Madisonville Historic MuseumWhen: Every Saturday, 12:00pm – 4:00pm
Saturday Dates in August, 2014
August 2, 2014
August 9, 2014
August 16, 2014
August 23, 2014
August 30, 2014
Where: 201 Cedar Street
Madisonville, Louisiana
What: Museum Hours Every Saturday and Sunday in Madisonville, Louisiana
Call 985-845-2100 for More Information.
Mandeville Trailhead Community MarketWhen: Every Saturday, 9:00am – 1:00pm
Saturday Dates in August, 2014
August 2, 2014
August 9, 2014
August 16, 2014
August 23, 2014
August 30, 2014
Where: 675 Lafitte Street
Mandeville, LA 70448
What: A Farmer’s Market and Craft Market held at the Mandeville Trailhead.
For More Information, call 985-845-4515 or E-mail mandevillemarket@gmail.com.
Covington Trace Community MarketWhen: Every Saturday, 9:00am – 1:00pm
Saturday Dates in August, 2014
August 2 , 2014
August 9, 2014
August 16 2014
August 23, 2014
August 30, 2014
Where: The Pocket Park
400 Block of East Gibson
Covington, Louisiana
What: A Farmer’s Market and Craft Market held at the Covington Trace Trailhead.
For More Information, call Sheryl Landry, 985-898-0686.
As Pelican Park, a “staple” landmark in Mandeville, Louisiana, approaches its 25th anniversary, St. Tammany Parish and Mandeville are partnering up to honor its family tradition by approving a road expansion as well as an expansion for the Park itself. An alternate entrance to the park was announced at a news conference held by Pat Brister on July 15th. Along with a 2.5 mile road which would begin just east of Forest Brook Subdivision on 1088 and go the northern end of Pelican Park, some of the rest of 296 acres of land, the purchase that is about to be completed between St. Tammany Parish and the state, will be used for an expansion of Pelican Park itself. The land which encompasses land that was in and around the old Southeast Louisiana Hospital campus just east of Pelican Park may be sold to the Park in order to expand it just before the 25th anniversary.
The new road will extend from 1088 to the current Hwy. 190 entrance. There are plans to combine the new entrance and the old entrance to allow access to the cut-through road as well as Pelican Park. The road will go completely around the east side of the park, so plans are also in the works to possibly create a new entrance on both the north side and mid-section of the park. This road will also ease traffic on Hwy. 59 and 190 as well, roads currently used by residents in the densely populated area between 1088 and 190 starting in the West at Hwy. 59 and going to Interstate 12 on the East side.
“It has been a quite congested area going in and out of Pelican Park for years . . . and this will relieve that pressure,” Pat Brister said at the news conference at the parish government complex. Other attendees of the news conference included Mandeville Mayor Donald Villere, City Councilman Rick Danielson, Parish Council members Reid Falconer and Maureen O’Brien, and Pelican Park Director Kathy Foley. The construction project budget is approximately $11 million with design currently being solicited. Construction work should start by Fall of 2015.
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Where: 200 thru 500 block Columbia St.
Covington, LA 70433
When: Friday, August 29, 2014
6:30pm – 9:30pm
FREE FAMILY EVENT
(985) 892-1873
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The Covington Farmer’s MarketWhen: Every Wednesday, 10:00am – 2:00pm
Wednesday Dates in August, 2014
August 6, 2014
August 13, 2014
August 19, 2014
August 27, 2014
Where: The Covington Trailhead
419 N. New Hampshire
Covington, Louisiana 70433
The Covington Farmer’s MarketWhen: Every Saturday, 8:00am – 12:00pm (noon)
Saturday Dates in August, 2014
August 2, 2014
August 9 , 2014
August 16, 2014
August 23, 2014
August 30, 2014
Where: Downtown Covington
600 Block of N. Columbia St.
Covington, Louisiana 70433
St. Tammany Parish Home Builders Association’sWhen: Tuesday, August 5, 2014
9:00am – 10:00am
Where: Iberia Bank Board Room
850 N. Causeway
Mandeville, LA 70471
What: Sales & Marketing Meeting
With a standing home inventory of 4.5 months, the home industry nationwide had an incredible month in May of 2014 where all regions checked in with an increase in new homes. The Northeast showed an increase of 54.5% which was the highest home sales increase in the United States, the West followed next at 34% and the South showed a 14.2% increase in sales. The only region which showed only a slight increase was the Midwest at 1.4%
Nationwide, new home sales increased by 18.6% to an amount of 504,000 new construction, single-family homes. Builder surveys 
conducted by the National Association of Home Builders and Wells Fargo have been announcing positive trending market attitudes by builders in the United States which showed an upward outlook for the real estate industry as the midpoint of 2014 approaches. The National Association of Home Builders in conjunction with Wells Fargo performs a nationwide survey of its builder members to determine the status of the housing market according to the builders’ attitudes towards it. Their results are published each month in the NAHB/Wells Fargo Housing Market Index (HMI). There are 3 factors by which the HMI gauges builder confidence – current sales conditions, prospective buyers, and expectations for future sales. The good news is that results in April, 2014 showed that 2 out of the 3 factors were above 50 (considered good by builders) with current sales conditions at 51 and futures sales expectations coming in at 57. These numbers were reflected in May’s phenomenal new homes sales increase, the highest increase since May, 2008.
Ron Lee Homes, a builder in St. Tammany Parish in New Orleans, Louisiana, has been “feeling” the positive trends of the local and national housing market because of the sheer number of new home and new, custom home projects on which we have been working since the middle of 2013. We have completed numerous projects in all areas of St. Tammany Parish – Covington, Mandeville, Madisonville, and Abita Springs – and have had many testimonials from our wonderful new home buyers. The housing market is skyrocketing, and our business is so busy, we have been keeping meticulously tight deadlines and timelines in order to manage our customers’ expectation. To start your new home or new custom home project on the Northshore, Contact Us Today at 985-626-7619 or E-mailing Info@RonLeeHomes.com.
St. Tammany Parish Home Builders Association
General Membership Luncheon
When: Tuesday
November 4, 2014
11:45 am – 1:00 pm
Where: Benedict’s Plantation
1144 N Causeway Blvd.
Mandeville, LA 70471
