 100 percent of the homes participate.

In addition to scheduled community events, residents of the Running Man community are often seen running and walking in their neighborhood, waving hello to neighbors working in their yards. Many neighbors are involved with the Neighborhood Watch program, and several are very active in county service.

Yorkshire Downs Master Association received the award for Beautification. Over the past year, Yorkshire Downs' Board of Directors has actively pursued all options within the budget to increase the aesthetics of the community. As well as undertaking ongoing maintenance and repairs within the community, the association has restored a number of areas such as the club house, swimming pool, bridge and retention pond.

One of the larger projects included the installation of new playgrounds and lighting at both the swimming pool and town homes locations. But the largest and most impressive single project is the installation of a walking pier and reinforcement of a bulk head behind Clydesdale Drive. The intention of this installation was to reduce severe shoreline erosion, which has become quite a hazardous issue for residents over time. The walking pier is not only a creative resolution to safety-related problems, but also serves to further improve the appearance of the community.

The York County Virginia Neighborhood of the Year awards program were initiated in 2002 following a request by several homeowner associations to recognize and highlight the efforts of the county's homeowners to improve their communities.

I applaud all of these communities for their awards. Being a board member and active volunteer in my own neighborhood Windsor Forest) in Williamsburg/ James City County VA. I understand how difficult it can be to get things accomplished in a neighborhood.

This image is of the Pocahontas window given in 1887, in part, by Native American students from Hampton Normal and Agricultural Institute, now Hampton University, who participated in the life of the parish of St. john's.

St. John's Church is the oldest English-speaking parish in America, founded in 1610. The church of St. John's is a 1728 worship building displaying beautiful colonial brickwork. There have been three parish sites before this current site dating to 1728.

This image was created using Photomatix Pro 3 from 5 exposures +/- 2 stops in 1 stop increments.

Named after the neighborhood in the movie

classic, "It's A Wonderful Life", life here today is

best described as simple, clean and safe. Today a neighborhood of 71 single-family

homes (Bailey Park) now surrounds an attractive

housing development for seniors (Sinclair

Commons). The neighborhood appears as if it

was taken out of a storybook. The streets are

tree-lined with lamppost lighting and each home

has an inviting wraparound porch which

encourages neighbors to talk to each other.

Bailey Park and Sinclair Commons respond to

the need for quality single family and senior

housing while at the same time eliminating

blight! Come see what "It's A Wonderful Life"

looks like in the Millennium!

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Elizabeth Lake Estates is a well established

community of 319 homes with approximately

1/3 of the homes bordering waterways leading to

the Hampton Roads harbor with access to the

Chesapeake Bay. In 2005, Elizabeth Lake Estates

was selected as the Virginia Statewide Neighborhood

Conference "Neighborhood of the Year" in

recognition of their volunteerism. You will tour

this trailblazing community, which has led the

way, and continues to lead the way. Leadership,

innovation and a can-do spirit are the hallmark

of this neighborhood. Elizabeth Lake was the

first covenant community in Virginia and the

first to incorporate a cul-de-sac design. This

design fosters the opportunity for neighbors to

get acquainted and stay

connected. This neighborhood

blazed the trial for older

covenant communities when

it became the first in

Hampton to incorporate a

service district that allowed

association fees to be incorporated

into property tax assessments.

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their on-going initiatives including participation

in an oyster restoration project to clean the

waterways of the Chesapeake Bay and innovative

programs to maintain their community pool.

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contact:

John Womeldorf/ REALTOR

Liz Moore & Associates 757 254 8136

John@MrWilliamsburg.com email

www.MrWilliamsburg.com/ Williamsburg VA Real Estate website

www.MrBurg.com Williamsburg Va Real Estate website

www.MrHamptonroads.com/ Hampton Roads Va Real Estate website

www.MrTidewater.com/ Tidewater VA Real Estate website

www.MrVaBeach.com/ Va Beach Va Real Estate website

Williamsburg Real Estate Resource. Search for Homes & Land for sale in Williamsburg Virginia & surrounding areas click here :CLICK HERE WILLIAMSBURG VA MLS HOME SEARCH

CLICK HERE FOR Real Estate Home Search Tidewater Hampton Roads Va

My other area Real Estate and Information Blogs for Hampton Roads/ Tidewater/ Williamsburg Virignia and surrounding areas

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