tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29651331877840604682009-02-06T15:44:19.950-08:00Gabe Hoggarthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03240234132305552032noreply@blogger.comBlogger22125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2965133187784060468.post-23230572462933841102009-02-06T14:25:00.001-08:002009-02-06T15:44:20.007-08:00

Are you tired of those week long festivals that just seem to never end? If you are  The Pacific Northwest Rain Festival maybe for you. It only lasts for one fun filled hour. It all happens so quickly at the Fairhaven Village Green this Saturday February 7, from 11:30 am to 12:30 pm. Looks like bit might even rain! There will be rain poetry, a rain gear fashion show, even music about rain.It's

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For folks who love the cold (must love cold), getting out of your hovel during the week can be the break you need.  Let's face it, after the last few months, any reason to get outside should be greeted with more open arms than my guide-friend, Ed Megill, telling you how big the silver he caught on the Nooksack was.  Which he's lying about. But even the facetious Ed takes his beautiful wife out

Chris McNamarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00168807443741143964chrismcnamara1975@gmail.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2965133187784060468.post-35029521288826506082009-01-26T13:24:00.001-08:002009-01-26T13:24:22.882-08:00

According to an article in today's Bellingham Hearld most of the recent growth in Fairhaven has been in Condos and apartments. Fairhaven's percentage of growth in multifamily units has outpaced downtown. The data shows  Fairhaven has grown 83.8 percent, while in the Central Business District the growth rate has been 36.5 percent. Fairhaven is now more than 70 percent multifamily units

Michael Eisenberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08396460272778193635noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2965133187784060468.post-79681551618671732052009-01-13T13:55:00.001-08:002009-01-27T15:15:57.781-08:00

Fairhaven took on a new character when the winter came here.  The cobbled streets covered up with snow, and made traction a little harder to find, the restaurant windows looked a little more inviting with the temperature drops.  And nothing sold.  At least that's the number crunch for the last month.  Some would say the sky is falling.  Some would even print it. But here are actual numbers

Chris McNamarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00168807443741143964chrismcnamara1975@gmail.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2965133187784060468.post-33281869252300637792008-12-19T16:15:00.001-08:002008-12-22T16:48:19.990-08:00

Fairhaven is full of unique shops as I mentioned in my earlier post about Fairhaven's Artwood Gallery. Another truly unique place to do your holiday shopping is Good Earth Pottery. It is located in the historic Morgan Block Building next door to Artwood. The gallery has been located here for almost 40 years and is certainly helped influence the artistic nature of the Fairhaven district.

Michael Eisenberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08396460272778193635noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2965133187784060468.post-78442679313694558752008-12-15T16:55:00.001-08:002008-12-15T17:55:03.725-08:00

If you're looking for unique gifts for the holidays Fairhaven is a great place to do your shopping. You're not going to find any malls here or for that matter any of the national chain stores. Fairhaven shops are all unique. Being enamored with wood as I am, (I've dabbled in wood carving, building, and believe it or not I've planted close to a quarter of a million trees in my years as a tree

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    As the last few clients I've had in town have been interested in the  total costs of places in Bellingham per month, we'll always go through what they're comfortable paying according to their monthly mortgage payment.  Then figure in utilities, other bills, car payments, credit cards; a regular slough of money going out.  We're all there, so no judging, especially around the holidays.  And

Chris McNamarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00168807443741143964chrismcnamara1975@gmail.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2965133187784060468.post-24162249211499692962008-12-12T14:58:00.000-08:002008-12-12T16:19:19.397-08:00

Wow-As a Real Estate Agent I am always saying there is tons going on in Bellingham but have you taken a look at ALL that is going on just this Saturday alone! Grin with the Grinch at Waldron building noon-4pm $10 Fairhaven Library is 104 years old! 1:00-3:00pm free festivities Firehouse 1-2:30 $8 suggested donation at door for festivities fundraiser Village Book 'The Airplane Plane' 7pm

Jenny Johnsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15486127814375210421noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2965133187784060468.post-75731737637396255822008-12-08T10:11:00.001-08:002008-12-09T22:41:42.618-08:00

The Gingerbread House Contest was just awesome. Some of the entries were pretty spectacular, and there was lots of time, energy, love, and candy put into them. I was there on Sunday and the Bellingham Cruise Terminal was packed with people enjoying the activities of the day, singers, dancers, Santa, and lots of Gingerbread. Here are some of the entries for those of you from far away or from

Michael Eisenberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08396460272778193635noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2965133187784060468.post-29000862065390258592008-12-02T13:27:00.001-08:002008-12-03T11:46:58.705-08:00

The annual Holiday Port Festival - Friday, Dec. 5, from noon - 8 pm; Saturday, Sept. 6, from 11 am - 6 pm; and Sunday, Dec. 7, from 11 am - 5 pm Continuing the Holiday Spirit in Fairhaven, this weekend the action will be at the Bellingham Cruise Terminal. The annual Holiday Port Festival will have performances by local choirs, bands and dance groups. There are lots of free family activities,

Michael Eisenberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08396460272778193635noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2965133187784060468.post-66140949675216354852008-11-26T20:48:00.001-08:002008-12-03T11:48:31.163-08:00

This weekend will be the beginning of the holiday season in Fairhaven's historic district. Fairhaven's century old buildings and streets will be lit up and decorated for the season. Some of the shops will have their windows painted by kids from the Fairhaven Middle School Art Club. The weekend festivities in Village Green will include musicians, carolers, a Victorian Santa who will arrive at

Michael Eisenberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08396460272778193635noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2965133187784060468.post-84692101360561506882008-11-25T10:32:00.001-08:002008-11-25T16:34:30.760-08:00

Ok, I am here to tell you what it is really like living in Fairhaven in the winter. My husband and I moved here two and a half years ago and I wasn't used to the rain and the dreary days. We moved from the Midwest so I was used to snow but sunny days. Since moving here I have learned how to make the best of winter and want to share that with all of my clients and friends who have recently

Jami Morashhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02287575412626686709Jami@buyertours.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2965133187784060468.post-47875036539513378672008-11-23T21:44:00.001-08:002008-12-03T11:51:35.665-08:00

Fairhaven's Village Books as well as Colin Flynn and Anders Crabo two recent Sehome High School graduates, were among this years Philanthropy Awards Honorees. Outstanding Philanthropic Small Business: Village Books Village Books has been a community leader through philanthropy, education, and activism for many years. Much more than an independent book store, Village Books is owned by

Michael Eisenberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08396460272778193635noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2965133187784060468.post-47396911463923977522008-11-21T09:10:00.001-08:002008-12-03T11:52:33.840-08:00

A bronze statue honoring one of Fairhaven's founding father's was just unveiled this past, October between Flats Tapas Bar and the Rustic Coffee Bar on 11th St. at the entrance to McKenzie Alley in the Historic District in Fairhaven. The same sculptor who created the Dirty Dan Harris statue on the Village Green, Bob McDermott, has created a bronze bust of Fairhaven builder C.X. Larrabee.

Michael Eisenberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08396460272778193635noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2965133187784060468.post-14497760681957730002008-11-20T17:57:00.001-08:002008-11-20T19:28:01.004-08:00

Yes it is true, Fairhaven does have an "Underground" Museum. It is located in the basement of the Fairhaven Pharmacy building. It's curator is one of the former pharmacist there, Gordon Tweit, who is also the unofficial historian of Fairhaven, and a wealth of knowledge. The museum is open by appointment only and is a random collection of all things Fairhaven, ranging from a large

Michael Eisenberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08396460272778193635noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2965133187784060468.post-34401702977221368482008-11-19T16:05:00.001-08:002008-11-20T13:51:36.017-08:00

It's a buyer's market. In the early 2000's, Bellingham property, including Fairhaven condominiums, were hitting the market, and almost immediately, the bidding began. This tended to bring up the prices of all property here in the city of subdued excitement, but more so with the holy grail of real estate, the waterfront/water-view property.Fairhaven's coast is lined with parks, railroads, dock

Chris McNamarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00168807443741143964chrismcnamara1975@gmail.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2965133187784060468.post-75504671915529908952008-11-04T18:02:00.000-08:002008-11-18T18:27:56.835-08:00

The Waldron building is one of Fairhaven's oldest and yet newest buildings. Originaly built in 1891 at the height of Fairhaven's first expansion. During that period Fairhaven was one of several cities trying to become the major West Coast railroad terminus, and Fairhaven saw it's first major expansion. Their were 35 hotels and boarding houses in Fairhaven at that time. It was soon after that

Michael Eisenberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08396460272778193635noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2965133187784060468.post-42267741060510010022008-10-25T17:36:00.001-07:002008-10-27T10:08:43.408-07:00

One of the most popular pages on http://realestate.bellingham.net/ is the Fairhaven page.  In fact I pulled up some web stats from our Google Analytics Account and found that outside of the main portion of the site the number one place our visitors visited is the Fairhaven page.  This really shouldn't be a surprise.  As Chris McNamarra pointed out in a prior post earlier today all roads in and

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Picture looking at a list of your favorite albums/CD's/8 Tracks (what ever age or level of technical ineptness you find yourself currently). There's the one you ALWAYS talk about, always are telling friends about, always the one you go to for the peace, the celebration of it. If all the hamlets that made up Bellingham were your music collection, Fairhaven tends to be that album we're asked

Chris McNamarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00168807443741143964chrismcnamara1975@gmail.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2965133187784060468.post-92132426003849045532008-10-24T13:40:00.000-07:002008-10-24T15:33:36.842-07:00

Fairhaven, one of Bellingham’s most popular communities, is located on Bellingham Bay. Known as the Historical District, Fairhaven was its own city before it was consolidated to the city of Bellingham back in 1903. In the late 1800’s, Fairhaven was a big boom city where residents were working on making Fairhaven the next hub city of the west, building railroad tracks, commercial

Gabe Hoggarthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03240234132305552032noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2965133187784060468.post-77886535422633944612008-10-24T12:55:00.000-07:002008-10-24T15:33:52.542-07:00

The Village Green, located in the heart of downtown, was redone in 2003 to better serve the community when holding Fairhaven’s farmers market, which starts in June and held every Wednesday. During the summer, movies are projected here and locals get together with blankets and snacks for the show. The Fairhaven Village Green

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Real estate in Fairhaven is pricier than other areas in Bellingham because of the prime location. There is a small residential area south of Donovan Avenue, where the side streets are undeveloped and homes modest. Downtown Fairhaven has been busy developing new condo projects, but in general it’s hard to find anything for under a quarter of a million. Neighborhood Market StatisticsAverage sold

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