Fresh" at The Clayton Center Gets People Talking About Organic Food In Clayton

"Fresh" at The Clayton Center Gets People Talking About Organic Food In Clayton

Clayton is going ORGANIC!! Who Knew?

 

 

The Clayton Farm and Community Market hosted Johnston FRESH where local farmers and suppliers came out to showcase their products. This was a great event and showed the vast amount of suppliers both Organic and Traditional who farm in our area. There were vegetable growers, beef producers, honey, dairy and seed sellers, herb farms, along with the Johnston County Ag. Extension Dept.

 

 

There was a great turnout which shows there is a lot of interest in locally produced food and organically grown crops and livestock. Johnston County is a Farming county with lots of homes sprouting up and the number of people moving into towns like Clayton, Archer Lodge, Smithfield is growing all the time. So with all this farmland and all these people it makes sense that we should be buying our food locally.

 

 

 

The Piedmont area of North Carolina has a long growing season and the number of fruits and vegetables available is impressive. The number of farms practicing Organic Farming in Johnston County is growing and we heard of two local farms that are starting the process. The night featured a showing of the movie Fresh along with folks from the following:

 

Riverman's Mushrooms, Bushrods Produce, TayLee Organics, Happy Hollow Farm, Toad Song Farm,
Lazy-O Farm, Sunday Morning Farm, Smith's Nursery, Shamrocks Buzzy Bees, Triple T Ranch,
Farm to Fork Meats, Inc. The Produce Box, Creekside Farms, Rare Earth Farms,
The Seed Lady from Hudson's Hardware, Organic Gardeners, JoCo Ag Extension Dept, Clayton Community Garden Group.

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Taft Woods West, Beautiful Homes For Sale in Clayton NC

Taft Woods West, Beautiful homes For Sale in Clayton NC

Taft Woods West is a premier subdivision in Clayton, nestled back in the woods it features custom built homes that range in price from the high $300's to $500. Most of the wooded lots are at least  half an acre with some over an acre. The homes currently on the market range in size from about 2300sq.ft. to over 3200 sq.ft. Typical features would be granite counter tops, hardwood floors, crown molding,brick or stone exterior. These are some of the nicest homes in Clayton.









Taft Woods West is centrally located in zip code 27527, recently voted as one of the top zip codes in the country by Business Week Magazine as having the best schools and most affordable housing. It is convenient to Raleigh, Smithfield, Research Triangle Park and Raleigh-Durham International Airport. The schools currently would be River Dell  Elementary, Archer Lodge Middle and Clayton High, but new schools are being built and so they may change.









The subdivision has about sixty lots, with a few still available, there is a creek and a walking trail through the community. Clayton is a growing town in Johnston County, with a good job prospect as there have been recent announcements of job openings.There is also a new hospital which just opened and the new Community Center which is scheduled to open next Monday. So if you are looking for homes in Clayton, give me a call and we can go seen them.

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Clayton Parks and Recreation Department 2010 Spring Program (edit/delete)

Clayton Parks and Recreation Department 2010 Spring Program

 

Lots of things to do and lots of classes to take this spring in Clayton at The Clayton Center, The Civitan Building and soon the new Clayton Community Center. Here is a sampling of classes

Art Classes

Watercolor, Monday evenings, 7.00-9.00pm, six weeks

Adult Basic Drawing, Tuesday mornings, 10.00am-12noon, six weeks

Adult Pencil Drawing, Tuesday Afternoons, 1.00-2.30pm, six weeks

Acrylics, Tuesday evenings, 7.00-9.00pm, six weeks

Calligraphy, Tuesday evenings, 5.15-6.45pm, four weeks

After School Art, Wednesday afternoons, 4.30-6.00pm, six weeks

Jewelry Making Silversmithing,Thursday evenings, 6.30-9.00pm, eight weeks

 

Fitness & Wellness Classes

Fit and Fun, Monday and Wednesday evenings, 7.00-8.00pm, four weeks

Tae Kwon Do Class, Tuesdays and Thursdays, 5.45-7.00pm, year round

Tai Chi Chaun, Tuesdays and Thursdays 7.00-8.00pm

Senior Activities

Bingo, every third Monday 11am Heritage Court Apts, every third Friday 10.00am Clayton Senior Center

Senior Pilates/Toning, Mondays 10.00-10.45am

Senior Chair, Mondays 11.00-11.30am

Special Events

Special Needs Prom, Friday March 12th 7.00pm Clayton Civitan Building

Easter Egg Hunt, Friday April 2nd, 10.30am Clayton Community Park

Clayton 5K Road Race, Saturday May 8 9.00am

For a full list of classes, prices and events call 553-1550 or go to www.townofclaytonnc.org

 

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Garner NC 27529
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Johnston County NC Home Sales Market Report Dec 2009

Johnston County NC Home Sales Market Report Dec 2009.

Johnston County North Carolina suffered in 2009 as did everywhere else, however because there was not a mad spike in home prices the numbers when looked at other parts of the country can be signs for encouragement. I know this is little consolation to the builders who filed for bankruptcy or the people facing foreclosure.
Johnston County due to it's location so close to Raleigh, Research Triangle Park, The Beach and the availability of affordable housing and land makes it attractive to many.
So how bad was it in Dec 2009 versus Dec 2008

                 2008                                    2009
 

New Listings  271                                    229
 

Closed Sales  147                                   162
 

Median Sales Price  $159000                  $148.75
 

Average Sales Price  $183510                 $157160
 

Average Days On Market  108                   109
 

Inventory Of Homes  1925                        1542
 

% of Original List Price at Sale  96.4           97.5
Not too bad compared to Dec 2008, however the First Time Home buyers $8,000 Tax Credit spurred people to act.
I will be doing a year to date comparison and we can see how the year turned out.

Beautiful Home in Garner for under $130,000 on Stonecutter Court in The Woodlands Subdivision

Beautiful Home in Garner for under $130,000 on Stonecutter Court in The Woodlands Subdivision

Beautiful Home in Garner for under $130,000 on Stonecutter Court in The Woodlands subdivision.

This is a three bedroom two bath home that has recently been updated with new carpet, paint, kitchen floors. It is move in ready





It sits on a nice corner lot with a secluded back yard and patio. It has a nice front porch overlooking the front lawn, great for sitting with your coffee.










The main entrance opens to a wide hall with a coat closet, and leads back to the rear hall where there are two bedrooms and bathroom and at the other end of the hall is the master bedroom.











The second entrance takes you through to the kitchen passing the utility room and pantry. The kitchen opens up to a nice breakfast room with a window to the front. The kitchen also opens up to the large living room, with vaulted ceilings fireplace. The living room also features sliding glass doors which open to the patio.


The home is currently listed for $127,000 which for a house of this caliber so close to everything, ten minutes to downtown Raleigh is a great price. The roof was replaced within the last year.

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For Sale: 3BR/2+1BA Single Family House in Clayton, NC, $145,000

For Sale: 3BR/2+1BA Single Family House in Clayton, NC, $145,000