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					<title>Real Estate Q&A from Trulia</title>
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					<pubDate>Monday, April 27th 2009</pubDate>					
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					<title>Scotts Mill Apex, NC</title>
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					<pubDate>Wednesday, May 28th 2008</pubDate>					
					<content:encoded><![CDATA[<h2 style="margin-top: 2px">Scotts Mill Apex</h2>
<p>Scotts Mill in Apex, NC is a wonderful community with so much to offer.&nbsp; The first time I drove into this neighborhood, I fell in love with the architecture and just new I had to live here.&nbsp; The homes are are modeled after historic homes throughout North Carolina.&nbsp; What they all have in common is a welcoming front porch.&nbsp; It is these front porches that evoke an allover friendly atmosphere.&nbsp; Recently completed is the paved woodland greenway with wooden bridges over the small creeks.&nbsp; A lot of people walk, jog and bike on these trails which connect to surrounding neighborhoods.&nbsp; The neighborhood has a community swimming pool, tennis courts, volley ball court, playground and clubhouse with kitchen and entertaining facilities.&nbsp; Neighbors become well acquainted with many social events that take place at our community facilities.&nbsp; We have an annual Easter egg hunt, Halloween parade, Kindergarten breakfast, Breakfast with Santa and many more organized festivities.</p>
<p>Also recently opened is the retail area of Scott's Mill in the Green.&nbsp; A neighborhood hangout is the Booda Beans coffee shop which offers coffee, baked goods, ice cream, smoothies, candy,&nbsp;beer, wine, and light meals of soup and sandwhiches.&nbsp; Social events for kids, teens and adults take place there.&nbsp; We also enjoy the newly opened Hopper House.&nbsp; Hopper House offers kids recreation, parties, drop-off care, and track-out programs.&nbsp; The little ones really love it!&nbsp; We now have a new music studio offering music lessons, a photography studio and dentist.&nbsp; All within walking distance to our homes.&nbsp;</p>
<p>In addition to the great public schools our kids currently go to, The Saint Mary Magdalene Catholic School and Church are attached to the Green at Scott's Mill, right across from the coffe shop and center park.&nbsp; We also have a very successful swim team, the Scotts Mill Sea Dragons and several active social groups.&nbsp; The social groups range from the children's committee to the golden agers club - with several in between.&nbsp;</p>
<p>We have home offerings&nbsp;of 1340sf -1800 sf townhouses&nbsp;and about 1350sf - 3,000 sf single family homes (with a few homes over 3000sf).&nbsp; The recent sales on townhomes (Jan-March 08) have averaged $114/sf while single family homes for same time period averaged from about $130/sf to $147/sf.&nbsp;</p>
<p>This neighborhood is a hot commodity in &quot;&nbsp;The Peak of Good Living&quot; Apex, NC!</p>
<p>If you're interested in seeing a home in this community, let me show you around!&nbsp;</p>]]></content:encoded>
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					<title>Arts in Apex, NC</title>
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					<pubDate>Wednesday, March 5th 2008</pubDate>					
					<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The growth of the the Arts community&nbsp; has added such value and enjoyment to our&nbsp;Apex town.&nbsp; The recent opening of the Halle&nbsp;Cultural Arts Center was an event to enjoy.&nbsp; The building, originally built&nbsp;in 1900, was beautifully renovated to&nbsp;include a 140 seat theatre, galleries and&nbsp;classrooms.&nbsp; The opening day was celebrated with free childrens acting classes, art classes, and several performances to entertain the guests.&nbsp;&nbsp; There are art classes&nbsp;planned in the classroom areas.&nbsp; The building&nbsp;is beautifully restored with a blend of historic charm and modern architecture.&nbsp; You would never guess of it's&nbsp;previous uses as a prison and as the former &nbsp;town hall.&nbsp; &nbsp;The Apex Arts Council <a href="http://www.apexarts.org/">www.apexarts.org/</a>&nbsp; is hosting a meeting in March to discuss starting a local theater group.&nbsp;&nbsp;<br />
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Every Spring, Apex also hosts a Salem Street Arts Festival.&nbsp; The main street in the Historic downtown area is closed off to traffic, and local visual artists, performing artists and food vendors set up to display and sell their wares.&nbsp; At the end is a kid zone with rides, kids performers and pony rides.&nbsp; The downtown merchants also participate in this event.&nbsp; <br />
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Our downtown&nbsp;merchants include several artisits, among them are The Red Canvas Gallery and Out of the Kiln.&nbsp; The Red Canvas Gallery sells original paintings and offers art instruction.&nbsp; Out of the Kiln sells various pottery, art glass and other artworks -plus offers pottery and glass art studio classes.&nbsp; Our downtown Restaurants support the local artists by displaying and selling their artworks.<br />
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Apex is really a must see community for the art lover in you.</p>]]></content:encoded>
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