Holiday up next: Valentines Day! Have a sweet time in Olde Town Arvada on February 4, at the 10th annual Chocolate Affair, a benefit for the Ralston House. From 11:00 until 3:00, chocolate takes the spotlight in *events like: Taste of Chocolate - Drop by the D-Note Restaurant, on Grandview, and DiCicco’s Banquet Room, on Olde Wadsworth Blvd. between [...]
Home Loan with $500 Down
If you’d like to buy a house but don’t have a hefty down payment, you’ll be interested in this. I happened to be chatting with a rep at my local Key Bank and they said, “You might be interested to know we offer home loans with $0 down.” I said, “Sure you do, but I’m [...]
West Arvada – Ranch-Style Executive Home For Sale or Lease
NOTE: This home has been leased Sprawling ranch-style home nestled in a gorgeous setting within the popular west Arvada private community of Rainbow Ridge. Vaulted ceilings grace every room on the main floor and massive windows drench this home with sunlight and invite your gaze to southern views. Great spaces for entertaining – both [...]
How Christmas Trees Live Forever
It’s true Christmas trees can live forever – it’s all about the power of mulch, baby! The City of Arvada had drop off sites for post-Christmas trees, as did most of the communities nearby. Now, those trees have been shredded into mulch and are ready to be picked up and used by enterprising [...]
Best Things to do Denver to Boulder: Hike Arvada this Winter
Winter Arvada Hike with Councilmember Mark Mcgoff Update: City of Arvada posted an update on Facebook today, January 6: Meet at Creekside Park, 59th and Pierce Street. Hike Ralston Creek Trail east to Gold Strike Park, onto Clear Creek Trail for a short distance, and return to start point. I got the following announcement on [...]
White Christmas Between Denver and Boulder
If you don’t live in Colorado you might think, “What’s the big deal – don’t they always have a white Christmas between Denver and Boulder?” Short answer – no. In fact, we rarely have a white Christmas. ’White’ is generally classified as enough snow on the ground that you can’t see grass. And while we [...]
Big Cat Sanctuary – Just North of Denver, East of Arvada
The hubby and I took a quick trip to the northeast of Denver for our first visit to The Wild Animal Sanctuary in early September of this year. It was an amazing experience, I’m so glad we finally ‘discovered’ this place after living in Arvada for so many years. There are hundreds of lions, tigers, [...]
Joetta’s Real Estate Newsletter December 2011
Joetta’s Neighborhood Newsletter December, 2011 To All My Friends & Neighbors – Greetings! I hope you had a great Thanksgiving, and your plans for the rest of the holiday season right through New Year Day will bring you peace, love and warmth. I very much enjoy this time of year, and our weather certainly [...]
Another Real Estate Myth: Lenders Aren’t Lending?
I keep seeing the statement in blog posts and elsewhere, ‘lenders aren’t lending’, and ‘banks need to get back to the business of banking‘. But over the course of my life, I’ve come to realize that often time, often-repeated ‘truisms’ are often wrong. And in this case, it doesn’t seem true to me that ‘lenders [...]
Best Places Arvada CO – Arvada Beer Company
I’ve been to breweries before, that were basically a restaurant that served their own beers. So it was a pleasant surprise when I stopped in at Arvada Beer Company a couple of days ago, to find a unique place sure to become a well-loved favorite hangout for locals. The owner, Cary Floyd, took a few minutes to chat [...]
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