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September's Estate Status Report

Hola Everyone,

So our beautiful estate is officially 2 years old! Let's recap all the things that happened during the past month shall we?
The End of Cocos Island Second Life®
It is with great sadness that I am announcing Cocos Island in Second Life® no longer exists. Many of you know Cocos Island was brought to Second Life® by the Costa Rica Tourism Board (ICT) as a way to create awareness to the new 7 wonders of nature campaign. Once the campaign was over this past July, the board decided it was no longer needed. We tried countless times to explain all the benefits their presence in SL™ would bring for Costa Rica tourism at a very low monthly investment, but alas they still terminated the project. I have to say that too much bureaucracy is something that stop countries from moving forward and this definitely played a hand in the demise of this project.
Costa Rica Sims in Local Financial Newspaper
I had the honor of being interviewed by a local financial newspaper here in Costa Rica. This newspaper is considered the Wall Street Journal of Costa Rica, so it was quite an honor to be given that opportunity. You can read the interview in Spanish hehe here.
Land Sales
Sales remained steady with last month and the estate remains at 98.2% occupancy. We just added a new full region, Playa Flamingo, in the northern part of our estate, so make sure to tell your friends.
Recap 2nd Year Anniversary
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Events
What an exciting month September was, so many events. I will let our estate blogger Mr. Phantom Republic do the honors and recap the 4 days celebration of our 2nd anniversary events, just in the day and read about the events hosted that day.
I want to congratulate our new Miss Costa Rica Sims 2010, Miss Nisa Constantine, and wish her luck in the Miss Virtual World. This year’s pageant was the best so far, competition was really tight and all of the ladies did a wonderful job.
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Costa Rica Sims 2nd Year celebration.
2nd Annual Cookie Bear Treasure Hunt
Most Beautiful Parcel
Costa Rica Independence day Ball
Alta Costura Fashion Show
A September 11th Remembrance Ceremony
1st Annual Costa Rica Sims Regatta
1st Annual Cotillion and Award Banquet
Miss Costa Rica Sims 2010
Rezz days Party
Great party at our new Club E-co. It is incredible what a huge difference a good DJ can make when creating the perfect party atmosphere. If you haven’t visited our new club, I urge you to do it, many people are calling it the best club in all Second Life already. Many more happy rezz days to our September residents: Carley, Ethaniel, Gertude, Jackson, Jimi, Jena, Joseph, Indiana, Katerina, Larisa, Marian, Nick, RichardW, Rory, Ryne, Shae , Siena & Traci.
Amenities
Nuptial Park
In an estate like ours where beauty and love can be found all over, it was time to add to our amenities a beautiful and romantic spot where residents can celebrate their Second Life weddings. If you missed the grand opening with a fantastic bridal show, click here to read Phantom's article. Also if you are interested in having your wedding at the park and need some information about the fabulous wedding packages they offer, please contact Colleen Bracken, General Manager of the Rancho Pacifico Resort or Zia Vaniva Wedding Coordinator. If you want to read about the grand opening and learn about the latest SL trends in bridal fashion, click here.
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Many thanks to Clyde Saunders, Costa Rica Sims Productions Director, and all the Costa Rica Sims models for an amazing show!
The New Club E-co
With a new look and new management, our old club has been reborn. 22 DJs from 11 countries around the world mixing live for residents and friends will bring their own sound to this magnificent site. Click here to read the press release.
The new Club E-co will continue with the Costa Rica Sims tradition of offering nothing but the best for its residents and friends, and will include great events such as " Models Night Out" every thursday, giving the most beautiful avatars from the most prestigious model agencies around the grid a place to gather and enjoy the best tunes by the best Djs in Second Life.
Every day we warm ourselves by Fire, wash ourselves in Water, breathe life through Air, walk upon the Earth. Join the four elements and discover E-co, Costa Rica Sims' Premier Dance Club
Merchant News
Three wonderful stores joined our commercial district this past month, make sure to stop by and see the latest trends in SL, click on the logos below to get the slurl.
Updates
Leatherback Turtle Campaign
In the month of September, we raised L$5,400 for this noble cause. This month I would like to thank the following people for their donations: Trymenow Diesel, Gog Nirvana, Kaycee Sugarplum, Cali Button, Ariadna Dorado, Carmichael Caudron, Mykael Sciavo, West Kranfel, JulieAnn Mills, Selena Jaerls, Pandora Philipp, Demon Tigerpaw, ElvGren Vargas, Traci Parkin, Star Hubberfluff, Syx Toshi, Leah Shikami, Pia Pinelli & Rory Serpente.
As always, here is a photo of the transaction made via Paypal for last month's donation.
Like every month, I would like to welcome all the new residents that moved to our community in the last month: AddisonLynn, Adonis, Aris, Brooklynne, Bunny, Butch, Cali, Casanova, Daniel, Dave, Devlin, Dolan, Dyna, Ding, Gloria, Heivi, Hunny, JayAr, Joshua, Komyc, Larisa, Liess, Lysistrata, Maggy, Marica, Michele, Nelix, Nick, Nicholas, Peter, Shae, Skye, Sublime, Synthia, Thorne, Todd, Venessa, Venuturio, WaMark, Willy, Zarek, Zito & Zoe,
Welcome home! hooo
So there you have it, a month full of events and our estate is now officially 2 years old.  Yay! I cannot thank the residents of the Costa Rica Sims enough for being the reason we now have the most beautiful private estate in all Second Life and look forward to continual growth together.
Love & Light
Gian

Giancarlo Takacs has contributed articles to CostaRicaSims.com since Wednesday, 09 April 2008.

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