CU Boulder BuffALUM Notes: Recognize Anyone?

July 2010 National

Dear Alum, Ah, summer! A time to hang out and do very little, or maybe it’s your time to be active in the great weather.  The campus is languid, though there are occasionally small groups of students slacklining or playing golf with tennis balls (which my dog often finds in Varsity Lake). And there are also the inevitable groups of high school students with parents in tow being shown around campus by student ambassadors. If you’ve moved or changed e-mail addresses, let us know. And don’t forget, you can always find the latest alumni happenings at cualum.org. Connect with other alums and access our Ask a Buff service at the online Forever Buffs Network (see information on the right). Programs Get a discount on Shakespeare Celebrate summer and get your bard on with the Colorado Shakespeare Festival! CU alumni are invited to an exclusive savings of $10 off any orchestra seat to the 2010 summer season running until Aug. 8. This season the featured plays are The Taming of the Shrew, King Lear, Measure for Measure, Thornton Wilder’s American classic, Our Town, and the beloved musical The Fantasticks. Purchase online here or call 303-492-0554. Use code BUFFALUM to save. (Offer not valid at preview performances; subject to availability; cannot be combined with another offer; not valid with previously purchased tickets.) Memphis gets our “Featured Chapter” nod A new and very active chapter with moderate event attendance, the Memphis, Tenn., alumni chapter is the first Buffalum Notes Featured Chapter! The group is receiving recognition for its persistence in offering and carrying out events that promote loyalty to CU and substantial Buff pride. Past events include a happy hour chapter launch in August 2009, a holiday party and watch parties for football games. See below for their current events. Their new website is here. Congratulations for your perseverance and Buff spirit, chapter leader Scott Seltzer (Kines’95) and all the Buffs in the heart of Graceland! Go here to find the alumni chapter near you. New York is happening! Thursday, July 22, 7-9 p.m, join New York City alumni for a happy hour at Public House, 140 E. 41 St. between 2nd and 3rd. Limited to 100 people. More information here. Wednesday, Aug. 11, 7 p.m. the New York chapter will be at Citi Field in Flushing, Queens, to watch the Colorado Rockies play the Mets. They have a block of 40 tickets that are sure to go fast. Go here for information and tickets. Maryland Buffs: show your pride The DC Buffs alumni chapter is raising scholarship money through CU-themed Maryland license plates. Maryland residents, please e-mail your mailing address here to have the license plate application sent to you. A minimum donation of $50 for the DC-area alumni chapter scholarship fund and a one-time $25 fee to the Motor Vehicle Administration are required. Please contact Scott Hellmuth for more information at 303-735-2893. Save the weekend, CU vs. Cal Join Buff alums and fans as we take on the Cal Bears at our big away football game of the year in beautiful Berkeley, Calif., on Saturday, Sept. 11. We’ve reserved hotel rooms for CU fans at a downtown San Francisco hotels. Pregame party and separate game tickets are available. Rooms and tickets are going quickly. Go here for links to hotels and ticket information and to make your reservations soon! Memphis goes for the pandas and polar bears and more Saturday, July 17, 9 a.m. is the play date for the Memphis Buffs kid friendly day at the Memphis Zoo. Organizer Scott Seltzer (Kines’95) says, Even if you don’t have children and love going to the zoo like I do, please join us.” Friday, Aug 14 is an evening of baseball with the Redbirds when the Colorado Springs Sky Sox come to town. This game was advertised in the June Coloradan, the chapter’s first published event Saturday Sept. 4, CU vs. CSU watch party Information is here for all these events. Baker Hall is 75! One of the oldest dorms on campus, Baker Hall, turns 75 years old in 2011. Many of you have special memories of Baker Hall, and we would love to hear your stories. Did you meet your college sweetheart in Baker? Your best friend? What was your favorite part about living in Baker? Please send stories, pictures or questions to the Baker Hall director Megan Harris (Soc’06) by Oct. 5. Get your beautiful CU campus wall calendar The spectacular wall calendar with CU-Boulder scenes that in the past was a paid membership benefit is back this year and on sale for a modest $12.49. With the launch of Forever Buffs all 270,000 alumni and students are included in Alumni Association services and it’s not economically feasible to send it to all. We’ve improved this year’s calendar by enhancing photo quality, adding lunar phases and using reader-friendly print. Check it out and order the calendar here. Here are blogs to help you navigate new media The Alumni Association launched two blogs this year ― Geekspeak gives you the latest high-tech tips on evolving technologies, and Click & Drag is for Buffs who still feel like the Internet, e-mail and Skype are foreign. Contribute to CU Natural Resources Law Center receives boost From proposed uranium mines in a tiny Northern Colorado town to the aftermath of the Gulf Coast oil spill, natural-resources conflicts are popping up all over the nation. The Red Lodge Clearinghouse (RLCH) project ― a website under the auspices of the Natural Resources Law Center at the CU Law School ― is a distinctive forum for such news, sparking civic engagement and collaboration. The Liz Claiborne Art Ortenberg Foundation recently gave $86,400 to further develop and manage the project. Scholarship honors professor and mentor While studying computer science at the engineering college in the 1980s, Xiaodong Zhang (MCompSci’85, PhD’89) benefited from the teaching and mentorship of then-faculty member Ralph J. Slutz, a computer pioneer who taught CU’s first computer class in 1954. Zhang’s academic career has since taken off, and he chairs the computer science department at Ohio State University. He recently made a first-time gift of $50,000 to the college to honor his college mentor and inspire CU alumni to make similar gifts. His gifts will annually fund two $1,000 scholarships to students with exceptional achievements in computer science. Read this profile of Zhang. Donate to CU-Boulder now. Athletics After joining PAC-10, Buffs explore options On June 11, CU accepted an invitation to join the Pacific-10 conference, becoming the conference’s first new member since 1978. To read more about the Buffs’ move to the “Conference of Champions” go here. For the latest information about Athletic Director Mike Bohn exploring options, go here. How to get single alumni football tickets Single game alumni tickets go on sale on Monday, Aug. 2. Section 215 at Folsom will be reserved for alumni for all home games. View the Folsom Field seating chart (click on the sections to see views from the seats). A link for purchasing alumni tickets for home games, the CSU game at INVESCO and away games will be posted here on Aug. 2. Pac-10 on Plati-‘tudes agenda too As he wraps up his 26th year as CU’s sports information point man, associate athletic director David Plati (Jour’82) writes mainly about CU’s impending move to the Pacific-10 Conference and answers a host of questions in his 90th edition of Plati-’Tudes. A new kind of retirement community is coming soon to Boulder. Buff Photos A Boulder reunion Elizabeth Waldrop Wagner (Hist’01) of Santa Barbara, Calif., hosted a reunion in Boulder for some 15 alums and spouses over Memorial Day weekend. They shared laughter and memories, toured campus and participated in the Bolder Boulder. Elizabeth writes, “several of us married fellow CU alums and several of us are pregnant and expecting future Buffs!” In the photo with the “Monarch of the Plains” buffalo sculpture in front of Folsom Field are (from left) Nathaniel Wagner, Michael Alexander (AmSt’00) of Cheyenne, Wyo., Chris Barlow (Kines’00) of Westwood, Mass., Nicole Winsauer (Comm’00) of Denver, Kara Dukate Yablon (Engl’00) of Denver, Chris Akins (PolSci’99) of Daphne, Ala., Brenna Davis Hise (EPOBio’99) of Boise, Idaho, and Elizabeth Waldrop Wagner. Touring southern Colorado Jane Beard (Hist’63) of Dallas sent this photo of her recent tour of southern Colorado with Virginia Tandler “Wink” Brace (Edu’63) of Centennial, Colo. Their explorations included the Durango & Silverton Railroad and Mesa Verde and Great Sand Dunes national parks. Jane says it was “really fun and all new territory for me. The train ride was relaxing after a long day’s drive from Longmont to Durango. Mesa Verde was amazing, much larger than I envisioned, and the sand dunes looked out of place.” Watch out, Hollywood! Mike Conneen (Jour’04) has a cameo as a reporter in the new action-thriller Salt starring Angelina Jolie. However, he won’t quit his day job, reporting and anchoring for WJLA-TV (ABC) in Washington, D.C. Follow him on Twitter. Zeta Beta Tau reunion a blast A reunion of the Zeta Beta Tau fraternity May 21-22 in Denver, Boulder, Nederland and Black Hawk drew 70 members and spouses from across the country. The organizing committee included Ed Diner (PolSci’49), Art Chapman (A&S ex’54) and Ruth Chapman (Soc’73, MA’74), all of Denver, and Don Nogg (Hist ex’51) of Omaha. Art called it “an unqualified success!!” Don reported that at the Saturday dinner “every person there, alumnus, wife and widow, spoke a few words about the memories and the present reunion. It was a warm, wonderful feeling and brought everyone, outgoing or shy, into the group.” Here’s the current fraternity’s website. New Orleans wedding a big Buff draw James Rocco Giacalone (Geog’02) and Adrienne Michelle Wilson (PolSci’01) were married in New Orleans on March 6. The couple met at CU in 2001 as seniors and live in Orinda, Calif., east of Berkeley. Members of the wedding party included Emily Pierce (PolSci’01), Brad Rosenhouse (Mktg’01), Michael Lynch (Psych’03), William Mannella (Psych’01) and Daria Sniezko (Comm’01). Fellow Buffaloes also in attendance were Annie Bleecker (IntAf’03), Nick Aglikin (Mgmt’01), Niquette Kearney (Psych’02), Jamie Ziskin Emmons (Mgmt’03), Craig Emmons (Comm‘03), Jeremy Hunter (EPOBio’00), Elizabeth Lane (IntlAf’02) and John Aires (Fin’01). Send your photos and descriptions for this section to Marc Killinger.

Rookie linguist learns more than Arapaho By Finn Thye (Psych’01, MLing’09) A bottle rocket launched in my mind the night I first thought of going to learn the Arapaho language by living with an elder on the Wind River Reservation. I lay there thinking about how it would be to visit the old heart of our continent, experiencing a different side of the culture I saw splashed around the gift shops in Manitou Springs, Colo., where I grew up wandering the same mountains the Arapaho once inhabited. Read more. Forever Buffs Network About | Log in | Register Ask a Buff | Facebook app Update your information Is your contact information up-to-date? Make sure other Buffs know how to find you on the Forever Buffs Network and that you are receiving our e-mails. Update your profile by logging in here. E-mail fbn@colorado.edu with questions. And, don’t forget to become an Ask a Buff to assist students and other alums with career, relocation and graduate school decisions. Already an Ask a Buff? Inspire others to do the same. Did you know there’s a career counselor solely dedicated to the needs of alumni? Her name is Lea Alvarado and she can be reached at 303-492-6541 or via e-mail here. Need to fill a position in your organization? Hire a CU student or alum. We have more seasoned alumni in our database than ever before! Liberty Mutual partners with the CU-Boulder Alumni Association. For more information, please contact Liberty Mutual at 877-477-6621 or go here. Here are links to your CU, school and college e-mail and web newsletters President Benson’s (Geol’64, HonDocSci’04) e-newsletter Chancellor DiStefano’s e-newsletter Colorado Arts & Sciences Magazine – to subscribe e-mail here School of Education Education Views Engineering Alumni News – to subscribe e-mail here CUEngineering magazine 2010 Journalism Bylines Amicus Magazine and LawPoints e-newsletter – subscribe or update your information here Leeds School of Business – e-mail here to receive the e-mail newsletter. Leeds’ magazine Portfolio is here. As a member of the CU-Boulder Alumni Association you receive special discounts and pricing at Colorado National Golf Club. News Briefs Andrews gets the gold Andrews Hall, a dorm located in the Kittredge Complex, last month received the gold rating in Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design, or LEED, certification issued by the United States Green Building Council. Read more. First Holocaust liberation photos uncovered The extent to which the Nazis targeted Jews was obscured in the dominant Soviet press during World War II and was suppressed in the Cold War era, during which the Soviets dwelled on the depravity of “fascist troops” murdering “peaceful Soviet citizens.” Read more. Read other CU-Boulder news. Alumni Travel Luxuriant Southeast Asia Join us on a trip through Cambodia and Vietnam March 30-April 12 that includes a seven night cruise on the Mekong River. Last year this trip sold out before we could accommodate everyone who wanted to go. A special feature of this trip is the opportunity to explore Angkor Wat, a UNESCO World Heritage site. For more information contact Clark at 303-492-5640 or 800-492-7743. How about a Buff canal trip? Traveling through the Panama Canal on the Crystal Symphony with CU alumni is not to be missed. Enjoy the luxury of one of the cruise line’s best ships and experience traveling through the locks of this famous waterway February 23 – March 6, 2011. Contact Clark at 303-492-5640 for more information. The CU-Boulder WorldPoints™ Platinum Plus™ card Read more. Get your CU gear Are you all jazzed up following the World Cup? (Go Spain! Viva España!) Time to get a CU full size soccer ball and get out on the field! First ever CU New Opera Workshop goes behind the scenes Getting an opera ready for premiere on stage is a fascinating process involving composers, directors, singers and an entire production team. The first annual CU New Opera Workshop provides a sneak peek at the process July 29-Aug. 7. Renowned Metropolitan Opera tenor and CU NOW guest artist Anthony Dean Griffey will perform a special opening recital Friday, July 25 at the Boulder Public Library. Call 303-492-8008 or visit the CU NOW website for tickets or information. Contest Corner The winner will receive a sharp white CU baseball cap. In what year did Folsom Field become the first major sports stadium in the nation to collect all materials in recycling or compost containers, eliminate trash cans and transform its material collections systems into a zero-waste process? A. 2004; B. 2008; C. 2009. Go to CU’s online Just the Facts for help. Last month’s winner was Brooke Burgner (Comm’08), an admissions counselor at CU-Boulder. She knew that about 500 people died as a result of Chile’s massive 8.8 magnitude quake on Feb. 27. Photo Galleries Visit the Alumni Association photo galleries. Find us on… Get the news first!

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Top 10 Must-Have Features in Today’s New Homes

RISMEDIA, January 25, 2010—(MCT)—Americans want smaller houses and they are willing to strip some of yesterday’s most popular rooms—such as home theaters—from them in order to accommodate changing lifestyles, consumer experts told audiences at the International Builders Show.
“This is a traumatic time in this country and the future isn’t something we’re 100% sure about now either. What’s left? The answer for most home buyers is authenticity,” said Heather McCune, director of marketing for Bassenian Lagoni Architects in Park Ridge, Ill. Buyers today want cost-effective architecture, plans that focus on spaces and not rooms and homes that are designed ‘green’ from the outset,” she said. The key for home builders is “finding the balance between what buyers want and the price point.”

For many buyers, their next house will be smaller than their current one, said Carol Lavender, president of the Lavender Design Group in San Antonio, Texas. Large kitchens that are open to the main family living area, old-fashioned bathrooms with clawfoot tubs and small spaces such as wine grottos are design features that will resonate today, she said. “What we’re hearing is ‘harvest’ as a home theme—the feeling of Thanksgiving. It’s all about family togetherness—casual living, entertaining and flexible spaces,” Lavender said.

Paul Cardis, CEO of AVID Ratings Co., which conducts an annual survey of home buyer preferences, said there are 10 “must” features in new homes:

1. Large kitchens, with an island. “If you’re going to spend design dollars, spend them where people want them—spend them in the kitchen,” McCune said. 2. Granite countertops are a must for move-up buyers and buyers of custom homes, but for others “they are on the bubble,” Cardis said.

3. Energy-efficient appliances, high-efficiency insulation and high window efficiency. Among the “green” features touted in homes, these are the ones buyers value most, said Cardis. While large windows had been a major draw, energy concerns are giving customers pause on those. The use of recycled or synthetic materials is only borderline desirable.

4. Home office/study. People would much rather have this space rather than, say, a formal dining room. “People are feeling like they can dine out again and so the dining room has become tradable,” Cardis said. And the home theater may also be headed for the scrap heap, a casualty of the “shift from boom to correction.”

5. Main-floor master suite. This is a must feature for empty-nesters and certain other buyers, and appears to be getting more popular in general. That could help explain why demand for upstairs laundries is declining after several years of popularity gains.

6. Outdoor living room. The popularity of outdoor spaces continues to grow, even in Canada. The idea of an outdoor room is even more popular than an outdoor cooking area, meaning people are willing to spend more time outside.

7. Master suite soaker tubs. Whirlpools are still desirable for many home buyers, but they clearly went down a notch in the latest survey. Oversize showers with seating areas are also moving up in popularity.

8. Stone and brick exteriors. Stucco and vinyl don’t make the cut.

9. Community landscaping, with walking paths and playgrounds. Forget about golf courses, swimming pools and clubhouses. Buyers in large planned developments prefer hiking among lush greenery.

10. Two-car garages. A given at all levels; three-car garages, in which the third bay is more often than not used for additional storage and not automobiles, is desirable in the move-up and custom categories.

Weekly Real Estate Snapshot 7/19 - 7/25

New Listings: 56
Price Improvements: 48
Pending:  23 breaks down to:
under $1 million: 17
$1-2 million: 4
$2-4 million: 0
$4-8 million: 1
$8 million+: 0
Closed: 22
Off Market (expired, canceled, withdrawn):  23
Back On Market: 2

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July Santa Barbara EcoBroker Newsletter

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In This Issue: Santa Barbara Real Estate Snapshot Industry News: New Certified Homes Command Price Premiums Industry News:  Top 10 Must-Have Features in Today’s New Homes Community: Save The Dates Get Involved: Permaculture Farm Tours Vocab Lesson: Triple Bottom Line Cool Website: Treehugger.com LATEST & GREATEST...     SANTA BARBARA REAL ESTATE SNAPSHOT:      June 14 - July 18, 2010 New listings: 269 Price Improvements: 245 Pending: 131 (break down:) Sub $1million: 95 $1-2M: 25 $2-4M: 4 $4-8M: 4 $8M+: 3 Closed: 129 Off Market:  144 Back On market: 55 This is a look at statistics provided through the Santa Barbara Multiple Listing Service over the past month.  They include single family residences and condos, from Carpinteria to Goleta. INDUSTRY NEWS   New Certified Homes Command 18% Price Premium in '09-'10.   PORTLAND, Ore., June 16, 2010 - While fewer new homes were built in the past year in the Portland metropolitan area than in the previous year, the market share of third party certified homes increased. Twenty three percent (23%) of all newly constructed homes in the Portland metropolitan area sold between May 1, 2009 and April 30, 2010 received a third party certification. This finding is based upon data reported by the Portland area RMLS to Earth Advantage Institute. The term "certified home" refers to homes that received an Earth Advantage, Energy Star, or LEED for Homes designation, or a combined Earth Advantage/Energy Star designation. Certification and sales information is reported by participating real estate brokers to RMLS. The Portland metropolitan area region includes Multnomah, Clackamas, Columbia, Washington and Yamhill Counties in Oregon and Clark County in Washington.   This finding continues a three year trend in which the market share of certified homes in the Portland region has increased.    Homes with a third party certification sold for more than their non-certified counterparts, both in the new home and existing home markets. New homes in the six county Portland region sold for 18% more, while existing homes with a certification sold for 23% more. "As energy efficiency and healthier homes gain more attention, builders and homeowners increasingly place value on home certification," said Sean Penrith, executive director, Earth Advantage Institute. "It is very encouraging to see the market share of certified homes continue to rise over the past three years despite the difficulties in residential markets."   RMLS reports sales data by county. Table Three below provides more detailed information on the range of price premiums observed in different parts of the Portland metropolitan area. Clark County, WA was the one area in the metropolitan region where newly constructed certified homes did not sell for more. However, certified existing homes in Clark County continued the trend. As a group, existing homes with a sustainable certification in Clark County sold for an average of $278,400 versus $234,100 for homes without such a certification, or 16% more. The Portland area RMLS first began collecting information about home certification in the spring of 2007. It is the first RMLS in the country to do so.  This press release was issued by Earth Advantage Institute, Read online article here.   Top 10 Must-Have Features in Today’s New Homes RISMEDIA, January 25, 2010—(MCT)—Americans want smaller houses and  they are willing to strip some of yesterday’s most popular rooms—such as  home theaters—from them in order to accommodate changing lifestyles,  consumer experts told audiences at the International Builders Show. “This is a traumatic time in this country and the future isn’t  something we’re 100% sure about now either. Buyers today want cost-effective architecture, plans  that focus on spaces and not rooms and homes that are designed ‘green’  from the outset,” she said. The key for home builders is “finding the  balance between what buyers want and the price point.” For many buyers, their next house will be smaller than their current  one, said Carol Lavender, president of the Lavender Design Group in San  Antonio, Texas. Large kitchens that are open to the main family living  area, old-fashioned bathrooms with clawfoot tubs and small spaces such  as wine grottos are design features that will resonate today, she said.  “What we’re hearing is ‘harvest’ as a home theme—the feeling of  Thanksgiving. It’s all about family togetherness—casual living,  entertaining and flexible spaces,” Lavender said. 10 “must” features in new  homes: 1. Large kitchens, with an island. “If you’re going  to spend design dollars, spend them where people want them—spend them in  the kitchen,” McCune said. 2. Granite countertops are a must for  move-up buyers and buyers of custom homes, but for others “they are on  the bubble,” Cardis said. 3. Energy-efficient appliances, high-efficiency  insulation and high window efficiency. Among the  “green” features touted in homes, these are the ones buyers value most,  said Cardis. While large windows had been a major draw, energy concerns  are giving customers pause on those. The use of recycled or synthetic  materials is only borderline desirable. 4. Home office/study. People would much rather have  this space rather than, say, a formal dining room. “People are feeling  like they can dine out again and so the dining room has become  tradable,” Cardis said. And the home theater may also be headed for the  scrap heap, a casualty of the “shift from boom to correction.” 5. Main-floor master suite. This is a must feature  for empty-nesters and certain other buyers, and appears to be getting  more popular in general. That could help explain why demand for upstairs  laundries is declining after several years of popularity gains. 6. Outdoor living room. The popularity of outdoor  spaces continues to grow, even in Canada. The idea of an outdoor room is  even more popular than an outdoor cooking area, meaning people are  willing to spend more time outside. 7. Master suite soaker tubs. Whirlpools are still  desirable for many home buyers, but they clearly went down a notch in  the latest survey. Oversize showers with seating areas are also moving  up in popularity. 8. Stone and brick exteriors. Stucco and vinyl don’t  make the cut. 9. Community landscaping: with walking paths and  playgrounds. Forget about golf courses, swimming pools and clubhouses.  Buyers in large planned developments prefer hiking among lush greenery. 10. Two-car garages: given at all levels;  three-car garages, in which the third bay is more often than not used  for additional storage and not automobiles, is desirable in the move-up  and custom categories.    COMMUNITY: SAVE THE DATES for the BIG GREEN WEEKEND:   Thursday, October 7, 2010 Annie Leonard, Author of Story of Stuff www.StoryofStuff.com Special Speaker Event hosted by The Sustainability Project Majorie Luke Theater   Friday, October 8, 2010 Green Gala hosted by  Community Environmental Council  at Double Tree Inn   Saturday, October 9, 2010  Green Home Tour Hosted by Habitat For Humanity   GET INVOLVED:   Permaculture Farm Tours: Fall Farm Tours: September 25 & October 24 www.QuailSprings.org    VOCABULARY LESSON:   Triple Bottom Line: The triple bottom line is made up of "social, economic and environmental" the "people, planet, profit" phrase was coined for Shell by SustainAbility, influenced by 20th century urbanist Patrick Geddes' notion of 'folk, work and place'. "People, planet and profit" succinctly describes the triple bottom lines and the goal of sustainability. COOL WEBSITE OF THE MONTH:    Tree Hugger 2010 Best of: Design + Architecture winners   click to edit This month:   TONIGHT!!!   July 20, 2010 6-8pm   Kunin Winery 28 West Anacapa Street   Save The Date For Next Month:   Tuesday, August  17th 6-8pm     Location TBD   www.greendrinks.org/CA/Santa Barbara   to join email:  santabarbara@greendrinks.org click to edit FOR SALE: 319 Consuelo Drive   Duplex 3/2 & 2/1   Price Adjusted $929,000     A very nicely updated duplex in San Roque with 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms and a fireplace on one side and 2 bedrooms, 1 bathroom on the other.   Projected Rents: 2 bedroom: $2100 3 bedroom: $3500 Private patios and yards with fruit trees and raised beds, two car garage and interior laundry hook-ups.   Central location to hikes, transportation, shopping and in the Hope School District.     Open Sunday June 20, 2-4pm or by appointment with Elizabeth.   click to edit FOR SALE: Laurel Springs Ranch 2720 Painted Cave Road Santa Barbara, CA 93117     Reduced recently to $10,900,000    160 acre, 5 parcels Turn key retreat business, panoramic views   lodge that sleeps 30, yoga studio, main house, multiple guest houses, spa, solar heated pool, barn, riding arena, pond, hiking trails, plentiful water, organic garden & more.    www.2720PaintedCaveRoad.com   Retreat Center Website: www.LaurelSpringsRetreat.net   click to edit In Escrow:   921 Spring Street Santa Barbara, CA 93103   Listed at $649,000 Very clean 3 bedroom, 2 bath 1,316 sq. ft. home recently redone on SB’s eastside. Short distance to Milpas shopping and SB High. Recent upgrades include: new roof, new kitchen with new cabinets, stainless sink, granite counters, and tile floors, new carpet throughout, fireplace in living room, new fixtures, remodeled bath 2 car garage & more. click to edit VACATION RENTAL:   Casa San Miguel   Available to rent by the 3 nights/week/month.   3br/2ba remodeled home with roof top ocean view deck and jacuzzi 2 blocks to the beach.   Features non-toxic cleaners, Natura mattresses, organic linens, energy efficient appliances and many more healthy/green details.   Book a stay at: www.CasaSanMiguelSB.com   click to edit     Your Referrals are always welcomed and appreciated!     Please forward this informative newsletter to all that are interested in:   Green Homes,  Real Estate and a healthy lifestyle.   You can help us grow the green home movement in our community.     www.SBGreenTeam.com   click to edit Elizabeth Wagner & DeAnn Wilson Village Properties 4050 Calle Real Suite 120 | Santa Barbara, CA 93110 Elizabeth: 805.895.1467 or DeAnn 805.451.7488 www.SantaBarbaraEcoBroker.com and www.GreenHomesSB.com SantaBarbaraEcoBrokers@gmail.com

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