Ski Harbor at Deep Creek Lake - Community Profile
Ski Harbor is a lakefront condo & townhouse community at Deep Creek Lake. One of the coolest features of this community is the land it sits on – a 1,200+ feet peninsula on the shores of Deep Creek Lake. You can always find a quiet spot to sit and read, picnic or just think. Lots of different amenities: indoor swimming pool, sauna, tennis court, beach volleyball, basketball court (I’ve even witnessed street hockey!), swing sets, benches, canoe & kayak racks and more. There are dock slips available, lake views from almost anywhere on the property, 2 no-wake zones (great for kayaking & fishing), and acres of grassy, level lakefront common area. You have MEGA views of Wisp Ski Resort & the Bear Claw tubing park, as well as wide body views of McHenry cove from the point of the peninsula.
There are 2-4 bedroom condo’s & townhomes available for sale or for vacation rentals. Its location near Wisp & on the water offers a ‘rental friendly’ location that is sure to impress your visitors, family & friends. You can get a 2 bedroom condo in the low $200k’s!
Another great perk is a front row seat to fireworks. The Wisp always sets off the 4th of July fireworks from the Bear Claw tubing park, and I as I mentioned, the view is AMAZING! McHenry cove fills up with hundreds of boats, all lit up at night, and it’s quite a sight to behold.
If you are in the market for a great lakefront vacation home or centrally located condo, Ski Harbor is one place that you will definitely want to explore!
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WSJ NEWS ALERT: Home Resales Jumped 6.8% in March
Existing-home sales rose 6.8% in March, slightly more than economists had expected, to a 5.35 million annual rate. First-time buyers purchased 44% of all homes, lured by the government’s tax-credit program. The supply of unsold homes fell to eight months, down from 8.5 in February.
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Deep Creek Lake now at normal level
Cumberland Times-News
— Deep Creek Lake at normal level
MCHENRY — Deep Creek Hydropower is now operating within the rule band established by the Maryland Department of the Environment to retain Deep Creek Lake at its appropriate level.
Last month, MDE approved a request from Brookfield Renewable Power, the owner of Deep Creek Hydropower, to lower the water level to accommodate the winter’s record snow pack and subsequent melting.
Brookfield also brought in seven “ice eaters” to break up and remove ice and reduce ice pressure on the spillway. MDE and the Maryland Department of Natural Resources worked closely with Brookfield to monitor the situation.
The analysis of water content in the snow pack and the lower than expected rainfall has made spring flooding this year unlikely.
Lake levels are posted at www.deepcreekhydro.com.
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Spring time at Wisp Ski Resort
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It’s that time of year…I’m starting to see some bare spots on the Wisp Ski Resort. Overall, it was a great ski season and a record winter for snowfall. Spring is here at Deep Creek Lake and the warmer weather (and rain) has led to some bare spots on the mountain. Virtually all of the snow that was here on the ground has melted now. It snowed yesterday, but there was no accumulation. Keep checking back for more info from the I Love Deep Creek blog!
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Investors Are Buying Houses Again
March 23, 2010 by cloeffler
Good news for the second-home market.
More home buyers are snapping up properties with cash, a trend driven in large part by investors returning to the market after four years of falling prices around the country.
The share of home sales involving all-cash transactions was 26% in January, up from 18% a year earlier, according to the National Association of Realtors. The figures come from a survey of members about their most recent transactions. Many home buyers also are paying cash, but investors are largely using cash so they can avoid paying interest charges on loans and get a larger return on their investment.
Other NAR data also show a pickup in investment activity.
Home purchases made by buyers identified as investors climbed to 17% in January, up from 15% in December and 12% in November.
“We bottomed out in 2008, and in late 2009, prices stabilized and investors have returned,” says Mark Fleming, chief economist at First American CoreLogic. “It’s a different type of investor going after foreclosed properties and expecting to hold on for longer time frames.”
Many investors say they’re financing their purchases with cash on hand, rather than borrowing.
Evan Spinrod of San Francisco bought three rental properties in November and February and now owns 21 in four states. The rent he collects gives him an 8.5% annual return on his investment. Some of his homes are worth about $165,000. “I’m still looking,” Spinrod says. “You can’t build these houses for the prices they’re selling them. I’ve always seen that the real wealth was in real estate. People have been sitting on cash, and there’s no interest from the bank (to pay).”
Leonard Baron, a real estate professor at San Diego State University, has bought three homes with cash in the
San Diego area in the past eight months, ranging in price from $100,000 to $130,000. He rents the properties.
Baron says now is an ideal time to make such purchases. “It’s because prices have dropped so much and rents really haven’t,” he says. “The deals were unbelievable.”
Some Realtors also say they’re seeing increased investor activity.
“Flippers, rehabbers, investors … are, in fact, buying,” says Lisa Johnson, with Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage in Haverhill, Mass. “I’m getting builders who have stopped building and are instead buying up condos and single-family homes to fix them up and sell them. It’s a neat change I haven’t seen in four years.”
All-cash purchases also reflect a growing number of investors buying higher-end properties without credit, says NAR spokesman Walter Molony. That’s a sign that some investors see real estate prices as having nowhere to
go but up. All-cash offers give buyers a competitive edge on rival offers – even higher ones – that are dependent on financing. Cash deals can close faster and are less likely to fall through.
“You have to have cash to be able to close quickly and have negotiating power. Cash is king,” says Tanya Marchiol, president of Phoenix-based Team Investments, which buys about 70 properties a month with cash it raises from investors. “We do want to flip it or generate cash flow (through renting it out). Now is the time to buy for cash flow. We know the market is going to rebound.”
Some investors say the current real estate market is an ideal time to buy because homes are so low priced, they are bound to hold their value.
That’s the philosophy of Jim McClelland of Tinley Park, 111.
He is buying about 120 to 150 entrylevel homes in the Chicago area this year and owns a total of about 300 properties.
He says now is a good time to buy because properties going into foreclosure are no longer just one-bedroom, fixer-uppers but nicer, split-level brick homes with more bedrooms that will probably appreciate to a higher value.
That’s because so many prime-rate borrowers who bought more expensive homes have gone into foreclosure.
He puts about $60,000 into upgrading a property, then rents it out.
“Do I think this year will be a better time to invest than in 2009? Yes,” McClelland says. “There have always been foreclosures. The difference now is you get a better home for the same kind of money. You’re sitting on better inventory. People get into real estate for financial independence. It’s not a quick fix. It appreciates. It doesn’t happen overnight.”
By Stephanie Armour USA TODAY
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HAPPY EARTH DAY! Deep Creek Lake & Garrett County Dirt for sale!
Celebrate Earth Day 2010! Buy some genuine Deep Creek Lake & Garrett County dirt 🙂 There are some great lots and land available for sale, ranging from view lots, farms, acreage, hunting land, building lots, lakefront property, lake access parcels, riverfront land and large recreational tracts. ANY KIND OF DIRT YOU WANT, I can help you find it!
Smileys Funzone at Deep Creek Lake - DCL FUN!
They have a very creative website, and it screams FUN! You can take a virtual tour here. Some more from their website:
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Smiley’s Funzone & Pizzeria
75 Fort Drive, McHenry, MD 21541
Phone: (301) 387-0059
Fax: (301) 387-0049
www.smileysfunzone.com
Indoor & Outdoor Amusements at Smiley’s
You can never smile or laugh enough! So whether you’re inside at Smiley’s arcade games or outside on our adventure rides, you’ll hear lots of squeals and outright laughing out loud! Don’t be afraid to join in – there’s a game and attraction just waiting to tickle your funny bone.
Indoor Amusements
Rain or shine there is always fun to be had at Smiley’s Fun Zone! Come play at Smiley’s, fun for the whole family!
•Arcade Games
•Old Time Photos
•Parties
•Pizzeria Restaurant
•Lakeside Creamery
Outdoor AmusementsCome play outdoors at Smiley’s Fun Zone! Fun for the whole family with views of Deep Creek Lake!
•Go Carts
•Bumper Boats
•Batting Cages
•Laser Tag
•Mini Golf
•Play Ship
And finally, the viral video. That guy in the costume looks familiar…:
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NEW LISTING: 1104 ALEXANDER LN - GA7297438 - $334,900
IMMACULATE 3/4 bedroom home in Broadford Heights that I recently listed. Close to schools, backs to Broadford Park, renovated kitchen, media room addition – WOW. Worth a look!
More details on the house here.
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Deep Creek Lake from the SKY - great aerial shots of the lake!
This is pretty cool to see how everything pieces together at the lake. My good friend Todd Gibson took me up in his plane (prior to his days of flying jets over the Honi Honi:) a long time ago and did the same thing for me. Digital video cameras were ‘newer’ technology at the time (it’s been a while), and I couldn’t get nearly the detail that this guy’s camera gets. BUT, the coolest view was following the Youghiogheny River as it winds through the forests and then….WOW. Muddy Creek Falls. Awesome. I have better equipment now if anyone wants to volunteer the plane or chopper 🙂
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Paid EMS positions expected to increase in Allegany, Garrett
Jeffrey Alderton
Cumberland Times-News
— GRANTSVILLE — With 17 people already employed as emergency medical service professionals by Allegany and Garrett counties, more EMS job opportunities are expected in both counties in the future.
“Without an influx of volunteers to supplement the paid EMS systems in Allegany and Garrett counties, there will be no alternative but to continue hiring EMS professionals to pick up the lack of volunteerism,” said Dwayne Kitis, who serves as the Region 1 administrator of the Maryland Institute for Emergency Medical Services Systems.
Ten EMS professionals are employed by Allegany County and seven by Garrett County. “These positions are a mixture of medics — emergency medical technicians intermediate and paramedics and emergency medical technicians basic. Most are full time and have county benefits including a retirement plan,” said Kitis.
An unknown number of EMS providers are employed by private ambulance companies in both counties. In addition, more than 55 people are employed in the Cumberland Fire Department as firefighters who are cross-trained as EMS providers, including 12 paramedics who operate the department’s 24-hour ambulance service.
On April 28 at 6:30 p.m., an informational session for anyone who has been certified as an EMT-B for at least a year and would like to advance to the next level of training will be held at the Frostburg Area Ambulance Service at 86 W. Main St., where classes are scheduled.
“The EMT-I course will be offered this fall through Garrett College,” said Kitis. “While you are not required to attend the session, you are strongly encouraged to do so. The session will provide greater detail about the program and will give you an opportunity to ask any questions you may have.”
Program coordinator Doug Beitzel and a number of advanced life support-certified instructors teach classes on Monday and Thursday evenings. Students complete clinic hour requirements and field time with designated EMS providers.
The EMT-B gives basic life support medical care that includes airway management, assessment of circulation and interventions such as CPR, tourniquets, splints and backboards for spinal immobilization. The EMT-B can assist with low-risk medications that patients already have and use.
The EMT-I can start certain advanced life supporting measures and can use advanced airway management. They use EKG monitors for heart rhythms and deliver electric defibrillating shocks manually to patients in cardiac arrest. They can also start intravenous lines for fluid replacement in a patient and are permitted to administer a limited number of drugs.
The EMT-P is the highest level of prehospital emergency medical care. They are qualified to do all of the functions of the EMT-B and the EMT-I in addition to further advanced airway management and administering many more medications.
Kitis said, “Our citizens need to realize that EMT-B training is virtually free of charge and to become an EMT-I or paramedic the tuition that our region’s citizen-volunteers pay is significantly less, about one-third, than what you would pay for the same training at a university somewhere else. The only requirement to gain access to this program as possible future career training is that he or she must be a member in good standing with a fire, rescue or EMS company in Allegany or Garrett counties.”
The need for EMS professionals will continue as emergency calls continue to increase throughout the area, Kitis said.
Information is also available by contacting Jean Tressler, coordinator of operations, Garrett College Continuing Education & Workforce Development, at 301-387-3085 or e-mail jean.tressler@garrettcollege.edu. The MIEMSS office may be contacted at 301-895-5934.
“So far, we have had 32 people express interest in our EMT-intermediate class that will begin this fall and right now we are finishing up our paramedic training with 12 students. That class started out two years ago with 25 students,” said Tressler. “Now the training seems to be viewed more as career training than volunteer training. Paid opportunity is becoming more available due to the downward trend in volunteerism, due in part for the need for two people in the family to work and less time available for volunteering.”
EMT-B classes will be conducted in the fall at the Maryland Fire and Rescue Institute off U.S. Route 220 in Cresaptown and at Garrett College.
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