Lifestyle
04/16/17 | Liz Lyster
Happy spring! The crocuses and daffodils are blooming, the maple and oak trees have started to bud, and the worms are climbing up towards the warm topsoil…but you don’t have a yard to garden in, even though you love to garden? Or maybe you have a yard but don’t have the time, energy, or desire to make things grow
Perhaps you would like to join My City Gardens, a yard-share collective based in and around Boston. This is a legitimate thing: if you have a yard or garden that you don’t use, you can look through a whole list of gardeners in your area. Email, talk, meet up, and you’ve got yourself a (FREE!) gardener.
Or if you’re one of the many Massachusetts residents who live in an apartment with no gardening space, a condo with restrictions on yard use, or a plot too small to make your gardening dreams come true, you can join My City Gardens and locate the perfect plot.
Here’s their vision, taken from their website: “Instead of urban and suburban areas being a sea of buildings connected by streams of concrete and monoculture lawns, imagine the places where you live and work surrounded by lush strips of tasty vegetables and beautiful flowers.”
It’s a great way to build community, grow food and flowers, and help our neighborhoods become more beautiful!
This is a small movement, but it’s growing (pun intended) quickly. They even have informational flyers on their site that you can download and post in your neighborhood. So check out mycitygardens.com, sign up for the garden or offer your yard, and spread the word about this innovative new way to make our communities greener, friendlier, and more delicious.
With April 15 fast approaching, taxpayers are gathering receipts and official forms and filling out tax returns (or else there’s some serious procrastination going on). We want to remind homeowners that a myriad of tax breaks exist if you own a home–so don’t forget to take your rightful deductions!
How much could you save in property taxes with the residential exemption?
Happy International Women’s Day! Today, we celebrate the contributions of women all over the world. But because we’re Liz & Ellie Local, we are highlighting the incredible life of Cambridge’s first Black school principal, Maria Baldwin. Our very own Liz Lyster sits on the Cambridge Historical Commission, and she shared with us that Maria Baldwin’s home on 194-196 Prospect Street was approved as Cambridge’s 43rd designated landmark during their recent meeting. This means that the publicly-visible exterior of the home is protected from alterations, and the home will be preserved as an important part of Cambridge’s history. It also means that people need to know what Maria Baldwin accomplished that drove this landmark designation. Her story does not disappoint.
With their complementary communication styles, responsiveness, competence, and ability to truly listen, Ellie and Liz enable their clients to feel at ease throughout any real estate transaction. They would welcome the opportunity to be your next real estate advisors.
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