Panoply & WhisteStop 2016 coming up

Just letting you know ahead of time that Panoply & WhistleStop Festivals are coming up soon. Wonderful arts celebration known as Panoply will be starting April 29th and last from Friday through Sunday. Additional information on ticket prices, hours, and other questions can be found at the link: Panoply Information.

On May 6-7th (Friday & Saturday), the WhistleStop Festival will be going on at the Historic Huntsville Depot. Music and Food awaits. As per the WhistleStop website, proceeds benefit EarlyWorks Children's Museum and educational programs. For more information please click on the link: WhistleStop Information.

As Spring is settling in, let's enjoy these sunny and warm temperatures while they last.

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Listings & News

Just a short post for today before helping clients with new construction in a new subdivision. A few of our listings are below and another list Huntsville has landed on.

120 River Run Lane

Listing Courtesy of Keller Williams Realty

$ 249,000

11 Crumrine Place

Listing Courtesy of Keller Williams Realty

$ 15,000

368 Research Station Blvd

Listing Courtesy of Keller Williams Realty

$ 149,000

137 High Coach Way

Listing Courtesy of Keller Williams Realty

$ 329,900

More Accolades for Huntsville: Huntsville landed on The Most Educated Cities in 2016 by Value Penguin. For a complete look check out the link.


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Excellent new article from Only In Your State website, Geeky hangouts, and Panoply 2016 Information

Short post for today. The article is titled "13 Reasons To Drop Everything And Move To This One Alabama City". Wonderful pictures to go with the article.

Also AL.com put out the Geekiest Hangouts and Events in Huntsville slideshow. Take a look. It really shows how the area has different cultural activities and hobbies.

"Panoply Reflections" by local watercolor artist Starr Weems was a fantastic choice for Arts Huntsville to commission to do the Panoply Poster for 2016. Make sure you check out her work at http://www.starrweems.com/index.html

Lastly, a list of Panoply acts have been revealed for 2016. Take a look at AL.com's article.

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2016 Home Trends are Posted on many Websites

As Spring is almost here and many websites have their 2016 interior home trends for everyone to see. There are some ideas that cross everyone's mind while there are some new and different. What does everyone else think?  Links are below for everyone to read and compare.

Yahoo's 9 Home Design Trends to Ditch
Paint company Behr's color trends of 2016
Improvenet 7 Kitchen Cabinet Trends to Watch in 2016
Pinterest Hottest Home Trends of 2016
Elle Decor's 10 Home Decor Trends that will be huge in 2016
National Association of Realtors Design Trends to Watch in 2016
Houzz 25 Design Trends in 2016



Also Huntsville.org has gotten a website redesign. They are the Huntsville Madison County Tourism website.

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Google Fiber & Lumber Liquidators

Its been a rainy and wet start to the week. But there's been some important news to come out. Great news for the city of Huntsville and some informational awareness for everyone to take note of.

First Huntsville has been selected as the next city in Google Fiber's implementation. The press release from the city of Huntsville can be found here. This is great news for a city that's always on the edge of technological advancement. Also Huntsville will be the first city to have constructed its own fiber network. All other cities have had Google come in and build the physical network from the ground up. Additional articles can be found here: Motherboard, Fortune Magazine, USA Today.

The other story is about Lumber Liquidators. In the past they were in the news concerning formaldehyde. This report from the CDC builds off that report and notes that Chinese made laminate does have a higher risk of causing cancer. AL.com's news story can be found here with additional links to other information associated with this news.

We will keep you updated on these stories.

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Huntsville named on Best Mid-sized Cities to Move to Make a Living

Once again, Huntsville has landed on a Best Of list. This time the list is Best Mid-sized Cities to Move to Make a Living. This list was put out by MoneyGeek.com. This list places Huntsville at #3. Also included on the list: #8 Cincinnati, #10 Raleigh, and #13 Minneapolis. Their rankings for Mid Sized cities includes some cities outside of the normal Census Bureau's definition for Mid Sized, which is less than 250,000 people. With these Best of lists, Huntsville continues to affirm is place as a wonderful place to live.


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Huntsville, Alabama claims another accolade

Huntsville, Alabama has another feather in its cap after Livability made Huntsville its #1 pick for Most Affordable Place to Live for 2016. Huntsville outpaced Provo, UT; Bismarck, ND; and Rochester, MN. Huntsville has held its place in many of Livability's best places lists. Click above to read Livability's article on the Top 10 Affordable Places to Live for 2016.

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