More, Fun, Intown Atlanta Neighborhoods!
Wednesday, April 06, 2011
This is installment number two where we feature unique intown Atlanta neighborhoods; Some well known and some ‘less famous secrets’!
If you go to our Property Search button, then click on ‘Featured Neighborhoods’, you will get a brief ‘thumbnail’ of the community AND, when you click on the name of the neighborhood, you’ll instantly see homes that are currently ‘For Sale’ in the community!
Ansley Park
Located just north of downtown Atlanta in an area ‘bounded’ by Peachtree Street, Beverly Road, Piedmont Road, and 15th Street, Ansley Park is home to some of Atlanta’s most decorated residences and in fact was home to the Georgia Governor’s Mansion for decades. Wide streets and many green areas and small parks provide a quiet oasis within walking distance to the High Museum, Piedmont Park and other desirable venues.
East Point
East Point is a city of approximately 40,000 people just south of downtown Atlanta. It offers a small town feel with big city convenience! Over the last few years, East Point has enjoyed a revitalization of the businesses on the town square, with a number of new shops and restaurants opening. Many neighborhoods, some featuring brick ranches generally built in the 50’s and 60’s and others, especially those closest to the square have historic homes built between the late 1800’s and 1940.
Loring Heights
A cozy neighborhood of approximately 300 homes nestled between Peachtree Street, Northside Drive and Atlantic Station, Loring Heights is convenient to downtown Atlanta to the south and Buckhead to the north. Many residents are young families and singles who enjoy the close proximity of shopping, restaurants and excellent dining.
West End
The West End Historic District contains a rich mixture of architectural styles popular in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Styles include Craftsman bungalows, Victorian, Queen Anne, Colonial Revival, Stick Style and Neoclassical Revival. Today, many of these magnificent homes are being restored and a new sense of community has returned. Located minutes west of downtown Atlanta off I-20 also features new and older commercial pockets.
- Scott Askew
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Four, Fun, Intown Atlanta Neighborhoods!
Wednesday, March 30, 2011
Over the next few weeks we will feature unique intown Atlanta neighborhoods; Some well known and some ‘less famous secrets’!
If you go to our Property Search button, then click on ‘Featured Neighborhoods’, you will get a brief ‘thumbnail’ of the community AND, when you click on the name of the neighborhood, you’ll instantly see homes that are currently ‘For Sale’ in the community!
Enjoy!
Adair Park
Adair Park is considered by most to be ‘bounded’ by Metropolitan Parkway, Lexington Avenue, the Norfolk Southern Railroad line, and Shelton Avenue in an area southwest of downtown Atlanta. A residential neighborhood developed between the 1890s and the 1940s, Adair Park is currently going through re-gentrification and good values can be found for those looking to help recreate this historic neighborhood.
East Atlanta Village
Travel 3 miles east of downtown Atlanta and you run into the diverse, friendly neighborhood with traditional charm that has been called ‘The best kept secret in Atlanta’ by the Washington Post. East Atlanta residents enjoy walking to quaint retail and service businesses, three music venues and many restaurants located in ‘The Village’. Housing remains affordable…for the time being.
Lake Claire
The name ‘Lake Claire’ comes from a combination of two streets incumbent to the area; Lakeshore Drive and Claire Drive, and the area is actually a combination of many old ‘developments’. There is no lake! Quaint bungalows and a fair amount of new development runs throughout the area loosely bounded by Connecticut Avenue/Ridgewood Road to the west, Ponce de Leon/East Lake to the north, Ridgecrest to the east and Dekalb Avenue to the south.
Woodland Hills
Found northeast of downtown Atlanta, Woodland Hills is bounded by LaVista Road to the north, Shepherds Lane to the east, Argonne Way/Arnold Avenue to the south and Arlington Avenue to the west, and features a rich diversity of comfortable, quaint homes, businesses and amenties.
- Scott Askew
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22 Ways To Stay Motivated and HAPPY Every Day of Your Life:
Tuesday, March 22, 2011
1) Be thankful every morning when you wake up—you are alive!
2) Learn to meditate and/or pray, and do it daily.
3) Review your life, annual, and weekly, goals every morning.
4) Focus on what is right in your life, not what is wrong.
5) Perform random acts of kindness.
6) Compliment five people each day.
7) Do something everyday that brings you pure joy.
8) Plan something special for someone you love.
9) Encourage others.
10) Drink lots of water.
11) Eat a high protein diet with lots of vegetables.
12) Get in great physical shape.
13) Limit the amount of television you watch.
14) Listen to music that invigorates you.
15) Plan, and make reservations for, your next holiday.
16) Eliminate negative people and negative energy from your life.
17) Surround yourself with positive people that make you feel good.
18) Quit a bad habit.
19) Focus on the solution, not the problem.
20) Don’t read or listen to the news until the evening. Almost all news is negative.
21) At dinner, announce at least one thing you are thankful for that the day brought you.
22) At bedtime, apologize for what you may have done or said that upset someone and offer forgiveness to those who may have done or said something that hurt you.
- Scott Askew
Posted in: Intown Living
Jury Duty Scam
Wednesday, March 16, 2011
Most of us take summonses for jury duty seriously. But enough people skip out on their civic duty that a new and ominous kind of fraud has surfaced.
The caller claims to be a jury DUTY coordinator. If you protest that you never received a summons for jury duty, the scammer asks you for your Social Security number and date of birth so he or she can verify the information and cancel the arrest warrant. Give out any of this information and bingo, your identity was just stolen.
The fraud has been reported so far in 11 states, including Oklahoma, Illinois, Colorado, Arizona, and more. This swindle is particularly insidious because they use intimidation over the phone to try to bully people into giving information by pretending they are with the court system.
The FBI and the Federal Court System have issued nationwide alerts on their web sites warning consumers about the fraud. Check it out here:
http://www.fbi.gov/page2/june06/jury_scams060206.htm
And here:
http://www.snopes.com/crime/fraud/juryduty.asp
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