Waynesville's 45th Annual Ohio Sauerkraut Festival October 11 & 12 2014 Waynesville Ohio is ready to crank up their largest annual event, the Ohio Sauerkraut Festival!  The streets of downtown Waynesville will be thronged shoulder to shoulder as folks check out the 45th edition of the Ohio Sauerkraut Festival!  You won't believe just how many ways sauerkraut can be incorporated into food!  That's right, it's not just for hotdogs!are out to prove that sauerkraut isn't just for hot dogs!  You may find sauerkraut ice cream, cookies, and who knows what else might make an appearance this year? And if sauerkraut isn't actually your thing, how about the literally hundreds of vendors that will be at the festival?  With arts and crafts from throughout the country, and screened by the selection c... 09/25/2014

Caesar Creek State Park Area Home SOLD:  5541 Harveysburg Rd We'll admit, not all our listings sell quickly!  While we may have recently gotten a Lebanon home under contract in 19 days and a Springboro custom luxury home in 80 days, this Caesar Creek State Park area home took a bit longer.  A LOT longer.  Despite offering almost five acres of land, a 3 car detached garage and a pond, this home wasn't cookie cutter.  Two bedrooms and a loft doesn't fit the needs for many buyers.  And a basement not truly suitable for finishing doesn't fit the needs of many.  Not on city water?  A scary fact for some buyers. But the peace and quiet more than compensates.  Private, down a long driveway, the mature trees add to the charm.    A HUGE lake and Caesar Creek State Park in the immediate area is a... 08/14/2014

Cypress Ridge Community Springboro Ohio Schools Homes For Sale Cypress Ridge offers spacious, upscale custom built homes with 1+ acre lots in a former Homearama community (2003 AND 2006!).  Like some other communities in the area, the location descriptions might throw you off:  Springboro schools, Clearcreek Township government, 45068 zip code usually associated with Waynesville.  Regardless, the location of Cypress Ridge is a real plus, located close to the SR48/SR73 intersection, so you can leave Cypress Ridge and head to work in the Dayton or Cincinnati metro areas with no problem! Cypress Ridge still offers new construction (e.g. Design Homes), and not all offerings are placed in MLS, so be aware that when you click the Search Cypress Ridge Homes For Sale links in this post, you ma... 10/14/2013

Waynesville's 44th Annual Ohio Sauerkraut Festival October 12 & 13 2013 The good citizens of Waynesville Ohio are out to prove that sauerkraut isn't just for hot dogs!  Now in it's 44th year, the Waynesville Sauerkraut Festival is another one of the big Warren County festivals that you don't want to miss!  How could you pass up the chance to have sauerkraut ice cream?  Okay, maybe that's not QUITE to your taste, but perhaps one of the other many ways of preparing sauerkraut will be to your liking. And if sauerkraut isn't actually your thing, how about the 450+ vendors that will be at the festival?  With arts and crafts from throughout the country, and screened by the selection committee to make sure they're handcrafted and not some off the shelf kitsch!    This year's event is scheduled... 09/01/2013

Caesar Creek State Park Area Home For Sale:  SNEAK PREVIEW 5541 Harveysburg Rd UPDATE:  SOLD 2014. Do you love outdoor recreation?  Fishing, biking, swimming, boating, horseback riding all light your fire?  Then maybe a home next to Caesar Creek State Park would be the just right fit for you?  With Caesar Creek State Park's 7900 acres of prime outdoor activity just around the corner, you've got full and easy access to everything Caesar Creek has to offer!  Take a left out of your driveway and you'll find a mountain bike/hiking trail just down the road.  Like to kayak?  There's a good launching point at the end of the same road! As for this home at 5541 Harveysburg Rd, how would you like to have the privacy of almost 5 acres of land?  With your home down this driveway just past the pond ... 01/12/2013

Caesar Creek State Park:  Warren County Ohio's Premier Lake!Caesar Creek State Park offers 7900 acres of prime outdoor activity!  While Warren County doesn't have the park all to itself (we have to share with neighboring Clinton County), area residents and visitors have access to a full range of recreational activities!  With easy access just off SR73 between I-71 and Waynesville, it's a quick trip to the lake from any place in Warren County.So what can you do at Caesar Creek State Park?  Just about anything outdoors!Boating?  Four boat ramp locations allow ready access to motor the lake to fish, ski or just enjoy hanging out on the lake!  Jet skis?  Sure!  Kayaks and canoes?  You bet! (and you might find a few other places you can put the small craft in the water).  And don't forget th... 01/12/2013

Waynesville Hosts 43rd Annual Ohio Sauerkraut Festival October 13 & 14 2012 Sauerkraut, it's not just for the top of hot dogs, and if you've ever visited Waynesville's annual Ohio Sauerkraut Festival you'd have no doubt about that!  You'll find sauerkraut as a key ingredient in food combinations you might never have imagined.  Ice cream?  It'll be there.  Cookies??  In that too!  Sauerkraut will be in EVERYTHING! Now in it's 43rd year, the Ohio Sauerkraut Festival will swell downtown Waynesville to it's highest levels of the year!  Literally, hundreds of thousands of people will visit this popular event featuring sauerkraut, and hundreds of arts and crafts vendors, 450+ from all over the country!  And those arts and crafts vendors are screened to make sure they're handcrafted, no off th... 10/07/2012

Spring Into Savings At Grandma's Gardens March 15-18 2012 The weather's gorgeous and you're getting that "spring fever gotta plant something" itch?  Waynesville's Grandma's Gardens is willing to make that fever a little less costly to your budget with a 20% off sale on almost everything starting today through the 18th!  And Grandma's Gardens is more than your typical nursery!  Sure they've got lots of flowers, shrubs and trees!  But they've also got lots of decorative items too.  Planters, water features, tools and more.  But wait, THAT isn't all either!  They've also got a shop with Vera Bradley, candles, wind chimes and all kind of other accessories.  But wait, THAT isn't all either!  They've got a pen with some small goats that are fun to watch too! So where do you find Grandma's Gar... 03/15/2012

Caesar's Creek Pioneer Village Habitat for History April 21 2012 You looking for something REALLY different, especially if you're want to sneak in some history on the kids and pry them away from their video screens for day?  How about some time travel?  Back about 200 years far enough?  Then you might want to think about volunteering one and all to help out April 21st for the Caesar Creek Pioneer Village Habitat for History event!  You know you'll have some great spring weather and you'll be helping out a non-profit organization too, right?  What, you haven't heard of Caesar's Creek Pioneer Village?  It's a bit of a secret, but here's the deal:  It's a living history museum, a collection of 200 year old cabins, general store and the like to give you a feel of what Ohio life was like in ... 03/03/2012

Paying It Forward:  Two Trees For The Troops Please! A couple of days ago we wrote about a local nursery and landscaping company stepping up to the plate and sponsoring a Trees for Troops program.  Grandma's Gardens in Waynesville had a goal of 120 trees for the troops.  Now perhaps it was the rainy day, or perhaps enough folks just don't KNOW about the program (we're going with the latter), it looks like they're going to fall at least 20 trees short of their goal with tomorrow scheduled for the FEDEX pickup.  Hopefully quite a few more people contributed after our visit this afternoon. But thanks to our Active Rain friend and fellow REALTOR(R) David Popoff, we were able to double our order today to TWO trees rather than the one we'd planned.  So many thanks David for the assist!  We fi... 12/04/2011

December’s Season of Celebrations & Sharing:  Grandma's Gardens and Trees For Troops If you know us, you know the military will always hold a near and dear place in our hearts!  So when a local business is doing something that helps our military heroes, you know we're on-board with the program!  And when it turns out to be one of the small businesses we personally frequent like Grandma's Gardens in Waynesville, then we're doubly happy to support! So what's happening you ask?  Grandma's Gardens is offering a special price on Christmas trees to be donated and shipped to our military around the country as part of the Trees For Troops network.  You provide $25, pick out a Scotch Pine tree, write a note on the tag and you're done!  FEDEX is stepping up and providing freight, and December 5th... 12/02/2011

What's the Real Estate Market Like For Waynesville Ohio? You've heard nothing but grim real estate news news if you watch the TV and read the major magazines, but since they're primarily national in focus, you don't get to hear what's happening in YOUR market, and THAT is what you really want, isn't it?  So we're going to cover what's happening in the Wayne School District in this report, and if after we're done you have questions, please don't hesitate to contact us! In a way, Waynesville and the Wayne School District is a tale of two cities.  Okay, maybe not cities, but there's a lot of variety!  You've got some older historic homes, some new developments, and a fair number of estate homes out in the rural parts.  Big, custom built homes with acres of land.  The Waynesville area offer... 11/12/2011

Waynesville's Keepin' It Country Farm Hosting Fall Festival Weekends in October! Looking for some family friendly fall festival fun?  Then a trip to the Keepin' It Country Farm may be just the ticket!  Located north of Rt 42 and south of Rt 73 at 5511 Township Line Rd, Keepin' It Country Farms is having a fall festival the next three weekends! Open from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. on October 8 & 9, 15 & 16, and 22 & 23, the kids can hit the pumpkin patch, ride the ponies (No betting on Win, Place or Show!), play in the barnyard and enjoy the petting zoo, play in the corn and hay mazes, or take a hayride! So what's it going to cost you? A kid's hayride and a pie pumpkin:  $5 Corn Maze or Hay Maze $2 Barnyard games: $2 Mini Train ridges:  $2 Or get all of the above for $10 with a child's bracelet P... 10/05/2011

Waynesville Hosts 42nd Annual Ohio Sauerkraut Festival October 8 & 9 2011 Sauerkraut, it's not just for breakfast anymore!  Okay, did we get your attention?  Because with this festival, you can have sauerkraut for breakfast, lunch and dinner!  Even dessert if you want!  Sauerkraut ice cream is just one of MANY sauerkraut food versions available at this long running festival!  We could do the Bubba Gump thing with sauerkraut....sauerkraut balls.... sauerkraut pizza....sauerkraut fudge....get the idea?  Literally TONS of sauerkraut will be used for this festival! Now in it's 42nd year, the Ohio Sauerkraut Festival will swell downtown Waynesville to it's highest levels of the year!  Literally, hundreds of thousands of people will visit this popular event featuring sauerkraut, and hundreds ... 10/03/2011

Waynesville Ohio July 4th Weekend Festivities! There's something to be said for small town life and how they celebrate Independence Day!  And Waynesville is a great small town with a downtown that boasts plenty of antique stores and homes with character! Be downtown at noon Saturday July 2nd to watch the Independence Day Parade go down Main Street!  The parade will last about an hour and feature muscle cars and the Warren County Horseman's council and other typical parade entries.  They'll also be collecting donations for the Waynesville food pantry!  Then afterwards, head up to Bicentennial Park (on Dayton Road next to the Waynesville School complex) for the Independence Day Celebration starting right after the parade!  Live music, games, food and FIREWORKS at 10 p.m.! So add Waynesvil... 07/01/2011