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by Donna Lear resentatives at both Pulte and RyanHomes, many people have been

1-l ingle family homes and town- out to look at the available horne . \\homes are springing up in sites, and sales have been brisk.\JGalyn Manor almost as fast as The first residents are already in

29 ' the wheat that once their new homes across Poini of

if OUSSS fiiled those fields when tr{ocks R.oad .from Brunswick High--i -i, ,-^ thev lrere known as School. According to watertylt,lfi the' Biser farm. records at Citv- Halt, is househclCsGalyn According to sales rep- trrave either moved into Ga11,n cr:

-who wiii rr.or,/e in soon.In past years, Bn-trs-

wick has been ccnsii-cred a "hard se11" realestaie irrarket, but ihatcoesn't seem- to be thre

case nri,y. Some sf ihg 'amiiiar rvlth the area.

per:r1e rvirc harre Busby is kno-uvn in Brunswick"ro,-,rrght homcs at Llalr..r 'or being one real estate personhianor are locai, vr.l-Liie vho has enthusiasticallv pro-otirers came from -far- noteci this city for years.

fCont. from O. ltherawa]" lAlhatdra"vs "tr've probably sold at least one

p eo pl e t o Bru,,- ",,. ^ !c ?['; gl' *1,i1,]-,#u1i1"it,:li''ln,'J"f :"'il

development? Three new resi- "I've always enjoyed working indents_agreed to speak to TrtE Crn- the area. People are just iealzpN about their reasons. friendiy and easy to work with."

Mary Ivins and her family pur- Part bf that friendiiness, he said,chased a townhome on Fiona can even be seen in the wayWay-. Ther have lived in Jefferson people handle selling their homei.for four years, but u'anted to be ^ "Let's say someone wants tocloser to conveniences. She said sell you their house. In anotherthey found- the Brunswick loca- area, typicaily people have youtiontobeideai. come iry sit down-in the living

"We looked in Brunswick room and discuss it verv for-because we'd heard the town- maliy'," he explained. ' "lnhon".es were a good value and Brunswick, people bring you outwere starting_ at only $189,900," into the kitchen, fix you i cup ofshe explained. ".And Brunswick coffee and sit and talk."has more conveniences: a grocery Busby and his lvife, Leona, hadstore, .pharmacy, little places to raised a famiiy in Lovettsviile andeai. There are more conveniences were looking to downsize intohere than in Jefferson." something smaller. They liked

lvins also likes having .the Galyn Minor so much, th-ey pur-MARC traln is close by, adding chased lzuo townhomes, on" toit's a great and convenient way to live in and one to rent. (No absen-get down to- Q C - tee landlord herel) The develop-

Ivins and her husband, John, ment, he said, offered a greltmoved to Frederick County four opportunity to get somet"hi.,gyears ago. She is originally from brind new in BruriswickSilver Spring and he from Easton, "Brunswick is a fabulous placePennsylvania. He moved here as to live. When our kids werepart of his military stint, and the growing up in Lovettsville, theytwo met. He is still a military iiways- wanted to come ti,reservist, but currently works fo' Brunlwick to do things," he said.Fuji Film.- "They even said theyTd rather go

"We like the Brunswick area to Brunswick High Schooll"because it has iantastic amenities Busby praised-the safety of thisand it's not [ar from anything," community. ,,1 can guarantee thatshe enthused i[ you're a lady and you walk

The Ivins have one child, a four- down Potornai Streei in theyear-old_ daughter, _who will middie of the night, you're goingattend Brunswick Elementary to be safe,,, he siid.

" ,,BruniwiclSchool next year. does have the reputaiion that

"Location, location, location" comes from being an o1d raiiroadWhile the Ivins family didn't town, but a lot of people don,t

know Brunswick until moving realize this is the nicest rittie towninio.the county_f-our years ago, you could possibly live in.,,another Iiona Way townhome From a professional real estateowner, "Buzz" Busby, was very standpoint, Busby said Brunswick

is aiso the ideai place to buy, espe-

cialiy now."This town offers the pubiic the

last opportunity, i th.ink, any-where in the Washington area forvalue. Everything eise has gottenover-priced," he said. "lf you'relooking for vaiue and want to beassured that you're going to rr.akea good investment, the only placeleft is Brunsu,ick."

Busbv said as a real estate agenthe gets a 1ot of buyers who arelooking for value, and he bringsthem right here. "I've sold manyh-omes in Brunswick. There aremany beautifu1, older homes hereand I know the value of them-and other properties here- isgoing io skyrocket," Busby said.

The classic real estate saying of"it's iocation, location, iocation"holds irue for Brunswick, in hisopinion.

"You can get to Union Station inan hour on the MARC train. Youcan head over to Leesburg andpick up the Greenway Parkwayand get to Fairfax. You can't beatthe location- and it's got moun-tain views," he added.

Busby is convinced that "Fred-erick Countl,'s best kept secret"isn't going to remain h secret forlong and that the old image. of a

run-down community is defi-niteiy a thing of the past.

"People are going to fiock toBrunswick. It is on the verge ofbeing discovered," he said. "Theword is already out, i-.ut it's goingto spread. Nobody knew ifBrunswick could support a projectlike Galyn Manor with singlefamily homes selling for $400,000,but it is. Other builders are goingto reaiize it, and there could i:e anexplosion of fine homes here.

"Brunswick won't be the same,really," he added, "but that'sckav. Progress is great."

(Tur CrueN wotild like to talk tomore Gaiyn Manor residents ta find

out why you chose Brunswick.)