Dupont, WA

Within the past few weeks, I have had the opportunity to meet the residents of Dupont, WA. Corey Feldon, a Realtor with Keller Williams and I made it our mission to gather as much information about Dupont. This information has been valuable not only to us, but to our clients looking to make Dupont their home.

Growing up on military bases, it's easy for me to feel at home in Dupont. The streets and common areas are kept prestine. There are no signs of vandalism or neglect. At first glance, it looks as if it is a neighborhood full of homeowners who take great pride in their town. By meeting and talking to individual homeowners, it has become clear to me that it couldn't be closer to the truth.

Dupont is a hotspot for military families. Not only is it close to post, it is far enough from post. This unique balance has been cited as one of the better attributes of this community. Out of the hundreds of people we've come in contact with, we've only met 2 individuals who are not currently in or affiliated with the military.

When Corey and I speak with clients being relocated to the area for military duty, Dupont is always the first subject to come up. It has everything you'd want as a military family. The area is definitely more on the safe side, which for the few we've met who just came back from Iraq, this has been what they appreciated the most.

I look forward to continuing our quest to get a ground level view of what it's like to live in a city like Dupont. Thus far, we've gather an amazing amount of feedback. We can be confident from here on out that for our military relo's, Dupont will be a fine place to live.

Stay tuned for more.....

Construction on the new Steilacoom School District Pioneer Middle School in Dupont started February 2007. The $23.6 million dollar project is right on schedule for the school to open in the fall of 2008.

The new school will be more than three times the size of the old Pioneer Middle School in Steilacoom. The 104,240-square-foot building will sit on a 20-acre site and will boast 18 general classrooms, six science classrooms, a stage/drama classroom, three project team areas, a project team lab, music/band and art rooms, a food lab, two technology labs and much more.

The new school promises to be a great and much needed addition to the Dupont community.

For more information visit here:

http://www.kjmassoc.com/docs/news/shsd/pioneer/exec_summary/JUN07%20New%20Pioneer%20MS%20Project%20Exec%20Summary.pdf

Sandy Nelson
Realtor for Olympia and Dupont Area Real Estate
http://www.sandynelsonrealestate.com/

To many people the two terms "Northwest Landing" and "Dupont" are confusing, as they are freely interchanged. Why then are there two names?

Here's a little history on the two communities which have essentially become one:

The quaint city of Dupont started as a company town with over one hundred houses, a butcher shop and a hotel, built by explosives manufacturer E.I du Pont de Nemours Co. in 1906. The residents were allowed to purchase their homes in 1951, at which time the city was incorporated. The City of Dupont is listed in the National Register of Historic Places.

The Weyerhauser lumber company purchased the area west of Dupont, and in the late 1990s has begun construction on "Northwest Landing", a 3,000-acre planned community, expected to have approximately 12,000 residents by 2010. The vision for Northwest Landing was to create an urban village where economically diverse residents could walk or bike to local restaurants, shops and nearby workplaces, such as Intel Corp., State Farm Insurance, Fort Lewis, or Venture Bank.

Northwest Landing has been designed to mirror Dupont's charming small-town character, distinctive Craftsman architecture and tree-lined streets. Both communities, Northwest Landing and the historic city of Dupont, are expected to grow together into one cohesive community.

Sandy Nelson
Realtor for Olympia area and Dupont real estate
www.sandynelsonrealestate.com