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Leavenworth Front Street Gets Facelift

Long time readers will remember back in 2009 when we first announced that Leavenworth was planning an eastern entrance to Leavenworth’s commercial district on Front St.   Thanks to lots of hard work and some grant money, it looks like that vision is coming to fruition.   The downtown street reconstruction began on April 2, 2012. According to the City of Leavenworth:   Selland …

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Buying Land in Leavenworth | Waiting for Spring Thaw

Starting in December of every year we get buyers who tell us that they have decided to start shopping for a parcel in Leavenworth or Lake Wenatchee to build a cabin or dream home on. Unfortunately, we get a bunch of snow in Leavenworth and winter isn’t a great time to look at land.  It’s hard to find boundary markers and surveyor’s pins under …

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Mitt Romney Doesn’t Buy His Home Insurance at Wa...

The following is a Guest Post by Eric Kossian of Leavenworth Insurance Eric Kossian, Leavenworth Insurance When an affluent person buys homeowner’s insurance their lifestyle demands that they have home insurance that matches their lifestyle. For starters, an affluent client has a larger more expensive home ($400K market value+) that should be insured with no cap on replacement cost instead of limited “extended replacement” on 95% …

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Will Your Leavenworth Home Insurance Go Down?

  State Agency Grants Some In Leavenworth New Lower Fire Insurance Rating (The following is a guest post by Eric Kossian of Leavenworth Insurance)   Some Leavenworth area residents will benefit from Fire Chief Kelly O’Brien’s successful effort to have the rating agency for fire protection classifications reevaluate Fire District #3.   Chief O’Brien was able to prove that those county residents that reside …

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Our New Years Blog Resolutions

As 2011 comes to  a close, many of us look towards the new year with hope and promise. For many, New Year’s resolutions are a way to make a list of things we want to do better, to try again, or to try for the very first time. Photo courtesy of Daniel Moyle As this blog continues to evolve over the years (has it …

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Cashmere Real Estate | Sold Homes October 2011

. In October, only one condo sold in Cashmere. . . 111 Whitebirch Place Unit C, Cashmere List price: $200,000.  Sold price: $200,000. Days on Market:54 3 bedrooms | 1.75 bath | 1876 sqft | A newer set of townhome style condos in a residential neighborhood close to the schools.  This home was on the multiple listing service before it went under contract.  It might have been a For …

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Banff Film Fest : Leavenworth 2011

We are proud to announce that once again we are the title sponsor of the Banff Film Festival in Leavenworth. Thanks so much to the Leavenworth Winter Sports Club for putting together the show. Both Allyson and Geordie have been fans of the Banff Film Fest for years – it is a wonderful combination of two of our favorite things, cinema and outdoor adventure. …

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Icicle Creek Road Open October 8 2011

According to a recent press release from the USFS: Icicle Creek Road (FS Rd #76) on the Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest will reopen to motorized traffic October 8, in time for the Columbus Day holiday weekend. Icicle Creek Road has been closed beyond Ida Creek because of extensive slides and flooding that destroyed the roadbed in 2008. All major construction is complete on a new …

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Occupy Leavenworth

The movement to Occupy Wall Street has been much in the news over the past few weeks and now it looks like there is a movement to Occupy Leavenworth. In solidarity with our Bavarian brothers in Munich, citizens and beer drinkers from all over Washington State are descending on Leavenworth over the next two weekends.  Giant tents have been erected next to the Festhalle …

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Ira Finklestein Movie Trailer

Earlier this year, Leavenworth was the setting for the movie production of “Ira Finklestein’s Christmas.”  A number of Leavenworth residents took part as extras, the Cascade High School band played in a Christmas parade, and Leavenworth the town was transformed into “Christmas Town.” The production company at Von Piglet Productions just released the trailer – let us know if you see anyone you know …

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