Great Neighborhoods. Asheville, NC Real Estate Information
The Neighborhood. Sure-fire remedy for the "cookie cutter" blues, the tedium of crowded highways, long commutes, and weight-gain.. .. Neighborhoods with "...attractive housing designs and lots of interesting innovation in the use of land and space," can cure distress, according to one source.
My colleague, Sharon Simms suggests, "Talk to the neighbors, walk around the area. Ask questions. There are lots of wonderful places to live...."
Yes indeed asserts Dan Burden the Director of Walkable Communities, Inc. And not just neighborhoods, but bikable, walkable communities. "In my visits to over 1,000 communities," says Burden, " working with nearly 40,000 community leaders and concerned citizens, I have found a universal desire for healthy, walkable, interactive, traffic-calmed neighborhood streets. This goal is equally true whether the person in the audience is a fire administrator, engineer, planner, developer, REALTOR®, retailer, waitress, elected official, construction worker or school teacher. ...well-designed, healthy neighborhood streets serve to pump life into neighborhoods. They increase the number of people watching out for one another, the number of people walking and the sense of community. These streets are built with vision, patience, love, common sense, teamwork and openness, and are quickly recognized for their beauty, durability and harmony... . "
When I think of The Neighborhood, I imagine ice cream socials, welcoming living spaces, planned community organic gardens, evening strolls on tree-lined sidewalks. Family. Friends. It's a very attractive picture, I am sure you'll agree, And that's why we want to share images and stories of our neighborhoods here in the Greater Asheville area with you. We are setting aside time each week to journey to a neighborhood, to take pictures, , to explore the lore of days gone by and to talk with the folks who live there now and to share their sentiments about the neighborhood with you. You will find a new chapter each week at Localism.COM ... Localism: Asheville, NC Real Estate Information-North Carolina
Please come along with us via Localism to find meaningful real estate information, not just demographics and listings, get perspective on local real estate markets and catch the flavor of the many treasured neighborhoods and charming communities in the Greater Asheville, North Carolina area. Through our photos and stories, we invite you to take part in the celebrations, feel the cool mountain breezes, enjoy the people and pets who wander in and out of the snapshots we'll take along the way. We wish for you communities such as these. ... soft summer days turning into crisp autumn mornings, the aroma of good things to eat lingering in the air, a sense of place and community where aging gracefully is tied to neighborhood relationships, Saturday morning coffee, bake sales, and wonderful new "Healthy Built Homes" or grand places under "Renovation in Progress" signs. And now please select Localism: Asheville, NC Real Estate Information-North Carolina and Our Neighborhoods. - Montford. (coming Sunday)
Great Neighborhoods. Asheville, NC Real Estate Information - Montford.
What happened to side walks, and trees. They are not around but the cookie cutter subdivisions are.
We need to promote more places for exersice in the neighborhoods and then you have the automatic neighborhood watch back.
and I agree...
trees, trees, trees, please....a
nd sidewalks for our families.
As you know, I read your BLOG every week. This is an example of why I do. When you say we invite you to take part in the celebrations, feel the cool mountain breezes, enjoy the people and pets who wander in and out of the snapshots we'll take along the way. We wish for you communities such as these. ... soft summer days turning into crisp autumn mornings, the aroma of good things to eat lingering in the air, a sense of place and community where aging gracefully is tied to neighborhood relationships, Saturday morning coffee, bake sales, and wonderful new "Healthy Built Homes" or grand places under "Renovation in Progress" signs. And now please select Localism: Asheville, NC Real Estate Information-North Carolina and Our Neighborhoods. - I want to visit Montford.