Day 33 Denver Parade of Homes 2010
On Day 33 of 365 Things to Do in South Denver Suburbs I am planning out my route and enjoying opening day of the 2010 Denver Parade of Homes sponsored by the Home Builders Association of Metro Denver. There are plenty of homes in the south Denver suburbs to visit and view, but the entire tour will take you even further.
Similar to last year, there is not one Parade of Homes community in the Denver area. Only makes sense with the current real estate market. As I mentioned a few weeks ago as it was announced, instead, the Denver Parade of Homes highlights properties throughout the Denver metro area for you to plan your route and visit as you see visit or your interests take you. The prices of the area Denver homes on the parade range from $188,900 to $6.3 million this year and are located in:
Castle Rock, Parker, Highlands Ranch, Lone Tree, Littleton, Denver, Greenwood Village, Golden, Loveland, Aurora, Longmont, Broomfield, Westminster, Thornton, Arvada, Morrison, Frederick ,Erie, Lafayette, Brighton, Commerce City, and Elizabeth
New this year however, the majority of the homes that are showcased are free admission - 57 of them! Can’t beat that – and all of us are looking for low cost and no cost activities. There are 7 Dream Homes on the Parade of Homes Tour that requires a $5 one-time admission fee (there were 8, one is already now sold and off the tour) and are a beautiful sampling of the Denver luxury home real market. Pay the $5 once, per person, and you are set to see all the Dream Homes. You are welcome to contribute more if you like, the money collected here will benefit the Muscular Dystrophy Association.
The dream homes, the 7 that are still available, are some wonderful Denver luxury homes to view and are located in: Golden, Littleton, Aurora, Greenwood Village, Lone Tree and Parker.
The Parade begins today, August 14th and runs daily through Labor Day with admission to the homes on the Parade from 11:00 am to 6:00 – pm. On the Parade Site they have a function that you can search and then build & map out your own tour which is really handy if you want to just visit homes close to where you are at throughout the entire tour. You can also pick up an entire parade guide book at area American Furniture Warehouse stores that lists the entire tour and information about the homes as well.
If you remember in years past there have been events throughout the Parade of Homes showcasing different things on the weekends – that is not all lost even with the Parade spread all over Denver. Instead, different events will occur at different locations throughout the event. There is a special events page on the Parade site but the first of which will be a kick-off BBQ today at 11:00 am at the home on tour in Lafayette in Coal Creek Village: 528 Jackson Street. There are a variety of other events this weekend as well on a variety of topics such as Green Living, Financing Your Dream Home, and more.
The homes on the Parade throughout the Denver area are for sale (I believe as of this writing 2 are now sold). The site has a good deal of information about the homes but if you are interested in a particular property and are not working with a Denver Realtor, just let me know and I would be more than happy to guide you through the process. And if seeing the homes on the tour inspires you to find your next home, we can make your own little tour based on your specific interests and needs of your dream home.
If on top of the Denver Parade of Homes you are looking for more to do – well here you go. I mentioned yesterday in my Day 32 post that this is clearly one of the most action packed weekends of the entire summer here in the south Denver suburbs. On top of the Parade of Homes kick-off there is a ton going on. Here is the list I posted yesterday as well with some of the activities occurring. Feel free to post any others in the comments.
Littleton - Western Welcome Week
Here’s just a sampling of events from Littleton’s WWW this weekend - full schedule here
- Saturday
- Horsehoe Rally in Cornerstone Park
- Goldpanning
- Stampede for Open Space
- Children’s Fishing Derby
- Old Towne Market
- Queen City Jazz
- Sunday
- Pancake Breakfast
– Kid Games of Old
- Stick Horse Stampede
- Rod & Custom Car Show
- Rubber Ducky Race
Lone Tree, CO
Taste of Lone Tree Saturday & Sunday
Big Screen On The Bluff – BlindSide – Saturday
Passport to Culture – Sunday
Highlands Ranch
Colorado Scottish Festival & Rocky Mountain Highland Games
Highlands Ranch Art Festival & Art Festival Wine Tasting
BackCountry on HorseBack Tour
Castle Rock
Fido Fest - Sunday at Festival Park
Englewood
Englewood FunFest – Belleview Park
Parker
Pinery Art Show, Picnic & Fishing Derby – Saturday
Concerts in the Park – Sunday – O’Brien Park
Steve Scheer – Denver Realtor®
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