Greensboro Triad Real Estate Blog

Last Chance To Go HOG WILD in Lexington, NC.

This weekend is another Lexington BBQ Festival here in Uptown Lexington, North Carolina.  Over 55 teams are going to compete in the First Annuall  BBQ Capitol Cook-Off.  The festival will be running Friday and Saturday and if you like BBQ you definitely need to be there.  Starting at 6:00 PM on Friday till 9:00 PM then starting back up at 9:30 AM on Saturday and ending at 5:00 PM.  

You just need to be downtown Lexington near 207 E. Third Ave. behind the Edward C. Smith Civic Center on South Main Street in order to get your fill of all the delicious Lexington style BBQ and more that you can get.  

The 55 teams coming to compete are coming from Texas, iowa, Illinois, and the District of Columbia.  Then of course all the local talent from Lexington and Thomasville area.  Since this event is sanctioned by the Kansas City Barbecue Society the winner will qualify to compete in the Super Bowl of BBQ the one the only The Jack Daniel's World Championship!  

Get to The Jack Daniels World Championship and meet and become BBQ Royalty

One of the older solid neighborhoods in Greensboro is called Kirkwood.  Near the center of town right beside one of the premier neighborhoods (Irving Park) Kirkwood is centrally located to be close to shopping and major roads to the airport.  The interstates are not far either now with the new loop going in around Greensboro.  Then neighborhood itself is just like the close knit communities of long ago.  Where everyone feels safe and walk the neighborhood with the children and pets at all hours.  They have parks where children play daily and you can walk the streets and see welcoming familiar faces everyday.  It is not uncommon to see many a home with white picket fences.  Large yards with families even sitting out in the front yard to wave as their neighbors walk by.  You see nice Adirondack chairs with outdoor fire pits in the front yards.  I have had a number of clients past and present want to be in this neighborhood.  After all how could you be afraid of your housing values when if you cross West Cornwallis Drive (the border for Kirkwood) you will run into the multi-million dollar homes in Irving Park. 

The homes do not look overwhelming but, they command prices in the $200,000 dollar range easily for homes under 2,000 square feet.  Of course these homes are wonderful older homes with many, many updates.  Most have of them have been totally renovated. 

Congratulations to Activerain for achieving 100,000 members from Greensboro the city that is turning 200 this year.  On this date in our 200 year birthday in the grand ole year of 1960 (my birth year) the sit-in protests by hundreds of students and residents at the Woolworth and Kress stores on S. Elm Street downtown Greensboro ended peacefully. By the stores giving in and integrating their lunch counters on this day in history. Three Woolworth employees were the first to sit down and eat at the store's lunch counter.

So with a very temperate climate and in the middle of everything this is the place to be.  Our average tempetures are comfortable year round compared to many other parts of the north or south take a look;

So if you are looking for comfort year round look at the 200 year old city that now is waiting on AR to catch up and hit that magic 200!

I have written several blogs that I have tried to aim to Localism and for some reason I have only seen one there.   I just wrote a new one for people relocating to the area and it is not even there.   I know AR is still working on the site but, I am trying to get on the site and for some reason it is not happening.  Of course not to complain but the errors I get even on AR today are a little frustrating.  I understand about doing new things and I am very appreciative of the website but, I still get frustrated.  It is like  a month or so back when we all were hooked on AR and all of a sudden we could not even get logged on it was tough with withdrawals.  Hopefully Localism's launch will be smoother.

Maybe a good how to or informational page on Localism for AR members.  I have looked at most of the data I maybe missing a key part though.

So anyone have any insight??