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2011
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Today's buyer's market and low interest rates provide a great opportunity for empty nesters to buy their next nest... or multiple nests... even before they are ready to move. The second home market was dead as a doornail four years ago, but last year showed an 800% increase in buyers purchasing ...
05/23/2011
Next weekend artists in the Northeast Minneapolis Arts District open their studios for their annual Art-A-Whirl spring art crawl. With over 700 artists in 14 square miles and more than 10 studio buildings, this area is a working arts district at the heart of the Minneapolis arts scene. Art-A-Wh...
05/15/2011
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Lyndale Park near Lake Harriet in Minneapolis is showing signs of spring, with water burbling and bulbs in colorful array. The bursting blooms seem to be happily shouting, "Hooray, it's spring!" The Peace Garden section of the park was called the Rock Garden for over 80 years until it was renam...
05/08/2011
One of the most unique natural sites in the Twin Cities is Quaking Bog, a 5-acre acid bog tucked into the wooded hills of Theodore Wirth Park on the western edge of Minneapolis. About 3700 years old, this rare and sensitive ecosystem is a true wilderness phenomenon... yet another example of the b...
05/01/2011
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Sharlene Hensrud
Realtor. Listener. Knowledgable. Patient.