Another great reason to live in the Greater Fall River MA area

Another great reason to live in the Greater Fall River MA area is the easy access to the ocean inlets and freshwater waterways which meander throughout the southcoast region. Boating and fishing or just taking in the sights while walking are only minutes away. Leave your car in the parking lots at Battleship Cove or Bicentennial Park and stroll the Taunton River for nearly 2 miles while watching boats and water foul on the river. Recreational crafts like kayaks, motorboats, and sailboats share the base of the river with tugs, fishing boats and huge coal filled tankers. Seagulls share the shoreline with ducks, swans, cormorants and an occasional egret. Sailing lessons and sailboat rentals are available at Battleship Cove Community Boating.(visit www.battleshipcove.com for more info).If you have your own boat you can launch it at the newly refurbished state boat launch located just north of Bicentennial Park when there is plenty of free parking for cars and boat trailers.

For a different boating experience in the Greater Fall River area, just travel about six miles west from downtown Fall River across to Somerset where you can launch you boat or canoe into the Taunton River at the town ramp located at the Somerset Waterfront Park just off Main Street. From here you can easily travel to Dighton Rock, or in and out of the many tributaries feeding the Taunton River. Enter into a world hardly ever seen by man. There are no roads to reach many of these spots, so only from the water can you see these beautiful sights.  

Just 8 miles from downtown Fall River in the opposite direction, a short drive down Route 88 in Westportwill bring you to another picturesque spot to launch a canoe or kayak at the "Head of Westport". From here you can travel south on the east branch of the Westport River. What starts out as a small stream eventually brings you out to Westport Harbor and the Atlantic Ocean. As the river widens you pass many inlets and small islands inhabited only by birds and small wildlife. As the river widens more, boating, sailing and other recreational activities are all around. Finally as you pass under the bridge at Route 88 and you enter the harbor all you can see are the masts of hundreds of sailboats moored in the protected harbor, just minutes from the Atlantic.

So don't be a couch potato this summer! Get outside and see the sights! They are only minutes away when you are in the Greater Fall River Area!

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Steve Waddicor  SB&S Realty Group,  Fall River, MA
Visit me at www.stevew-homes.com

REALTOR® Magazine-Daily News-Regulators Urged to Reconsider QRM Definition

Here's an article of great importance to all Greater Fall River residents. 20% down payment requirements on home purchases will prevent many credit worthy potential home buyers out of the market. This will not only hurt buyers. If properties can not be sold, current home owners will see further drops in their homes values! Click on the link below and read on....
REALTOR® Magazine-Daily News-Regulators Urged to Reconsider QRM Definition

Fall River Neighborhood Associations are good for neighborhoods and home owners too!!

Fall River Neighborhood Associations are good for neighborhoods and home owners too. My wife and I have owned our home in the Fall River Highlands for close to 33 years. We raised our three sons here and have become very attached to the neighborhood. I joined the Highland Neighborhood Association to become more active in protecting those things which make the neighborhood what it is. Over the years the association has given a voice to issues involving zoning variances, traffic, safety, litter, and street and sidewalk repair to name a few. The association gets the attention of elected officials since it's causes represents a consensus of a larger group of the voting public. These causes get recognized by officials easier that if individuals try to go it alone.

The various Fall River Neighborhood Associations across the city have the ear of the mayor and his city department heads. The Mayor and the heads of his public works, legal, and representatives from the police and fire departments attended a recent Highlands Neighborhood Association meeting taking questions and listening to concerns. Each month a representative from the police department attends our meetings, taking questions and following up on specific concerns of the group.  These relationships often result in almost immediate attention to some of the everyday issues in neighborhoods. The City of Fall River website lists eleven Neighborhood Associations across the city and posts a calendar of meetings for each. Those listed on the website are: Niagra, Corky Row, Father Kelly, Flint, Maplewood, Bank Street, Highland, North End, Steep Brook/Far North End, Lower Highlands/Historic Downtown, Flint Merchants. The Copicut area has recently formed a group which is not yet listed on the city website.

 The Highlands Neighborhood Association recently joined with the other associations across the city in organizing neighborhood clean ups. In our neighborhood volunteers cleaned up a 3 acre playground at a very visible intersection. The city supported the effort by providing trash bags and picking up the trash collected, and sponsoring a cookout at Kennedy Park afterward for the volunteers.

All of these activities help maintain the neighborhood and foster positive relationships across the community. A clean, safe, pleasant neighborhood is a place where people want to live and raise their families. This also helps protects property values and our investments!   So get involved with your Fall River Neighborhood Association today!