IMPACT ON EDUCATION

Crayons to Calculators Helps Boulder Valley Students

Start School Ready to Learn

Do you know that over 4000 students in the Boulder Valley School District (BVSD) who are from low-income homes routinely begin school without adequate supplies? Not only are these students unprepared, they never experience the excitement of starting school armed with new supplies.

To ensure that these students start school prepared, Impact on Education, along with five other non-profits, is involved with Crayons to Calculators, a community-wide school supply drive for students in need. The drive is a partnership among Extras for Education, Family Learning Center, Foothills United Way, “I Have a Dream”® Foundation of Boulder County, Impact on Education and Sister Carmen Community Center. It is sponsored by the Boulder Rotary Club Foundation and Corporate Express and supported by about 15 local financial institutions, corporations and organizations.

Crayons to Calculators aims to ensure that all BVSD students start school ready to learn. But the drive needs your help. Individuals can support the drive by filling a backpack for a student in need, donating cash online or donating loose supplies at one of about 30 supply drop-off locations. To learn more, log on to www.CrayonsToCalculators.org or call (303) 245-5880.
You also may send a check to Crayons to Calculators, care of Impact on Education, 75 Manhattan Drive, Suite 205, Boulder, CO 80303. Together, we can ensure that all BVSD students start school prepared.

Insert taken from Boulder Valley School District Newsletter

The Honeymoon Is Over

The media has recently been reporting that the real estate market is slowing. Boulder County sales statistics substantiate these reprots with year to year sales comparison ot be off 5% and inventory of homes up by 16% in the singel family residence category. Condos & townhomes sales are virtually even but the inventory is up by 13%.

The market is increasingly strong for long-term investments, whether it's for your primary residence or a part of your financial portfolio.

Investors who purchase fix & flip properties must approach the market with caution. In the past, properties purchased at discounted prices and fixed could be resold for a tidy profit due to appreciation. In the current market, fix & flip properties need to be purchased at bargain basement prices and will most likely sell closer to current competitive pricing and linger on the market longer.

In terest rates continue to rise and the economic outlook for 2007 predicts that market conditions will be more balanced.

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