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I had the pleasure of attending the Grinds of March, 2010 for Washtenaw Biking & Walking Coalition. It was a cold rainy day outside but hot skateboarding to raise funds for the future A2 Skate Park.

O’Hare School of Irish Dance

Hope you have a great St. Patrick’s Day and how could you go wrong with the sun shinning like this?

Wear your green and remember everyone is Irish on St. Patrick’s day.

May the Irish hills caress you..her lakes and rivers bless you.  May the luck of the Irish enfold you & blessings of Saint Patrick behold you.

These facts are true about the Ann Arbor real estate market:

• The closer to campus the more money per square foot will be paid for the property.
• Homes which can be walked/biked from and to campus/downtown are the most desirable (back to the first point).
• Homes which are in good condition sell faster.
• Homes on major thoroughfares take longer to sell or sell for less.
• The more expensive the home, the longer it sits on the market, generally.

We live in an area in which campus and downtown are like lakefront property, there are only so many homes and these homes are limited and the demand is high. The demand will not falter and even after the Ann Arbor market was hit with a major employer pulling out (Pfizer) we did see a softening of the market, but the first to come back are the homes within a mile or two of campus/downtown.

Washington Street

Single Family Homes Sold in Ann Arbor 2009

The graph provides price per square foot for the homes sold with the yellow bar and the lavender bar is the number of homes sold within the area.  Here are the numbers 2009:

Nope, kids it’s not a snow day but the following schools are closed due to power outage:

Haisley

Dicken

Wines

Forsythe

Don’t forget to vote!  You will need a photo id to do so.

Here is the link for your voting location:  http://www.a2gov.org/government/city_administration/City_Clerk/Elections/Pages/WardBoundariesMap.aspx

Are you registered:  http://sos.publius.org/publiussearch/enter_criteria.asp?SearchType=verification&SearchPage=ent_name

Here is a link for a sample ballot:  https://webapps.sos.state.mi.us/mivote/ Also a map if you are not in the city of Ann Arbor.

Remember to vote and vote often!!