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Minneapolis Saint Paul Home Tour 2012
Tuesday, April 24th, 2012 at 12:12am. 1186 Views, 0 Comments.
A little over 25 years ago, some Minneapolis real estate agents and city officials concerned about suburban migration invited the public into 40 homes to promote urban living. Today, that event is held annually and is known as the Minneapolis Saint Paul Home Tour.
This year's Minneapolis St. Paul Home Tour features 60 Twin Cities homes and occurs this weekend on April 28 and April 29. The unique, self-guided tour is an opportunity for people to see how homeowners have reinvented or rejuvenated older housing stock. Visitors can speak directly with homeowners about remodeling or expanding a home. Many contractors and architects will also be available to answer questions. Whether its remodeling a kitchen, gutting a bathroom or constructing an addition, this…
2012 Minnesota Home & Patio Show
Tuesday, February 14th, 2012 at 7:43am. 735 Views, 0 Comments.
Looking for some creative solutions for home projects? More than 400 local and national manufacturers and retailers will be at the Minnesota Home & Patio Show. Now in its 33rd year, the event returns to the Saint Paul RiverCentre on February 16-19, 2012.
Time to replace the windows? Garden need sprucing? Want to learn about the latest landscaping trends? Find the right resources at the Home & Patio Show. This event is a great place to collect information, get ideas and be inspired for the upcoming home improvement and gardening season.
The Home and Patio Show in Saint Paul has hundreds of exhibits, featured displays, workshops and seminars covering 3 floors of the River Centre complex. Contractors, building suppliers, architects, landscaping firms and…
Home Repair Programs for North Minneapolis Tornado Victims
Monday, October 31st, 2011 at 11:54pm. 12363 Views, 0 Comments.
Minneapolis has received a $750,000 grant for North Side tornado repairs from Minnesota's Housing Board.
The money is to be dispensed in interest-free loans of up to $30,000 repayable when the house sells. The 30-year interest-free loans will be available for households earning less than 115 percent of area median income.
In other closely related new, an arrangement has been worked out for Minneapolis homeowners with tornado damage to access loans from a separate $1 million Quick Start fund that was awarded to the city by the state. So far, only five North Side homes have received Quick Start money, for a total of about $150,000.
Source: Star Tribune
Where do you want to spend your old age?
Sunday, May 1st, 2011 at 9:20pm. 1104 Views, 1 Comments.
Many people want to live at home when they grow older. The "Smart House, Livable Community, Your Future" exhibition explores the housing trend of "aging in place" through the development of products and adaptive technologies that allow people to stay in their homes.
The first wave of 70 million baby boomers living in the United States will reach age 65 this year. With this generation predicted to live longer, planners are examining ways to create homes and communities that are more senior-friendly. The new exhibit at the University of Minnesota's Goldstein Museum of Design is an interactive display of what a Smart House of the future might look like.
The exhibition will look like a small, attractive home inhabited by fictional, 65-ish homeowners, Jim and…
7th Annual Lake Home & Cabin Show in Minneapolis
Tuesday, February 8th, 2011 at 6:15pm. 698 Views, 2 Comments.
Though summer is still a ways off, people who are yearning for a weekend on a (thawed) lake can get a taste of the sunny season at the Lake Home & Cabin Show in Minneapolis, February 11 through 13.
At the secenth annual event, more than 250 exhibitors from across the country will be showcasing everything related to the lake home and cabin lifestyle, including the latest trends in decor, design, remodeling and landscaping. This year's special events include a live bat display by bat expert Rob Mies, an exhibit on loons, an exhibit on loons, and a Saturday appearance by actor/environmentalist Ed Begley Jr. Of course, there will also be the latest and greatest lake toys and recreational products.
The Lake Home & Cabin show will be held at the Minneapolis…
ASID Showcase Home Tour
Thursday, May 20th, 2010 at 10:04pm. 1464 Views, 0 Comments.
The American Society of Interior Designers of Minnesota is holding their Showcase Home Tour right now through June.
Each year, Twin Cities interior designers from the American Society of Interior Designers (ASID) takes over a home and gives it a design makeover. This year, there are two homes on the tour instead. And visitors can see both of them for the price of one!
26 designers re-designed two homes:
Adventurer, explorer, and author of "The Blue Zones," Dan Beuttner’s Lake of the Isles Home was redesigned to incorporate his "blue zone" theories about longevity, as well as his extensive collection of art and mementoes.
The second home on the tour, located about a mile away, is a condo at The Edgewater near Lake Calhoun. At this location designers had an…
Anoka County Home Weatherization Program Expands
Tuesday, December 15th, 2009 at 9:47pm. 791 Views, 1 Comments.
157 residents were going to receive weatherization assistance from the Anoka County Community Action Program. Now, thanks to $1.6 million in federal stimulus money, the program will be available to nearly 300 more. Additionally, workers will be able to look more closely at more clients' energy use than they've been able to in the past. This will enable them to find more solutions to bring a home's utility costs down.
Anoka County's allocation is part of $131 million in stimulus weatherization aid being distributed throughout the state. The federal money allows ACCAP to triple its client load and raises the average allocation per home from $3,000 to $6,500.
The program is available to county residents who qualify for federal home heating aid. The cutoff is…
Minneapolis & Saint Paul Partner Up for Weatherization Assistance Program
Tuesday, August 18th, 2009 at 11:08pm. 549 Views, 0 Comments.
There is some economic and evironmental good news in the housing and construction sector. More than $10 billion of federal stimulus funding to retrofit homes, businesses and government buildings to be more energy efficient is starting to hit communities around the country, including Minnesota, Minneapolis and Saint Paul. Building energy retrofits save energy and reduce pollution at the same time they put people to work.
Energy use in buildings accounts for nearly 40% of greenhouse gas emissions in the U.S. Low-cost technologies and certain construction practices can cut energy use in many buildings by up to 30%. That difference could translate into cost savings and implementing the fixes will create jobs.
Cities that receive retrofit funds from the Minnesota…
Minnesota Weatherization Assistance Program
Tuesday, July 7th, 2009 at 9:17pm. 1378 Views, 3 Comments.
The Minnesota Weatherization Assistance Program, until this year, was a modest $10 million-a-year operation plugging air leaks in about 3,500 Minnesota homes and apartment units. Both of those numbers are about to increase dramatically.
Minnesota is about to get $52.7 million from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act to weatherize 16,800 homes this year. Once a first two-year phase of the program is done, the state will be eligible for another $65 million in weatherization funding.
Not only will it help families weatherize their homes, it will also help to create jobs for the people who will do the work. The money and demand could create nearly 1,000 jobs. People are already clamoring for weatherization job training. Energy workers are already being…
Good and Green
Monday, December 22nd, 2008 at 6:33pm. 610 Views, 0 Comments.
New around here, I thought it would be a good idea to tell a little more about myself. Earlier I wrote about how I like weird stories, odd facts, and the like. Another thing I like to discuss is living a green life, and all the cool ways people can be more friendly to the earth.
How does this apply to real estate? It has lots to do with real estate! Green building is an industry that is growing quite quickly. An increasing number of today’s new home buyers are aware of their impact on the environment and are insisting on the availability of earth-friendly houses. Twin Cities new home builders are building green homes to satisfy demand. In fact, earlier in this blog it was reported that green building is making an appearance on a very public stage…
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