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Lake Forest Park WA Community Info:

Lake Forest Park WA is full of natural beauty and is all in all just a wonderful community!  It is a great alternative to city living, but still close enough in to take full advantage of all Seattle has to offer. 

Here are some of the Lake Forest Park WA things you may not have known:

• Speeding STRONGLY discouraged with many speed traps and camera tickets especially around schools.
  
• Hybrid drivers welcome!
  
• Lots of trees!
  
• Farmers Market
  
• Beach Access even if not deeded through one of the private clubs through public park

Want to know more about Lake Forest Park Wa and Lake Forest Park Living?

Here is a link to a Lake Forest Park Community Guide:

Lake Forest Park WA Living

You can also find more info here:

Lake Forest Park Blog

Sheridan Beach Real Estate in the Seattle Suburb of Lake Forest Park, Washington - this is a wonderful Seattle waterfront neighborhood!

Sheridan Beach is right across from the Lake Forest Park Towne Centre in the heart of Lake Forest Park WA - it is a small waterfront community with some amazing homes!  The waterfront Sheridan Beach homes in Lake Forest Park are on the banks of Lake Washington and have wonderful low to no bank water frontage.  The other homes in Sheridan Beach are all also close to not only the water, but the Burke Gilman trail and all that lake Forest Park has to offer.

Wondering what it might cost to get into Sheridan Beach in Lake Forest Park? Sheridan Beach real estate has a large range due to the nature of its boundaries to the East and West.  On the West side is Bothell Highway and there are Sheridan Beach homes available starting in the $350,000 range from time to time, but only a couple blocks over is Lake Washington and waterfront Sheridan Beach homes start in the low million range and up.  You can get a really nice Lake Forest Park lakefront home in Sheridan Beach for under 1.5 million.

Sheridan Beach is a great neighborhood to choose when looking at Lake Forest Park real estate if you enjoy the outdoors and want to be close to both the lake and the trail for walking, biking, and more.  Having the Town Centre right across the street helps, too, and a car can actually become unnecessary in this neighborhood!  The Burke Gilman trail runs all the way into Seattle and interconnects with other trails both North and South of Lake Forest Park. 

The Town Centre has grocery, restaurant, banks, coffee, videos, book store, pet store, library, cafe, Subway, and more.  In addition, there is a seasonal farmer's market and city hall is right there, too!  Lake Forest Park has a lot to offer and is a pretty easy commute to Seattle!   Sheridan Beach is one of Lake Forest Park's  fabulous neighborhoods and has some great perks!

Courtney Cooper, Cooper Jacobs Real Estate Services 206-251-5948

Horizon View real estate in Lake Forest Park WA - this is a great neighborhood in the Seattle suburb of Lake Forest Park Washington! 

Horizon View is the highest point in Lake Forest Park and because of that the homes here tend to have some great views!  The Horizon View neighborhood has views of Lake Washington, the Cascades, Mount Baker, Mount Rainier, and Seattle on a clear day.

The real perk here for  Lake Forest Park Horizon View homes, though is the park itself  and great reason to look at Horizon View real estate- Horizon View Park is one of the most phenomenal around and a great smaller scale version of all the things we all like about Green Lake in Seattle!   There is a quarter mile loop and a mile loop, enclosed tennis court, basketball/sport court, ball field, playground complete with choo choo train and separated by age appropriateness, and more!  There is parking, porta-potties, a water fountain, and dogs are allowed here on leash. In true Lake Forest Park fashion, there is a dog bowl here for your furry friends to sip out of as well. The park is 8.4 acres and includes a giant Seattle reservoir which is inside of the larger loop. 

Little known Horizon View Lake Forest Park fact:  Ready for this one? Horizon View Park used to be a Nike Missile site!  It was the radar tracking portion of the system, but it was right here in Horizon View Park from 1957 until it was decommissioned in 1964.  You can still see the relics if you look closely.  After my daughter beat me at a game of tennis, we wandered up an old staircase that was covered in brambles and seemed to literally lead to nowhere.  I didn't know it at the time, but this was one of the radar pads left over from the old site - it was still a bit eerie.  The actual launching site is over on 1st and 228th on Nike Hill in Bothell (I also had no idea where the nick name had come from for the hill). Through out the 1950s Seattle got a lot of these installed apparently. 

Horizon View is a great neighborhood and Lake Forest Park is a wonderful Seattle suburb in Washington!  I have written about Lake Forest Park real estate before, but wanted to start really getting out some cool neighborhood information - Horizon View is a cool Lake Forest Park neighborhood and there are some wonderful homes here!

Cooper Jacobs Real Estate Services 206-251-5948

Don't forget :  this Sunday 12/14/2008!

 
Lake Forest Park Farmers Market

When?  11AM until 4PM

Where?  Third Place Commons,  17171 Bothell Way NE in Lake Forest Park, WA

Fresh local food - don't miss it!  Lake Forest Park living at its best includes the Farmer's Market!  Come see why people love living in Lake Forest Park - this is one of the wonderful farmer's markets around the greater Seattle area and happens to be one of my favorite ones!

Are you interested in Lake Forest Park real estate?  Email me for a list of great houses on the market! realestate@cooperjacobs.com

Lake Forest Park Living..

It is exciting to see the progress  that Seattle suburb Lake Forest Park is making as far as finding other ways of getting around.  Lake Forest Park has always been a great place to live if you like to bike, but check out the In Motion Page for LFP!

http://www.metrokc.gov/kcdot/transit/inmotion/lakeforestpark/

Here is what LFP residents have reported according to the site:

24% less driving alone , 94% more busing , 49% more walking

Great ways to go green in Lake Forest Park!

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The Shoreline Management info applies to anything within 200 feet of Lake Washington - lots of great waterfront properties in Lake Forest Park at Sheridan Beach!  Here are the details from the city site:

Shoreline Master Plan Open House

Wednesday, June 11, 2008

City Council Chambers

6:30pm - 8:30 pm

 More info?  Click here. 

Interested in Lake Forest Park real estate?  Kenmore real estate?  Interested in Brier real estate?  realestate@cooperjacobs.com

 Cooper Jacobs Real Estate Services:   Experienced Seattle real estate REALTOR with a background in accounting - I love my clients and work hard for them! Please call me if you are looking for a home or investment property (including short sales, preforeclosures, foreclosures, and REO properties) in Seattle (Ballard, Crown Hill, Phinney, Ravenna, Maple Leaf, Green Lake (Greenlake), Greenwood, Northgate, Lake City,University, Sand Point, Laurelhurst, Windermere, Fremont, Wallingford, Queen Anne, Westlake, Eastlake, Lake Union, Downtown, Madison Park), Seattle Suburbs Homes in Shoreline, Edmonds, Redmond, Kirkland, Brier, Lynnwood, Mountlake Terrace, Lake Forest Park, Bothell, Mill Creek, Everett, or other Seattle Suburbs!

I happen to like this one the best:  Horizon View Park in Lake Forest Park is a great reason to move to this Seattle suburb! 

Here is the address:

19857 47th Ave NE
Lake Forest Park, WA 98155

Go check it out and see why Lake Forest Park is such a great place to live!  Lake Forest Park also by th eway is one of the Seattle suburbs that has appreciated year over year according to the latest stats I found in the MLS.

Lake Forest Park is a great place to go look for choices on the market!!!!  According to the NWMLS as of today on my report, there have been 115 residential listings active this year.  Of the 115, 67 are active on the market (available for sale), 1 is contingent, 4 are subject to inspection, and 35 have sold since 1/1/2008.  Prices range from $179,000 to $2,495,000. 

Last year  (2007) 42 houses had sold by today, so we are 7 houses behind for now, but not too bad overall. 

Courtney Cooper ....For all your Seattle Washington Real Estate Needs! Seattle Area Real Estate Agent: Broker and Realtor serving North King & South Snohomish County.  Seattle Real Estate and Seattle Suburbs!  Cooper Jacobs Real Estate Services:   Experienced REALTOR with a background in accounting - I love my clients and work hard for them! Please call me if you are looking for a home or investment property (including short sales, preforeclosures, foreclosures, and REO properties) in Seattle (Ballard, Crown Hill, Phinney, Ravenna, Maple Leaf, Green Lake (Greenlake), Greenwood, Northgate, Lake City,University, Sand Point, Laurelhurst, Windermere, Fremont, Wallingford, Queen Anne, Westlake, Eastlake, Lake Union, Downtown, Madison Park), Shoreline, Edmonds, Brier, Lynnwood, Mountlake Terrace, Lake Forest Park, Bothell, Mill Creek, Everett, or other Seattle Suburbs!

Lake Forest Park's First Ever Home Based Business Fair 

Lake Forest Park puts on some great events and I think this one is a pretty cool idea - could be a great tool if you are thinking about starting or enhancing a home based business! 

Here is the info from their site:

"Interested in starting your own home-based business or meeting and networking with other home-based business owners in Lake Forest Park? Would you like to learn more about writing a business plan or enhancing your home-based business via web-marketing? "

When & Where? 

March 8th, 2008 at the Third Place Commons (inside Third Place Books in Lake Forest Park Shopping Center)

Starts at 10 AM

More info

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Courtney Cooper ....For all your Seattle Washington Real Estate Needs! Seattle Area Real Estate Agent: Broker and Realtor serving North King & South Snohomish County.  Seattle Real Estate and Seattle Suburbs!  Cooper Jacobs Real Estate Services:   Experienced REALTOR with a background in accounting - I love my clients and work hard for them! Please call me if you are looking for a home or investment property (including short sales, preforeclosures, foreclosures, and REO properties) in Seattle (Ballard, Crown Hill, Phinney, Ravenna, Maple Leaf, Greenlake, Greenwood, Northgate, Lake City,University, Sand Point, Laurelhurst, Windermere, Fremont, Wallingford, Queen Anne, Westlake, Eastlake, Lake Union, Downtown, Madison Park), Shoreline, Edmonds, Brier, Lynnwood, Mountlake Terrace, Lake Forest Park, Bothell, Mill Creek, Everett, or other Seattle Suburbs!

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