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Join Opelika Main Street's first ever St. Patrick Day Celebration tomorrow, Saturday, March 17th, from 1:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. Entertainment, sales, activities for children and adults, it's sure to be an awesome time! For a full schedule of events, check out Opelika Main Street's Facebook Page: http://www.facebook.com/OpelikaMainStreet?ref=ts&sk=wall Continue Reading about Opelika, AL’s First St. Patrick’s Day Celebration!

If you have young children, put this awesome event on your calendar now! A great experience designed for kids second grade and younger, this day kicks off at 10:00 a.m. on Saturday the 7th with Arts and Crafts and getting pictures made with the Easter Bunny. Cotton candy, cookies, lemonade will be served for refreshments. Starting at 10:45, a parade will start around the Courthouse Square with Continue Reading about Opelika’s Easter on the Square—April 7, 2012

Recently I had a customer come into town who participates in a community orchestra in their current city in Florida. One of the most interesting parts of my job is getting to meet all kinds of people and finding out what they do where they are coming from for fun. It makes me look around here to see if those activities are available in our area. Most people might not know that there is a Continue Reading about AU Community Orchestra Concert

Often this time of the year, people get the itch to have a fresh new look in their yards. With springtime around the corner and some trees starting to bud out, it is hard to not anticipate spring and get excited about it! A good friend of mine, Teri Briggs is a local landscape designer and has done tons of the designs that you see around town. Teri can create a design that you can work on with Continue Reading about Looking for a fresh look for your yard?

One of the best things about living in Opelika and Auburn is that there is ALWAYS something to do! Whether you are single or have a family, you can find something fun and entertaining to do most any night of the week! Coming up at the Jan Dempsey Art Center is a Caribbean version of "The Little Mermaid" by Hans Christian Anderson. Kim Hirt is directing with the music being directed by Continue Reading about Enjoying the Arts in Opelika and Auburn…

People ask us all the time about foreclosures. While Auburn and Opelika has seen a handful of foreclosures, I was interested to see that Alabama is in the bottom 5 in the nation among the states with the lowest rates of foreclosures. What does this mean to us? Well, I think that we are finally seeing the bottom of pricing in our area. Yes, there are some properties that are not priced Continue Reading about Foreclosures?

If you ever mention Dave to Ryan or me, you are going to get an earful. We are fans. HUGE fans. We have his daily calendar on our desks. We quote to each other, "What would Dave do?!" If you have some interest in getting your financial house in order, attending this class will change your life. My husband and I attended our first Dave Ramsey class in 2008. It literally changed our lives Continue Reading about Dave Ramsey’s Total Money Makeover coming to Auburn/Opelika!

Daewon America, which is a division of Daewon Kang Up from Seoul, Korea has just become Opelika's newest growth on the industry front. Daewon is one of the largest manufacturers of springs and suspension coils in the world. The new company will be bringing 32 new jobs to Opelika and will be building a new facility in the Northeast Opelika Industrial Park, which currently houses Benteler Continue Reading about Opelika Creates New Jobs