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Article: SPOTLIGHT ON CHANHASSEN; Suburban standout; Chanhassen is one of the few communities that posted an increase in the median sale price last year.(HOMES)
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- Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN)
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- January 26, 2008
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Byline: Lynn Underwood; Staff Writer
Jeff and Julie Greely recently sold their Chanhassen starter home and traded up for a larger, newer three-level house in Trotter's Ridge for about $200,000 more.
The Greelys had house-hunted in other western suburbs, but decided not to leave Chanhassen because they enjoy swimming at Lake Ann, hanging out at the new downtown library and touring the Minnesota Landscape Arboretum gardens.
"We stayed for our kids and for Chanhassen's small community feel in a large metro area," Jeff said. Devoted move-up buyers like the Greelys helped make Chanhassen a winner in last year's sluggish housing market.
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