Airshow. Homeshow. Craftshow.
We stuck around the cave this weekend, for the most part. Much like this critter. Sometimes it just fits.
Really Redding.
Airshow 2009 features Blue Angels
This year Redding’s airshow features the Navy Blue Angels. They always put on a spectacular show. Today they were practicing, and even though I live many miles away from the airport, I took a couple shots from out back.
The show runs Saturday and Sunday. I understand the Saturday show is sold out. Pretty cool stuff, and a big community fund-raiser.
Buckeye Tower Mart gets upgraded
Tower Mart v2 opened in the Buckeye part of Redding yesterday. It’s a nice upgrade to the area.
Gas prices look attractive. And it has an automated Car Wash.
I know they are concerned about the competition over at nearby locally owned Variety City, so be sure to patronize them as well if you go out to see the new store. Variety City has a lot to offer too. We wish great success to both businesses.
What can we do with Stillwater Business Park all by ourselves?
I wonder if the time hasn’t come to consider something a bit more radical for nascent Stillwater than just waiting around to see who might show up. Redding is in need of turning a retail economic base into a manufacturing base. We don’t need shopping malls, we need factories. Is there a natural resource here that we can leverage into a finished good? That was key to our past success in mining and lumber. What can we do now? Is it possible to turn our industrial park into something that produces value now and in the future? How about a center for renewable energy products? Maybe software, or games production? These things have great value, and basis elsewhere. But what if we put our minds and hearts into becoming the new nexus for these high value products? What can we offer if we WILL it to be?
I just don’t see why we have to wait for ‘something” to come along. We can make it happen. Just us. Local people working together. I believe that.
Bethel posts video predicting Redding's bright future
NHRDA presents the Jefferson State Diesel Nationals in Redding on Saturday!
Summer Schappell plays the Asphalt Cowboys BBQ
Summer Schappell is the granddaughter of my colleague Bill Schappel at the real estate brokerage I worked with in 2009. She’s an up and coming singer who has performed here and recorded in Nashville. She and her band gave a terrific performance for an appreciative audience and I took some photos. We were told that many of the drive-thru customers heard the music and got out of their vehicles instead of just driving through for food. The weather was perfect, the food was really good, and there was lots of it.
Redding man wants to barter car for wife
Folks you just can’t make this up. This is in Craigslist today under barter items. Not sure if he wants to trade a nice car or truck for a wife, or the other way around:
Hmm, well if he’s trading his wife for a car, he ought to at least include a few pictures. Well, its a unique idea. Say, I wonder what I could get for…uh, nevermind.
Beatlemania weekend – excellent short video
What is happiness, and how to get it.
The Shasta Association of REALTORS hosted speaker and author Edwin Edebiri on Wednesday. He talks about happiness.
He grew up in Nigeria and now lives in Corning. He is a professional speaker and self-titled Inspirator. He shared his research and thoughts on happiness with our REALTOR membership. A group hit hard by the downturn in the market. His words and ideas were indeed inspiring. What is happiness? How can you achieve it?
His talk was recorded for a Podcast. It runs about 50 minutes. I guarantee you’ll find it well worth your time. Edwin is an engaging and thoughtful speaker, with a dramatic style of presentation. He offers 10 ways to put his ideas into practice here as MP3 file you can click on to play, or left-click to save for your iPod.
Edwin Edebiri on happiness
Here is a link to the list of 10 things:
EdwinEdebiri PDF file of 10 things
My sincere thanks to Edwin Edebiri and the Shasta Association of REALTORS for this post.