Lisa's Blog from Estes Park, Colorado

Greetings from Estes Park! This weekend is the Estes Park Jazz Fest, the first event of the season for our outdoor concerts at Performance Park. It's also the kick-off for the Estes Park Village Jazz Band, of which I am proud to be a member. (I'm the only trumpet player not to have played profess...

Greetings from Estes Park! We are in the middle of a big spring snow...about 14 inches at our house so far, and another band of the storm passing through until tomorrow morning. Not enough, to my three sons' dismay, to call a snow day...the roads were only slushy, not impassable as the storm warn...

Greetings from Estes Park! The Estes Park Board of REALTORS received a presentation from John Gerhard, of the CSU Everitt Real Estate Center regarding our current marketconditions. CSU has been studying market areas in Northern Colorado since 1997 and has compiled very detailed market statistics ...

Greetings from Estes Park! The Estes Park Elementary School hosted its annual 5th grade music concert on Thursday. These kids are fortunate to have two wonderful music teachers, Julie Varilek on vocals and her husband, Chuck Varilek in the instrumental department. The concert was fantastic as usu...

Greetings from Estes Park! Trip advisor just included Rocky Mountain National Park in the top 25 outdoor adventure destinations world-wide! We are so proud of our National Park, just outside our door in Estes Park, Colorado. Many recently retired residents volunteer in the Park in the summer to a...

Greetings from Estes Park! One of my challenges as the president of the Estes Park Board of REALTORS this year was to help get a Workforce Downpayment Assistance Program up and running here. We just had our first recipients of the program, and that felt great...but now to replenish and build for ...

Greetings from Estes Park! I'm happy to be a part of an organization called the Estes Park High School Band Boosters. This is a formidable group of moms who do SERIOUS fundraising for the band program here in town. They raise about $9K per year that pays for band trips, new uniforms last year, an...

Greetings from Estes Park! Saturday was the 22nd annual Ducky Derby in Estes Park, sponsored by our local Rotary Club. There were over 5000 tickets sold at $20.00 each with $19.00 of each ticket going to a charitable non-profit local organization. One of the beneficiaries was the Estes Valley Wor...

Greetings from Estes Park! The Estes Park Board of REALTORS and the Estes Valley Housing Authority has been working for over a year on a downpayment assistance program targeted toward local workers who are trying to purchase a home. On Friday, the first recipients closed on their first home. Josh...

Greetings from Estes Park! The day after my snow shovel exhibited signs of a nervous breakdown, the sun came out and it was absolutely glorious! This photo was taken at the top of Devil's Gulch Road on the way from Estes Park to Glen Haven as I was checking on an under contract home with a failed...