Karen Moorhead's Blog

Randy has a very important message for all of us.  Here is his lovely thankful message for today.

Here is a wonderful wonderful wish for a successful New Year and you are in great company here in AR if you chose to spend your time reading and writing.

I have started today with a workout (ya hoo!!) and worked on my database and even did a bit of paper organizing. The paper work part is huge because I don't like to do it...but they say to do what you like least early and get it out of the way.  

Here is a wish for everyone to have a great New Year and set goals in WRITING, work on things you least like to do first and of course, if you work on sometime for 10 minutes a day everyday you will get better at it.  

Here is wishing you a Successful 2009 to everyone here in Active Rain!

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The Michigan Theater is a lovely historic theater in Ann Arbor on Liberty near State Street which has been remarkably preserved and continues to get the support of the Ann Arbor community, while it provides a lovely glimpse into the past and what the theater experience used to be for moviegoers.  The organ playing was the norm in the old days and she is a beauty from the outside as well as the interior!

If you love the architecture of glorious buildings, look at the detail from the exterior of the building.  I am keeping the photo large so you can see the beauty in true form.

If you would like to be a supporting member I would encourage you buy the CD which is available at Border's Stores throughout Ann Arbor.  It is a great CD of live performances artists who came to town and played live.  Great gift - great CD!  The profit goes to support the Michigan Theater; how great is that? 

Wonderful music for a beautiful landmark in our town!

This might give you a glimpse into why the Michigan Theater is so special.  The organ being played before a film.  What a treat!

It is with sadness, but not surprise that I share the announcement that the Ann Arbor Public Library is postponing the rebuilding of the downtown library.  This is a great plan and very exciting but I must say I'm happy that the board has realized we can not afford this building at this time.

The plan is wonderful, exciting but very expensive and we are going to wait until our market turns around before they move forward.  The public library will continue to support the downtown library so we don't need to worry about failure for our vibrant downtown in Ann Arbor, Michigan.  It will remain a wonderful place to visit and in the future there will be exciting plans for the downtown library.

HealthMedia of Ann Arbor, Michigan has been purchased by Johnson & Johnson.

Ann Arbor, Michigan is home to Google and now Johnson & Johnson.  The head of the local company will be retained and "operate on a focus of international growth".

Growth is what the state of Michigan needs and this is not a situation where we will lose jobs.  Crain's covered the press release and it is all good for Ann Arbor, Michigan. Jobs are NOT expected to be lost.

HealthMedia is located at 130 First Street and we wish them continued success!!

Welcome Johnson & Johnson.

  Dexter, Michigan is a lovely village just West of Ann Arbor and one of the fun fall events is to head out to Jenny's Market and take a horse carriage ride to pick your pumpkin.  

There are many items to enjoy like apple cider, pumpkin pie and apple doughnuts.

There is so much fun for the kids at Jenny's Market; it might last at least a half a day. There are mini's to pet, hay bales to climb and jump and a fun maze to explore.  Just head West on Ann Arbor Dexter road, under the railroad tracks to the corner lot and you have arrived to the fun!

                                                                                      You might wonder if this is horse country and you would certainly be right about that.  Wonderful country feel within minutes of Ann Arbor, Michigan.

Thank you to Missy Caulk and Bob Stewart for putting on a great blogging seminar at the Keller Williams Ann Arbor Market Center. 

This was a motivating presentation, whether you have been in the rain for a while or if you are just starting out.  The information was excellent and provided great inspiration.  

Missy is very generous with her knowledge and this one slide is the essence of her thoughts about posts.  Share who you are to the public and let them get to know you!

The other aspect to how totally cool this was the group of people who attended and how they found out about the event.  One of my favorite local bloggers who has nothing to do with real estate, attended and that was because Maureen Francis wrote a tweet this morning that we had Bob Stewart of Active Rain in town today.  So Ed Vielmetti attended just to see what we are doing on the net and how we do it.  (Ed thanks for attending!)

Point here: Get on Twitter!    Post important events on Twitter and who knows who will show up at your meetings.

We were also lucky enough to have Debra Drummond and Todd Waller as well as many others.  (There will be posts with photos of others I'm sure!)

Stay active in the Rain.  If someone does a presentation on blogging - attend this meeting.  I think you will find friends who you haven't met in person, but it is just a wonderful experience to put a face with a name.

Most importantly Missy's message was an excellent one and that is to blog to get business.  It is how people find her and decide to work with her. 

Bob Stewart talked about all the places which no one as covered as yet.  The opportunities are huge!  Take your own photos and write about the neighborhoods, unless you have so much business you can't handle any more.  If you need to grow your business then having an Active Rain voice will help get you where you want to go. 

You might also find some friends along the way. 

As much as I love these photos, the meeting was even better!

Missy Caulk, Bob Stewart and Chet Hill were all helpful in pulling this event together.

Thank you!

I am fortunate to sit on the education committee for the local board of Realtors(R) and given the current economic situation it would be prudent to schedule a couple hours for education in your schedule for leader discussions.

Date:  October 22, 2008

Time:  10 a.m. to Noon

Location to be determined.

The following professionals are scheduled to speak:

Kevin Salley of the Bank of Ann Arbor

Craig Roth of Gold Star Mortgage Financial

Teresa Myers of Midwest Financial Credit Union

The topics to be discussed:  reverse mortgages, FHS and the stimulus package, rehab loans, investor financing and mortgage pitfalls.

When times are difficult, it is extremely important to stay on top of the news and this is your opportunity to ask questions to lending professionals.

What a great weekend ahead in Ann Arbor, Michigan.  We have the UM home game Saturday and just as exciting is the 5K run on Sunday morning.  The run is special for a few reasons:

1.  YOU decide on your favorite charity (this is the Big Heart part of the run).

2.  YOU finish at the 50 yard line in the Big House (we all know this is the UM Football stadium).

There is a 5K run through Burns Park or a 1 Mile Fun Walk as well and both finish with your finish on the scoreboard for everyone to enjoy. 

If you want to support this terrific event they can always use volunteers so please feel free to email:  nancy@runningfit.com.

  The best news is wonderful weather for Sunday as well!

I would like to introduce you to  Dexter, Michigan.

Welcome to fall and I hope you make the trip to a lovely town just west of Ann Arbor, Michigan.

It is a short drive or bike ride along a couple lovely routes.  You can take Ann Arbor-Dexter Road or Huron River Drive and you arrive 8 miles later to this lovely town which has a wonderful cider mill.  The Dexter Cider Mill is currently open with their wonderful donuts, cider, apples and homemade apple pie. 

Wonderful memories are made this way!

I personally know the road and want to let you know that the Dexter-Ann Arbor Road has been repaved and is ready for your bike today!

The apples change as the farmers grow them and just stop by to see which are currently available.  I checked on one of my favorite apple for pies:  Northern Spy but alas they will probably not come in this year.  I learned they are a bi-annual apple.  This is another wonderful aspect of visiting the cider mill:  you are supporting local farmers!

Enjoy fall today!!