Paul Bunton is the Chief of Police in Saline, Mi. He became Chief of Police when he arrived in Saline from the Ann Arbor Police Department. I have known Paul and been involved with him through the Saline Chamber of Commerce and Saline Schools.
Last Saturday, during the Michigan Spring football game held at Saline High School, I shot, (no pun intended) a video of him speaking about the safety of Saline, Mi.
Today was the much anticipated Spring game where the University of Michigan Wolverines gave us a glimpse of the new “spread offense”. There was a lot of excitement in the air to see new head coach, Rich Rodriguez and the unfolding of the offense.
The game was held at Saline High School, where all my children have attended or graduated from. Saline has a top notch football stadium and it was fun to see the Wolverines on the field.
It was so cold……………….and windy, worse than most of our fall games.
It was exciting to see Michigan go into a no huddle offense and take most of the snaps from the shot gun.
Included is an audio of Rich Rodriguez summary on the game today, posted my Jim Carty of the Ann Arbor News.
We were invited inside the stadium because the Missy Caulk TEAM with Maria Labie our preferred lender from Citizens First Bank were the exclusive sponsors for the Maize and Blue game. Due to it being in a smaller stadium the “The Big House”, it was not open to the public.
My daughter, Christa and Buyer Agent on our team was in the press box and did a quick interview with Sam and Andy on WTKA, Sports Radio in Ann Arbor.
Here is some footage I shot with my new flip video.
Remember it’s C A U L K….like around the bathtub and windows.
GO BLUE !
The Missy Caulk TEAM
734–827–0757
Every year the Saline Chamber of Commerce honors three citizens at their Business Enterprise Award Reception.
This year the awards go to Betsy Marl for the Citizen of The Year. Besty was born and raised in Saline and has been a first grade teacher since 1975. She is married to Gary Marl, former owner of Saline Dodge in Saline.
Taylor Jacobsen is this years recipient of the Lifetime Achievement Award. Taylor was also a teacher in Saline Schools,where he taught art for 40 years. Taylor also graduated from Saline High School. He is a founding member of the Saline Historical Preservation Committee and was involved extensively in the restoration of the Weber-Blaess one room school house. A school that he attended as a child formally called the Lodi Plains School.
Finally the George A Anderson Vision Award goes to newly elected Saline Schools Superintendent Scot Graden. Formally a teacher, football coach and Community Education Director for Saline Schools, Scot has been involved in many project around Saline. Scot has served for eight years as the Chairman of the CARES Mileage Advisory Board. The board annually gives out grant money to fund various projects around Saline, including Soccer, African American Culture and Historical Museum of Washtenaw County and is currently funding the restoration of Henne Field.
Congratulations to Betsy, Taylor and Scot.
The Youth of the Year Award, which is also presented the night of the Business Enterprise Awards goes to Andrew Schantz. Andrew is a Jr at Saline High School and was responsible for the Dress for Less Saline which donated homecoming and prom dresses to benefit Charity. He has been chairman of the Saline Youth Council for 2 years and is running for FCCLA, which oversees 250,000 youth.
Congratulations to you Andrew.
This is a great, fun event honoring our Citizens and we hope you can attend and get to know and congratulate the current winners.
Tickets are $20.00 per person and can be purchased by calling the Saline Chamber of Commerce at 734–944–4494 or visiting their web site at Saline Chamber.com The event is held at Saline High School and is Friday, April 18th.
Let’s see if I dig really hard I can find some good news! Ok, the amount of homes and condos being listed is down, 42%.
That is good news and mostly attributed to Pfizer homes for the most part being gone.
The average sale price in March for Washtenaw County is down to $205,400. That is just unbelievable.
Rather than interpret the data here are the charts for your review. All data is from the Ann Arbor Board of Realtors, where I serve as a Director and compiled by Big House Data in Ann Arbor.
If you are a buyer this is A GREAT TIME TO BUY !!
I’ve been helping my past clients and neighbors fight their tax assessments for the last month throughout ALL Washtenaw County. I was so encouraged when I received this email from one of my clients:
Hi Missy & Betty– ( Betty is my assistant)
I wanted to thank you both again for the all the help and information you provided regarding our property tax appeal. Steve & I made an appointment and went before the township board armed with the comps you pulled and a letter requesting that our taxable and assessed value be reduced to what we paid (50% of $425K). We were being assessed/taxed on 50% of $549K. I am happy to report that WE WON!! Quite a savings in future taxes!
Thanks again,
XXXXX
This client lives in York Township.
I live in Hunters Ridge Subdivision in Saline, MI and have for 15 years. One of my neighbors Chris asked me to collect the data for him in Hunters Ridge and I was glad to do so. First, we live in a neighborhood in Saline Schools, Pittsfield Township Taxes. We rarely have much turnover, which is why their is not much data. Seems like the same few homes sell over and over again as you will see in the graph.
When we refinanced in 2001, the appraisal for my home was 449,900. This December we refinanced again and it was 380,000.
See we are all in this together. When you received your property assessments did you SEV go down but your taxes go up? Yes, mine did.
Search All the Listings in Saline, MI here.
Ann Arbor, home of the University of Michigan and the only city in the United States with the name Ann Arbor. No wonder you don’t have to search by any other name on Google when you put Ann Arbor in the search.
Here are a couple of YouTube videos that will show you what Ann Arbor is really like, from the dynamic downtown to the University of Michigan.
There are currently 151 homes on the market in Ann Arbor between 100,000 and 200,000
There are currently 136 condos on the market between between 80,000 and 159,000.
Having been a Broker in Michigan for 13 years, this is nothing short of amazing.
This YouTube is my Kurt Westphal on what makes a downtown dynamic.
You can search all the listings in Ann Arbor from Search Ann Arbor Houses.com, or shoot us an email @ Info at MissyCaulk.com or phone us at 734–821–0757, if you have questions about neighborhoods, schools, parks and recreation, music, and relocating.
Saline Parks and Recreation has submitted a proposal to Hamburger Helper to help with funding the need for new equipment at the Saline Rec Center.
The proposal requests $13,900.00 grant to purchase Spinning equipment, BOSU balls, weight room equipment ( Nautilus Leg Press and Nautilus Torso) and water aerobic equipment.
Carla Scruggs, Director of the Saline Parks and Recreation Center is requesting help on the project. So I was glad to go help out by submitting my comment. I work out at the rec center 3–5 times a week depending on my schedule. So I agree we do need some newer equipment.
If you are a member of Saline Rec Center you can log onto My Home Town Helper. and support the project.
Once you log on: Find the project at the top.
Type in State Michigan and then City Saline
The name of the project is A Healthier Stronger Saline, just enter your name, birth date, email address and submit a comment. ( You will be asked to accept the terms and conditions) The just Click: ADD you Comment.
According to Carla, the more comments we have the better.
The Saline Recreation Center is located at:
1866 Woodland Dr. 734–429–3502.
Happy Easter, Ann Arbor and Saline.
Who would have thought?
I’m usually in Florida for Easter Sunday, so not only was I home but a White Easter.
The Saline Chamber ”BBR” breakfast scheduled for next Tuesday, March 25th at Brecon Village. This month’s breakfast is sponsored by Stonebridge Golf Course. Call 734–429–4494 for reservations.Well, we sprung forward in Ann Arbor and Saline, but where is Spring? I don’t know about you but I am ready for summer. Time to see the flowers pop out of the ground.
Did you know you can buy organic flowers to grow in your garden?
According to an Article from Environmental News Network, the flower industry is one of the heaviest users of agricultural chemicals and 60% of the flowers sold in the U.S. are imported from countries whose environmental standards are more lax than ours.
Roses for example can contain up to 50 times the amount of pesticides that are legally allowed in on the food we eat.
I love beautiful flowers in my home, throughout the year, but lately I’ve been pondering about the environmental issues and the workers that are being exposed to those chemicals every day.
Project Grow is a non-profit group in Ann Arbor, that will loan you space and give you the knowledge to grow organically. Here is the link to their calendar for the season where you can take classes. Project grow has been in Ann Arbor since 1972. You can apply on line to reserve your plot of land here. Since Project Grow is a volunteer group they are also looking for volunteers.
I also found this really cool place in California where you can purchase organic flowers and learn about organic gardening, called California Organic flowers. They may cost a tad more but the colors are brilliant and we are doing our part to save the environment.
Here is video that is all about growing organically and about the California Organic Farm.
Ready to join me in wishing for a soon to come Spring and Summer?…thought so
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