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Thanksgiving in Minnesota
Wednesday, November 25th, 2009 at 2:34pm. 115 Views, 0 Comments.
It’s Thanksgiving again! Hope you have your turkey on hand for tomorrow! About 46 million turkeys were eaten last Thanksgiving.
Many Minnesota turkey farmers can be thanked for that! Minnesota hatches and raises more turkeys than any other state, producing about 45 million yearly. The rest of the top 5 states are North Carolina, Arkansas, Missouri, and Virginia.
One of the main reasons why Minnesota's approximately 600 turkey farms are as successful as they are is because of two other major exports for the state: corn and soybeans. Minnesota's turkey industry supports about 1,800 corn and soybean farmers.
What's more, over the years the University of Minnesota and the College of Agriculture and Animal Sciences and the College of Veterinary Medicine have…
Saint Paul "Extreme Makeover: Home Edition" Finished
Wednesday, October 14th, 2009 at 6:10pm. 321 Views, 0 Comments.
In the blog last week, I wrote about the "Extreme Makeover: Home Edition" that was taking place in St. Paul. Now the new home at 226 Prescott Street on St. Paul's West Side has been finished! A crowd of more than 1,500 people were there on Friday to greet Sandy Morris and her two children, Catricia and Mychal, and to watch their reactions as they saw their new home for the very first time.
Saturday, the Morris family was still amazed.
“It’s a beautiful house, it’s amazing, it’s a beautiful house,” said Sandy Morris. It’s what went into the house that makes it so special for Morris and her children – lots of labor and love. “The amount of volunteers that came through here throughout the week… on cold rainy days and nights and were here all night long and all…
"Extreme Makeover: Home Edition" Descends on Saint Paul
Tuesday, October 6th, 2009 at 10:08pm. 238 Views, 2 Comments.
Expect there to be a lot of noise and a flurry of action on St. Paul's West Side this week due to a taping of "Extreme Makeover: Home Edition." While the Morris family of 226 Prescott Street is off on a cruise courtesy of the show, thousands of volunteers have been working around the clock to complete the new home in less than 100 hours.
On Sunday, the house was demolished. On Monday, the basement wad been poured, framing put in place and working on the roof. The weather hasn't been helping matters.
"We can work with a little drizzle," said Tom Budzynski, owner of TJB Homes — the Blaine company spearheading the building of the Morris' new 2,800-square-foot home that will include three bedrooms, three baths and a separate area for the day care center that…
A New Look and New Features
Monday, October 5th, 2009 at 10:50pm. 100 Views, 0 Comments.
Much like our Barker & Hedges website, there have been some changes around here at the Saint Paul Real Estate site. It, too, has been completely redesigned, reorganized, and revamped.
This Saint Paul Real Estate Site has more features, search methods, more ways to share what you find, and easy ways to save your favorite properties. Also, we can now e-mail new listings to you that fit your needs as homes become available on the market. More options will be added to this site to aid you in your search for a home in Saint Paul, Minneapolis, and the surrounding Twin Cities metro area.
On the whole, we aim to become the most comprehensive resources for Twin Cities real estate information. The old site was outdated and too restricted. This new site's…
Gifts for Saint Paul Arts Groups
Monday, November 17th, 2008 at 10:01pm. 117 Views, 0 Comments.
Saint Paul, and the Twin Cities in general, really love the arts. The arts scene right here in our neck of the woods, as it turns out, is loved by others from outside Minnesota, too! Eight Twin Cities arts organizations will share about $5.3 million worth of grants from the New York-based Wallace Foundation. The money is meant to grow audiences and encourage student participation. In addition, the foundation will give $1.6 million to Arts Midwest and the Minnesota Community Foundation over four years to create a learning network to available to all Twin Cities arts organizations. The total sum of $6.9 million is the largest single-year commitment Wallace has made to local arts organizations.
Six groups will receive grants of $750,000 over four years.…
Moscow on the Hill
Friday, November 7th, 2008 at 11:49pm. 122 Views, 0 Comments.
The other day, one of my friends had a birthday. As is customary, the birthday boy got to choose the activities. What did my eccentric friend want to do? Have dinner at Saint Paul’s Moscow on the Hill, the city’s finest, and only, Russian restaurant. Chefs at the Moscow on the Hill restaurant prides itself on offering authentic and traditional Russian food and drink. I thought that because I went to St. Paul’s only Russian restaurant recently, my Friday post this week would be a review of the lovely experience I had there.
We had dinner early, with everyone arriving at the restaurant by about 5:30. The servers were very attentive with keeping drinks flowing and water glasses filled. The atmosphere was laid back, with dimly-lit rooms, traditional…
Saint Paul's Science Museum of Minnesota
Sunday, June 8th, 2008 at 11:51pm. 84 Views, 0 Comments.
Downtown St. Paul is home to the Science Museum of Minnesota, a large regional science museum. Founded in 1907, the Science Museum's programs combine exhibits, research and collection facilities, a public science education center, extensive teacher education and school outreach programs, and an Imax Convertible Dome Omnitheater. More than a million people enter its doors each year.
The Science Museum’s 370,000-square-foot facility is built into the bluffs overlooking the Mississippi River. There are five permananet exhibit halls which cover paleontology, physical sciences and technology, the human body, peoples and cultures, and the Mississippi River. The river itself flows just past the museum's ten acres of outdoor exhibits and programming space.…
Welcome to The Saint Paul Real Estate Blog!
Monday, May 19th, 2008 at 8:57pm. 87 Views, 0 Comments.
This blog is devoted to providing information and resources to help you buy or sell Saint Paul, Minnesota real estate. If you’re new to the home buying or selling, or you’ve been through the process a dozen times, this blog will be useful in helping to inform you. Future posts will include information about St. Paul and its neighborhoods, the Saint Paul real estate market, home purchasing and selling tips, and more.
Barker & Hedges is an established RE/MAX real estate agency operating in Saint Paul. The individuals who comprise the Barker & Hedges Team come from a mixture of backgrounds. Our different areas of expertise and varying personalities combine professionalism, ingenuity, and skill to assess the changing world of St. Paul real estate.…
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