Saturday, February 5, 2011

It's more than owning a home on North Long Lake. It's about being part of the community.

I've been a seasonal and now year round resident of North Long Lake for more years than I'll admit here, or you'll figure out I'm not really as young as you guessed.

Even when my permanent home was far away, North Long Lake was always home.  It's where my children grew up.  It's where I built campfires, baited lures, and swatted mosquitos.  What made it home was the community of people that have grown to be family.

Location, location, location is the mantra when you're buying real estate.  When the location includes groups of neighbors that support the root of what brings us together, like the North Long Lake Association, you know you've found more than a piece of property on a beautiful Brainerd Lakes Area lake, you've found home.




1 comment:

  1. Joe looks a bit old in this pic. Can we edit this a bit. Curt

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