Rossmoor, Walnut Creek, California , is a gated community for senior citizens in Walnut Creek, California.

In the 1930s shipping tycoon Stanley Dollar constructed an estate in Tice Creek Valley near Walnut Creek in Contra Costa County, California. The Dollars bred purebred Herefords and raised show horses. Over the years they expanded the estate of 1,436 acres (5.8 km²) to 2,200 (8.9 km²).

In 1960, R. Stanley Dollar Jr (son of the shipping magnate) sold the family estate to Ross W. Cortese. He owned a development company called Rossmoor Corporation. He named Rossmoor was one of his projects. After finishing Rossmoor he started on a new idea of private gated retirement communities for active seniors called Leisure World, starting with the Leisure World in Seal Beach in 1960.

Leisure World gave promise of low-cost housing, coupled with services appropriate to Cortese's view of retirement -- golf courses, swimming pools, clubhouses, riding stables, transportation, medical services, and a host of administrative employees to see that the residents did not have to bother themselves with house and yard maintenance, and even little things like waste collection, cable television service, and watering the lawn.

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There are now 9,200 residents in the gated community, with business and public services (such as the supermarket and post office) just outside the main gate. Rossmoor itself is within the city limits of Walnut Creek and it is part of Walnut Creek California. Rossmoor is a nationally recognized and award winning senior adult community located in the picturesque 2,200-acre Tice Valley area of Walnut Creek.
Surrounded by acres of open space, this community is only two miles from downtown Walnut Creek, and 25 miles from downtown San Francisco.

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A Gated Community is a fenced housing development, typically having a security guard.
Visitors to a gated community have to stop at the entrance to the subdivision where a security guard telephones the owners before letting the visitors pass through the gate.

In its modern form, a gated community is a form of residential community sometimes characterized by a closed perimeter of walls and fences, but always containing controlled entrances for pedestrians, bicycles, and automobiles. Gated communities usually consist of small residential streets and include various amenities. For smaller communities this may be only a park or other common area. For larger communities, it may be possible for residents to stay within the community for most day-to-day activities. Gated communities are a type of common interest development, but are distinct from intentional communities.

These communities are often home to high-value properties. Some gated communities are set up as retirement villages. Some gated communities are secure enough to resemble fortresses.

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The amenities available depend on many factors including location, demographic composition, and community structure. If there are sub-associations that belong to master associations, the master association may provide many of the amenities. In general, the larger the association the more amenities that can be provided. Amenities depend on the type of housing. For example, single-family-house communities may not have a common-area pool, since the individual owners may want their own pools; whereas a condominium may offer a pool, since the individual units generally cannot have their own pools.

Rossmoor News is a newspaper in Walnut Creek, California, USA covering general news.

Rossmoor News is a weekly newspaper covering local news and events for the senior community in the Walnut Creek area.

The web site is presented in English.
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Typical amenities offered can include

* Pool(s)
* tennis courts
* A Community centre or club house
* Golf course(s)
* A marina
* On-site Dining
* Playground areas
* Exercise areas that include exercise machines
* Spa(s)
* Sauna(s)

Real estate developers build gated communities to appeal to buyers' desire for security and prestige. They are also known as Active Adult Communities, Active Adult new home communities. Compare prices, plans & amenities, Luxury living for active adults.

Walnut Creek Califorina is a largely affluent suburb in Contra Costa County, California, in the East Bay region of the San Francisco Bay Area. Walnut Creek serves as the business and entertainment hub for the neighboring cities within central Contra Costa County (due in part to its location at the junction of the highways from Sacramento and San Jose (I-680) and San Francisco/Oakland (SR-24). As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 64,296.


Open space
Canal trail near Walnut Creek Open Space

Walnut Creek owns more open space per capita than any other community in the state of California, except Palo Alto. In 1974, Walnut Creek voters approved a $6.7 million bond measure that allowed the city to purchase 1,800 acres (7 km²) of undeveloped hillsides, ridge lines, and park sites. Walnut Creek owns parts of Lime Ridge Open Space, Shell Ridge Open Space, Acalanes Ridge Open Space, and Sugarloaf Openspace. There is also open space in the retirement community, Rossmoor.

Culture

California Symphony
The California Symphony (notable for its commitment to the performance of music by American composers) has been based in Walnut Creek since its inception in 1986.

Civic Arts Program
The city organizes education in graphic arts, sculpture, pottery, and performance arts such as dancing for various age groups is actively supported and encouraged by the Civic Arts Program.

Clay Arts Guild
Clay Arts Guild (CAG) is a non-profit volunteer organization supporting ceramics arts education under the Civic Arts Program of Walnut Creek, California. The organization is notable for its long history in the region (established in 1964) and the numerous sculptors and potters who have practiced, taught classes, and/or given masters seminars through its offices.

Activities supported by CAG include:

* Open studio monitoring for students enrolled in Civic Arts Classes
* Purchase of equipment for studio use
* Fundraising via direct sales of donated crafted goods and commission on sales of artist's goods
* Direct support of students through merit scholarships to Civic Arts Program classes
* Organization of master level seminars presented by innovative and famous artisans.
* All work produced using Civic Arts equipment can only be sold through CAG sales.

Dean Lesher Center
Several performance spaces (The Knight, Hoffman, and Lesher theatres) and the Bedford Gallery are included in this modern building.

[edit] Public transit

A free shuttle operates between the central district and the Walnut Creek BART station. BART provides regional access in and out of Walnut Creek to most of the Bay Area. Other areas of Walnut Creek may be accessed at modest cost by using the buses of the Central Contra Costa Transit Authority.

Overview

Rossmoor is a nationally recognized and award winning senior adult community located in the
picturesque 2,000 acre Tice Valley area of Walnut Creek. The community is only two miles from
downtown Walnut Creek, and 20 miles from downtown San Francisco. Surrounded by acres of open
space, the gated community is home to 9,700 residents residing in 6,400 attractive garden-style and
mid-rise condominiums. It is a 55 plus, age restricted, retirement community


The 6 Most Costly Negotiating Mistakes Of Sellers, And, Buyers, Of California Real Estate.

I watched a home in Alamo, California with an asking price of $2.2 Million stay on the market for 13 months before a buyer met the seller's asking price. What is the learning message of this picture? Our Real Estate market is, as they say, hot as a pistol. I refer to the Pleasanton, San Ramon, Danville, Alamo, Walnut Creek California "gold coast". The greatest weather, year long, numerous world class wineries, 20 minutes light rail to San Francisco, the world's center of venture capital, super incomes fueled by bio tech, silicon, and, info-tech. How is it, that in this market of multiple offers, a high caliber home clutches on to it's for sale sign, like Queen Elizabeth to her hat? Like a tiger to it's spots? Therein starts our look at sellers who's pricing strategy is based on their feeling of entitlement, rather than real world market forces that call for the agreement of at least one qualified buyer, as well as a hard nosed lender.

I can't delve into the mindset of this particular seller, I'm just a Real Estate specialist. But, what if the property in question had been shares of General Electric stock, instead of bricks and mortar? We've all checked the up to the minute stock price, and, then, sell, or, buy, instantly. Real Estate pricing is a little more elastic, say, 3 percent, more elastic. That three percent swing, either way, represents the typical negotiating range. The Pleasanton Real Estate, San Ramon Real Estate, Danville Real Estate, Alamo Real Estate, Walnut Creek California Real Estate "gold coast" is a robust market place, with many qualified buyers, and, savvy lenders. During the same 13 month time period in which the sellers wouldn't sell, 35 other owners of homes between $2 -4 million managed to sell their homes within an average of 16 days from appearing on the market. How much does it cost to hold on to a property for thirteen months? I don't know a homeowner who's cost of money, taxes, maintenance, and insurance doesn't amount to 9% annually. Nine percent of $2.2 Million is $190,000. After thirteen months the sellers finally got their $2.2 Million price. My real world numbers peg their carrying costs, for the thirteen months, at $200,000. The market is boss. It is dollar smart to listen to the market, not to fight it. The market punishes those who don't listen to it. Did I mention that I had brought a qualified buyer/client at the start of that13 month countdown with a bonafide $2.1 million offer. The numbers: show that the sellers would have been $100,000 ahead of the game had they accepted my client's "lower" offer.

These are the successful deal principles that I apply to all clients whom I represent:

1) Emotions are the enemy of facts. The market consists of facts. Command of hard data is market power. For every listing client, there are potent tools that can boost the market value of the property. That's why sellers list with me.

2) I never inflate the target price of a property beyond its real market value. Such listing technique is unethical, and, unfair, to the seller, it chases away the most effective MLS Realtors, it wastes my marketing dollars, and, it raises the seller's carrying costs, therefore, diminishes the seller's net yield.

3) My listing seller is provided with a statistical snapshot of up-to-date market prices, together with a custom strategy to maximize the selling price within the up-to-date market niche.

4) My buyer client is provided with the identical statistical snapshot of up-to-date market prices, together with a custom bidding strategy that goes beyond a deal breaking, antagonizing, low-ball offer. 99% of the time it is the buyer with the strongest, most credible profile, who lands the deal on favorable terms. My advice on choosing, and, evaluating the lender, can save the buyer dollars that are greater than my Real Estate commission.
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Rossmoor's famous FREE and wild turkeys.

The wild turkeys that populate 54 of California’s 58 counties, including Napa and Sonoma, are the descendants of those introduced to the state more than a century ago. Since then, they have been managed as upland game birds. According to the Guide to Hunting Wild Turkey in California (published by the state Department of Fish and Game), the first recorded release of turkeys into the wild was in 1877 by ranchers on Santa Cruz Island.

As the birds were introduced elsewhere in the state and their population grew, they were found to feed on grapes (as well as acorns, dandelions, grass and insects). After dining on grapes, they leave behind signs that make vineyard owners grimace: dustings of guano.


Moreover, in January 2005, vineyard owners persuaded the state that turkeys were doing so much damage to vineyards that hunting the birds is now allowed on private land throughout the year, as long as it is done with a valid depredation permit.

THE TURKEYS ROAMING ON ROSSMOOR WALNUT CREEK GOLF COURSE and private lawns are a reminder that Wild turkeys are FREE birds, In fact, the Rossmoor Walnut Creek turkey is the largest game bird in North America. Males can stand as tall as three feet and weigh as much as 25 pounds (averaging about 17 pounds), while females are not as tall, and average weight is 10 pounds or so. Rossmoor Walnut Creek Meredith Zomalt

Jeanette Evans FREE roaming turkeys have long legs and their feathers are quite dark.

They can (and do) run fast with their long legs, and will take wing and fly if they feel they can't outrun a foe, or just desire the security of perching in a tree for a while.





Best Places to Retire
Near Metro Areas

By Andrea Coombes
From Marketwatch

The characteristics that make a town the "best place to retire" will vary depending on who's doing the retiring, but it's a safe bet that those who want to stay near the cultural hubbub of a metro area will like an area that's a little quieter than most urban areas, with a low crime rate and a vibrant mix of residents.

For those who like the sound of that kind of active retirement, a new report details the top towns for retirees in the country's 15 largest metro areas.

These are towns where "you're in the metropolitan area Orinda, Calif., would be in the top 10 locales out of a total of 1,725 options in the San Francisco Bay area, 
Rossmoor Walnut Creek Cindy Maddux, Nancy Granberg, Susan Kingsley



 Top towns that are also a good value
 In the San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose area: Martinez, Calif. 

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