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Historic Kenwood Named As One of Top 10 "Cottage Communities"
A lifestyle magazine has included Historic Kenwood in its survey of "cottage communities" in the nation.
The story in the July issue of
Cottage Living
magazine defines "cottage communities" in terms residents of HK will readily recognize: "places with
porches and gardens, parks and playgrounds; streets where you can stroll
to locally owned shops and restaurants; areas with architecture that makes
your heart skip a beat; places where neighbors know your name and are
trustworthy, dependable, and free for a cookout on Friday night."
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here to read the web version of the story.
The print magazine is on newsstands now. Cottage Living,
an imprint of the Southern Progress Corp. empire (itself owned by Time, Inc.) that publishes Southern Living, Sunset and other lifestyle magazines with a Southern theme, reaches out to a high income demographic. The magazine has a circulation of nearly 1 million, while the chain as a whole reaches nearly 50 million paid subscribers annually.
In particular, the story singled out HK for its comeback from the early 1990s, when many of the homes were boarded up and crack ruled the streets, to an upscale community where real estate values have soared.
In 2004 the St. Petersburg Times
profiled HK in its series on rising home prices in Tampa Bay.
Posted June 29, 2006
Editor's Note:
The Tampa Tribune ran a story on the top 10 list Saturday, July 1, 2006.
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here to read the story.
