Must-Attend Denver-Area Holiday Events

Believe it or not, the holiday season is just around the corner. TeamCox Relators has compiled a list of a few of the of the Denver metro area’s most popular holiday celebrations:

AuroraSouthlands
Town Square
Holiday Kickoff Ceremony
Saturday, November 21, 2009 – 6:00pm
Annual Holiday Kickoff Celebration & Tree Lighting Ceremony

 Centennial

The Streets at SouthGlenn Holiday Tree Lighting
Commons Park
Friday, November 20, 2009 – 5-7pm

Denver

Grand Illumination Downtown Denver
November 27th – 6:00pm
Numerous multiple Downtown Denver locations will be lit up including the City and County of Denver, Larimer Square, Denver Pavilions, the 16th Street Mall and Union Station.

Cherry Creek Shopping Center
19th Annual Tree Lighting Ceremony
November 27, 2009 – 5:30pm

Parade of Lights
December 4-5, 2009
The Parade of Lights is a wonderful Denver tradition that dazzles everyone with beautiful floats and giant balloon characters.

The Brown Palace Hotel
Lighting of the Grand Chandelier
November 28th – 6-7:00pm
Enjoy decorating holiday cookies with the kids and Santa Claus.

Annual New Year’s Eve Fireworks in Downtown Denver
9:00pm & Midnight

Castle Rock

Castle Rock Outlets Tree Lighting
November 20, 2009 – 7:00pm
Light up a 70 foot tree!

Starlighting
November 21, 2009 – 5:00pm

Englewood

Tree Lighting
November 23, 2009 – 6:00pm
Englewood Civic Center

LittletonCandlelight Walk and Treelighting
Downtown Littleton
November 27, 2009
Littleton will celebrate the holiday season with many festive activities, including lighting up the trees on Mainstreet, caroling and a visit from Santa himself!

ParkerTown of Parker Tree Lighting
O’Brien Park in Downtown Parker
November 27, 2009 – 5:00pm

Christmas Carriage Parade
December 12, 2009 – 2:00pm
Route: West on Mainstreet, up Victorian, around Parker Station, back down Victorian, east on Mainstreet, south on Pikes Peak Drive, east on Pikes Peak Court through the Mainstreet Center parking lot and back on Mainstreet heading east.

For more information regarding the holiday season in Denver, Colorado, please contact TeamCox Realtors – your Denver real estate specialists – at 303-400-6060. Have a happy holiday season!

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The Parade of Homes has gotten a facelift this year– it has a new name (Denver Luxury Home Tour), it is being held much earlier in the summer, and the homes are scattered throughout the Denver metro area, not just at one site.

The event will run from June 5th to July 5th – to be held on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays from 11am to 6pm. The homes on the tour, priced between $1 million and $6 million, showcase multiple Denver-area luxury neighborhoods, including  Belcaro (Denver), Observatory Park  (Denver), South Bonnie Brae (Denver), The Timbers (Parker), Pradera (Parker),  Whisper Canyon (Castle Rock),  Escavera (Castle Rock), The Preserve (Greenwood Village), One Cherry Lane (Greenwood Village), Heritage Hills (Lone Tree),  Cherokee Ridge Estates (Littleton), and many more.

Tickets are priced at $15 for Adults, $12 for Seniors (65+), and Kids 12 and under. Tickets are only available online or at King Soopers – they are not available at the door.

We are truly excited about this event’s new format, since it will allow attendees to get a taste of so many different high-end neighborhoods in the Denver real estate market. For more information on the Denver Luxury Home Tour, please contact TeamCox Realtors at 303-400-6060. You can also visit the Tour’s website, which has detailed information.

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The holiday season is just around the corner, and we are lucky to be able to celebrate the holiday in beautiful Denver, Colorado. TeamCox has compiled a list of a few of the of the Denver metro area’s most popular holiday celebrations:

Aurora
Southlands
Town Square
Tree Lighting Ceremony
Friday, November 28, 2008
Southland’s third annual grand Tree Lighting ceremony is sure to be a treat with miles of lights and a 35-foot living Christmas Tree.

Denver
Grand Illumination Downtown Denver
November 28th – 6:00pm
Numerous multiple Downtown Denver locations will be lit up including the City and County of Denver, Larimer Square, Denver Pavilions, the 16th Street Mall and Union Station.

Cherry Creek Shopping Center
19th Annual Tree Lighting Ceremony
November 23, 2008

Parade of Lights
December 5-6, 2008
The Parade of Lights is a wonderful Denver tradition that dazzles everyone with beautiful floats and giant balloon characters.

Castle Rock
Castle Rock Outlets Tree Lighting
November 22, 2008- 5:30pm
Light up a 70 foot tree!

“Turkey Rock Trot”
Thursday, November, 27, 2008 – 9:30 a.m
5K Family Run

Englewood
Englewood Shines!
December, 6, 2008- 4:00pm
Englewood Civic Center

Littleton
2008 Candlelight Walk
Downtown Littleton
November 28, 2008
Littleton will celebrate the holiday season with many festive activities, including lighting up the trees on Mainstreet, caroling and a visit from Santa himself!

Parker
Town of Parker Tree Lighting
O’Brien Park in Downtown Parker
November 28, 2008 – 5:00pm

Christmas Carriage Parade
December 13, 2008 – 2:00pm
Route: West on Mainstreet, up Victorian, around Parker Station, back down Victorian, east on Mainstreet, south on Pikes Peak Drive, east on Pikes Peak Court through the Mainstreet Center parking lot and back on Mainstreet heading east.

For more information regarding the holiday season in Denver, Colorado, please contact TeamCox Realtors at 303-400-6060. Merry Christmas!

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Well, Denver residents were expecting a whirlwind during the DNC! Three tornadoes touched down southeast of Denver yesterday, on the eve of the DNC. One of the tornadoes, which touched down near the Rueter-Hess Reservoir in Parker, was about a mile from my house. The tornado spotting gave my family quite a scare! Two more tornadoes also touched down in Douglas County near Castle Rock and Parker yesterday evening.

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* Photo is courtesy of Leslie Stoops, who lives in Parker’s Antelope Heights neighborhood.

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TeamCox Realtors would like to congratulate Castle Rock, Colorado, on being named as one of the four finalists (with a population between 25,000 and 50,000), for the most notable parks and recreation award in the country, the National Recreation and Parks Administration’s 2008 Gold Medal Award

The award, which honors communities excelling in “long-range planning, resource management, volunteerism, environmental stewardship, program development, professional development and agency recognition,” will be awarded in October. This coveted nomination is no surprise, considering the fact that Castle Rock boasts a variety of recreational amenities, thousands of acres of open space, over 200 acres of park space, 34 miles of trails, and a state-of-the-art recreation center.

Recreation isn’t the only thing that Castle Rock has going for it! Castle Rock is a scenic, family-friendly community that attracts all types of homebuyers – from bustling professionals – to young families – to empty nesters. Castle Rock residents enjoy living in the charming Douglas County town while being nearby Denver’s renowned shopping, dinning and cultural opportunities. Castle Rock real estate, please contact TeamCox Realtors – your Denver real estate specialist.

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TeamCox Realtors often recommends Parker, Colorado, to our homebuyers since the southern Denver suburb appeals to almost everyone – first time buyers to young families to empty nesters. The charming town and its surrounding neighborhoods offer a unique blend of small-town charm blended with the conveniences of being near a large city.

Yesterday’s Denver Post featured an article about the future Rueter-Hess Reservoir, slated to be 50 percent larger than the Cherry Creek Reservoir, which is under construction near Parker. This reservoir brightens Parker’s already vivid future, since it will add to the area’s existing charm and recreational opportunities, while boasting its water supply. Planning for the reservoir began in 1985, as the Parker Water and Sanitation District sought to improve its long-term water supply.

Projected to be completed in 2011, the  Rueter-Hess Reservoir will provide water to the Town of Parker, in addition to surrounding Douglas County areas, including Stonegate, Castle Pines North and Castle Rock. While the recreation plans for the reservoir haven’t been finalized, there are plans to include fishing and non-motorized boating, including canoes and rowboats. In addition, approximately 2,000 acres of land will be set aside for wildlife, hiking, and biking trails.

Are you thinking about moving to the Parker area? TeamCox Realtors has extensive knowledge of the Parker real estate market, so please free to contact us at 303-400-6060.

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Two new Douglas County School District elementary schools have remained nameless – until this week!

According to The Douglas County School District, its Board of Education formally approved, “Gold Rush Elementary,” as the name for Elementary School #44. Gold Rush Elementary, Parker’s newest elementary school, will be open for the 2008-2009 school year. Parker subdivisions feeding in the new school include Antelope Heights, Bradbury Hills, Horse Creek, Newlin Meadows and Jordan Crossing. The name has historical meaning as gold was found in Newlin Gulch during the gold rush.

The Castle Rock area’s newest elementary school (formerly Elementary School #45) will now be known as “Clear Sky Elementary School.” The brand new school, located in The Meadows subdivision, will also be open for the 2008-2009 school year.

For more information on schools throughout Douglas County or in the Denver metropolitan area, please contact TeamCox Realtors.

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TeamCox Realtors begins every new client meeting with an orientation in front of a large metro Denver area map. During this initial orientation, we take into consideration the daily work commute of family members, school considerations and access to light rail and shopping. Often the relocating family will want to know about recreational facilities, churches and quite specifically crime statistics.  These are very normal concerns for a relocating family who is unfamiliar with Denver area neighborhoods.

As Realtors®, we must be a bit guarded in our answers.  While we cannot guide or steer clients to or from a particular neighborhood, we can direct them to information that is easily accessible online including information on child predators or sex offenders that can be found on the National Sex Offender Registry.

Please click on the following links for more information on crime in specific Denver area neighborhoods. If you have questions about safety in a specific Denver community, please contact TeamCox Realtors.

Aurora

Castle Rock

Denver

Englewood

Golden

Greenwood Village

Highlands Ranch

Larkspur

Littleton

Parker

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Many Denver area homebuyers, inlcuding those relocating to Colorado, are attracted to the top-notch quality of life, natural beauty and to the coveted schools in Douglas County, Colorado. Pradera, a popular community located in Parker, Colorado, has all of this so it is a natural choice for homebuyers looking for homes on larger homesites that range in price from around the half million-dollar mark to over two million.

Pradera, the site of the 2005 Parade of Homes, is an impressive golf course community that showcases the best of Colorado with its natural beauty, miles of open space, mountain vistas and architecturally stunning homes. Since construction at Pradera has been in full swing over the past few years, many resale and newly built homes are available to Pradera homebuyers. Golden Design Group and Joyce Homes are among the homebuilders at Pradera in addition to sixteen exclusive custom homebuilders.

Although Pradera has a Parker mailing address, it is nestled right in between Castle Rock and Parker and is easily accessible from both I-25 in Castle Rock and Parker Road.  Because its location, Pradera residents are able to enjoy the sought-after recreational opportunities and conveniences of both the Parker and Castle Rock areas. The community is also within the boundaries of the first-rate Douglas Country schools of Mountain View Elementary, Northeast Elementary, Sagewood Middle School and Ponderosa High School.

For more information on Pradera real estate, please contact TeamCox Realtors. TeamCox Realtors is here to assist you find a community that is perfect for you!

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Colorado continues to be a very healthy place to live. According to a recent study by the Trust for America’s Health, a research group that focuses on disease prevention, Colorado boasts the lowest adult obesity rate and the third-lowest childhood obesity rate in the entire United States. As the obesity epidemic grows at alarming pace, this is great news for our state. Just to give you an idea, Colorado’s obesity rate is a lean 17.9% while last-ranked Mississippi’s obesity rate is 30.6%. In addition, Boulder was recently ranked by Men’s Journal as one of the nation’s healthiest places while Douglas County was recently recognized by Money Magazine as one of the country’s "skinniest" counties.

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