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 Here we are at the start of Spring and some East Coasters are still digging out from what they hope will be the final snow storm of the Winter Season. Springtime comes with thoughts of trees and flowers in bud and blossom!
Our feature article this month, “Boomers Beyond Borders” talks about the growing trend of Americans to retire, or to take a seasonal residence, beyond our 50 United States. You will be amazed to discover what builders and developers in other parts of the world are creating in response to the millions of boomers and active seniors worldwide who are seeking to find their perfect piece of paradise.
And we too, are growing! In response to popular demand, we have expanded our ActiveAdultLiving.com website again, now starting to include active lifestyle and age-restricted communities within Mexico and Canada.
We will continue to expand our horizons to include wonderful golf, waterfront, country club, luxury estate, and active lifestyle or age-restricted communities in Central and South America. And, later this year, we will launch a new directory of Active Lifestyle Communities Europe!
However, we haven’t forgotten the many of you for whom life beyond our borders is not appealing. We continue to grow and expand our community listings within the United States and now boast over 1,800 of them at our site.
As always, we ask that you help us grow our Active Living News e-Newsletter to serve you better. We’d really appreciate your input and comments. Click here to drop us a line and let us know what you think.
To navigate through our newsletter use the links on the left, or simply scroll down. Please take a look through, and let us know what you think! We really do value your opinion, and would also appreciate your input on future articles you'd like to see.
We'd also really appreciate it if you would "tell a friend", just click here.
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Boomers Without Borders
By Stephan LaCount
 Boomers beyond borders! It seems as though we Americans have started a worldwide wave. Since the world’s first active lifestyle community was built in Sun City, Arizona in 1960, we’ve come a long way, baby. The National Association of Home Builders says that the United States currently has over 4,000 age-restricted communities. And, several other factors are causing that number to grow…
Perhaps it’s the fact that the 55+ segment of the US population is the fastest growing segment of the population. Home sales within age-restricted or active lifestyle communities are also the fastest growing segment of the residential real estate market AND the new home market as well! At this point in time, over 60 percent of builders are building for the boomers and beyond…
Canadian builders and developers saw the success of American age-restricted and active lifestyle communities and saw fit to follow the lead of the Yanks. There are now multitudes of such communities throughout the Canadian provinces.
 And now, with the Mexican government allowing foreign ownership of real estate, the active lifestyle and age-restricted communities boom is about to begin there. A recent national newspaper article announced the development of the first Mexican age-restricted community, which will begin sales of luxury beachfront condominiums soon. It will be a joint venture between American and Mexican companies.
American developers and consultants are also providing their know-how in joint ventures as far away as Spain. And it doesn’t stop there. The world is now offering retirement possibilities with active lifestyle and age-restricted communities in a diversity of places such as Australia, South and Central America, as well as a multitude of eastern and western European countries.
 What is it that Americans are finding so attractive in retirement opportunities beyond our borders? Perhaps it’s a lifetime dream of owning a beachfront home, which for many of us may never be financially attainable with housing prices here in the U.S. Perhaps it’s the availability abroad of quality healthcare at really affordable prices. Perhaps it’s a more relaxed pace of life. Maybe it’s a great exchange rate, or it might be that some folks are just plain sick of shoveling snow…
Whatever the reasons, the world is now beginning to offer a multitude of truly wonderful active lifestyle and age-restricted communities. And now, with VoIP (voice over Internet phone) service and Skype readily available, you can even stay in touch with friends and relatives back home for free!
With this issue of Active Living News, we are proud to announce the expansion of our website, www.ActiveAdultLiving.com, to now include directories of active lifestyle communities within Canada and Mexico. Check it out, and let us know what you think!
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Ceres Gleann
Salem, OR
Features: An exquisitely planned 55+ community of 134 home sites
- Built to suit with custom designed floor plans
- Managed landscape maintenance
- Community gardens
- Private Community club house
- Direct golf course access
- Only 12 miles from downtown Salem
- Dallas hospital local with Salem hospital & medical facilities nearby
- Aquatic Center with Therapy Pool nearby
- RV Storage nearby
- Certified Aging-In-Place Specialist
- Close to the Oregon Coast, shopping, dining, entertainment, recreation & activities
 The conceptual design of Ceres Gleann is centered around creating a carefree lifestyle within a desirable community offering top quality home construction and the best of amenities to fully enhance the lives of active adults. The community gardens present homeowners the opportunity to enjoy gardening, or the outdoors. The community club house facilitates group gatherings and activities.
 Ceres Gleann offers a wide variety of customized, open floor plans with options and features such as bay windows, fireplaces and covered patios, which enables buyers the freedom to create their dream home. Landscaping and auto sprinkler systems are always included. While each home is unique, they share a common architectural theme and conform to a special set of homeowner's rights, which include architectural design approval. The beautiful park like setting and professionally maintained landscape gives the subdivision unique appeal. Homeowners can invest with confidence knowing this planned community will continue to enjoy a superior level of appreciation and marketability over time. Ceres Gleann is "more than a home, it's a lifestyle."
The builder and designer for this Active Adult Community has an emphasis on utilization of space, modern & efficient living styles.
(503) 831-1051
(866) 831-1056
PO Box 5343 • Salem, OR 97304
Model Hours
Open 1-4pm or by appointment
Closed Saturday & Monday
Web Site: www.ceresgleann.com
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"1001 Active Lifestyle Communities"
by Lisa LaCount
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You may have found out the hard way that trying to research information about active lifestyle communities on your own can be a long and frustrating task. We know that as a busy boomer or active senior, you've got better things to do with your time!
We've just completed the arduous endeavor of compiling . . .
Version 2 of our Interactive
CD-ROM Directory
We've added the very latest up-to-date data on over 300 of the choicest new communities from around the country. That now brings the total on our new CD-ROM Directory Version 2 to over 1,500 active lifestyle and age-restricted communities!
It is an absolute wealth of information that has literally taken us years of blood, sweat and tears to compile! We are dog-tired, but we're really, really proud of what we've achieved on your behalf . . .
You'll find that our 1500 Active Lifestyle Communities Directory 2007 - Version 2 is worth hundreds of dollars in time saved!
- Every community is hyperlinked directly to the builder's website
- Direct dial and/or toll free phone numbers
- Mapquest link for every community!.
You won't find all of this valuable data at our website – in fact, you won't find it anywhere else!
We’ve taken all of the data from our 1,001 Active Lifestyle Communities book and added community info on 500 more and put it all on an enhanced, interactive CD-ROM which you can now purchase for $29.99. Click here to order your copy!
Thanks for the wonderful comments from all those of you who have already purchased our Interactive CD ROM Directory of 1500 Active Lifestyle Communities. For those of you who were unable to take advantage of our December Pre-Sale Special offer, we are offering free shipping this month.
If you have any problem with the online order process, we would be happy to take your order by phone at (702) 614-9120 or you may email us with your name and your phone number (send your email to: info@activeadultiving.com) and we will telephone you to take your credit card information over the phone. To order by check, click here for the mail in form.
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