Texas Hill Country Blog

January 18, 2008

Fredericksburg Texas has a excellent theater group called the Fredericksburg Theater Company. If you want to see a professional Broadway style plays or if you would like to be a part of this great group go to their website at www.fredericksburgtheather.org.

Fredericksburg, Texas has many choices for homes

Fredericksburg Texas in the Hill Country of Texas is a beautiful small town but with great medical care, good schools, easy access to San Antonio and Austin. We have a very nice community called Stone Ridge with phase 7 open now to build your dream home or buy a lot and wait for retirement to build. Several new homes and pre-owned are for sale, this community has large stone homes on large size lots, some with new designs builders have incorporated such as great rooms, large open outdoor living area with outdoor grills, granite counter tops and swimming pools. We also have a great active adult community in town called Heritage Hill Country. Started in 1998 with 182 homes with a clubhouse, pool, walking trails and has a gated access. Heritage Hill Country is sold out but has several pre-owned homes presently for sale. If someone would want wants some space and out of town our Cool Water Ranch rural community has it all. Easy access to town and just a few miles out of the city. Paved roads, good restrictions and great views. This community started last year and is half sold out, but has about 28 tracts still for sale. Our town has many newer communities starting on the edge of town with many new homes.

Raising Horses in the Hill Country

The Hill Country, Mason and Fredericksburg is experiencing a huge increase is selling  real estate for horse farms and horse operations. These farms range in purpose from raising race horses, horse training facilities to acreage for recreational use and pleasure riding. There are good sales to buy quality horses to bring back to the Hill Country, Mason, Fredericksburg. This weekend there is one of the best sales to buy quarterhorses. This is in Oklahoma City, Heritage Place Winter Mixed Sale. Buy your horses and bring them back home to your Hill Country, Mason, Fredericksburg farm.

Baby Boomers and Hill Country Real Estate

Baby Boomers have a lot to say about the way a lot of things are done including trends, economy and different markets. Harley Davidson is thankful for the Baby Boomers. Baby Boomers have and will continue to make an impact on Real Estate in the Hill Country, Mason and Fredericksburg. Baby Boomers are buying ranches with 1031 exchanges for recreational use, keep for several years, enjoying the land and sell,realizing that the ranch was a great investment. Other real estate investments include German homesteads that are renoviated, Bed&Breakfast operations, small tracts and commercial real estate in the Hill Country, Mason and Fredericksburg taking advantage of the great tourist flow in Fredericksburg. The latest venture with Baby Boomers is their discovery of horses. Many acres of horse property have been bought in the Hill Country, Mason and Fredericksburg. Baby Boomers have developed a love for horses. Baby Boomers buy the real estate in  the Hill Country to ride horses and to raise horses. Having young foals and raising them has been a new pleasure for Baby Boomers. Baby Boomers are raising race horses to sell or race themselves or performance horses. It is very thrilling to race your own baby. The Hill Country, Mason, Fredericksburg have the real estate, location, climate and support industry for successful horse farms and operations small or large.

Chains on main

Chains on Main…Wow Fredericksburg and Gillespie County continues to grow and prosper. New business want to come into the Texas Hill Country. With these new businesses come with families who want to be a part of our community and schools.

Now if you are not aware is a controversy on whether we let chains should be allowed is drawing near. A survey was taken from local business and property owners and from the many visitors to out town in hopes of making the correct decision.

They have forgotten on very important group..the folks of Fredericksburg..the core of our community..workin’ folks who in most cases have to travel outside of Fredericksburg to purchase items not offer by our local businesses. Ask them how they feel about chains on Main, you might be surprise of these results

Express your thought and concerns to by calling your elected city officials at 830-997-7521.

Fredericksburg, Texas–Real Estate Market Is Diverse
January 15, 2008

Fredericksburg, Texas is located in the heart of the Texas Hill Country.  It has the charm and feeling of a Mayberry RFD with a fabulous downtown shopping area of mom and pop shops, excellent restaurants, gift stores and wonderful Bed and Breakfast’s.  In addition, Fredericksburg and the Texas Hill Country have an excellent real estate market.  Real estate in Fredericksburg and the Hill Country do not usually see the fast, high peaks and the fast, low troughs that many markets see.  Instead it has a steady market with many cash buyers so that when other areas of the country have their real estate wows Fredericksburg and the Hill Country never get hurt as much.  2008 will be a good year to purchase real estate in Fredericksburg and Gillespie County.  The market is diverse with homes of all sizes and styles and prices and ages from 1848 to Brand New.  Ranches and rural properties come in all sizes, descriptions and locations and fit all pocketbooks.  Call Fredericksburg Realty Today at 1-800-880-5055 or visit them at www.FredericksburgRealty.com

January 2008 Local Events - Texas Hill Country
January 8, 2008

1/10 Nature Tourism Seminar
1/10 Texas Music Festival
1/11 Livestock Show
1/15 Cooking Class
1/16 Cooking Class
1/17 “Chocolat” Cooking Class
1/18 Rockbox
1/18 Trade Days
1/19 Gem & Mineral Show
1/19 USO Style Hangar Dance
1/20 Fredericksburg Music Club
1/25 Rockbox

December 2007 Local Events - Texas Hill Country
November 28, 2007

01 Christmas Chorale Concert
01 Kinderfest
01 Port & Stilton Tasting
02 Weihnachten 5K Fun Run/Walk & Kid's Dash
07 Holiday Wine Trail
07 66th Pearl Harbor Day Anniversary
07 Tannenbaum Ball
08 Christmas Home Tour 2007
08 St. Joseph's Halle Craft Show
08 Port & Stilton Tasting
08 Texas Hill Country Youth Choir Christmas Concert
12 Christmas at the Theater
14 Fredericksburg Trade Days at Sunday Farms
14 Holiday Wine Trail
14 Christmas Journey
15 Silver Spur Gun & Blade Show
16 Christmas Tree Lighting & Evening Bus Tour
16 Texas Hill Country Youth Choir Christmas Concert
22 Cowboy Christmas Ball in Luckenbach
26 Boxing Day Celebration
26 Zweite Weihnachten Fest
31 Gillespie County Fair Association New Year's Eve Dance
31 Stonewall New Year's Eve Dance
31 Turner Club New Year's Eve Dance
31 Memorial Volkssport Walk
31 Luckenbach New Year's Eve Dance

November 2007 Local Events - Texas Hill Country
November 1, 2007

01 Zonta Elegant Elephant Sale & Auction
02 Jaycees Turkey Shoot
02 Glockenchor - Bell Choir Concert
03 Hunter's Ball
04 Harvestfest - German Chorale Concert
09 "Comtemporary Masters Invitational" Art Show & Sale
09 Die Kunstler Fine Arts Exhibit & Sale
09 Art Guild "Art Before Dark"
09 Art Past Dark Weekend
10 Hunter's Ball
10 Frontier Times Western Auction
10 Living History Reenactment - Pacific Combat
10 Fredericksburg Fall Antiques Show
10 Texas All-Star Big Band Bash
11 Veteran's Day Program
16 Fredericksburg Trade Days at Sunday Farms
16 Christmas Minature Show
22 Thanksgiving in Luckenbach
23 Fredericksburg Trade Days at Sunday Farms
23 Eisbahn 2007
23 Stonewall Hunter's Dance
23 Gifts from the Heart Craft Show
23 TACEF Thanksgiving Invitational Art Show
23 Thexian Thanksgiving Living History Celebration
23 The Peddler Show
23 Hill Country Regional Christmas Lighting Trail
23 Christmas at Becker Vineyards
24 Holiday Cookie Decorating & German Traditions
24 Thanksgiving Dance in Luckenbach
30 Annual Christmas Parade
30 Weihnachten in Fredericksburg 2007
30 Santa Run
30 Weihnachten in Fredericksburg
30 Holiday Wine Trail

Nouveau Bazaar
October 22, 2007

Be the first to taste the 2007 Nouveau Beaujolais wines paired with savory culinary creations by Leu Savanhn

and wife Dawn of August E’s Restaurant.   The PASTRY QUEEN will be there too, Chef Rebecca Rather of

Rather Sweet and soon to be open (we hope….HURRY Rebecca & Dan), Rebecca’s Table.  Good food,

yummy desserts, good friends all together having a good time drinking new wine! Thanks Kyle & Kevin for putting

this great event together.  $65.00 per couple, what a deal!  Hope to see you there.

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