Tuesday, November 24, 2009

Mortgage Relief - IRS

Mortage Relief Info.
http://www.irs.gov/individuals/article/0,,id=179414,00.html

Stephen E. Doss, CPA
DOSS|WEEKS
CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS
2338 South Eighth Street
Fernandina Beach, FL 32034
Tel: (904) 277-0009
Fax: (904) 277-0093

John Holbrook - Realtor Amelia Island, Fernandina Beach & Yulee, Florida
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Monday, November 23, 2009

Florida Home Sales Report – 3rd Quarter 2009

Florida Sales Report – 3rd Quarter 2009
Single-Family, Existing Homes

Realtor Sales Median Sales Price
Statewide &Metropolitan Statistical Areas (MSAs) 3rd Qrtr.2009 3rd Qrtr.2008 %Chge 3rd Qr2009 3rd Qr2008 %Chge
STATEWIDE* (1) 44,345 33,311 33% $145,400 $185,600 -22
Nassau County 117 96 23% $190,000 $244,500 -22

Florida Sales Report – 3rd Quarter 2009
Existing Condominiums

Realtor Sales Median Sales Price
Statewide &Metropolitan Statistical Areas (MSAs) 3rd Qrtr.2009 3rd Qrtr.2008 %Chge 3rd Qrtr.2009 3rd Qrtr.2008 %Chge
STATEWIDE* (1) 14,797 9,488 56% $106,100 $160,100 -34
Nassau County 23 25 -8% $240,000 $390,000 -38


John Holbrook - Realtor Amelia Island, Fernandina Beach & Yulee, Florida
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Tuesday, November 17, 2009

Amelia Island Plantation files for Bankruptcy

Amelia Island Plantation resort said it will continue to operate while it reorganizes under Chapter 11 bankruptcy, aided by an investment deal with residents of the island.

Amelia Island Co., which operates the Nassau County resort, filed for bankruptcy Friday in Florida’s Middle District of U.S. Bankruptcy Court. A judge immediately issued an order that will allow operations to continue while it reorganizes its finances.

The company said it would not have sufficient cash to meet its Nov. 20 payroll without access to a debtor-in-possession loan facility. It employs more than 825, down 275 positions from its staffing level prior to the recession.

Amelia Island Co. said it had signed an agreement with a group of of wealthy investors who own homes at the Plantation to provide it with $18 million to $20 million debtor-in-possession financing. The Red Leaf Investors, led by long-time resident Robert C. Smith, will provide funding as well as long-term strategic and asset management services in an effort to enhance operations and improve financial performance.

“This debt restructuring will pave the way to the profitable operation of our resort," Jack Healan, president of Amelia Island Plantation, said in a release. "They are providing immediate interim financing with the intent of becoming long-term equity partners in the Company, which we welcome."

Amelia Island Co. also disclosed in its court filings that it is working a deal with Metropolitan Life Insurance Co. to purchase the Amelia Inn, the conference center, spa and two golf courses, Ocean Links and Oak Marsh, for $43 million.

The Plantation has been struggling with slowing occupancy of its rental units and a stagnant leisure and business travel industry since at least October 2008, when it began to suffer from a significant negative cash flow. Revenues have fallen from $75 million in 2007 to an estimated $57 million this year. Profits have fallen from a $7 million profit in 2007 to a “substantial loss” in 2009, according to court documents.

The bankruptcy proceedings follow a failed $60 million investment effort earlier this year with Atlanta-based Redquartz Developments Atlanta, which would have injected much-needed funding for operations of the 1,350-acre resort.

The company estimated assets to be between $50 million and $100 million, equivalent to its estimated liabilities. The filing attached 23 pages of creditors.

“AIC anticipates that the severe decline in business meeting, vacation travel and the real estate brokerage business is not permanent and that its business will recover by 2011,” the company stated in court documents.

The Plantation includes a 249-room oceanside hotel, 49,000 square feet of meeting place, nine restaurants, 23 tennis courts and four award-wining 18-hole golf courses, among other amenities. Its 1,150 condos, 800 homes and 180 lots have an aggregate value of $1.95 billion, according to court documents.

John Holbrook - Realtor Amelia Island, Fernandina Beach & Yulee, Florida
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Saturday, November 14, 2009

Amelia Island Company

Amelia Island Co. in Chapter 11 bankruptcy

By Michael Parnell, News-Leader

Amelia Island Co. has filed for reorganization under Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceedings. There will be “business as usual” at the Amelia Island Plantation resort while the company reorganizes and firms up its finances.

Amelia Island Co. announced Friday it has signed an agreement with a new investor group, Red Maple Investors, LLC (RMI), to help ensure the future of the 1,350-acre resort.

The investor group, all residents of the island, "delivers immediate interim financing and long-term financial planning and expertise while assuring the uninterrupted operation of the resort," a press release stated. As part of the agreement, the Amelia Island Co. will restructure its debt and liabilities in bankruptcy court.

"We're pleased that RMI truly believes in our vision for the future, as well as our commitment to a resort community that exists in harmony with nature," said Jack Healan, president of Amelia Island Plantation, in the press release. "The resources they bring to our relationship will provide the continued high-quality service of the resort that our leisure and conference guests have come to expect when they visit us and that our club members and property owners enjoy every day."

RMI is a group of high net-worth Amelia Island Plantation homeowners investing in Amelia Island Co. with the goal of building a financially healthy company. The group was formed and is led by 19-year resident Robert C. Smith.

"Our investors believe in the potential for the long-term success of Amelia Island Plantation and are pleased to be able to provide the needed financial and strategic support to accomplish this in a professional and thoughtful way. All of us in RMI want to protect this little paradise we have come to love. And we are willing to put up our own money to assure its success far into the future," said Smith in the press release.

"This debt restructuring will pave the way to the profitable operation of our resort. They are providing immediate interim financing with the intent of becoming long-term equity partners in the company, which we welcome," said Healan. "We have a great group of people in RMI, and we look forward to the opportunity to deliver an even stronger customer experience as well as providing stable employment to our staff."

One of the RMI investors is John A. Griswold, president of Harbor Hotel Investors, LLC. Griswold has more than 30 years' experience in the ownership, operation and management of hotels and resorts.

There will be no "interruption" in Plantation management, employees were told, though changes are coming. The News-Leader has learned that longtime Amelia Island Co. vice presidents Norman Bray, who is retiring, and Richard Goldman, who has resigned, will be leaving before year's end. Goldman will become director of the Convention and Visitors Bureau in St. Augustine.

Employees were told in an e-mail distributed Friday that "the signing of the local investors and the restructuring of our debt in Chapter 11 is a very good thing for the company, our customers and our employees. It means business as usual. ..."

Employees were told there would be "adequate financing to sustain operations at current levels, including maintaining facilities and amenities like golf courses, tennis courts, restaurants, spa and shops.
"Staffing will be maintained commensurate with business levels.
"AIP remains an AAA 4-Diamond, independent resort."

Chapter 11 protection "will affect how much vendors and other creditors are paid on past invoices and debt. ... Those vendors who continue to do business with the Plantation will be paid on a current basis," the company wrote employees.

There have been numerous job terminations this fall, and remaining employees have had their pay cut 40 percent after mandatory furloughs.

Amelia Island Co. owns all of the resort and recreational facilities and amenities on Amelia Island Plantation, including the Amelia Island Club. Both are affected by the bankruptcy filing.

The Amelia Island Plantation Community Association is the homeowners' association under Florida law that owns, manages and maintains roads, common areas and provides for security, landscaping, drainage and the like. That association is funded by property owner assessments and is not directly impacted by the filing.

Plantation residents have been invited to informal coffees all next week at which representatives of the company and new investors group will explain the consequences of the changes.

A proposed merger with the Atlanta subsidiary of an Irish development company fell apart earlier this year as the economy soured. Redquartz Developments Atlanta, a real estate investment company affiliated with Redquartz Developments, Ltd., of Dublin, signed a memorandum of understanding in January that could have led to $60 million in improvements at the Plantation.

The deal was to give Redquartz Developments Atlanta 51 percent of equity in Amelia Island Co., giving it majority control. The Cooper family, which has owned the company since 1978, would have retained the remaining 49 percent.

The plan was to upgrade and expand the Plantation's infrastructure and increase the number of international visitors. There are plans to build new hotels and other amenities and to modernize current facilities, most of them dating back several decades, but they have not been implemented for lack of financing.

Richard L. Cooper, an Ohio businessman who died last year at 82, purchased the Plantation property from the Sea Pines Co., in 1978. Sea Pines Co., which developed Hilton Head Island, S.C., originally bought 3,000 acres on the south end of the island that was proposed for a strip mine but ultimately ran into financial difficulties in redeveloping it.

Healan was an accountant with Sea Pines Co., and he and Bray, also with Sea Pines, have been part of Plantation management for more than three decades. The company is now owned by the Cooper family trust.

Chapter 11 is the chapter of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code that permits reorganization and is not intended to lead to liquidation. While the company would not pay most of its debts at full value, its primary debtor is more likely to be repaid.

That is an arm of Prudential Financial Services Inc., which holds liens on much of the Plantation property and its buildings. Under the debtor-in-possession, or DIP, financing provided by law for companies in Chapter 11, Prudential's security is senior to other debts, equities or securities issued by the company and will be repaid first.

Prudential Financial Services Inc., headquartered in Newark, N.J., is a worldwide company with businesses in life insurance, annuities, retirement services, mutual funds, investment management and real estate services. Its brand symbol is the rock, inspired by the Rock of Gibraltar.

Story created Nov 13, 2009 - 13:16:30 PST.

John Holbrook - Realtor Amelia Island, Fernandina Beach & Yulee, Florida
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Thursday, November 12, 2009

Banked Owned Property Amelia Island

208 17th Street
Fernandina Beach, Florida 32034
Well maintained home on nice lot at a great price. Wood floors are in great shape. Good sized master bedroom. This property is approved for HomePath Renovation Mortgage financing.

Price $99,900. Call me for a showing.

John Holbrook - Realtor Amelia Island, Fernandina Beach & Yulee, Florida
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Amelia National

Limited time Reduced fees at Amelia National Golf Course in Fernandina Beach.

Original Initiation Fee $45,000.00
Special promotion Initiation Fee $15,000
Annual Dues $5600.00
Annual F & B minimum $900.00
18 Hole cart Fee $24.00

John Holbrook - Realtor Amelia Island, Fernandina Beach & Yulee, Florida
Cell: 904-415-0171 Email: holbrook66@msn.com Web: www.nassaumls.net
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Wednesday, November 11, 2009

Home Sales

Existing homes sales in the Jacksonville metro area rose 28 percent in the third quarter of 2009, while existing condominium sales rose 53 percent, according to the Florida Association of Realtors.

During the third quarter, 3,377 single family homes were sold in Northeast Florida along with 435 condos. The median price for single family sales dropped 17 percent to $150,600 and the median price for condos dropped 22 percent to $114,600. Neither the single family home or the condo information included data from the Amelia Island-Nassau County Association of Realtors.

All of Florida’s metropolitan statistical areas reported increased sales of existing homes in the third quarter compared with the same period last year.

Statewide existing home sales rose 33 percent during the third quarter to 44,345. It was the fifth consecutive quarter that Florida has seen higher existing year-over-year homes. Statewide existing condo sales rose 56 percent to 14,797. The median price for existing homes dropped 22 percent to $145,400 and the median price for existing condos dropped 34 percent to $106,100.

Still, according to Tim Becker, the director of the University of Florida’s Bergstrom Center for Real Estate Studies, Florida isn’t out of the woods yet.

“Most economists think the recession is over, but people are afraid to spend money as unemployment keeps going up, which creates problems for every sector of the real estate market,” Becker said.

According to UF’s quarterly survey, respondents expressed increasing optimism about their own business outlook and predicted greater opportunities for future investment.

“Everybody thinks that Florida will rebound because we have so much going for us - the sun shines every day and there are a lot of advantages to living here,” Becker said. “Foreign investors see that too and believe their prospects are good for long-term investments.”

John Holbrook - Realtor
904-415-0171
Amelia Island, Florida 32034

Tuesday, November 10, 2009

Self Storage on Amelia Island

Need a self storage facility on Amelia Island? Try Amelia Island Self Storage located at 2641 Bailey Road in Fernandina Beach, Florida 32034. The web site is www.ameliaislandselfstorage.com

John Holbrook - Realtor Amelia Island, Fernandina Beach & Yulee, Florida
Cell: 904-415-0171 Email: holbrook66@msn.com Web: www.nassaumls.net
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Prudential Chaplin Williams Realty

Just went Pending!
97129 Blackbeard's Way in Pirate's Wood. Home, lot and deep water dock. List price $509,000. Agent John Rogers with Prudential Chaplin Williams Realty. Looking for deep water property? Many more options are available. Send me an email for a complete list: holbrook66@msn.com

John Holbrook - Realtor Amelia Island, Fernandina Beach & Yulee, Florida
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Manucy Road Auction

Rowell Auctioneers will be selling 4 lots in an absolute auction this month on Manucy Road in Amelia Island this month. Information can be found at www.rowellauctions.com

Please call me for more information.

John Holbrook - Realtor Amelia Island, Fernandina Beach & Yulee, Florida
Cell: 904-415-0171 Email: holbrook66@msn.com Web: www.nassaumls.net
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Summer Beach Enclave Auction

Rowell Auctioneers will be holding an absolute auction for 8 townhouses in Summer Beach on Amelia Island. These units are in the Enclave. They range in size from 3 to 4 bedrooms. Information can be found at www.rowellauctions.com

Please call me for additional information.

John Holbrook - Realtor Amelia Island, Fernandina Beach & Yulee, Florida
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Amelia Park Auction

Amelia Park Auction for four vacant lots in the coastal district will be done be Rowell Auctioneers of Georgia. Information can be found at www.rowellauctions.com

Please call me for information regarding these properties.

John Holbrook - Realtor Amelia Island, Fernandina Beach & Yulee, Florida
Cell: 904-415-0171 Email: holbrook66@msn.com Web: www.nassaumls.net
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Monday, November 9, 2009

Jacksonville Market

Jacksonville, FL – Traffic Bounces Back as Buyers
Look to Beat Credit Deadline

(5,135 single-family permits in 2008, 18th largest market in the country)
Traffic rebounded modestly in October. Buyer traffic improved in October after dropping in September, as our traffic index increased to 36 from 27, although any reading below 50 still suggests traffic below agents’ expectations for this time of year. Agents who saw better sequential traffic trends attributed it to a last minute rush from buyers looking to get into homes before the tax credit deadline, while short sales and bank-owned homes remained popular among buyers. On the other side, some agents noted continued caution based on the overall weak economy and the expectation that the overhang of vacant homes being held by banks will continue to weigh on the market. In addition, there was little activity at the high end and buyers expect high end prices to fall further in the coming
months.

Prices fall, but lower inventory a positive. Home prices continued to fall in October, as our price index fell to 29 from 36 in September, with any reading below 50 indicating lower home prices over the past 30 days. Agents noted continued pressure from short sales and foreclosures, while an expected decline in high end pricing could lead to further downside. On a positive note, agents noted sequentially lower inventories in October after an increase last month. Our home listings index improved to 57 in October from 36 in September, with readings above 50indicating lower inventory. Foreclosures will remain the key.

John Holbrook - Realtor Amelia Island, Fernandina Beach & Yulee, Florida
Cell: 904-415-0171 Email: holbrook66@msn.com Web: www.nassaumls.net
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Alan Vanderheiden - Local Bank Rates

alan.van@regions.com

November 5, 2009,

FNMA 30 Year Fixed: 4.875%
FNMA 15 Year Fixed: 4.25%

USDA / FHA / VA: 5.00%

Hello Friends,

I hope that you are doing well.

Rates continue be hold at near historical levels and will do so for the next few months.

In October, 190,000 jobs were lost….higher than the 175,000 expected raising the unemployment rate to 10.2%. This number has an emotional factor….folks feel different when unemployment numbers top 10% and consumer confidence may take a hit. This is the highest level since 1983. Some economists tell us the “real” unemployment number is closer to 17% which includes workers that have not searched for work in the past 4 weeks as well as those seeking full time work that have taken part time jobs.

In addition the average work week was 33 hours last month. This symbolizes that manufacturing is trying to keep plants open by cutting hours instead of laying off workers. Productivity is still below expectations.

As most of you have seen, the $8,000 Tax Credit has passed Congress and The President will sign today or tomorrow. A new feature of this bill is that current homeowners – those that have owned a home 5 of the past 8 years – will get a $6,500 tax credit for purchasing a new home. Contracts need to be signed by April 30 and closed by June 30.

John Holbrook - Realtor Amelia Island, Fernandina Beach & Yulee, Florida
Cell: 904-415-0171 Email: holbrook66@msn.com Web: www.nassaumls.net
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Amelia Island Lodging

Amelia Island visitors relax in Victorian splendor

By Robert Tolf Special to the Sun-Sentinel

When you next head north, plan to break the trip with an excursion to Amelia Island, named by a Georgia governor to honor the daughter of his sovereign, King George II. Its main settlement, Fernandina Beach, claims to be the second-oldest city in the country, after St. Augustine.

Amelia Island has flown the flags of eight different occupying powers: French, Spanish, British, American, both the Confederacy and the Union, Mexican and the Green Cross of Florida, run up the pole by a colorful, conquering Scot whose minuscule force of half a hundred was too small to out-bluff the Spanish. The Mexican banner was raised by a ragtag crew of filibusters who invaded a settlement characterized by President Monroe as a "festering fleshpot," with bars and bordellos and a busy port, terminus of Florida's first cross-state railway. The depot now serves as Chamber of Commerce and welcome center. It's the place to pick up your walking tour map of the 30-block center of town (on the National Register of Historic Places).

In the welcome center you can also pick up information on where to find the best shrimp in a town where the modern shrimping industry was invented (and where, the first weekend in May, there's a popular Isle of Eight Flags Shrimp Festival). You can also pick up information on another island specialty -- the dozen or so bed-and-breakfasts that will ease you into aappreciation of the rich Victorian heritage.

Here are some of my favorites -- all of which have private baths, temperature control and other modern conveniences (inquire about children, pets and whether smoking is permitted):

Bailey House (28 South St.; 904-261-5390; 800-251-5390): The first of many magnificent mansions in town that were converted to B&Bs, this three-story Queen Anne is in the Historic District. It was built in 1895 for the agent of a local shipping company, who no doubt used local boat builders and ships' carpenters to carve the railings and the imposing mantelpiece emblazoned with the words "Hearth Hall, Welcome All." Of the 10 antique-furnished rooms, my favorite is the upstairs Rose Room with its distinctive bay window framed by a large turret, beautifully carved mahogany king-size bed, and a white tile bath with pedestal sink and clawfoot tub. The full breakfast is served in the formal dining room and the rates range from $99 to $150.

Amelia Island Williams House (103 S. Ninth St.; 800- 414-9257): This 1856 antebellum jewel was transformed into a B&B in 1994 by a pair who furnished the rooms -- framed by two floors of wraparound porch shaded by giant oaks -- with a world-class collection of antiques and artifacts, many from China. The drama begins in the oversize entry hall with its sweeping mahogany staircase graced by a giant crystal chandelier and caressed by stained-glass windows. Three of the eight guest rooms have working fireplaces and hand-carved mantels, and some have Jacuzzis. My favorite, the blue Chinese Room, is all cherry facing a large bay window where you can sit and marvel at the tranquillity. The full breakfast is served on antique china and sterling silver while you sit on Chippendale chairs. Rates range from $145 to $225.

Elizabeth Pointe Lodge (98 S. Fletcher Ave.; 800-772-3359): This seaside nugget of Nantucket, with its shake shingles, Dutch pitched roofs, gables and paned windows, would be at home in Cape Cod (where the Atlantic is not quite so inviting). A dozen of the 25 guest rooms have Jacuzzis and others have king-size marble tubs. All are only a few steps from the beach. The bountiful breakfasts are served buffet style, and the inn provides mini lunches. Rates are $125 to $235.

The Fairbanks House (227 S. Seventh St.; 800-261-4838): Traditionally known as "Fairbanks' Folly," this imposing two-story Italianate villa is overloaded with bays and balconies, decorative chimneys and eyebrow dormers, columned piazzas and Palladian windows, gables and porches, and a Renaissance tower with hip roof. There are 11 fireplaces and 16 rooms. The mansion, now on the National Register, was designed by the same architect who did the city's splendid St. Peter's Episcopal Church. Fairbanks was a native New Yorker -- but a major in the Confederate Army -- and a historian, newspaper editor, textbook author and then citrus grower, prospering to the point where he could afford this unique escape, which has a dozen accommodations in the main house and cottages. Full breakfasts are served on the porch overlooking the gardens or in the handsome high-ceilinged dining room. Evening social hour is a perfect time to sit in front of the fireplace, with its special tiles depicting various scenes from Aesop's Fables and Shakespeare. Rates range from $150 to $250 and there is no smoking, in the buildings or on the grounds.

Florida House Inn (20 & 22 S. Third St.; 800-258-3301): This 15-room memory bank bills itself as "the oldest continually operating inn in the state." The B&B its first guest three years before the War Between the States. Built by the Florida Railroad a few blocks from the depot/welcome center, it housed such dignitaries as the Rockefellers, President Grant and the Carnegies, who were building their own mansions across the water on Cumberland Island. But the most important visitors in recent years have been the Warners, Bob and Karen, who arrived in 1991 to do a complete makeover, modernizing the rooms and opening a cozy pub and an informal restaurant, where bountiful breakfasts are served as well as other meals -- all boardinghouse style. Rates range from $70 to $160.
Copyright © 2009, South Florida Sun-Sentinel

John Holbrook - Realtor Amelia Island, Fernandina Beach & Yulee, Florida
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Monday, November 2, 2009

Deed in Lieu of Foreclosure

While many say that a short sale is less damaging to one’s credit than is a foreclosure, documenting that claim is another story. This writer has looked hard, but can’t find any verification from Fair Issac (the developer of the FICO scoring system) or any of the major credit providers. That is probably no surprise, because their systems are proprietary. Nonetheless, one wonders what might be the source of the claim.

On the other hand, people who apparently should know deny that there is any difference. Greta Guest of the Free Press (Freep.com) quotes John Ulzheimer, president of consumer education for Atlanta-based Credit.com. Ulzheimer spent seven years at Fair Issac. “The credit bureau sees those all as equal,” Ulzheimer said. “They are all essentially in the eyes of FICO a major delinquency.” Elizabeth Razzi wrote in the Washington Post (July 20, 2008), “A foreclosure and short sale inflict equal damage to your FICO score, according to Fair Issac…” though she provides no specific citation.

Moving on from the credit score issue, there is the question of being again eligible to buy. More precisely, it is a question of when, in the future, the defaulting borrower could get a loan that would be purchased by Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac. The issue is dealt with in Fannie Mae Announcement 08-16, released June 25, 2008.

When it comes to foreclosures and deeds in lieu of foreclosure, the policy distinguishes between events that were precipitated by extenuating circumstances (e.g. job loss, major illness) and those that were not (e.g. financial mismanagement). If you’ve had a foreclosure without extenuating circumstances, you can’t purchase with a Fannie Mae – backed loan for five years. However, if there were extenuating circumstances, it drops to three years. Suppose you chose the deed in lieu of foreclosure option. If there were no extenuating circumstances, the period would be four years, but with such circumstances, it drops to two. Fannie Mae doesn’t draw the distinction when it comes to short sales: the period is two years, the same as doing a deed in lieu with extenuating circumstances.

Posted from an article that I found.

John Holbrook - Realtor Amelia Island, Fernandina Beach & Yulee, Florida
Cell: 904-415-0171 Email: holbrook66@msn.com Web: www.nassaumls.net
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The Taste of Amelia Island

The 18th annual "The Taste of Amelia Island", a culinary fair to benefit the Nassau County Volunteer Center, will be held on Friday, November 6, 2009 at the Amelia Island Plantation Ballroom. The theme of this year's event is "Ring in the Holiday Season!" Twenty restaurants and wine purveyors will highlight their excellent cuisines and fine wines. Cocktails will be served from 6:30pm to 7pm and Taste itself will be from 7pm to 9pm. Semi-formal attire is required and convenient parking will be available.

The event will feature music, dancing and a silent auction. Tickets are $40 and can be purchased at various locations on Amelia Island. For ticket information, please call 904-261-2771 or e-mail ncvcfb@aol.com. The Nassau County Volunteer Center will soon include a "PayPal" option for ticket purchase on its website www.volunteernassau.org

John Holbrook - Realtor Amelia Island, Fernandina Beach & Yulee, Florida
Cell: 904-415-0171 Email: holbrook66@msn.com Web: www.nassaumls.net
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