October 2024 - Spanish Fork Happenings
Scenthound had their grand opening in September and is located at 31 E 1000 N in Spanish Fork. They have dog grooming and additional services for your pooch. Imagine a day spa for your dog!
Spanish Fork High is completing the outside of the school while starting on the physical education building in the location of the old campus. Once an opening date is scheduled, I’ll let you know.
Aztec Empire Barbershop is moving to 110 N Main Street and hopes to be open by the end of October.
The annual Trick or Treat on Main Street, hosted by The Spanish Fork Salem Area Chamber of Commerce, is on Saturday, October 26th from 1-3pm. You can start at Ken’s Auto Body or Red Rock Ortho and follow the directions from there. I’ll be providing a bag for your treats and one lucky winner will have a prize in their bag!
Gourmet Way has moved to Payson but it’s rumored that a sushi restaurant is coming in its place. As soon as I get more information, I’ll update you.
Spanish Fork City is hosting a Fall cleanup starting October 5th. Each residential household will get 3 free vouchers to take your items to the transfer station. For all the details, go here: https://www.spanishfork.org/departments/public_works/garbage/cleanup.php
Don’t forget to support your local farmers market! Spanish Fork’s is Saturday’s from 8am-1pm at 775 W Center Street. Salem’s farmers market is every Monday from 5pm until dusk at 741 SR-198 (near Lighthouse Studio). Both markets run weekly until the end of October.
Scarecrows on Main Street begins October 1st with local businesses showcasing their scary scarecrows all along Main Street and is hosted by the Spanish Fork Salem Area Chamber of Commerce.
Salem has been growing steadily with a few new businesses announced.
Dairy Queen is having their ribbon cutting on Wednesday, October 13th. They are located in Stokes grocery store.
Marcos recently opened in Salem at 95 UT-198 next to Thrown studios.
Roxbury Smoothies will be opening next to Fiiz on UT-198. No opening date has been announced yet.
The real estate world has been enjoying the decline of mortgage rates for the past month or so. The Feds met in September and lowered the Federal Fund Rate by 50 basis points. Now remember, the Federal Fund Rate is not the same as mortgage interest rates. Sometimes they follow each other and sometimes they don’t. Mortgage interest rates are much more complicated than simply following the Federal Fund Rate. Luckily you don’t need to understand the ins and outs of the financial markets to know what’s going on. You can reach out to your trusted lender to see what your interest rate would be but rates are significantly lower than they were a year ago! This means your monthly mortgage costs are more affordable than they have been in years. If you’d like a free market analysis of your home to see how much equity you have, please reach out to me. I’m always happy to help!
