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Loxahatchee Groves Florida Real Estate News

The Administrator of the town of Loxahatchee Groves stated that the most important things on the Loxahatchee Grove town’s agenda for 2010 are:

  • The Comprehensive plan being completed
  • Land Use Regulations in place

Before that can be accomplished the Loxahatchee Groves town has to settle the law suite that was brought against them by Callery-Judge Grove over the town’s comprehensive plan regarding traffic patterns on Okeechobee Blvd.

Once this is resolved the town of Loxahatchee Groves will be able to finish up their land development regulations.

These regulations will result in more code enforcement that will be brought in through phases. This is the one part of Palm Beach County that does not have a lot of rules and such. Most residents live in Loxahatchee Groves because they want to own their acreage and not be told what to do, what they can have on their property, etc. There is a balance that the town is trying to create.

The Loxahatchee acreage area is one of the last western communities area that allows trucks. There are a lot of nurseries there that depend on trucks moving trees and produce. There are also a lot of home based businesses in this area like plumbers, tree cutters, landscapers and those who even work for companies that use trucks in their day to day operations. They have always been able to keep their trucks on their property. This will be one of the parts of the regulations that will be worked on.  If you own a business on your property you need to be involved in the decision making process- show up for the meetings and voice your concerns and do your part to protect your property rights.

Initially as they set the new rules, they will send out code enforcement workers not to cite violations but rather to educate the residents of the new rules. They will give a lot of courtesy notices and time to remove violations. The Loxahatchee Groves Town administrator says he wants to stress compliance rather than inflict punishment.

Another project that is going to take the town of Loxahatchee Groves about 5 more years to complete is the roads. There are a lot of dirt roads and again, many of the residents that moved there want to keep it that way. They ride their horses and off road vehicles along those roads. The town has to take care of the maintenance of those roads now.  Big trucks come in and grade the dirt roads. They will add some new kind of material to the dirt roads making it easier to grade and maintain.

It looks like having a newly incorporated town is a lot of work. We wish them well and most of all, we wish all the residents of Loxahatchee Groves a happy new year and that they are happy with any changes made to their community.
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Back To Bethlehem- A Trip Through The Village Where Jesus Was Born.

Back To Bethlehem- We had an a wonderful experience that was not only uplifting spiritually but a top notch real live history lesson of the times and setting of the town of Bethlehem at the time that Jesus was born there. 

At first I did not realize how immersed this experience was going to be. The added blessing was it turned into a field trip for our son who is 7 that we homeschool. He is doing a project on what he learned there and now we are delving more into the history of the day. 

Each year there is a church called The Community of Hope Church that is located just a few minutes from Wellington Florida in a town called- Loxahatchee Florida, that puts on the Town Of Bethlehem re-inactment. This takes all year to plan and then it must take months to execute and set up everything. 

The Town Of Bethlehem is only open for 3 nights. We decided to go on a Sunday night. The line was long! I was happy to stand in line to get into the town and so were all the other people waiting. The setting called for calm and happy attitudes. Small groups of people get to go through the town at a time. 

I am still learning how to use my new Nikon P6000 in the dark. Don't have that down yet, so the photos are not the best but I think you will still get a sense of what the scenes were like. It was very dark and only candlelight to light up the night. 

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Talk about realistic. These actors and actresses, all volunteers from their church, talk the way the people talked back in Bethlehem during that period of time. They dressed in period clothing. All the furnishings were as authentic as they could get them. 

As we were arriving at the gate of the town of Bethlehem- the Roman Soldiers were standing guard- looking mean- and bossing us around like we were servants. Our son was asking us why did they talk down to us in this manner and this of course gave us a chance to talk about liberty and freedom and how many people still in the world today are treated this way in their countries. 

We got ushered into the tax station where your head of household, the oldest male, had to sign his family's name to the tax scrolls. Then we are told a story by a Rabi of the day. He was excellent in period and tone. 

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The town was a bustling little village consisting of store fronts that were typical of the day. There were women and girls baking bread and selling (pretending) their finished loaves. We were able to see why bread was considered such a precious food! It was hard to make in those days. Our son watched in bewilderment as the ladies there were taking the wheat plant, removing the wheat and grinding all of that by hand. Then it continued to be worked, ingredients added and then of course, kneaded. They actually cooked the bread loaves in a wood burning outdoor type oven and then we got to sample the bread. It was delicious. 

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We saw the sword and knife welders, the blacksmith, boys selling camels and goats, music stores, herb and medicinal stores, jewelry and furniture stores. Then our son watched the girls weaving yarn on weaving tables in order to make the cloth to make the robes they wore in those days. 

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It was such an interesting and well thought out and well designed Town of Bethlehem. 

They also had a record turnout with over 7000 people going through this town in the three night period. 

After you go through the village you get to go into the manger and see Mary, Joseph and Baby Jesus. There a young adult is playing the guitar and we all sing Silent Night together. 

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Everyone is treated with either water, hot chocolate or apple cider in the hospitality area. 

We will definitely be going back again next year to this event of the Town of Bethlehem. If you have not been there yet, mark your calendars for next December to be there. 

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Merry Christmas and a very happy new year to all our friends, family, clients,  and active rainers. 


 

 


You Are Invited To My Cap and Tax Party!


Well, they say; if you can't beat them, then join them. So I decided that I would shut up about Cap and Trade and instead host a great party to celebrate Al Gore becoming the first green billionaire through legislation!

So come and join my party because we are going to have loads of carbon emissions fun to pay homage and tribute to  the Wallstreet gang, GE, Al Gore and all his buddies up on Capital Hill that are getting their palms greased while we all will be paying for it all.     cap and trade satire

  • We have special valet parking for Hummers and Ford Big Foot Trucks- you know, the ones you see in Loxahatchee that you need a ladder to climb into the cab with. We will have a prize for the best pimped out truck.

 

  • Bring your generators and plenty of gasoline. We will have a contest to see who has the loudest generator and which one uses the most gas in the shortest period of time.

 

  • Bring your own marshmallows to roast over our MEGA BON FIRE! We are going to do one of your favorite Loxahatchee style bon fires! The bon fire is going to go on all night long so get ready to party!

 

  • We are going to have ALL our Flood lights on. We have plenty of extension cords from our hurricane supplies so bring your own flood lights so we can really send the message out that we are celebrating our freedom and liberty for one last time.

 

  • If you need to cool off, just walk into our house, we will have the A/C down to 69 degrees so you can cool off.

 

  • We will have the big screens going so you can watch GE in bed at the White House and the FED meeting with Goldman Sachs about selling the carbon offsets with fixed pricing.


We are also going to have some fun games and contests:

We will be having a dart tournament. The dart boards are lighted up and every time you hit the bullseye- it puffs out carbons! The dart boards have the faces of Al Gore and Nancy Pelosi on them. Also there is a special one with the new GE light bulb (that of course will be made in China) imprinted on the dart board.

We have a contest going on for who can exhale the longest- you know- those awful carbon emissions that humans breathe out of their mouths and plants breathe in.

We have some special guests that are going to be brought to our party. And oh are you in for a treat with these guests. The Green Priests are coming to the party and the valet will inconveniently misplace their car keys so they will be have no choice but to cringe in horror at our party. This will better than water boarding!

So don't miss the party of the decade! Live it up one last time before the smart grid shuts off your A/C because you dropped your thermostat below 82 degrees!



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Palm Beach County Proposes Equestrian Community

Palm Beach County Proposes Equestrian Community.


Palm Beach County voted to approve a horse community to be built on the Mecca orange groves the county bought for the Scripps Research Institute that did not come to pass in our county.This land is located in the Loxahatchee area in the Western Communities of Palm Beach County Florida.
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The county commissioners voted for the following proposal:

  • Sell the land to a developer who will build 192 homes on that land
  • Build a 40 acre Equestrian Center
  • The remaining 960 acres would be set aside for open spaces and environmental restoration.


The county would recoup $56 million which will be about half of what they spent on buying and preparing  this land from Mecca Farms when they thought that Scripps was moving to this location. The commission had spent $60 Million for the property in 2004 which was $10 over the appraised value and then they spent $44 million getting the land ready for Scripps.

palm beach county proposal for equestrian communityThe plan that is approved to have an Equestrian center built as part of this project will bring tax dollars to the community. The county will never be able to recover the money that they wasted spent on paying over market value for land without the promise from Scripps that they would really make this location their home. During this time of speculation the housing prices and lot prices in this area of The Acreage and Loxahatchee Florida were sky rocketing. 1 acre lots were selling at over $140,000 per acre, now we can not even get $80,000 for these lots. Between Scripps not coming to Palm Beach County and the real estate market declining prices have really dropped in the Acreage and in Loxahatchee.

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Short Sale In Loxahatchee Florida 15442 77th Place N Loxahatchee Florida 33470

Short Sale In Loxahatchee on Over 1 Acre!
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Location: Acreage
Live on over 1 acre of land in home with over 2,300 square feet under air conditioned space with 4 bedrooms and 2 bathrooms in Loxahatchee Florida. Be close to shopping and easy access to all main roads but yet have the privacy of country living. This is one of the newer homes built in this area, built in 2001.

Bring your horse, your dog, your cat! There is plenty of room for them all! This is a short sale and the listing agents are short sale experts. Call us today to schedule your showing.
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Asking Price: $339,777
Flexibility: Negotiable
Additional Pricing Information: Short sale. Brokers, please read broker comments on MLS. Buyer must have pre-appoval letter from lender, FAR BAR AS IS contracts with short sale addendum.
Property Location
15442 N 77th Pl
Loxahatchee, Florida 33470
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Bedrooms: 4
Bathrooms: 2
Parking: Garage
Year Built: 2001
Subdivision: Acreage
Lot Size: 1.15 acres
Garage Size: 2
School District: Palm Beach County
Square Footage: 3,061
Agent Name: Nestor & Katerina Gasset
Broker: International Properties & Investments, Inc.
MLS #: R2925192
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Appliances
Range/Oven
Full Refrigerator
Washer/Dryer
Dishwasher
Sink Disposal
Microwave
Interior Amenities
Vaulted Ceilings
Attic
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Patio
Grass Lawn
Secluded setting
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Lion Country Safari * Born Free!* Travels In Real Estate- An Occasional Series*

Welcome once again to my Travels in Real Estate Occasional Series. This adventure takes us to Lion Country Safari located in Western Palm Beach County in a town called Loxahatchee, ( pronounced Lox-ah-hatch-eee), Florida.

Lion Country Safari just celebrated its' 40 year anniversary! Come and have fun witnessing over 40 years of caring for wildlife.

The first time I came to Lion Country Safari was when I was 11 years old. I was living with my mother at the time in Menlo Park, California. My aunt (my father's sister) and her husband lived in Titusville Florida. I loved my Tante Jeanie, (that is what we called her) so much. Whenever I was with her I was able to be a kid. I did not have to make dinner for 3 other siblings and then myself, I did not have to do my laundry and I did not have to babysit my brothers and sister when I was with her. I flew all by myself at the age of 11 from the San Francisco airport to an airport in Florida. I can not remember which one now. It was 1969, before DisneyWorld and all that. I remember so vividly getting off of the plane in Florida because back then you walked outside of the plane down the rollaway stair case that is pulled up to the plane doors just like you see when the President gets out of Air Force One. The humid air hit me hard in my face as I struggled for a moment to breathe. I got used to the thickness in the air rather quickly. My Tante Jeanie had a fun and exciting summer planned out for me.

One of our excursions was driving from Titusville to Loxahatchee to Lion Country Safari. At that time Elsa's lion cubs were living at the preserve here. Do you remember the song, Born Free? That song was about Elsa's cubs and there was a movie made about the lady who took care of Elsa, the lioness. I grew up with Elsa and followed her life as a young girl. When she died I cried for days. The movie was my favorite movie. Her cubs were sent to live at Lion Country Safari. If you click on the first video on the left below you can see some beautiful pictures from the movie and some of the Adamson family who took care of Elsa and brought national awareness of conservation and respect for lions to the forefront.

The words to the song are in the video to the right of Elsa's video. This is a clip from an animated movie but it is the only place that I could find the words which are very moving.

If you have not been to Lion County Safari now is the perfect time to make a trip over there. The cool weather is upon us and that means we can feed the giraffes longer because we won't get so hot standing out there on the Safari plains. That is absolutely my favorite thing to do when we take the kids to Lion Country.You climb up this high tower that is like an observatory so that the giraffes be at the same level as we are. I will take pictures the next time we go of feeding the giraffes. You buy these special crackers that resemble graham crackers and hold out your palm with the cracker in the center. The giraffe has a really long tongue and she takes the the cracker right out of the palm of your hand! It is an such an incredible experience. 

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You drive through the Safari in your own car. The animals are all wild and roam free. There are rhinos, ostriches and lions crossing the road right in front you. You just have to go because my words can not explain what you get to see and experience. 

After you drive through the Safari ( which you get to drive through as often as you wish while you are there) you can park your car and go into the park to eat at the little Safari cafe, buy souvenirs, feed the goats in the petting zoo, take a cool boat ride by the monkey island and see wildlife shows highlighting the different animals. I also love the bird feeding area. You get to feed nectar to the Lorikeets. They will land on your head and arms and play with your shiny jewelry! 

Click here to find out more info on Lion Country Safari. You can download a coupon on their site. The year pass is very economical. If you plan on going more than once in a year, the yearly pass is the way to go. The Safari is open every day from 10 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. The best time to go is early in the morning so that you can see the lions before they go to sleep in the afternoon. The animals are all more active in the mornings. 

Map to Lion Country Safari

The above map is courtesy of Lion Country Safari.  

 

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Copyright © 2007 By Katerina Gasset, All Rights Reserved. *Lion Country Safari Born Free - Travels In Real Estate- An Occasional Series*

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Live Your Dream Life In Loxahathee Florida Home For Sale

Live Your Dream Life In Country Style on Over 1 Acre
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Location: Loxahatchee
If you are looking for a home that feels brand new and not lived in and if you do not want to wait the time it takes to build a house than you have found your dream home. Enjoy an immaculately kept home inside and out! Feel at home on over an acre of land with 4 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms and so much more. There is a shed in the back yard and the landscaping includes many citrus fruit trees where you can have fruits of one or another all throughout the year. This home is ready for hurricane season with accordion shutters and a set up for your generator to just hit the switch for some power. Enjoy shade from many different types of native palm trees planted on your property.
Call us today to schedule your own private showing.
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Pricing
Asking Price: $424,777.00
Flexibility: Negotiable
Additional Pricing Information: Range pricing $ 424,777 to $ 439,777
Property Location
15632 N 69th Ct
Loxahatchee, Florida 33470
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Bedrooms: 4
Bathrooms: 3
Parking: Garage
Year Built: 2006
Subdivision: Acreage
Lot Size: 1.19 acres
Garage Size: 2
School District: Palm Beach County
Square Footage: 3260
Agent Name: Nestor & Katerina Gasset
Broker: International Properties & Investments, Inc.
MLS #: R2848467
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Range/Oven
Full Refrigerator
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You Have Room For A Horse Here on Over 1 Acre!

Bring Your Horse, Bring Your Kids, Country Living At Its' Best!
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Location: Acreage
You will enjoy country living in this great starter home on over one acre of usable land with a fully fenced yard and paddocks so go on! Bring your horse! Bring your family! You can walk to the elementary school and fully equipped parks with softball and football fields. This cute home is fully updated and remodeled. Have a fun afternoon on your deck with Tiki hut bar overlooking native foliage and bask in the shade of the many tall pines on your land! Be out in the country yet close to shopping and roads to get to work. Call us today to schedule your private showing!
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Nestor & Katerina Gasset
561-753-0135
Pricing
Asking Price: $249,777
Flexibility: Negotiable
Additional Pricing Information: Range Pricing $249,777 to $252,777
Property Location
13876 N 67th St
West Palm Beach, Florida 33412
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Features
Bedrooms: 3
Bathrooms: 2
Parking: Driveway
Year Built: 1988
Subdivision: Acreage
Lot Size: 1.16 acre
Garage Size: none
School District: Palm Beach County
Square Footage: 1515
Agent Name: Nestor & Katerina Gasset
Broker: International Properties & Investments, Inc.
MLS #: R2865166
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Appliances
Range/Oven
Full Refrigerator
Exterior Amenities
Patio
Fenced Yard
Grass Lawn
Secluded setting
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Loxahatchee Groves Signs $240,00 Contract With PBSO.

The Loxahatchee Groves Council voted and approved to a contract with the Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office for the amount of $250,000 per year to maintain the current level of coverage of the new Loxahatchee Groves town. The town had first considered a $500,000 package for 24 hour full time protection but reconsidered and decided on the lower amount. They will not have an office in town right now because the Town Of Loxahatchee Groves would have to cover the expenses of the office. 

Some residents wanted to know why they were not getting full time coverage. But the council replied with the fact that they did not get incorporated for more police protection but to protect the rural country living residents enjoy. The agreement is in effect now. The deputies will not do code enforcement duties so please do not call the Sheriff for those infractions.

Loxahatachee Groves hired Calvin, Giordano & Associates to take care of code enforcement for the town. They do not patrol for infractions but will come out when someone calls in a violation. Then the person who is committing the code violation will be served with a citation.  There have been 7 calls for violations in 2 months. If you have a complaint you can call the town office at 561-793-2418.  

Contact Nestor and Katerina Gasset, CIPS, Realtors®, International Properties and Investments, Inc. Licensed Realtors® in Florida at 561-753-0135  to list your property for sale or to purchase a property in Wellington, Royal Palm Beach, Loxahatchee, Lake Worth, West Palm Beach and the rest of Palm Beach County Florida. We are accepting referrals.

Copyright © 2007 By Katerina Gasset, All Rights Reserved.

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Western Communities Land Use Battle Will Have To Produce Another Plan.

palm beach county florida After long meetings and two years of discussing the future of the farmland west of Royal Palm Beach ended with the county commissioners on the advice of their attorney scrapped the 2005 Comprehensive Plan. The State of Florida planners have not yet approved the Sector Plan and now the plan is in court waiting for a judge to decide.  The county and the state have different ideas as to how to develop the western area of the county. The state says the county should do more impact studies and research. The county says that by this scrapping of the 2005 plan gives them the chance to start all over again and decide what type of building should go on in the western farmlands.  

Landowners of large parcels are not very happy with all of this mess. Callery-Judge Grove who owns the orange groves in the western area wants to develop his land. The county wants to tell him what to build and there are many area residents who do not want him to build at all. So much for private land rights. Some residents in the area say that by the county scrapping the 2005 plan that will just open the door for the landowners to start submitting their own plans for each development. The county still has to approve each plan. Callery-Judge and GL homes both say they are going ahead with their plans and will present them to the county. This has been an ongoing situation and now it looks like it is not going to be decided for some time to come.

The western farmland is west of Royal Palm Beach, North/west of Wellington and next to the Acreage and Loxahatchee Groves.

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Contact Nestor and Katerina Gasset, CIPS, Realtors®, International Properties and Investments, Inc. Licensed Realtors® in Florida at 561-753-0135  to list your property for sale or to purchase a property in Wellington, Royal Palm Beach, Loxahatchee, Lake Worth, West Palm Beach and the rest of Palm Beach County Florida. 

Copyright © 2007 By Katerina Gasset, All Rights Reserved.*Western Communities Land Use Battle Will Have To Produce Another Plan.*

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