Beautiful new Parker real estate listing in the Anthology neighborhood

This fantastic Richmond Russell model home is tucked away in the beautiful Anthology neighborhood with school, parks and pool all within walking distance.

You will be sure to enjoy a carefree and easygoing lifestyle with all this wonderful Parker CO community has to offer.

Once inside, be impressed with gorgeous wood floors, vaulted ceilings and custom paint.

The large kitchen has a center island and opens to the family room, perfect for entertaining or just relaxing.

The main floor bedroom can serve as a study with an adjoining bath. Upstairs, three bedrooms share a large bath and the convenience of an upper laundry. No more hauling clothes up and down stairs!

The master suite is huge, with his and hers walk in closets and a private 5 piece bath.

The full walk out basement is framed and ready to complete to your taste.

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This is a great opportunity for a first time home buyer, a Denver relocation home buyer or maybe even an investment property.

17985 Bolero Drive, Parker, CO 80134

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MLS# 911265   – $295,000

5 bedrooms –  3 Baths

Approximately 2253 square feet

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Day 12  | H2O’Brien Pool, Parker CO

Day 12 of 365 Things To Do in the South Denver Suburbs is going to be a pool day at one of my own kid’s favorites.

H2O’Brien Pool in Parker, Colorado is conveniently located at Parker Rd and Main Street on Victorian Drive.  It is a community pool maintained and run by the Parker Recreation Department and is open all summer Monday – Friday from 10 am – 6pm and on the weekends 10 am – 9pm.

The very first time we saw H2O’Brien several years ago, we were headed (with the family) to a friend’s house that lived in the Canterberry neighborhood in Parker.  My kids caught sight of the H2O’Brien pool as we drove by and the very next day we returned to spend the day.

There is a little bit for all types at this great Parker pool.  My own kids love the water slides – there are 2 giant slides (officially 182 feet long) and for the most part they just go down them over and over pretty much all day.  There is also a play structures, spray fun, and zero entry area – which is great for the little ones.  Speaking of the little ones, I notice on the H2O’Brien site that toddlers have a little ones play time from 9 – 10 on weekdays without big kids.  Very nice.  And for the exercising types – A lap pool rounds the pool out with truly something for everyone.

There are discounted rates for Parker residents and it is a tad more expensive, but still very reasonable,  if you do not live in Parker.  There are also options for Seasons passes and a 10 visit punch card.

Pack  up a cooler (or stop at the snack bar) and head over to H2O’Brien for a great day in the south Denver suburbs!  If you have recently relocated to Denver or just haven’t been yet, I highly recommend checking it out!

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Day 8 South Platte Park – Littleton CO

Day 10 Merles – Littleton Colorado

Day 11 Attend a Community Festival – Golden’s Buffalo Bill Days & Arapahoe County Fair

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Denver Suburbs in the press again…

Just a quick post to let you know of yet another media blurb touching on reasons one may want to consider Denver relocation and Douglas County Colorado in particular.

According to CNN Money this month, Douglas County Ranks #4 in the nation as far as Where the Jobs Are – and they specifically make note of Highlands Ranch…  They cite a 56.2% job growth between 2002 and 2009.   Companies mentioned in the CNN article are Avaya, DISH Network and Sprint Nextel, TeleTech and there is a mention of Lockheed / ULA as well.  You can see the whole list here at CNN Money.

On a personal note I loved that the photo used in the article features Highlands Ranch’s Redstone Park – regular readers and those that know me, know this is one of my favorite places that I visit daily and have posted and mentioned it often.

Also in Colorado, Broomfield County is listed as #8 with a 50.1% job growth rate.

There was another recent article in CNN Money that mentioned Colorado areas as Best Places to Live, and Highlands Ranch Colorado was mentioned there as well.

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Highlands Ranch and all Douglas County Students Will Pay for Bus Rides to School

Beginning in August, the students of the Douglas County School District will begin to pay for their rides to school, if they wish to take the bus in all of the Denver suburbs that the district serves.

For as long as I can remember, the bus has been an issue of discussion where I live in Highlands Ranch. There were years that people wished the bus had extended routes. There were years that people wanted more buses. There were years that those that lived in the neighborhoods wanted less buses. Recently we have seen times where there are fewer buses with fewer stops and more kids being driving to the stops, or having longer walks to get there. This has caused some traffic and safety issues near the stops.

The latest school budget cuts in Douglas County have left the school district incredibly short on their budget to say the least and creative solutions have had to be found to cut costs. Like it or not, the students in Douglas County CO will now pay $.50 per ride if they wish to ride the bus.

Douglas County Schools covers Highlands Ranch, Lone Tree, Parker, Castle Rock, Castle Pines, Sedalia, Larkspur, and small parts of Littleton.

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Back in March 2007, I wrote a post entitled Douglas County Schools: Understanding the School Track Schedule.  I wrote some others here and here on the same topic as well.  That post in particular remains to be one of the most viewed on this site – even 3 years later.  Visitors arrive on that post from all kinds of searches such as Douglas County track system, Highlands Ranch B Track, Douglas County Schools schedule, Colorado school track system and many others similar terms and phrases.

For those unfamiliar, the track system was arranged quite some time ago now to deal with the growing population, especially family & children, in Douglas County – it was an excellent solution during the years that Douglas County was one of the fastest growing counties in the nation.  Basically the kids were divide into 4 tracks in a school – A B C & D and one track was always “off-track” (on vacation) while others were in.  This allowed the elementary schools (did not pertain to middle & high schools) to house 25% more kids at any given time and a year round schedule led most tracks to be 9 weeks on & weeks off.  It was such as successful program that other school districts followed suit such as some schools in the Cherry Creek School District.

Fast forward to the school year that is just ending and the next just beginning.  Things have changed in Douglas County.  Due to a variety of factors – some which may include slowed growth rates and budget cuts – many schools in Douglas County, Highlands Ranch in particular, are no longer – or will no longer be on the track system by next year.  There are a few exceptions and you can see a full list on the Douglas County School District web site. These schools that are not on the track system will either be on a traditional / conventional school schedule or what is called a modified calendar.  Here is a full look at the calendar for this year for both traditional and tracks (this year’s is not published yet.)

I have heard mixed reviews from folks that have recently made a change or about to.  Feelings range from very positive, generally from those enjoying a full summer off – to disappointment – some people have grown to love the year round schedule and have enjoyed vacationing at off peak times of year.  Whatever the case may be, that’s where the track system stands today.

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