The air in Pagosa Springs is crisp and cold. Everywhere you look, you see ski boots, out-of-state license plates and happy, laughing people. Winter is upon us, and with the falling of the snow, the tourists have arrived in force. We welcome all our visitors, winter or summer, as they help our local economy [...]
January, 2012 Existing-home sales continued on an uptrend in December, rising for three consecutive months and remaining above a year ago, according to the National Association of Realtors®. The latest monthly data shows total existing-home sales1 rose 5.0 percent to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 4.61 million in December from a downwardly revised [...]
by Jim Smith – Pagosa Springs, Colorado (See www.PagosaDailyPost.com for their side of the argument ) I must disagree with my friend Gary Waples and the Post concerning Reservoir Hill. It is pretty easy for those that do not need to make a living in Pagosa to want to "Keep Pagosa, Pagosa!". In other [...]
By Robert Freedman NAR Chief Economist Lawrence Yun predicted home sales would increase by 4 percent next year and home prices would inch up 2 percent during the Economic Issues & Residential Real Estate Business Trends forum Friday morning. In 2013, he projected sales to pick up another 6 percent and prices to rise another [...]
By Kerry Curry Friday, November 11th, 2011, 4:12 pm Gradual improvement in the housing market is expected next year, with existing-home sales edging up 4% to 5% and new home sales getting an even bigger boost off this year’s record lows, the chief economist of the nation’s largest real estate group said Friday. "Tight mortgage [...]
[This Blog is an attempt to help new comers and those unfamiliar with gardening in the Pagosa Springs area to understand there is a great deal that one can grow successfully here. I am not an expert, but I have been gardening a fairly large garden for a few years now at 8000 feet on [...]
In this space I will share my experiences – successes and frustrations of High Altitude Gardening in Pagosa Springs. I invite anyone who would like to contribute to do so. Stay Tuned…
Great video on the US Ski Team who is training at Wolf Creek Ski Area:
See funny video click here.
Jim Smith Realty has been the leading real estate firm in Pagosa Springs for 20 Years! Jim Smith Realty Newsletter – Pagosa Springs, Colorado – 3rd Quarter 2011 Pagosa has experienced a fantastic summer tourism season this year. The streets have been busy with out of state plates enjoying our beautiful high altitude [...]
Jim Smith Realty Are you looking to buy a new home? Are you thinking that now’s a great time to find bargains? That’s true, but it pays to know a little about the seller’s situation before you make an offer. If a home is being sold for below what the current seller owes on [...]
Manzanares One of New Mexico’s hottest bands is set to play this years Mountain Chile Cha Cha! Music starts at 1:00pm in Town Park on Saturday, August 27, 2011. MANZANARES Multi-award winning latin music group led by brothers David and Michael Manzanares. Their music has been placed on the soundtracks for films including the Tobey [...]
by Brad Cochennet, CEO When the Board of Directors of the Upper San Juan Health Service District designed our new hospital that opened in January 2008, an operating room and one procedure room were both integrated into the hospital’s floor plan. For three years the rooms have been vacant, waiting for the intended services to [...]
Pagosa Springs residents and visitors are invited to attend a great afternoon of art, live music and gourmet food at the fourth annual Art in the Garden Festival, “Memories of the Old West”. The event is on Saturday, August 20th from 3PM to 7PM at the home of Pac and Flo Pacarzina. Located in Chris [...]
RAD (Ryan Lister, Austin York, & Dylan Burksmith) Festival By CJ Herrington I am Organizing an all day Saturday August 20th 2011 Concert in the Park, 11 hrs. of music, fun, and food. The Headlining act is a dear friend from San Antonio, Stephanie Urbina Jones, along with the Mariachis from SA. RAD is working [...]
Pagosa Springs will soon be the only hospital in Southern Colorado to have an advanced 128-slice CT machine. Starting in late August, patients who need a CT scan for internal injuries, cardiac scans, brain profusions or other types of trauma will be able to be scanned right here in Archuleta County. Currently, the Pagosa Springs [...]
Starting on August 5th, the Pagosa Center for the Arts is performing “Year With Frog & Toad”. Based on the award-winning books by Arnold Lobel, A Year with Frog and Toad follows the adventures of two best friends, the cheerful and popular Frog and the grumpy, “worry-wart” Toad, as they journey through four fun-filled seasons. [...]
Get ready for the Four Corners Folk Festival on September 2 – 4, 2011! View more details on the event!
Couple Tells Bank: ‘We’ll Foreclose On You’ Florida couple Warren and Maureen Nyerges says Bank of America wrongly foreclosed on their home–which they paid cash for and didn’t even have a mortgage on–so they wanted to show the bank how it feels. In September 2010, a judge ordered Bank of America to repay the couple’s [...]
Those considering a home purchase today are inundated with conflicting advice and opinions from the people they know–and even people they don’t know. That’s where you come in. April 2011-REALTOR Mag 1."If it’s possible that prices will continue to fall, why should I buy now?" While price is the major concern for anyone selling a [...]
Hello All, I know it’s been awhile since my last newsletter. Fishing has been Great to say the least, all of our moving waters and most lower elevation lakes are totally clear of ice and low elevation run-off is pretty much over and true run-off has not & hopefully will not start for a while. [...]
Roy Vega | 3/31/11 At a special meeting Tuesday night March 28th, the Board of Directors unanimously passed Resolution 2011-4, A Resolution of Amendment to and Clarification of the Application of the District’s Capital Investment Fees, Water Resource Fee, and Availability Fee Assessments. This was a watershed event in the recent history of the PAWS [...]
Pagosa Springs Colorado Nordic Races for 2011. Video by Rex Shurtleff
As the need for primary care increases in Pagosa Springs, the Pagosa Springs Medical Center (PSMC) continues to add providers to meet community demand. The newest addition to Pagosa Springs Medical Center is Charlene Borja, DO, who is Board-certified in family medicine. Coming from Orangeburg, New York, Charlene attended college in New York and medical [...]
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