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My Home Town

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ave you ever wanted to live in a small town, but find it too convenient to leave the larger city? Well, Oak Grove may be your answer! Being raised in Oak Grove, I can tell you it has come a long way from a “small town”. Oak Grove has steadily flourished into an astonishing Kansas City suburb supporting 8,000 residents with more than 20 subdivisions and we’re growing daily. Yet at the same time, it still has that small town feeling. Oak Grove prides itself on being family friendly with award-winning schools, lakes, outdoor parks, a public library, various church denominations and many locally owned businesses. Take a drive down Broadway and you’ll catch that feeling of being in a rural Missouri town, but you’re only minutes from Kansas City. Sports? Say no more! Oak Grove is home of the Panthers and boasts many state titles. Whether you’re into football, baseball, basketball, soccer, volleyball or even band, Oak Grove has built an excellent program for students. Go check out my home town. You may be surprised. Go Panthers!

Oak Grove, MO

Submitted by
Joseph Jones
RE/MAX Heritage
Blue Springs, MO

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Music Box Village Is a Magical Place

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ne day I was walking down North Rampart Street in the French Quarter, and I saw a large sign hanging above a defunct gas station on Esplanade and North Rampart that read Music Box Village. What is that, I wondered? A few days later a friend’s daughter who recently graduated from Tulane and decided to stay in New Orleans rather than go back to NYC mentioned that she would be selling some of her handmade art at the Music Box Village on Sunday.

It was a pretty day, so we decided to ride our bikes there. We headed down North Rampart Street which turns into St. Claude Avenue, passed through the Marigny neighborhood and then the Bywater. When we got to Poland Street, the last street before the industrial Canal and where North Rampart Street ends at the levee, we had arrived! Music Box Village is located at 4557 North Rampart Street, New Orleans. We entered the Village and were instantly mesmerized by sounds emitting from life-size interactive musical sculptures! Several hours later we were in a state of giddiness! When was the last time you spent the day climbing upstairs that play music?! Find your inner child and go wild!

Bywater Neighborhood
New Orleans, LA

Submitted by
Rachel Perkoff
RE/MAX  N.O. Properties
New Orleans, LA

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