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Back some years ago, I put an offer on the entire Morse Steel property in Wenatchee.  I was part of a group that was interested in creating an area along the river front from Orondo on the south encompassing the former public works property to the north.  It is an area that could be used to create a vibrant identity in that part of the city that would compliment the entire Wenatchee downtown.

If the Port and City are able to pull off this project, it could go a long way towards a new vision for that area.  The Wenatchee World had an article on the option the Port of Chelan recently signed.  I certainly support something happening to take advantage of that wonderful opportunity for Wenatchee.

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Chelan County Planning Commission will be hosting a public Workshop on the adoption of the International Building and Fire codes. This is your opportunity to comment on the proposed amendments to the Chelan County Code.  The workshop is 7:00 p.m. on January 25th in the County Commissioner’s Chambers.

Please contact Graham Simon or David Grimes with questions, phone 667-6225

The proposed Building Code Resolution

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Here area a couple photos of the dogsled teams that were out on December 30th at the Fish Lake snowpark.  There is a skating rink at The Cove too!

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The Wenatchee real estate market keeps plugging along, not gaining but not losing much from where last year ended.  While 2009 continues to be below 2008 levels in both Dollar Volume (-18%) and Number of Units Sold (-11%). since June the dollar volume and number of units sold has been holding steady with last year.

This means the Wenatchee Real Estate Snapshot from Pacific Appraisals is available!  Check it out!

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Check it out!  Chelan county is looking at regulating vacation rentals of single family homes in the Manson SubArea.  The process being considered is an “annual permit.”

The permit would – (more)

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According to the Pacific Appraisals Snapshot Report, most Wenatchee home sales are occuring on homes priced under $250,000.  Sales in total are still lagging last year and October lags last year by about 19% in dollar volume.

Currently there have been 508 homes sold this year, a -13% reduction from this time last year. Number of sales has increased monthly throughout 2009, with the 3rd quarter seeing the most activity. Most sales throughout 2009 have occured in the price ranges of $151,000 to $250,000. – Pacific Appraisals Snapshot for October

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Snow and sun is a great combination!

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Here are the Pacific Appraisal Leavenworth and Cashmere Snapshot Reports.

Leavenworth:

The Leavenworth market remains consistent when comparing recent months. Sales continue to be down, while the average and median sales prices of single family homes remains stable. An item to note is there were 3 condo’s sold last month! And with each new condo closing we are are seeing a significant decline in both the median and average sales prices from one year ago.

Cashmere:

The Cashmere marketplace remains significantly down in the number and volume of homes sold when comparing this month’s data to one year ago. However, there were 2 closed single family home sales this month. Up a 100% from a year ago.

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Underway is a comprehensive rewrite of the Chelan County subdivision code, section 12 of Chelan County Code.  The proposed code, with other comprehensive plan updates, is going before the Planning Commission on the 28th of September for a hearing and before the Commission for adoption on October 5th.

Here is a copy of a strikeout draft of the proposed code.  The strikeouts are not changes from the existing code, but simply markups from an earlier version of the draft.  Many of the stakeholders in the process are concerned about some of the effects of the proposed changes. 

This is one of your last chances to take a look and express your thoughts to:

Lilith Yanagimachi 
Planner  II
Chelan County
509.667.6586
lilith.yanagimachi@co.chelan.wa.us

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Here’s the Pacific Appraisals Home Sales Snapshot Report for August.  Sales volume for the year is running 19% below last year year to date by transaction volume with August about equal to August 2008 with 79 homes sold in August this year compared to 77 last year. 

381 homes have sold this year compared to 469 last year, a reduction of 19%. Number of homes listed is also down from last year by 18%. Currently there is an 11 month supply of homes on the market when considering all price ranges.

September of 2008 was slow, so it will be interesting to see what happens next month!

Click for Lake Chelan Home and Real Estate Sales information.

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