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Home of the Week in Lake of the Woods
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FAAR to Host Professional Clothing Drive for Area Non-Profits
The Fredericksburg Area Association of REALTORS® (FAAR) has partnered with several local non-profit organizations to host a professional clothing drive. The clothing drive will support ProjectLINK, Beauty for Ashes, Empowerhouse, Hope House, and Mary’s Shelter....
407 Fauquier Street Landscaped by Phillip Watson
By Susan Larson
A front porch and a rear sun room bookend this Drive By Gem on Fauquier Street in downtown Fredericksburg.
Philip Watson, horticulturist, landscape designer and host of QVC’s “Cottage Farms,” designed the yard.
Drive By Gem: Victorian Home Overlooks Kenmore
By Susan Larson
I love when a Drive By Gem is true to its name. It’s a unique home for sale I discover while running errands in the car. I’m simply driving around the Fredericksburg area when — Wow!
Drive By Gem: 1929 Home in College Terrace
By Susan Larson
It was the combination of the manicured landscaping, the steel gray exterior and the red front door that caught my eye in the College Terrace neighborhood, making 801 Mortimer Ave. my choice for this installment of “Drive By Gem.”
Originally built in 1929, the 2,340 square-foot home has four bedrooms and two bathrooms. The kitchen and second bathroom — which includes a six-foot claw foot tub — have been updated. The attic is finished, but not the basement.
Drive By Gem: Park View on Mary Ball Street
By Susan Larson
Stonewall Heights Subdivision Planned on Lafayette Blvd.
By Susan Larson
Plans are underway to build a new subdivision along Lafayette Boulevard in Fredericksburg.
Stonewall Heights, planned as 12 single-family detached lots, would be located on 3.3 acres east of Lafayette Boulevard between Morningside Drive and Braehead Drive.
Public comments and questions on the project are being accepted through Monday, April 21, via email to [email protected]
Drive By Gem: 1319 Augustine Avenue
By Susan Larson
The cute Cape Cod on a corner lot at 1319 Augustine Ave. in the College Heights neighborhood of Fredericksburg is deceiving.
Driving by, it looks like a cute little house. The charming front porch, dormer windows and stone work around the front door caught my eye. The house, however, is much larger than it looks from the street.
Drive By Gem: 1308 Caroline Street
By Susan Larson
The home at 1308 Caroline St. is lovely. The front porch with white rocking chairs, a swing, plants, flowers and wind chimes is inviting. But there is much more than first meets the eye.
The House of Milk and Honey Opening in Fredericksburg
By Susan Larson
Azadeh Rahmani has long wanted to open a shop of antiques and vintage finds. “That alone seem[ed] far fetched, but the fact that I wanted it to be in a historic district made it even more far fetched,” she said. “Then I wanted my shop to be in a charming house with a front porch and a little yard — and with all these aspects everyone told me it was impossible and I would eventually have to settle in some regard.”
Second Quarter Retail Vacancy Rate Improves, Tax Revenues Mixed
By Susan Larson
Fredericksburg’s retail vacancy rate dropped to 6.2 percent in the three months ending June 30, 2014, according to Fredericksburg’s Department of Economic Development and Tourism. It was 7.7 percent for the same period in 2013.
Retail sales tax revenues dropped 1.8 percent and lodging tax revenues dropped 1.3 percent over the same period last year. Meals tax revenue was up 1.4 percent.
Fredericksburg Housing Sales Down
By Susan Larson
Housing sales in Fredericksburg (22401) were down in August 2014 over the same period a year ago, according to statistics released by RealEstate Business Intelligence, LLC.
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