4th of July Fireworks Events in Gilbert
June 24th, 2009
Categories:East Valley News
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Where are the fireworks celebrations this year?
While some places such as MCC have decided to cancel their celebrations this year, we have found several other places that are continuing to invest in celebrating Independence day regardless of today’s economy.
Here’s a list of places to watch the fireworks celebrations in the East Valley along with maps and directions. Read the rest of this entry »
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Gilbert Continues Attempt at Syncing Traffic Lights
May 11th, 2009
Categories:East Valley News
After a decade, $2.2 million Town of Gilbert dollars and $550,000 in federal grants, the Town of Gilbert still struggles to reduce traffic congestion through green-light synchronization. However, after they do expect it to be fixed about 12 months. AZ Republic has more information here.
Why Do We Care?
In the ideal world syncing all the traffic lights would mean the average driver doing 45 miles an hour would hit every green light. This would reduce the incentive for speeders as they would only get to the red light a little faster and have to wait there while everyone caught up. In more simple terms it would dramatically reduce the amount of traffic that builds up on the surface street during the heaviest traffic times.
Those Little White Cameras…
Ever wonder what the little white cameras on top of the traffic lights are all about? Read the rest of this entry »
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Gilbert Homes Undervalued?
May 11th, 2009
Categories:Real Estate News
According to the Cromford report, their data shows Gilbert homes are selling at early 2004 prices, (in terms of price per square foot). The image below shows the data as it is represented by Cromford.
A Break Down Line by Line:
- Blue (2004) – Notice the uptick in prices from July to December
- Green (2005) – From January to November the prices skyrocketed
- Red (2006) – The market was surprisingly stable for the first 6 months, before dropping in prices from June to September
- Purple (2007) – The first 5 months proved a little erratic before prices began dropping in May
- Olive (2008) – The most dramatic drop occurred here
- Orange (2009) – We’ve had a pretty stable market and the prices are sitting just below/around early 2004 prices, which would give you the impression the market has done its “reset”
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