Candidates For Arcadia City Council

"And... they're off". Famous words from the great race place, Santa Anita.... They're out of the starting gate, metaphorical lingo for the beginning of Arcadia's five candidates and their run for Arcadia City Council.
I was approached by Campaign Manager, Carol Libby to host a rally for prominent Arcadia citizen and leader Sho Tay. I accepted because I know Sho Tay to be an honorable man, a leader in many Arcadia volunteer organizations, and someone I can trust in helping to run our city government. Sho Tay has been endorsed by seven former Arcadia Mayors, what does this tell you?
Sho Tay's rally is set for Monday, March 8--at the offices of Century 21 Ludecke, located at 20 E. Foothill Boulevard-Arcadia, CA. From 7:00 to 9:00pm. Food and refreshments will be served. Arcadia residents of voting age are welcome to attend the festivities.

Until next posting I remain...

Enthusiastically Yours,
Gene Glasco
Century 21 Ludecke

Gene Glasco's Brown Bag Lunch Talk

Songwriter, Producer, Musician, and Artist at Arcadia Museum "Brown Bag Lunch Talk" October 15.

ARCADIA, CA.- Pat Robinson, former Arcadian-- accomplished musician, songwriter, recording artist, film producer, and sketch artist, – is Gene Glasco's featured guest at his Brown Bag Lunch Talk- "The Beat Goes On: Arcadia's Back Yard Bands of the Sixties", Thursday, October 15, 12:00 pm at the Ruth and Charles Gilb Arcadia Historical Museum. Samples of Robinson's music and some of his exceptional artwork will be on display. Hors d’ oeuvres and refreshments will be provided.

The multi-talented Robinson created a band in the Sixties named "Fenwyck", "that played not only in Arcadia, but all over California", says Glasco. Fenwyck’s style and four part harmony sound was known for their incredible similarity to "The Byrds", a group that invented a whole genre of folk rock who topped the 60’s music charts with their recordings of “Mr. Tamborine Man” and “Turn, Turn, Turn” and many more. After high school, Robinson formed a new band called "Back Pocket", and performed in the U.S. and Europe. Later, Robinson wrote and produced songs for fifteen years with Gene Clark (Byrds) eventually forming yet another group, "CRY" (Clark, Robinson, York). John York on 12-string, Nicky Hopkins (Stones, Beatles) on keys, Rick Danko (The Band) on bass, Michael Clarke (Byrds) on drums with Gene Clark and Robinson up front on guitars. In the 80's, Pat enjoyed a successful affiliation with Joe Cocker, writing songs that Cocker would perform both in the U.S. and abroad. Robinson's New Orleans production company, JBond Records has recorded and produced CDs for Hall of Fame blues artists Leon Russel, Walter "Wolfman" Washington, and the Benjy Davis Project. With Timothea, aptly named the "Siren of Soul", he fashioned the captivating music video, “It's Time for a Change", filmed at the historic Columns Hotel on St. Charles Place. Some of Fenwyck's early recordings will be played at the Brown Bag talk, along with some newer cuts from Robinson’s CRY and Mystery Brothers CD’s. An accomplished sketch artist in his own right, some of Robinson’s work will also be on display; which according to Eric Finzi, appraiser for the J. Paul Getty museum, is rising in value.

Rocker, Writer, and Artist Comes Home to Arcadia

Pat Robinson, whose local Arcadia band Fenwyck launched a successful career in recording and performing all over the United States and abroad, will be my guest speaker at the Arcadia Historical Society's Brown Bag lunch talk beginning at 12:00 noon, Thursday, October 15 at the Ruth and Charles Gilb museum in Arcadia.I will have more information and background in another post, please stay tuned.

Gene Glasco-Realtor, Century 21 Ludecke, Inc.Arcadia CA 91006

Gene Moves To Arcadia

My Mom and Dad moved to Arcadia in 1954! Before they selected our house in the Highlands, we temporarily stayed with some friends of theirs in the "Rancho" area of Arcadia. I remember thinking that their house on Volante was so large and beautiful. They even had a little house in the back yard where we stayed. I now know that this was their guest house. I loved the Rancho area, with its quiet tranquility and silence punctuated with ocassional exotic peacock calls. I loved watching "Ramar of the Jungle" an adventure television series, all the more exciting knowing that portions of it were filmed in the famous Arcadia Arboretum with For a short while, I attended highly acclaimedHugo Reid elementary school. I remember waiting on the corner of our host's property waiting for the yellow school bus to pick me up and transport me a few blocks away to the school. The neighborhood and surrounding environ was safe for kids back then, and it was commonplace to see kids walking to school unaccompanied by parent or guardian; something unheard of these days. The Rancho district of Arcadia has changed a little since the mid Fifties; the demographics are different, but homes there are still very well kept, and those folks who put up their homes for sale usually have no trouble in attracting good buyers.

Please re-visit my blog, as I will be adding more tidbits of interesting information about the San Gabriel Valley and our local real estate happenings !

Arcadia Is Best Bet Ever !

From a scattered area of small ranches and chicken coops Arcadia has emerged into a modern city of subdivisions comparable to the finest in the world.

When Arcadia’s first founder and mayor, Elias J. Baldwin first set eyes on the acres of colorful citrus groves against the majestic backdrop of the San Gabriel mountains, he exclaimed, “by gads, I think I’ve found paradise”!

Incorporated in 1903, Arcadia is situated in the dynamic San Gabriel Valley, approximately 20 miles northeast of Los Angeles.
Since the mid 1950’s, Arcadia has been referred to as a “Community of Homes”, which motto is shared within Arcadia’s official hallmark and city seal. Arcadia experienced a growth spurt in the latter years of 1930’s. “New buildings, new businesses, public improvements and home construction were almost daily items of news”, wrote Arcadia historian Gordon Eberly. Subdivisions were opened in almost all sections of town, from moderately priced homes east of the Santa Anita Wash and north of Colorado Boulevard to the more exclusive, beautifully landscaped homes of the Santa Anita Oaks. From the acreage acquired by Baldwin’s Rancho Santa Anita Inc. came several residential districts developed over a period of years, but ultimately encompassing a large segment of the northern part of Arcadia. Residences in Santa Anita Village, Rancho Santa Anita, the lower Rancho, Santa Anita Gardens, and the Colorado Oaks subdivisions all occupy what had been the last of the Baldwin lands. And although not entirely immune, Arcadia’s envious real estate values remain relatively insulated from the by and large disparate market weakening our real estate industry has experienced in the last several months. For academic achievement, all ten Arcadia schools have achieved statewide rankings of 10 (only 8% of LA schools achieved this rank, and only five other districts had every school achieve a rank of 10!) This educational prominence is a determining factor in the maintenance and appreciation of Arcadia’s home values and the propensity to obtain maximum resale values with less listing time on market when it comes time to sell.

Gene Glasco-REALTOR e-PRO-SRES
Century 21 Ludecke-Arcadia
626.456.4366
www.GeneGlasco.com
Gene@GeneGlasco.com

Short Sales Vs Foreclosures

During the last 12 months, I have been involved in helping some clients who, because of the extenuating economic downturn, have lost value on their homes, so much in fact that they owe more than what their home is worth on today's market. Some of these folks have approached me about the short sale process and have asked me to explain how a permitted short sale is not as damaging to their credit score as a foreclosure. Explaining the difference between the two processes takes a good thirty minutes and is helpful in the decision making process in determining whether to sell their house for less than what it owed, or if the lender is cooperative, trying to negotiate an extended mortgage, lower interest rate, or other concession to keep the customer from loosing their home.

Arcadia-CA Best City For Kids

Arcadia- CA Is The Best Place To Raise Your Kids

According to Business Week's second annual roundup of the best places to raise your kids, Arcadia, California is one of the country's best! OnBoard Informatics, a New York-based provider of real estate analysis, seleced towns with at least 50,000 residents and a median family income between $40k and $100k. Then Business Week weighted the criteria: school performance; number of schools, household expenditures; crime rates; air quality; job growth; family income; museums; parks, theatres, other amenities; and diversity. Arcadia, with a poplulation of 56,394 has a median income of $81,417. Our city is located about 20 miles from downtown Los Angeles, and has some of the best schools in California. Arcadia is also home to the Santa Anita Park racetrack and the Los Angeles County ARboretum and Botanic Garden. Peacocks now live in the neighborhood near the arboretum where they walk on lawns or cross the street. So hurray for Arcadia ! Runners-up: Diamond Bar

Gene Glasco