The school boards in the Kitchener Waterloo area have an excellant website for families moving to Waterloo Region. It includes information about the individual schools, the areas served by each school and the transportation services that are available.

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We recently did some calculations in answer to a website visitor's inquiry about the value of homes in the area of Beaver Creek Road in Waterloo (the Laurelwood neighbourhood). Here is what we found:

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The Laurelwood Neighbourhood Association (LWNA) is a not-for-profit organization run by volunteers for residents of Laurelwood.

If you live in the Laurelwood neighbourhood of Waterloo, or are considering a move to the Laurelwood area, you may be interested to know about the Laurelwood Neighbourhood Association. The purpose of this group is to promote and present numerous community based activities and to develop relationships with the city of Waterloo.

You can visit the Laurelwood Neighbourhood Association website at: Laurelwood.ca

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Here is a recent snapshot (taken on April 23) of the progress at the building site for the new Family YMCA and the John M. Harper District Branch Library at the corner of Laurelwood Drive and Fischer Hallman Road in Waterloo.

Read more about this facility in this article.

According to this recent press release from the KWREB, the real estate market in Kitchener-Waterloo and area is off to a great start with the best January on record for the local real estate board.

KITCHENER-WATERLOO, ON (February 3, 2010) - Sales of residential properties through the MLS® System of the Kitchener-Waterloo Real Estate Board (KWREB) last month represented the best January ever, nudging by the previous record set in 2006. It was also the fifth month in a row that home sales in the region reached a monthly high.

Home sales activity reached 416 residential sales last month, a jump of nearly 64 percent compared to January 2009. Relative to December 2009, sales saw a 16.5 percent gain last month.

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Construction has recently begun on the "John M. Harper District Branch Library" at the corner of Fischer Hallman Road and Laurelwood Drive in Waterloo. This new library branch is being built together with a family YMCA.

Here is the press release provided by the City of Waterloo in early October:

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