Helena, AL Real Estate, Homes For Sale, School & Area Information

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Helena is a city full of small town charm, which attracts many of its residents. Located only minutes from larger cities, the City of Helena offers a great location, many small town shops, great restaurants and a variety of neighborhoods, from new to old. The city also hosts many festivals and events throughout the year, including the ever popular Buck Creek Festival. If you are looking for a city with small town charm, to call home, consider the City of Helena!

Beef 'O' Brady's in Helena is celebrating the kick off to the 2018 Winter Olympic Games with their own competition in some true American games. Saturday, February 10th, from 1:00-5:00 p.m. Come compete in games such as Cornhole, Flipcup, Beer Pong, and Jenga for a chance to win your own gold medal and prizes. Work up an appetite and take advantage of award-winning wings, pizza, seafood dishes, tacos, burgers, sandwiches and wraps. Drink and food specials will be available.

Back by popular demand, the city of Helena will host "Movies in the Park" beginning Friday, June 3, 2016 through July 29, 2016 (with the exception of July 1st). Bring a blanket to spread out, the family, and some bug spray to Helena's Amphitheater at 4151 Helena Road. Concessions open at 6:30 p.m. and movies start at 8:00 p.m., depending on when it gets dark. July 1st and August 5th are scheduled for rain dates.

Helena, located in North Shelby County, is synonymous with rapid but controlled growth. In the last twenty years Helena has experienced rapid and steady growth and is now recognized as a prime location for new opportunity and continued development. Helena has grown into a city that offers a lot of the conveniences of larger cities yet still maintains its family-oriented atmosphere.
Helena also works hard to ensure that opportunities for new residential, commercial and educational growth are extended and enhanced.

Named the 13th "Best Place to Raise Your Kids" by Business Week in 2007, the growing suburb of Helena is approximately 20 miles from downtown Birmingham. In 2010, Helena's population was just under 17,000 people. It's a popular city for homebuyers of all ages. Named in the "Top 100 Best Places to Live" by Money Magazine in 2007, you'll find most home prices range between $125,000 and $500,000 with the average home selling for $205,000 in 2015. We bought our first house in Helena, within walking distance of Joe Tucker Park. Old Town Helena shopping, Sundown Cinemas at the Old Amphitheater each summer, and the annual Buck Creek Festival are just a few reasons to consider Helena when making a home purchase.

Helena Park is a nice park where you can get away from a busy day. It is conveniently located close to Historic Helena. There are nice playgrounds for the kids to run around and play and have fun. A great family place.

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The town of Cove is what the postal records of mid 1800s called what we know of as Helena today. In 1856 the name changed to Hillsboro shortly before it was burned to the ground during the Civil war. . Then during the reconstruction years the railroad brought the area back to life. Helena Station was named after the daughter, Helen Lee, of the engineer that was sent to survey the land for the station. The town had its times of difficulty during the early 1900s but the citizens of this small town held it together. That bond is what gives it the charm it has today.

What is your family doing this weekend? For the fourth year in a row Helena Cumberland Presbyterian Church is hosting its Annual Spring Bazaar......one of the community's big spring events that gets bigger and better each time! The spring and fall bazaars are the biggest fundraisers for the church's Women's Ministries and my sweet friend Philicia Danner has worked hard to organize the many vendors to get ready for this weekend. The bazaar will be held at the church, which is located just around the corner from the Helena Post Office, this Saturday, April 11th from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. You can't miss all the tents! So far there will be about 70 vendors with everything from arts and crafts, food, jewelry and lots more. Philicia says they can still add vendors but need to know by Wednesday, April 8th. You can text her at 205-960-3682 or email at [email protected].

Helena Depot is one of the oldest structures in Historic Downtown Helena. Originally built in 1872, The Depot still sells great hamburgers, sandwiches, onion rings and french fries and has a great view of the Buck Creek waterfall in the Historic Downtown of Helena, Alabama. Check out the picture I snapped this weekend on the Helena Page!

There are few places in the Birmingham area where you can truly feel as though modern convenience has been forgotten, but downtown Helena is definitely one of those places. A short drive from Birmingham, Helena is a quaint town with the historic charm of the late 1800's. "Old Town Helena" is just a small few blocks located on the banks of the river with a historic rolling mill as the backdrop. Helena was founded as a stopover for the Louisville & Nashville Railroad in the 1860's. While Helena has been named one of the fastest growing cities in Alabama as well as one of the best places to live, it still maintains its small town charm.

Old Town Helena is the community's original shopping district. The stores were restored to offer unique shopping opportunities and quaint dining venues. Keeping with its history, all of the building have an old timey feel, reminiscent of the early 20th century. Old Town is located right on Buck Creek, which is host to an annual festival, attracting people from all over the Greater Birmingham Area and Shelby County. This long running event is home to the legendary, nail-biting, Duck Race, which starts up stream on Buck Creek and ends over the damn at the edge of the park. Right on the creek, dining options such as The Depot are great for watching the water flow by on a lazy day, before walking it off at the park across the road.

The first sign you see as you approach the Helena Sports Complex is "Home of the Huskies", the Helena School mascot. There are baseball and softball fields that are well maintained, complete with concession stand. The Helena Sports Complex is located near downtown (Old Towne) Helena. In addition there's the Helena Community Center, a great place to play basketball, an indoor walking track and conference rooms for meetings.

Old Towne Helena was voted the #1 place to live in Alabama in 2008! Filled with community activities such as the Buck Creek Festival, the Duck Race, Sundown Cinema's, a farmers market and more. The newest schools are available in Helena, including the new Helena Intermediate and Middle, and Helena High School is expected to open in 2014. Helena boasts of a vast history and you can feel it the moment you cross Buck Creek into Old Towne Helena. Old rail cars made into thriving eateries and welcoming centers and you can still see the old Helena Jail. Learn more by visiting: www.cityofhelena.org

I lived in Dearing Downs in Helena for nine years when my kids were little and one of their favorite things was to go to Joe Tucker Park. We would grab the fishing poles, put the bikes on the carrier and head to the park. In nearly every instance, we would run into a bunch of their little friends so they would bail on me.

The park offers a nice lake surrounded by a half mile walking path. There are always geese milling around waiting for someone to feed them. There is also a baseball field and a playground. Joe Tucker Park is a nice place to just kick back and enjoy being outside.