Displaying blog entries 1411-1420 of 1876
The Sandy Planning Commission has approved the land use application for the new construction of the Sandy High School. Details can be found here from a recent Sandy Post article. Trees will start coming down soon. This quick approval will save thousands by getting started in the dry summer season vs. delays in the fall!
Most locals didn't even feel it but the short shake on May 14th just past noon was a 3.0 earthquake according to USGS. I was sitting down at the time and it did give a little movement. It felt as if a very large truck was driving by and shaking the windows.
Details can be found at the USGS website on this quake.
This Zig Zag Riverfront Cabin just hit the market at a very affordable price of $124,000. Nestled on the banks of the river and nearly at the end of road 35A it has a great setting above the river. You can hear the water roaring by from your two decks! Located in the Mt. Hood National Forest on leased land and only one hour from Portland. It's a short seven minute drive to hit the ski slopes.
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What market segments closed in April 2010? Sales for the Mt. Hood area were up in numbers-that's the good news. The negative news is that five of the ten sales were foreclosures. On the other hand, that is good news in that the inventory is getting reduced. Take a look at the ten sales below. The two higher end sales-over $300,000 were foreclosures. There are currently twelve foreclosures on the market in the Mt. Hood area.
The numbers for April 2010 have just been released from the multiple listing service. The number of sales is way up from April of 2009 when the stock market crash and losses were still fresh in everyone's mind. A whopping ten sales happened last month.
The numbers tell us pending sales are up compared to last April by 114% and pending sales year to date up 72%. This is good news because it shows action in the market! The average sale price is declining with foreclosures clouding the inventory.
The local inventory for Welches, Government Camp, Brightwood and Rhododendron has shot up in the last month for single detached properties. There's been an addition of 29 properties to hit the market which makes up approximately 25% of the entire single detached home inventory! There are some great choices for buyers out there who wish to take advantage of once in a lifetime interest rates and a diverse inventory of homes!
IS IT ABOUT POLITICS OR . . . RELATIONSHIPS?
Have you ever lost out to another for an appointment to an important committee . . . or leadership post . . . or career promotion? If so, you may have commented (at least to yourself) that it was "politics" that deprived you of the opportunity.
So was it really politics, or were there relationships involved? Consider the difference. The term "politics" is often used to cast doubt on the values or principles employed to influence an outcome. Just using the word "politics" tends to excuse us for failing to win the approval we seek.
Now consider the power of relationships. If you were caught in a blinding snowstorm with two individuals - one a personal friend with extensive outdoor survival training, and the other a total stranger - which would you choose to lead you to safety? When the youth soccer league asks you to coach next season, whom would you choose for your assistant? Would it be a fellow professional associate, with whom you have worked successfully on various projects over the past ten years - or a total stranger?
What those on the outside (looking in) call "politics" is really no more than the power of existing relationships at work. We tend to feel more comfortable with those we know and trust. Trust and familiarity are built over an extended period, and once in place become bonds difficult to break.
To continue growing in your career, as well as your personal life, consider forming new relationships with those you feel are excellent role models. About our teenagers, we tend to say "You can tell how they're doing by the friends they keep." The same rule applies to us. Make time in your life to build enduring relationships. Your world will expand, your disappointments become few, and your friends become many.
The Mt Hood Forest Homeowners Association Annual meeting will be held on June 26th in the parking lot of the Zigzag Ranger Station. Pete Bailey will be a guest at the meeting to give an update on the efforts of C2.
HAS THE DOG BEEN FED?
When was the last time you had a vivid, golly-gee-wow, gotta-do-it-now type of dream - a dream that made you come alive at the very thought of it? Did you put a plan in motion to achieve that dream?
OK - forget about the dream for a moment. What about the rest of your life? Do you know where you're going and which principles you've adopted to get you there?
Sometimes dreams and plans fail to mature into reality by neglect. The good dog isn't fed properly, becomes weak and tentative, and eventually loses out to the mean dog - the one that is all too happy to fill our life with meaningless trivia.
The good dog we're discussing here is your personal constitution, that quiet inner voice that directs your life in the right direction. It's the part of you that thrives on hope, knowledge, service to others, perseverance, honesty, commitment and many other worthy principles. It's the "you" that knows you can make the world a better place for all, and sets out to accomplish the task.
The mean dog thrives on fear, deceit, worry, irresponsibility, and ignorance. This ugly dog can flourish and take over by simply filling the void left when the good dog is too weak to eat. Surely you've seen this dog face-to-face. He sometimes appears as a "friend" who douses your latest brainstorm with cold water, or encourages you to shade the truth a bit to make the deal work.
So how do you feed and encourage the good dog? Inspiration and knowledge are excellent ingredients to build strong hopes and sound dreams. Inspiration is available in many forms ranging from personal relationships with those we admire and trust to biographies of others who have succeeded in spite of the odds. Incidentally, you can easily starve the mean dog by avoiding negative relationships altogether.
Increased knowledge builds skill levels and ultimately confidence and self-esteem. It is difficult to feel vulnerable and defensive when you have all the facts. Knowledge combined with inspiration strengthens principles already adopted, and may introduce you to new ones. Remember, the mean dog thrives on ignorance and fear, both of which can rob your constitution blind.
Displaying blog entries 1411-1420 of 1876
