Welcome to the Alpine Mountain Empire Chamber of Commerce!
We hope you enjoy this opportunity to learn about the pleasant rural communities as well as the business and recreational opportunities in beautiful east San Diego County, where breathtaking views highlight comfortable country living.
You can use this site to contact area business and professional people or to arrange a variety of wonderfully relaxing getaways in this scenic region. Updates on community events and major breaking news also are posted here.
Consultant can help during mixed real estate market
Financing, a “shadow inventory” of foreclosed homes and future waves of foreclosures are among the hot issues Gary H. London will address at a free public meeting about real estate in Alpine.
London, the nationally known president of The London Group Realty Advisors, Inc., will be the guest speaker at the July 9 event at Chase Bank at 1271 Tavern Road.
Presented by the Alpine Mountain Empire Chamber of Commerce, nothing will be sold at the meeting.
It will be from 6:30-7:30 p.m. at Chase Bank, which is the sponsoring partner for the event.
The free meeting will be particularly helpful to anyone working in or associated with the real estate market, where the new valuation code of conduct, the effects of current banking policies and the concern about when the market will return to normal are among key topics.
Those who attend will have an opportunity to ask questions of London, who is a strategic consultant and real estate economist.
His clients include real estate developers, investors, corporations, financial institutions, businesses and public agencies.
An experienced advisor and analyst for many successful projects and assignments, London is the former West Region Director of the Price Waterhouse Real Estate Consulting Group and former executive vice president of The Goodkin Group, an international real estate consulting firm.
A columnist with the San Diego Business Journal, London also has appeared on national and local television and radio.
He has had articles published and been quoted in the Wall Street Journal, Professional Builder, California Business, New York Times, Los Angeles Times, San Diego Union-Tribune, San Diego Daily Transcript and San Diego Metropolitan Magazine, among other publications.
Free light refreshments will be provided.To make sure there is adequate seating, please call the Chamber at (619) 445-2722 or e-mail jom@alpinechamber.sdcoxmail.com to RSVP or for more information.
The supporting sponsor is Alpine Financial, the East County affiliate for The Resource Center, which integrates and organizes income needs, tax planning, trusts and legal documents, estate planning and retirement into one understandable, organized and reliable source.
For more information about The Resource Center, call (619) 618-1920, e-mail Merv.Banks@TheResourceCenter.US or visit www.TheResourceCenter.US/MervBanks.
Alpine railroad owner offers free rides!
Roy Athey is the owner, operator, engineer, conductor and station manager of his backyard Descanso, Alpine & Pacific Railway.
Riding the rails has a whole new meaning in Roy Athey’s backyard.
The man who fell in love with railroading as a child has created a wonderful free train ride for anyone who wants to board his Descanso, Alpine & Pacific narrow gauge railway in Alpine.
With the help of neighbors and friends, Athey has created a small railway complete with a bright yellow 2½-ton Brookville locomotive and passenger car with available red caboose.
“My mother said I was ‘train crazy,’” the affable Athey said. “That’s how she described me.”
Athey, who is a member of the Alpine Mountain Empire Chamber of Commerce, now invites everyone who is interested to come ride his railroad on Sunday afternoons. There is no charge, although donations are accepted.
Early this year his little Alpine railroad passed the 12,000 mark for guest rides, said Athey.
Visitors are always amazed at the little railroad nestled in the rural East County foothills.
The views are incredible as the train travels out of Shade Depot along the track and 12-foot-high trestle past stations and sidings with names that include Pond, Garden, High Pass/Lookout and El Pozo. (Continued)
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Financing, a “shadow inventory” of foreclosed homes and future waves of foreclosures are among the hot issues Gary H. London will address at a free public meeting about real estate in Alpine.
Roy Athey is the owner, operator, engineer, conductor and station manager of his backyard Descanso, Alpine & Pacific Railway.
