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Clean Lake Martin And Get A T Shirt To Prove It
2008-06-05 06:49:00 The Annual Lake Martin Cleanup portion of the Renew Our Rivers program will be held this Saturday, June 7, 2008. Renew Our Rivers is a joint effort between Alabama Power and the Middle Tallapoosa Clean Water Partnership. If you pitch in and help, you’ll get a free T shirt and all sorts of other cool swag. Plus you get ...
Lake Martin Waterfront Sales - April 2007 vs April 2008 - A Photo Finish
2008-05-29 16:49:00 Lake Martin real estate waterfront sales showed some signs of improvement in April 2008 as compared to April 2007. In April 2008, there were 18 waterfront homes and condos and 1 lot sold through the Lake Martin MLS.* Compare that to 2007 when 17 homes and condos were sold and 2 lots. Combine them together, and ...
Memorial Day at Lake Martin
2008-05-23 18:39:00 You can tell that summer is nearly here! The roads are busier, the grocery stores are busy with folks buying supplies, the gas stations have more cars and boats than usual, and the restaurants are full! Where did all these people come from? We expect this holiday weekend at Lake Martin will be one ...
Lake Martin Tour Of Fine Homes in Trillium
2008-05-15 23:03:00 Saturday May 17 you will have another chance to tour some really nice homes in Trillium on Lake Martin while benefiting the Children’s Harbor. This is not your average Lake Martin home tour, where they are all for sale and realtors are there breathing on you while you try and eat those weenies in BBQ sauce. These ...
The Ridge Marine In Water Boat Show 2008
2008-05-12 05:01:00 The Ridge Marina on Lake Martin hosted its In Water Boat Show for 2008 last weekend. I went down there on Thursday and filmed a little video footage of the Marina. It was a beautiful day, albeit windy. I was going to post this on Friday to give folks a chance to look around before ...
Alex City Jazz Fest 2008 At The Lake Martin Amphitheater
2008-05-08 06:10:00 The Alex City Jazz Fest, held in downtown Alexander City and at the Lake Martin Amphitheater, announces its dates and the performing acts for 2008. As usual, it is loaded with talent: Friday, June 13, downtown Alex City: 6:00 PM – Coolbone Brass Band – they are a true marching New Orleans style “Brass Band.” Don’t confuse them ...
Lunch At Willow Point, Lake Martin
2008-05-04 21:46:00 A couple of Sundays ago found us at Willow Point eating lunch to celebrate my Mom’s birthday. We ate lunch in the Willow Point Clubhouse, which overlooks the golf course, and of course, Lake Martin. I had my camera with me, and it was such a beautiful day, I thought to take a few photos. ...
Lake Martin Property : For Sale By Owner Tips
2008-04-24 22:26:00 Lake Martin, like any real estate market, will always have its share of people selling their waterfront property themselves – aka For Sale By Owner or FSBO (pr FIZZ-bo). And that’s fine with me. I am not one of those realtors that looks down on FSBOs as idiots or realtor hating zealots. I think it ...
If You Don?t Like My Service, Please Fire Me On The Spot
2008-04-24 20:45:00 Why do some real estate agents insist on holding their sellers to the last day of a listing contract? I don’t know if my market on Lake Martin is different, but I don’t see the point in guilt tripping a seller into staying with me if they are unhappy or decide not to sell. Obviously, I ...
What about a Condo at Lake Martin?
2008-04-24 19:53:00 Several years ago, I heard someone say that Lake Martin isn?t really the place for condos and they?ll never catch on here like they have at the beach. Wrong! We have several condominium complexes on the lake and these appeal to a certain group of buyers who don?t want to do any chores such as ...
Lake Martin Is High, But So Is Real Estate Inventory
2008-04-22 06:04:00 Spring rains have filled Lake Martin faster than almost anyone expected – in the first 3 months of 2008 we went from bone dry to runnething over. Will the waterfront real estate market bounce back in three months, too? Not likely. There is still a lot of inventory to sell which I think will continue to ...
Lake Martin Is High, But So Is Real Estate Inventory
2008-04-07 04:28:00 Spring rains have filled Lake Martin faster than almost anyone expected In the first 3 months of 2008 we went from bone dry to runnething over. Will the waterfront real estate market bounce back in three months, too? Maybe, maybe not. There is still a lot of inventory to sell which I think will continue to ...
Lake Martin Water Up, Business Is Hopping
2008-04-01 18:29:00 This is not a news flash: Lake Martin’s water level is back! It’s hard to believe, but in the 5 short weeks since I wrote this post about the water hitting 480, Lake Martin stands inches away from its highest possible mark of 490. All of the nay sayers have been proved wrong. Many (myself included) ...
Make An Impact At The Tallapoosa Watershed Conference
2008-03-28 03:31:00 The “4th Annual State of Our Watershed Conference - The Tallapoosa River Basin”, coordinated from the Alabama Water Watch office in the AU Department of Fisheries, is for all who are interested in learning more about the health of streams, lakes and rivers of the Tallapoosa River Basin, the development plans for Lake Martin and visions ...
Little Kowaliga?s Little Steel .. errr? Concrete Bridge?
2008-03-10 20:43:00 If you have a Lake Martin house in the Little Kowaliga area, you are well aware that Little Steel Bridge Road aka Elmore County Road 55 is closed. If you are heading to the Real Island or Parker Creek areas of Lake Martin, and are coming from the south, be aware that you must detour. Keep ...
Little Kowaliga?s Little Steel .. errr? Concrete Bridge?
2008-03-10 17:46:00 If you have a Lake Martin house in the Little Kowaliga area, you are well aware that Little Steel Bridge Road aka Elmore County Road 55 is closed. If you are heading to the Real Island or Parker Creek areas of Lake Martin, and are coming from the south, be aware that you must detour. Keep ...
Lake Martin Maps: Pre Civil War And Web 2.0
2008-03-10 05:10:00 For anyone that likes old maps of Alabama – or if you would like to see what your Lake Martin property looked like before the lake was built – I have a great site for you. The University of Alabama is a great site resource for these old maps. Some of them date back to the ...
4 Points To Ponder On The Future Of Lake Martin Zoning
2008-02-29 17:24:00 Right now there is no one set of zoning rules that covers the entire Lake Martin area. Why? For starters, it stretches over three different counties, and most of the shoreline is not inside any cities’ limits. It’s an old lake, developed in a rural area. But, as things change, prices rise, and high end ...
Lake Martin Property Taxes - It Pays To Do Your Homework
2008-02-25 22:07:00 Lake Martin waterfront property owners are in one of three counties – Tallapoosa County, Elmore County, or Coosa County. If you’re considering buying on Lake Martin, and are curious about property taxes, you would need to research all three counties to cover of your bases. There are some similarities, however, in that they all are governed ...
Lake Martin Breaks The Rule
2008-02-23 17:55:00 Lake Martin’s water level has finally risen above the rule curve established by Alabama Power and the Corps of Engineers. Today’s read of 481.83 is above the rule curve of 481.7. What does this mean in English? Lake Martin’s water level is ahead of the pace it needs to get to full pool of 490. This is great ...
Does Your Lake Martin Home Need Botox?
2008-02-11 05:11:00 When it comes to architecture, I don’t know rococo from romanesque. The Lake Martin Voice welcomes guest writer Amy Stoyles to help us all learn about the finer points of home design. Thanks Amy!!! Does Your Lake Martin Home Need Botox? Okay, so since the holidays we’ve all been working on those New Year’s resolutions… and I’m not talking about ...
Alabama And Lake Martin Win Battle In Water War
2008-02-07 05:54:00 Lake Martin and Alabama have won a victory in the long running “water war” with Georgia and Florida. In this press release, Governor Bob Riley calls it “the most consequential legal ruling in the 18 year history of the water war.” What happened? The US Court of Appeals ruled that a “secret settlement” between Georgia, the Corps of Engineers, ...
Gov Bob Riley On Water Wars And Lake Martin
2008-01-30 05:40:00 Alabama Governor Bob Riley has recently played a huge role in lobbying FERC on behalf of Lake Martin’s water level. He is also Alabama’s most visible representative in the ongoing “Water Wars” – the struggle of Georgia, Florida, and Alabama to determine the future water usage of each state, and how that impacts the other two. The ...
Lake Martin Real Estate MLS Statistics - 2007 In Review
2008-01-17 06:00:00 The Lake Martin real estate market suffered a major slowdown in 2007 for a variety of reasons. I dug through the sales results in the Lake Martin MLS to attempt to cut through the gossip and analyze the numbers. In 2007, the number of Lake Martin waterfront homes sold was about 35% less than in 2006. 2006 was about ...
Lake Martin Real Estate Spotlight: Trillium
2008-01-12 01:16:00 Trillium, one of Russell Lands’ more mature Lake Martin developments, is located just west of Kowaliga Marina. Along with Willow Point and The Ridge, Trillium has some of the more high end homes on Lake Martin. Trillium was one of Russell Lands’ first neighborhoods that were completed in different phases. The first homes were built there around 1989. One ...
What?s happening at Lake Martin?
2007-12-27 18:06:00 What?s happening at Lake Martin in December? Santa brought us a some rain and while real estate is a little quiet, spring and summer are right around the corner! Activity on my website indicates that folks are searching for lake property now. I?m seeing an increase in the number of inquiries and the length of ...
Lake Martin Shallow Water Hazards
2007-12-26 04:15:00 Lake Martin’s drought of 2007 created some low water levels and has exposed many spots that are shallow water hazards. As of this writing, the Lake Martin water level is at 474.7 feet - about 5 feet below the normal winter water level, and 15 feet below normal summer level. If you have been around Lake Martin lately, by car or ...
Lake Martin?s Sand Island Repaired By Russell Lands
2007-12-16 04:58:00 Lake Martin’s Sand Island has been battered by erosion and losing real estate for many years. Alabama’s 80 year record drought exposed a land bridge and afforded area developer Russell Lands an opportunity to drive to it and make repairs. I rode out there on Friday, December 14, 2007. It was pretty weird to be able to drive to ...
All Real Estate Is Local (This Means You, Lake Martin)
2007-12-08 04:42:00 Life as a Lake Martin area realtor means I hear (and try to answer) lots of questions. One I get regularly is: “I saw on CNN where home prices in (fill in here with name of huge city 3,000 miles away) are down 75%. All the sellers are being foreclosed on their sub prime mortgages. It’s spreading ...
Lost At Lake Martin? Use Google’s Free Maps For Mobile
2007-12-06 05:17:00 Ever been lost around Lake Martin? Has anyone given you bad directions to their cabin and frustrated you by relying on the term “can’t miss it?” If you were looking for 1135 Lakeview Drive, Dadeville, how would you like to be able to see this map on your cell phone: Download Google’s Maps for Mobile on your cell phone and greatly diminish your odds of getting lost around Lake Martin. Top 5 Cool things about Google Maps for mobile: 1. It’s free. The software from Google is free. You will pay, however, for the data that you download, so if you don’t have some sort of Internet data package with your cell phone you will be charged. If you have an unlimited data package – no worries! Even if my blackberry didn’t have unlimited data, I still would pay to download this, so I would have it in an emergency. 2. Google Maps for Mobile is accurate – even around Lake Martin...
Lake Martin Real Estate Spotlight: Eagle?s Point
2007-12-01 20:07:00 One of Lake Martin’s newest developments – Eagle’s Point – has a model home that is ready to see plus several other spaces for lots. Located at the easternmost end of Coosa County Road 20, Eagle’s Point has big water views looking southeast at the junction of Parker Creek and Kowaliga towards Willow Point and Sand ...
Higher Winter Water Level Approved For Lake Martin
2007-11-20 23:00:00 Lake Martin scored a major victory when FERC approved Alabama Power’s plan to raise the winter water level to 483, effective this year. Alabama Power has also requested to move up the date to fill the Lake Martin to summer level up to January 15, 2008. THIS IS ALL GOOD NEWS. Lake Martin’s winter water level is usually 480 msl. ...
Closets For Your Lake Martin Cabin: $50
2007-11-16 03:10:00 Do you have a a cabin on Lake Martin with no little or no closet space? Why not buy a nice armoire for $50? Lots of the waterfront homes around Lake Martin were built in the 1960s, so that means no storage. The owners can fix them up or keep them rustic, but lack of closets ...
Lake Mag Interview: The Uncensored Director?s Cut
2007-11-06 06:55:00 Lake Martin Magazine interviewed me a couple of weeks ago about the effect of the drought on the Lake Martin real estate market, and general trends affecting buyers, sellers, and realtors. They included it in an article called “Special Report: The Water Issue” in the November 2007 issue. I thought Nikki Reeves and Kenneth Boone ...
Elmore County Water System Extends Intakes Deeper in Lake Martin
2007-10-31 03:13:00 The recent drought on Lake Martin has threatened to lower the water level below the intake valves of Elmore County. They are extending the intakes to deeper water. This video was made on 10–26–2007 at the County’s intake station, which is on the Little Kowaliga branch of Lake Martin. To get there you go to Elmore County ...
Alex City Water System Extends Intakes Deeper in Lake Martin
2007-10-31 02:26:00 The drought this year has threatened to lower the level of Lake Martin to below where the intake valves for the water works of the City of Alex City are located. The City has had to extend their intake valves to deeper water. This video was filmed 10–26–2007 on the Tallapoosa River just above River North ...
Alabama Power Wants Higher Winter Level On Lake Martin
2007-10-25 18:14:00 Lake Martin HOBOs President Jesse Cunningham announces that Alabama Power is taking a major step by requesting to hold more water in the lake during the next few winters. Cunningham reports in an email, “I received word on Friday from Charles Stover with Alabama Power that they have just filed a request with FERC” to increase the winter water ...
Nobel Winners In Economics Say Buy Now On Lake Martin
2007-10-19 04:23:00 The winners of the 2007 Nobel Prize in Economics, are advising buyers to act now on Lake Martin. OK, OK, maybe Leonid Hurwicz, Eric Maskin, and Roger Myerson haven’t come right out and literally said that, but a quick review of their work should tell you that they would advise it. Their work laid the foundation for mechanism design theory, ...
Lake Martin Drought Hits The Weather Channel Video
2007-10-10 21:55:00 The historically harsh drought that has hit Lake Martin in 2007 has been highlighted by The Weather Channel Network. They sent reporter Julie Martin (no relation) to shoot a video spot that aired last night. Click here for the video. If for some reason it doesn’t auto play after the commercial, look to the right and select the ...
ElCo Tax Man Squeezes Lake Martin Property Owners
2007-10-04 05:49:00 If you own Lake Martin waterfront property that is in Elmore County, chances are that your assessment (and therefore property taxes) went up this year. I have heard lots of anguish from taxpayers that were shocked by their increase this year. I don’t know that those in Elmore County are any worse than Tallapoosa or Coosa, ...
Lake Martin Marina Spotlight: Real Island Marina
2007-10-03 19:22:00 Real Island Marina - one of Lake Martin’s older full service marinas - is located in Elmore County on the southwest side of the lake. It’s close to Lake Martin landmarks such as Kowaliga Marina, Kowaliga Bridge, Willow Point, Parker Creek, and Sand Island. The Real Island / Little Kowaliga area is popular on Lake Martin. ...
Alabama Power Seeks Input To Relicense Martin Dam
2007-09-27 18:32:00 Alabama Power owns and operates the hydroelectric Martin Dam, which impounds the Tallapoosa River to create Lake Martin. The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) – regulates Alabama Power’s operation of Martin Dam, and its effect on the water flow downstream on the Tallapoosa River, as well as any economic, environmental, and other impacts in the ...
To Predict Lake Martin Real Estate Market Cycle - Look West
2007-09-26 05:56:00 Most Lake Martin real estate observers now recognize that the sellers’ market is over, because all real estate is local. In fact, we are in a buyers’ market. For those who are in doubt - a buyers’ market means that the buyers have the advantage - IT’S A GOOD TIME TO BUY. Market forces in real estate ...
2 or 3 Thousand Expected at The Ridge Showcase of Homes - Lake Martin
2007-09-11 04:52:00 Russell Lands is hosting the “Annual Showcase of Homes” at its newest Lake Martin development – The Ridge. The showcase is happening over two weekends – September 15 and 16 as well as September 22 and 23, 2007. Many of the builder spec homes that are for sale will be open to the public to tour. Russell ...
6 Crucial Changes Coming To Lake Martin Real Estate
2007-08-30 18:48:00 As the Lake Martin real estate market shifts to a buyers’ market, away from sellers, what does this mean? If you are about to sell or buy waterfront property, how can you use this to your advantage? What changes can we expect? We can guess a few possibilities from studying other markets around the nation ...
2007 Is Russell Lands? 2nd Best Year On Lake Martin
2007-08-27 21:47:00 This year has been good to Lake Martin developer Russell Lands. Broker Steve Arnberg was interviewed by the Opelika – Auburn News recently about the sales trends on Lake Martin. Arnberg said that, while low water levels on Lake Martin had affected sales, this year was still strong enough to qualify as their second best. Arnberg is quoted ...
Lake Martin Real Estate Spotlight: The Ridge Update
2007-08-14 05:33:00 The Ridge – Russell Lands’ newest Lake Martin development – is near to completing its Ridge Clubhouse and Pool Area, while Phase III construction is ramping up. I popped by The Ridge last week to look at some lots in Phase III. Phase III – which stretches south towards the Dixie Sailing Club, which is Lake Martin’s ...
Thinking of Buying or Selling at Lake Martin? It?s a Balancing Act!
2007-08-07 18:24:00 We have more waterfront properties on the market today then ever before?300 homes, 100 condos, and 119 lots are for sale on Lake Martin as of August 7, 2007 according to our Multiple Listing Service. This means that buyers have more to choose from ? and they are watching to see what the market is ...
This Man?s To Blame For Slow Lake Martin Market
2007-08-06 01:57:00 The Lake Martin real estate market has slowed way down - it’s no longer a sellers’ market. Who is responsible? One man - Adam Smith. In 1776 Smith established himself as one of the most influential economic philosophers when he penned Wealth Of Nations. He described the natural economic forces that have existed since the caveman wanted to trade his ...
Lake Martin HOBOs need you!
2007-08-01 15:50:00 The HOBOs Board of Directors first meeting was held this week. In order to achieve some of the goals (water quality, water level, shoreline development/zoning, lake cleanup, etc.) a number of committees are being formed. Further, the lake has been divided into 12 areas. Each area needs an Area Manager to recruit ... |
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