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The Library Journal has published a survey which names the Ann Arbor District Library as one of the top ten in the country in its budget bracket. Rankings are based on various measurements of usage, including checkouts, visits to the building and program attendance. 7,115 libraries werer evaluated. For more information of the study, go to libraryjournal.com.
We have a tremendous resource in our midst. Barbara is a Sales Associate with our East Ann Arbor office and something of an expert on how to save lots of money on your shopping bills. The Ann Arbor News wrote about her in their A2 Shopaholic section and blog this week. For lots of great tips and serious savings please read the entire article here–
Click to read the article.
Local Residents can take advantage of the Soil Conservation District Spring Conservation Plant Sale right now. Many of the trees, scrubs, and plants around my house came from this sale. It is a great opportunity if you are a gardener and you would like to start with smaller young plants.
I have always had success with the plants I purchased.
SPRING CONSERVATION PLANTS SALE CLOSES MARCH 18
Orders for trees, shrubs, and planting aids through the Conservation
District’s Spring 2009 Conservation Plants sale will be accepted through
March 18. Order deadline for ferns, wildflower & prairie grass plants
is APRIL 30. Order forms are available at the District Office and on
the District web site, www.washtenawcd.org Click on the Spring Tree
Sale link in the “What’s New” box. For questions about the tree sale,
please contact the District office via phone at: (734) 761-6721 X 5..
Frank McVeigh
Sales Manager
The Charles Reinhart Company
2452 E. Staduim Blvd.
Ann Arbor, MI 48104
734 971 6070 office
734 747 7880 fax
734 669 5892 voice mail
734 646 4995 cell
fmcveigh@reinhartrealtors.com
A HAPPY POSITIVE UPBEAT ODE TO SNOW
(or so I thought…)
In November it snowed and the ground was covered
It was so pretty to see
The landscape so white and snowdrifts just right
I thought what a nice place to be.
In December the snow was still coming down
I loved it for Christmas- it’s true!
It was so picture perfect and really quite worth it
The shoveling that we had to do.
Between Christmas and New Year’s the stuff was still there
That’s okay it can stay
Until January 2 when there’s nothing to do
But pay bills and feel cold every day.
The middle of February brings more of that snow
and more and more and more
the shoveler gets weary, his assistant less cheery
as we dig our way out of the door.
It melted- hooray I say on this day
The brown grass reminds me that soon
With this idea of spring we will see everything
As green as a warm day in June
HAHA! Not so fast there’s still a blast
That blankets the world with a storm
You thought it was safe to go back outside
Did you really think it was warm?
I’m sick of the snow! I can’t take it no mo’
I’m trying so hard to be fun,
When winter winds down and there’s no ice around
I’ll give thanks to the Gods of the sun.
The residents and businesses in Saline are banding together to support each other during these tough times. Click here to read about the first annual Saline Merchants Fair, which is designed to showcase the great resources that are available in Saline, and to give families a fun way to spend a day.
http://www.salinereporter.com/stories/021909/loc_20090219004.shtml
When kids are the cause…
Everyone bowls a perfect game!
Bowl for Kids’ Sake is the Big Brothers Big Sisters of Washtenaw signature fundraising event. It is a great way to help kids right here in our community and to have fun at the same time.
Unlike most bowl-a-thons, when you bowl for kids sake, the score doesn’t matter! The bowling party is just their way of saying thank you to all who helped raise money.
Please join The Charles Reinhart Company Realtors and Big Brothers Big Sisters and bowl for Kids Sake on Saturday, April 4, 2009. Click the link below for more information on the event and how to register your team.
http://www.bbbswashtenaw.org/3448/index.html
President Obama will sign the economic stimulus package into law today, February 17, 2009. Included within is a huge bonus to home buyers, a tax credit of $8,000 that does not require repayment. It surpasses the 2008 tax credit of $7500 that did require repayment. That credit will now be sunseted by this new legislation
The applicable time frame is on purchases from January 1st, 2009 through November 30, 2009. It is limited to 1st time home buyers and those who haven’t owned a home in at least 3-years and requires a 3-year holding period. The holding period is meant as a safeguard against speculators. Details on how one applies for this credit are still to be determined and expected to emerge over the coming days.
This is great news for many and combined with high inventories and low interest rates provides powerful incentives to take the plunge and buy a house now!
In yet another first for Ann Arbor, Forbes.com has named us as the best college sports town in America. Other finalists were Palo Alto, CA (No. 2), Madison, WI (No. 3), State College, PA (No. 4) and Bloomington, IN (No. 10).
The award was based on a number of considerations, including the overall excellence of the University of Michigan athletic department and the stadium, the quality of the city and it’s cultural activities and public school system, and the low crime rate and affordable housing in comparison to the other 50 cities that were ranked.
Hooray for Ann Arbor!
Good Morning!
I had sincerely thought since I left this week’s gig to the last minute that I would peruse the newspaper and find some real live good news to share with you guys (and save my rear end at the same time.) I have to tell you the absolute truth- there was nothing that made me think woohoo the people at Reinhart REALLY need to know this. Seriously! Every headline made me cringe, turn the page or just was the whole thing up and toss it. C’mon Ann Arbor News, there’s gotta be something we can be proud of! So I have taken it upon myself once again to make up some Good News. (Well, not made up as in pretending it’s good but dammit, it’s some Good News to, for and about us…). In the spirit of keeping up our spirits, I’ll just have to give you a little insight into the darker side of the Awards Banquet (from the OTHER side of the Coke glasses and the Reinhart Idol table…)
1. The managers had absolutely no idea they were going to be called upon to showcase their, uh, talents. I swear…
2. Ronda was the original Paula Abdul but I said I would do it when I realized I could write my script and not make any sense whatsoever.
3. Jennifer Fry had a really bad cold that day so her voice was deeper than usual and it worked out perfectly to be the imperious Simon.
4. All songs were carefully handpicked for each manager’s personality by Admin under the directorship of Paula “Ryan Seacrest” Bowman. But we all had a LOT of fun with the selections.
5. Songs that were brought up but discarded were I Like Big Butts, I’m Too Sexy for My Shirt, We Shall Overcome and Brick House. (Don’t ask me which songs were going to go to who. I am sworn to secrecy…)
6. There were alternative “kiddie” songs if the contestant did not know or did not want to do the song they were assigned. We picked really lame ones so they would want to sing the song they were assigned.
7. Amy got to be Randy because she could imitate the Dawg without missing a beat. She was the first one cast.
8. Dave, Bill and Marcia were also totally unaware of the fate that would befall them that day.
9. If you left after the Admin skit (and you know who you are, I hope you are feeling guilty at this very moment), you missed another FANTASTIC stand up performance by Saline’s very own Rick Mangan. The man has another career should he ever decide real estate just isn’t fast paced enough for him.
10. We have the whole thing on video. :o)
Have a great day!
P.S. Aren’t those unusually good green beans at Barton Hills? We always rave about them. My girls think I am demented to go on and on about green beans but you must admit to this phenomonon.
Susan
Reinhart’s Relocation Department has always been head and shoulders above the rest in our market, but in case anyone didn’t know it…they will now.
The first edition of “Great News from Ann Arbor Michigan” was delivered to email boxes all over the country last week. The congratulatory feedback was immediate and has been streaming in ever since. The department plans to publish on a regular basis and let the world know the greater Ann Arbor area is a great place to live. In the past year the city has been included on quite a few lists of Best Places and the team plans to highlight a different accolade in each edition.
Congratulations to the members of the department, Susan Kellam, Leslie Smith, Jennifer Fry and Susan Marlette, for another year of outstanding service to their customers!
Graphic arts for the piece were done by Mary Cox.
