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I’m making big moves!
Hear ye, Hear ye! I have a major announcement to make. I, Cassee Cunningham am now part of the 5…
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Why your house isn’t selling
I know. You thought now would be the perfect time to sell your house. How could you go wrong?…
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Spring Cleaning Projects for OUTSIDE your Home
The weather in the Carolinas has been all over the place! Freezing cold for a few days, rainy and gray…
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Dwell Well in Dilworth
The publication Dwell, is a design magazine that focuses on contemporary design usually with an organic twist, like a structure’s…
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Live Well in Myers Park…at a Great Value
In Charlotte Neighborhoods, Charlotte Real Estate, Myers Park, Savvy + Co. Real Estate, Savvy eNews, Walkable Neighborhoods onIt may be hard to believe, but you can live in Myers Park, Charlotte’s most prestigious, beautiful, and centrally located…
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Solar Community Coming to Cotswold
In Charlotte Neighborhoods, Charlotte Real Estate, Cotswold, energy efficient home renovation, Savvy + Co. Real Estate, Savvy eNews onIf you followed my energy efficient home renovation a couple years back, you know that solar energy is something I…
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Welcome to Coventry Woods
In Charlotte Neighborhoods, Charlotte Real Estate, Coventry Woods, Savvy + Co. Real Estate, Savvy eNews on“Please observe our custom: Nod, smile and wave at anyone you meet when walking, jogging, bicycling or driving in Coventry…
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Big Win for the Charlotte Cycling Community
In Charlotte Neighborhoods, Charlotte Parks and Greenways, Downtown Charlotte, Savvy + Co. Real Estate, Savvy eNews, Things to Do in Charlotte, Walkable Neighborhoods onOn Monday, July 25th, a group of Queen City residents rallied around Sustain Charlotte’s #bikeCLT movement at the City Council…
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You Can Now Own the VanLandingham Estate!
In Charlotte Neighborhoods, Charlotte Real Estate, Plaza Midwood, Savvy + Co. Real Estate, Savvy eNews onNearly a year after a rezoning request was denied, Plaza Midwood’s historic VanLandingham Estate is on the market for a…
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Help Save the Double Door Inn
In Charlotte Arts, Charlotte Neighborhoods, Charlotte Real Estate, Elizabeth, Savvy + Co. Real Estate, Savvy eNews onLike many other pieces of Charlotte history (particularly recent Charlotte history), the Double Door Inn finds itself on the chopping…
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What’s Next in the Charlotte Housing Market
Recently, at the annual RMA real estate breakfast, Jay Colvin, director of real estate data provider Metrostudy, and Jessica Rossi,…
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Brightwalk Receives LEED Designation
In Brightwalk, Charlotte Neighborhoods, Charlotte Real Estate, Savvy + Co. Real Estate, Savvy eNews, Walkable Neighborhoods onI love it when my favorite things collide! News recently broke that Brightwalk, a great neighborhood in Charlotte’s North End,…
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Revamping Second Ward, Charlotte’s Brooklyn Neighborhood
In Charlotte Neighborhoods, Charlotte Real Estate, Downtown Charlotte, Savvy + Co. Real Estate, Savvy eNews, Second Ward, Walkable Neighborhoods onOnce upon a time, roughly the same area now known as Second Ward in Uptown was known as Brooklyn Village.…
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Coming Soon to Country Club Heights
In Charlotte Neighborhoods, Charlotte Real Estate, Country Club Heights, Plaza Shamrock, Savvy + Co. Real Estate, Savvy eNews, Shamrock Gardens onI’ve got a fantastic find for you in super-popular Country Club Heights. This fun 1950s ranch has a ton of…
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Do People Live in Midtown Charlotte?
In Charlotte Neighborhoods, Charlotte Parks and Greenways, Cherry Neighborhood, Dilworth, Elizabeth, Myers Park, Savvy + Co. Real Estate, Savvy eNews, Walkable Neighborhoods onEarlier this week, I saw an article on Charlotte Agenda entitled “Here’s what I told a friend about each of…
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Oh My, Myers Park!
In Charlotte Neighborhoods, Charlotte Real Estate, Cherry Neighborhood, Dilworth, Downtown Charlotte, Myers Park, Savvy + Co. Real Estate, Savvy eNews, SouthPark, Walkable Neighborhoods onAs I’m prone to do, I parked my car and walked around the neighborhood of my latest listing in the…
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Charlotte Real Estate Market Among Tops in the Nation
As recently reported by The Charlotte Observer, the Charlotte real estate market is ranked 3rd in the country, behind only…
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Help Shape the Eastside
In Charlotte Neighborhoods, Charlotte Real Estate, Coventry Woods, Darby Acres, Eastside, Medford Acres, NoDa, Plaza Midwood, Savvy + Co. Real Estate, Savvy eNews, Sheffield Park, Windsor Park, Winterfield onThe City of Charlotte is investing in Charlotte’s neighborhoods through its Comprehensive Neighborhood Improvement Program. One of the CNIP areas…
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Huntersville? Who knew!
My listing at 13521 Aldenbrook Drive in Huntersville’s Monteith Place neighborhood is coming soon. This listing is a mere blocks…
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The Making of a Listing, Volume I – Staging + Design + Functionality
In Charlotte Neighborhoods, Charlotte Real Estate, Home Selling Tips, Savvy + Co. Real Estate, Savvy eNews onI was going to do a staging before and after post on my newest listing in the Pineville neighborhood of…
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Southern Charm Value in Wessex Square
In Charlotte Mecklenburg Schools, Charlotte Neighborhoods, Charlotte Parks and Greenways, Charlotte Real Estate, Savvy + Co. Real Estate, Savvy eNews, SouthPark, Wessex Square onThis Cape Cod + Southern charm beauty in Wessex Square is priced below market value! Why? Well it’s certainly not…
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The Facts on Fat City
In Charlotte Neighborhoods, Charlotte Real Estate, NoDa, Savvy + Co. Real Estate, Savvy eNews, Walkable Neighborhoods onOver the weekend, I was asked if I knew the origins of the Fat City name after I posted some…
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What’s New at Brightwalk
In Brightwalk, Charlotte Arts, Charlotte Neighborhoods, Charlotte Parks and Greenways, Charlotte Real Estate, Savvy + Co. Real Estate, Savvy eNews onTwo new features are coming to the Brightwalk neighborhood: Scuppernong Commons and Love Motels for Insects! The scuppernong grape is…
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Where Do You Stand on Development Coming to Charlotte Neighborhoods?
In Charlotte Neighborhoods, Charlotte Real Estate, Downtown Charlotte, Light Rail, NoDa, Plaza Midwood, Savvy + Co. Real Estate, Savvy eNews, SouthEnd, The Arts District, Walkable Neighborhoods onA lot has been in the news and the rumor mill lately about new development coming to established Charlotte neighborhoods…
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Lovely Elizabeth Lady
In Charlotte Neighborhoods, Charlotte Real Estate, Elizabeth, Savvy + Co. Real Estate, Savvy eNews, Walkable Neighborhoods onHave you ever met a house with so much personality you talked to it? Well, I would like to introduce…
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Modernist Masterpiece in Country Club Heights
In Charlotte Neighborhoods, Country Club Heights, Plaza Midwood, Savvy + Co. Real Estate, Savvy eNews, Walkable Neighborhoods onThe 1950s architect John Lautner wrote “relationship of the human being to space and space to nature.” This idea perfectly…
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Charlotte Knights Hit a Home Run with Craft Beers
In Charlotte Events, Charlotte Neighborhoods, Charlotte Parks and Greenways, Charlotte Real Estate, Downtown Charlotte, Savvy + Co. Real Estate, Savvy eNews, Things to Do in Charlotte, Third Ward, Walkable Neighborhoods onWhen baseball season opens on April 3rd, the Charlotte Knights will have a new feature at their Uptown Charlotte home!…
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Live the Life in Mountainbrook
In Charlotte Neighborhoods, Charlotte Real Estate, Mountainbrook, Savvy + Co. Real Estate, Savvy eNews onWith its prime location, Mountainbrook is a neighborhood that has it all! Mountainbrook is situated just minutes from the SouthPark…
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Google Fiber is Coming to Charlotte!
Almost exactly a year ago, I posted that Charlotte was being eyed for a Google Fiber expansion. And just last…
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Amazing Staging – The After
In Charlotte Neighborhoods, Charlotte Real Estate, Home Selling Tips, Myers Park, Savvy + Co. Real Estate, Savvy eNews, Sherwood Forest onLast week I blogged about the before appearance and marketing of this 421 Lyttleton. Buyers have overlooked this listing in…
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Amazing Staging – The Before
In Charlotte Neighborhoods, Charlotte Real Estate, Home Selling Tips, Savvy + Co. Real Estate, Savvy eNews, Sherwood Forest onIt makes me very sad to think of all the homes for sale that have gone overlooked and unsold simply…
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Elizabeth Home And Garden Tours – Yes, Tours with an S
In Charlotte Neighborhoods, Charlotte Real Estate, Elizabeth, Savvy + Co. Real Estate, Savvy eNews, Walkable Neighborhoods onIn addition to the fabulous Elizabeth Home & Garden Tour, happening this weekend, there are also some free fantastic open…
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Charlotte Named Best Big City Bargain
In Charlotte Neighborhoods, Charlotte Real Estate, Downtown Charlotte, North Carolina Info, Plaza Midwood, Savvy + Co. Real Estate, Savvy eNews, Walkable Neighborhoods onIn a recent article, Money Magazine put together its list of Best Big City Bargains. Guess which city topped the…
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Save the Date for the Elizabeth Home & Garden Tour
In Charlotte Events, Charlotte Neighborhoods, Charlotte Real Estate, Elizabeth, Savvy + Co. Real Estate, Savvy eNews, Things to Do in Charlotte, Walkable Neighborhoods onGet out your calendars and mark this down: The Elizabeth Home & Garden Tour is set this year for October…
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Sedgefield Named One of Nation’s Hottest Neighborhoods
In Charlotte Neighborhoods, Dilworth, Downtown Charlotte, Myers Park, Savvy + Co. Real Estate, Savvy eNews, Sedgefield, SouthEnd, Walkable Neighborhoods onOnline real estate firm Redfin recently named Sedgefield as one of the hottest neighborhoods in the nation! Sedgefield was ranked…
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Everything in Elizabeth
In Charlotte Neighborhoods, Charlotte Real Estate, Commonwealth Park, Eastover, Elizabeth, Plaza Midwood, Savvy + Co. Real Estate, Savvy eNews, Walkable Neighborhoods on1933 Bay Street comes on the market today – Thursday August 14. Wow! What a great house in a perfect…
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A New Look at Brightwalk
In Brightwalk, Charlotte Neighborhoods, Charlotte Parks and Greenways, Charlotte Real Estate, Downtown Charlotte, Savvy + Co. Real Estate, Savvy eNews, Walkable Neighborhoods onIt’s been about a year and a half since I took a look at the Brightwalk neighborhood on this blog.…
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Let the Music Factory Be Music to Your Ears
In Charlotte Arts, Charlotte Events, Charlotte Neighborhoods, Charlotte Real Estate, Downtown Charlotte, Music Factory, Savvy + Co. Real Estate, Savvy eNews, Things to Do in Charlotte, Walkable Neighborhoods onDon’t let the name deceive you. The NC Music Factory, located barely outside Uptown Charlotte, is about more than music.…
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The Latest on Our Energy Efficient Home Renovation
In Charlotte Neighborhoods, Charlotte Real Estate, energy efficient home renovation, Plaza Shamrock, Savvy + Co. Real Estate, Savvy eNews, Shamrock Gardens onMy last update was many weeks ago. We were just beginning with our third contractor and feeling frustrated with the…
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Charlotte Among Top Places to Live for Millennials
In Charlotte Neighborhoods, Charlotte Real Estate, Savvy + Co. Real Estate, Savvy eNews, Second Ward, Third Ward onIf you’re a Millennial, apparently Charlotte is one of the top spots for you! According to recent reports on three…
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Tales in Waterproofing Our Energy Efficient Home Renovation
In Charlotte Neighborhoods, Charlotte Real Estate, energy efficient home renovation, Savvy + Co. Real Estate, Savvy eNews, Shamrock Gardens onWe just finished waterproofing our renovation home. The “Bottom level” (aka the basement and foundation level) of the house has…
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Energy Efficient Home Renovation Update
In Charlotte Neighborhoods, Charlotte Real Estate, energy efficient home renovation, Savvy + Co. Real Estate, Savvy eNews, Shamrock Gardens onThis post is a long time coming. I haven’t written about my energy efficient home renovation because there has been…
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Charlotte Being Eyed for Google Fiber
In Belmont, Biddleville, Brightwalk, Charlotte Neighborhoods, Charlotte North End, Charlotte Real Estate, Cherry Neighborhood, Dilworth, Downtown Charlotte, Elizabeth, Elizabeth II, First Ward, Fourth Ward, Myers Park, NoDa, North Carolina Info, Plaza Midwood, Plaza Shamrock, Savvy + Co. Real Estate, Savvy eNews, Sedgefield, Shamrock Gardens, SouthEnd, The Arts District, Third Ward, Wesley Heights, Wilmore, Windsor Park onGoogle has added Charlotte to a list of nine metro areas it is exploring as its next Google Fiber deployment.…
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Grant Awarded to Plaza Shamrock
In Charlotte Neighborhoods, Charlotte Real Estate, Plaza Shamrock, Savvy + Co. Real Estate, Savvy eNews, Shamrock Gardens onWow! Just when you think Charlotte neighborhoods couldn’t get any better, word comes that Plaza Shamrock has won a grant…
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Plaza Midwood Wins $25K Grant
In Charlotte Neighborhoods, Charlotte Real Estate, Plaza Midwood, Savvy + Co. Real Estate, Savvy eNews, Walkable Neighborhoods onJust a week after being named one of Charlotte’s hippest neighborhoods, Plaza Midwood has won a $25,000 grant from the…
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Where’s the Hippest Spot in Charlotte?
In Charlotte Neighborhoods, Charlotte Real Estate, NoDa, Plaza Midwood, Savvy + Co. Real Estate, Savvy eNews, Walkable Neighborhoods onUrban Dictionary defines hipsters as “a subculture of men and women typically in their 20’s and 30’s that value independent…
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Park Road Shopping Center Getting an Update
In Charlotte Neighborhoods, Charlotte Real Estate, Dilworth, Elizabeth, Savvy + Co. Real Estate, Savvy eNews, Sedgefield, SouthEnd, Things to Do in Charlotte, Walkable Neighborhoods onResidents of Sedgefield, Dilworth and SouthEnd, rejoice! Park Road Shopping Center is getting an update! Park Road Shopping Center, which…
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Yin & Yang – Energy Efficient Home Renovation Update
In Charlotte Neighborhoods, Charlotte Real Estate, energy efficient home renovation, Savvy + Co. Real Estate, Savvy eNews, Shamrock Gardens onIt’s time for an update on the energy efficient renovation. Just when I thought I was going to have to…
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Marvelous Metal – Energy Efficient Home Renovation Update
In Charlotte Neighborhoods, Charlotte Real Estate, energy efficient home renovation, Savvy + Co. Real Estate, Savvy eNews, Shamrock Gardens onThis week I’m so very excited to introduce the new metal roof on our energy efficient home renovation project. Why…
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Color Me Happy – Seeing Fall Foliage Around Charlotte
In Charlotte Events, Charlotte Parks and Greenways, North Carolina Info, Savvy + Co. Real Estate, Savvy eNews, Second Ward onAccording to all the weather forecasters, fall foliage is at its peak in the mountains and is creeping its way…
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Charlotte’s Growth + the Real Estate Market = ???
In Charlotte Neighborhoods, Charlotte Real Estate, Savvy + Co. Real Estate, Savvy eNews, Walkable Neighborhoods onIn June, Charlotte was listed by Forbes as #4 in the list of the top 10 fastest growing cities in…
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How Walkable Is Charlotte?
In Charlotte Neighborhoods, Charlotte Real Estate, Cherry Neighborhood, Dilworth, Downtown Charlotte, First Ward, Fourth Ward, Savvy + Co. Real Estate, Savvy eNews, Walkable Neighborhoods onHave you heard of WalkScore.com? This site scores cities on a scale of 1 to 100 on how walkable they…
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Lots to Learn About Lots
In Biddleville, Brightwalk, Charlotte Neighborhoods, Charlotte North End, Charlotte Real Estate, Cherry Neighborhood, Dilworth, Elizabeth, Elizabeth II, Myers Park, NoDa, Plaza Midwood, Savvy + Co. Real Estate, Savvy eNews, Sedgefield, Shamrock Gardens, SouthEnd, The Arts District, Third Ward, Wesley Heights, Wilmore, Windsor Park onLet’s talk about lots, more commonly known as land or acreage. There really is much to know before considering a…
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Protest Petitions Ending?
In Biddleville, Brightwalk, Charlotte Neighborhoods, Charlotte North End, Charlotte Real Estate, Cherry Neighborhood, Dilworth, Elizabeth, Elizabeth II, Myers Park, NoDa, North Carolina Info, Plaza Midwood, Savvy + Co. Real Estate, Savvy eNews, Sedgefield, Shamrock Gardens, SouthEnd, The Arts District, Third Ward, Wesley Heights, Wilmore, Windsor Park onNorth Carolina lawmakers may be making it harder for you to oppose rezoning cases. Right now, Charlotte residents have the…
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Energy Efficient Home Renovation Update – The Good, the Bad and the General Contractor
In Charlotte Neighborhoods, Charlotte Real Estate, energy efficient home renovation, Plaza Midwood, Savvy + Co. Real Estate, Savvy eNews, Shamrock Gardens onSo, one of my complaints about the social media realm, of which blogging is part of, is the superficial Polyanna…
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Energy Efficient Home Renovation – Month 1 Recap
In Charlotte Neighborhoods, Charlotte Real Estate, energy efficient home renovation, Plaza Midwood, Savvy + Co. Real Estate, Savvy eNews onThe point of this post is somewhat selfish. Yes, I want to share and teach through my experiences with our…
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Harris Teeter Reopens in Plaza Midwood
In Charlotte Neighborhoods, Charlotte Real Estate, Plaza Midwood, Savvy + Co. Real Estate, Savvy eNews onOn May 29, heaven returned to Plaza Midwood. That day, Harris Teeter reopened its location at The Plaza and Central…
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Energy Efficient Home Renovation – Week 2
In Charlotte Neighborhoods, Charlotte Real Estate, energy efficient home renovation, Plaza Midwood, Savvy + Co. Real Estate, Savvy eNews, Shamrock Gardens onSo, here we are 2 weeks into our energy efficient project home and I have already learned a ton and…
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Energy Efficient Home Renovation – Week 1
In Charlotte Neighborhoods, Charlotte Real Estate, energy efficient home renovation, Plaza Midwood, Savvy + Co. Real Estate, Savvy eNews, Shamrock Gardens onSo, we closed on the house for our energy efficient home renovation project last week, and I am feeling like…
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Save the Funk Update – Follow Up to February Posts
In Charlotte Neighborhoods, Charlotte Real Estate, Dilworth, Elizabeth, Myers Park, NoDa, Plaza Midwood, Savvy + Co. Real Estate, Savvy eNews, SouthEnd, The Arts District onIn February, I did a couple of posts – Save the Funk and Save the Funk Part Deux – to…
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Here We Go – Our Energy Efficient Home Renovation
My partner, Kurt, and I are just about to embark on our first energy efficient home renovation. We have purchased…
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Downtown Matthews: A Closer-Than-You-May-Think Gem
Depending on what side of town your work and schools may be, Matthews just might be the place for you.…
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Eat Local, Eat Fresh – Charlotte Farmers’ Markets
In Charlotte Neighborhoods, Charlotte Real Estate, Dilworth, Elizabeth, Farmers' Markets, Myers Park, Savvy + Co. Real Estate, Savvy eNews, SouthEnd onSupport your neighborhood farmers’ markets! Eating local isn’t just good for you – it’s also good for the local economy.…
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Save the Funk!
In Charlotte Neighborhoods, Charlotte Real Estate, Dilworth, Elizabeth, Myers Park, NoDa, Plaza Midwood, Savvy + Co. Real Estate, SouthEnd onCity Council is proposing a new definition of “restaurant” in Charlotte. Currently that definition does not include having entertainment. Entertainment…
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Yard Art Day – Connecting Charlotte Through Art
In Charlotte Neighborhoods, Charlotte Real Estate, Dilworth, Elizabeth, Myers Park, NoDa, Plaza Midwood, Savvy + Co. Real Estate, Savvy eNews, SouthEnd, The Arts District, Yard Art Day onDo you remember that feeling of joy as a kid when you could be completely creative without restraint, without the…
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All Aboard!
Charlotte’s light rail system has been a boon to the city. And with plans for expansion, its impact could grow…
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2013 Predictions for Charlotte’s Housing Market
Happy New Year! Let’s talk about the housing market for 2013. In 2012, we saw an incredible comeback in the…
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Get to Know Charlotte’s Eastover Neighborhood!
In Charlotte Neighborhoods, Charlotte Real Estate, Eastover, Savvy + Co. Real Estate, Savvy eNews onLocated just southeast of Uptown Charlotte, Eastover was first developed in the late 1920s as a competitor to nearby Myers…
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Sedgefield – Good Houses, Good Community
In Charlotte Neighborhoods, Charlotte Real Estate, Savvy + Co. Real Estate, Savvy eNews, Sedgefield onIn the 1940s, as Sedgefield was being developed, the sales brochure declared “GOOD houses in a GOOD community.” As we’re…
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Myers Park – The Heart of Charlotte
In Charlotte Neighborhoods, Charlotte Real Estate, Myers Park, Savvy + Co. Real Estate, Savvy eNews, Westover Street Updates onDeveloped in the early 1900s, Myers Park lies just blocks from Uptown Charlotte. The area is bounded by Queens Road…
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Brightwalk – An Inspired Urban Neighborhood
In Brightwalk, Charlotte Neighborhoods, Charlotte North End, Charlotte Real Estate, Savvy + Co. Real Estate, Savvy eNews onIn Charlotte’s North End, a new neighborhood is forming. The whole concept is around conserving your most precious resources –…
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Historic Deals in Wesley Heights
In Charlotte Neighborhoods, Charlotte Real Estate, Dilworth, NoDa, Plaza Midwood, Savvy + Co. Real Estate, Savvy eNews, Third Ward, Wesley Heights onWow Wesley Heights! Wesley Heights is one of Charlotte’s oldest and most Historic neighborhoods, developed around 1920 on the 19th-century…
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Meet Dilworth, Where Community Meets Tradition
In Charlotte Neighborhoods, Charlotte Real Estate, Dilworth, Savvy + Co. Real Estate, Savvy eNews onDilworth began as Charlotte’s first streetcar suburb, established by Edward Dilworth Latta in the 1890s. After slowly declining for a…
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Take a Look at Third Ward
In Charlotte Neighborhoods, Charlotte Real Estate, Savvy + Co. Real Estate, Savvy eNews, Third Ward, Villa Heights onAre you looking for a quaint, diverse neighborhood in Charlotte’s Center City? Then Third Ward is for you! Third Ward…
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This Week in Charlotte Real Estate
This is text on Savvy + Co. Real Estate’s weekly eNews. Sent out every Friday.