Lake Forest Park WA Community Info:

Lake Forest Park WA is full of natural beauty and is all in all just a wonderful community! It is a great alternative to city living, but still close enough in to take full advantage of all Seattle has to offer.

Here are some of the Lake Forest Park WA things you may not have known:

• Speeding STRONGLY discouraged with many speed traps and camera tickets especially around schools.
  
• Hybrid drivers welcome!
  
• Lots of trees!
  
• Farmers Market
  
• Beach Access even if not deeded through one of the private clubs through public park

Want to know more about Lake Forest Park Wa and Lake Forest Park Living?

Here is a link to a Lake Forest Park Community Guide:

Lake Forest Park WA Living

You can also find more info here:

Lake Forest Park Blog

Lake Forest Park Photo Enforcement Speed Cameras...

You should never speed anyway, but anyone knows that there are two places you should know you will be caught speeding in: Seattle Suburbs Brier WA and Lake Forest Park WA. It is practically common knowledge for anyone living there or even driving through. Well Lake Forest Park has come up with a great tool to make sure to keep would be speeders in check - cameras that video tape speeders in school zones.

From the City of Lake Forest Park WA website -

"Lake Forest Park launches photo enforcement program
to reduce speed violations in school zones

To increase pedestrian and vehicle safety in Lake Forest Park, the City is launching a new "photo enforcement program" aimed at reducing speed violations in school zones on NE 178th Street and 35th Avenue NE.

The cameras will operate between 7:00 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. on weekdays. The cameras will monitor both directions of traffic in school zones. Only vehicles that exceed the school zone speed limit of 20 mph will be photographed and videotaped."

So there you have it! Keep Lake Forest Park homes wonderful and keep our streets safe!

Sheridan Beach Real Estate in the Seattle Suburb of Lake Forest Park, Washington - this is a wonderful Seattle waterfront neighborhood!

Sheridan Beach is right across from the Lake Forest Park Towne Centre in the heart of Lake Forest Park WA - it is a small waterfront community with some amazing homes! The waterfront Sheridan Beach homes in Lake Forest Park are on the banks of Lake Washington and have wonderful low to no bank water frontage. The other homes in Sheridan Beach are all also close to not only the water, but the Burke Gilman trail and all that lake Forest Park has to offer.

Wondering what it might cost to get into Sheridan Beach in Lake Forest Park? Sheridan Beach real estate has a large range due to the nature of its boundaries to the East and West. On the West side is Bothell Highway and there are Sheridan Beach homes available starting in the $350,000 range from time to time, but only a couple blocks over is Lake Washington and waterfront Sheridan Beach homes start in the low million range and up. You can get a really nice Lake Forest Park lakefront home in Sheridan Beach for under 1.5 million.

Sheridan Beach is a great neighborhood to choose when looking at Lake Forest Park real estate if you enjoy the outdoors and want to be close to both the lake and the trail for walking, biking, and more. Having the Town Centre right across the street helps, too, and a car can actually become unnecessary in this neighborhood! The Burke Gilman trail runs all the way into Seattle and interconnects with other trails both North and South of Lake Forest Park.

The Town Centre has grocery, restaurant, banks, coffee, videos, book store, pet store, library, cafe, Subway, and more. In addition, there is a seasonal farmer's market and city hall is right there, too! Lake Forest Park has a lot to offer and is a pretty easy commute to Seattle! Sheridan Beach is one of Lake Forest Park's fabulous neighborhoods and has some great perks!

Courtney Cooper, Cooper Jacobs Real Estate Services 206-251-5948

The City of Lake Forest Park is known for its natural beauty and settings and also for its amazing gardens! The filtered lighting through the trees is an ideal place to raise some of the most beautiful plantings. Here is some of the info the city is putting out on the latest Garden Tour this month:

"The Secret Gardens of Lake Forest Park garden tour is one terrific garden tour," said Ciscoe Morris.

"The 2009 Lake Forest Park Garden Tour includes special gardens. This year the gardens will foster your imagination and your creativity."

Ciscoe Morris of News Talk 97.3 KIRO FM will be broadcasting from the Lake Forest Park Towne Centre on June 20, 2009 between 10 am and 1 pm followed by live music until 4 pm. Ciscoe Morris will be broadcasting from the Plant Sale in the lower level of the Towne Centre.

Advance ticket sales for the Secret Gardens of Lake Forest Park are $12.

According to the city, you can purchase tickets at the Towne Centre at Two Trading Tigers, Wildbirds Unlimited and at the Farmers Market.

Are you interested in Lake Forest Park homes with big gardening spaces? You can find all kinds of Lake Forest Park living and Lake Forest Park real estate info our site! Free MLS Searches and no registration plus community information for Seattle suburbs and neighborhoods.

Third Place Books is changing their hours beginning 4/1:

Lake Forest Park's community gemstone is changing their hours beginning April 1st - This is a great place to go hang out, shop or browse, and more and has been a center of Lake Forest Park living for quite some time!

Here are the new hours starting in April:

Monday thru Friday: 9AM to 10PM

Saturday: 8AM - 10PM

Sunday 9AM to 8PM

Third Place Books is just a wonderful book store and so much more. They always have a great selection, good prices, and have been very accommodating in the past with helping us find anything we are looking for. With the Honey Bear Bakery right there, too, it is just a great place to hang out and have breakfast, lunch or just a latte.

Lake Forest Park Real Estate: Cooper Jacobs Real Estate Services lfp@cooperjacobs.com