Mixson: Park Circle Real Estate & Green Homes for Sale in North Charleston, SC

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Tonight!! Airplane! (PG) at Mixson – an outdoor movie event to benefit The Park Circle Film Society

Change for Change Fund Raiser at Mixson! May 12 2012

Post & Courier mention The Maker’s Market at Mixson:

skirt! Magazine covers The Maker’s Market at Mixson

Dog Days at Mixson: April 29, 2012 from 11am-4pm

The Digitel Talks about Dog Days at Mixson

Mixson’s Dog Days Event in Charleston Scene

Dog Days Coverage in Chas City Paper

The Low Counery Artist Market covers The Maker’s Market at Mixson

4.3.12 Lowcountry Artist Market blog (online) Maker’s Market at Mixson

City Paper Pick – The Maker’s Market at Mixson

The Maker’s Market at Mixson: April 1st 2012 10am-4pm

Dog Days at Mixson event: April 29, 2012 11am-5pm

The Digitel writes about The Maker’s Market at Mixson!

The Post & Courier writes about Park Circle

3.17.12 The Post and Courier (online) Neighborhood beacon for charleston

City Paper Best of Charleston – Best way to see Park Circle: Our Bike Safety + Scavenger Hunt Event at Mixson

3.7.12 Charleston City Paper (online) Best Way to Explore Park Circle

Post & Courier writes about Park Circle

The Post & Courier cover Park Circle Kudos from This Old House

The City Paper writes about Park Circle’s Honor from This Old House

Park Circle is featured in The Old House

The Craft Bee at Mixson is featured in Country Women Magazine!

Post & Courier Covers This Old House featuring Park Circle

http://www.postandcourier.com/news/2012/feb/23/park-circle-praised-old-house/

This Old House Features Park Circle!

Park Circle, North Charleston, SC

We all know about the historic and very pricey Greek Revivals and Italianates that line the avenues of downtown Charleston. But about 20 minutes north, in the Park Circle neighborhood of North Charleston, you’ll find hundreds of lovingly crafted—albeit more modest and affordable—old houses surrounding a 30-plus-acre park filled with baseball fields, playgrounds, and a weekly farmer’s market. The origins of Park Circle go back to 1912, when it was a working-class neighborhood for employees of North Charleston’s many factories and a naval base. Closed in 1995, the base is now being transformed into breweries, waterfront parks, studio space, and offices.

The Houses
The houses were built mostly from the 1920s through the 1960s and include Craftsman bungalows, Colonial Revivals, and brick ranch-style houses. Fixer-uppers go for as little as $50,000; small bungalows for under $100,000. Larger, restored houses, like a 2,700-square-foot Dutch Colonial Revival, can command upwards of $300,000. Still, “one of the wonderful things about Park Circle is that, compared to downtown, it is still affordable—and there are plenty of houses left to restore,” says Clem Arsenault, a real estate agent who moved here in 2005.

Why Buy Here?
With its affordable houses and plenty of restaurants and shops on Montague Avenue, its main commercial thoroughfare, Park Circle is popular among first-time homebuyers. A new elementary school and a performing arts school draw families with children. Since more of the former naval base’s buildings are being converted to office space, this is a great place for anyone with a good business plan, too. “People here are all about supporting small, locally owned businesses,” says resident Thea Anderson. “We have open arms—and open buildings.”