Real Estate Information

Midland ISD board ask to make a third high school. The decision of the request has not yet been confirmed. Each trustee will host at least one town hall meeting in their district before June 22, to hear what the public has to say about this idea. And also the option of having two big schools and the new school being a magnet school or being a 4A school. After all the meetings are held officials would like to have a visual workshop to see how, where , and when this project will develop. So far there are no objections to the ideas of a third high school. Having the new school gives kids a better chance of participating in sports and extra curricular activities.  Officials are hoping to come to a decision towards the end of July. 

Developers have got the go from planning and zoning for a new outdoor shopping center and an apartment complex in Midland. Midland is in desperate need of housing to accommodate all of the relocating to Midland. 

The apartment couple will hopefully develop west of Tradewinds boulevard just off Business 20. It will consist of 300 units spaced over 16 acres of on average 24 units per acre. The estimated time for this complex once approved is 8 months. 

The new outdoor shopping center is also being taken into consideration. The shopping cent would be located off of Loop 250 near the Blue Ridge Apartments in Midland. The shopping center will be 50,000 square feet with glass front open-air area. 48 trees are required to be planted but the developers have chosen to only plant 26 trees and donate $300.00 to the Parks Endowment Fund for every tree not planted under the required 48. Midland officials are very excited for the development and cannot wait to start the project. 

Homes selling like hot cakes in Midland Texas! Faster than anywhere else in the COUNTRY! Last year homes in Midland Texas where on the market on average 129 days and now, it is at a fast 71 days. Midland realtors have commented on the boom; saying you must be on your toes...things can change in a matter of hors, and advised potential buyers looking for a home in Midland Texas to have there pre-qualification letter ready in hand when going to look at homes. With the high demand, there have been offers for homes in Midland Texas well over the market price to insure the home will be theirs. Todays market is the perfect time to sell and buy real estate. 

Midland Firefighters are taking donations from today till Friday at 6:00pm! The donations go to the campaign to benefit the Muscular Dystrophy Association! This years goal is $100,000! So lets help these brave men reach their goal! The MDA is an non profit agency that helps cure muscular dystrophy.  Muscular dystrophy is a group of muscle diseases that weakens the musculoskeletal system. You can make your donation by driving by the following intersections: Midland Drive and Loop 250; Midland Drive and Andrews Hwy. Midkiff Road and Wadley Avenue; and Garfield Street and Golf Course Road.

Food Inspections are conducted every year at restaurants. April 2nd through the 6th was the turn of many local restaurants in Odessa. The score begins from 100 and points are deducted for food temperature, time requirements, personnel violations, handling food, food and water source, violations of the facility, and equipment. The restaurants have 10 days to fix the deductions to get a better score. If a restaurant gets a score of 70 or less; the restaurant mist shutdown until all of the violations are fixed and a new inspection is done. So far no restaurants are shut down, so I believe that is good news for those of us that love to go out to eat. Everything from Breakfast places to late night munchies are still up and running! 

Midland, TX water restrictions have changed again, to only watering 2 hours per week. If you go over your watering time you will get charged five times the price. So try not to go over 10,000 gallons per month. A good idea to help conserve water would be to get buckets, when you are washing dishes or letting you sink water get hot or even your bath water.. save the water in a bucket to use for watering. I know many of you don't think about how many buckets a day with could save and help go towards your plants and grass. You should definitely give this a shot and see for yourself how much water will go into a bucket daily. 

GO GREEN!!

             SAVE YOUR WATER!! 

MIDLAND ROCKHOUNDS BASEBALL

Rockhounds baseball is BACK!!! We have been waiting for the games to begin. This weather has me on the edge of my seat, I cannot wait to sit outside and watch the Rockhounds. The First home game is April 12, 2012. The Rockhounds will be playing Arkansas. This will be a good game to see. Hopefully the weather will be good and the crowd will be on their feet and off the seats to cheer on the ROCKHOUNDS! For a full schedule of when they play and times check out the schedule http://www.milb.com/schedule/index.jsp?sid=t237

Here is a gorgeous listings in Midland, TX. This is a stunning home. Below is the URL to be able to play the movie of the home and give you an idea of that it looks like.

The link below is for 5000 Opal Court. 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cKVJy15Of2c&feature=youtu.be 

For a personal tour please contact Bill Underwood with RE/MAX 1st Choice- 432.413.8855

"THE 5 BROWNS"

The 5 Browns will play in Midland tomorrow night at the Midland College Campus.  The event is tomorrow night 7:30p.m.  This even is open to the public and it would be a great event to take your family and friends to see. The Browns are one family that play for the audience with 5 pianos. WOW!  This wonderful event is hosted by The Phyllis & bob Cowan Performing Arts Series and Friends of the series.

Wondering where you should eat in Midland, TX? There are several great places, however Wall Street Bar & Grill and Cancun is two of our families favorites. They are both located downtown off of Wall street. MY favorite at Wall Street is the Cilantro Chicken, and for dessert i LOVE the brick... it is vanilla ice cream with a chocolate sauce that hardens, and topped off with pecans. Its great!!! At Cancun I get the Cancun Bistro. It is fantastic!!! These are two great places that you should eventually try.