My answer is no. I’ve been riding my own route (the #22 bus) and a few others when needed. I’ve been riding since the second week of May and at least twice a week I ride without having my pass swiped on the bus. RTA is planning their own audit and you can read about [...]
Entries from June 2008
RTA Ridership Numbers: Do They Count Everyone?
June 30th, 2008 · No Comments
Tags: neighborhood news · Ohio Rail and Transit
Chinese Company Possibly Opening North American Branch In NE Ohio
June 28th, 2008 · No Comments
Peter Krouse’s PD post discusses plans for China’s Gamma Star Medical Systems, Inc. to open a North American location in Beachwood. Reference is made to about 35 jobs being created over the first three years. This has been in the works for a while and it sounds like more of a done deal than not….we’ll see. Gamma [...]
Tags: economic news · neighborhood news
My House Closings Are Making It Hard For Me To Keep a Zen State of Mind This Week
June 28th, 2008 · 2 Comments
I’ve had it easy the past few months, all my house closings have gone well. They all take a lot of oversight (making sure the lender gets the paperwork needed to the title company on time, and if there are loose ends, get them cleared up or call people who can). But all-in-all, I haven’t [...]
Tags: Cleveland Real Estate
Why Can’t There Be A Rail Component to the Opportunity Corridor?
June 26th, 2008 · 10 Comments
That’s what I kept saying over and over to myself as I read a PD post about how Governor Strickland seems to want to revive the stalled roadway work between I-490 and University Circle. All through the discussion of the Corridor is talk about how rail lines need to be bought and moved, etc. If [...]
Tags: Cleveland Real Estate · economic development · Ideas · neighborhood news · Ohio Rail and Transit · transit oriented development
NE Ohio Economic & Market Watch Report First Quarter 2008
June 26th, 2008 · No Comments
One advantage to our new system is more material available to the general public. I thought I would just link the Cuyahoga Country 1st Quarter Economic and Market Report compiled by my multiple listing service, NORMLS. There is even a zip code by zip code analysis. And I used SCRBD to provide the pdf so [...]
Tags: Cleveland Real Estate · housing trends
How Do We Make A Viable Public Transportation System in NE Ohio? Or Can We?
June 25th, 2008 · 2 Comments
I check out the headlines before I sign off for the night-including the PD. Tonight there was a glaring headline about RTA losing money and maybe even having to cut more routes. They claim (RTA does) ridership is up 10% and many buses along the routes are full. That’s good right? Yes and no. Because [...]
Tags: neighborhood news · Ohio Rail and Transit · transit oriented development
The Devil Is In The Details on Foreclosure Bill
June 24th, 2008 · 4 Comments
There seems to be bipartisan support for some type of Congressional bill that would help keep other at risk home owners from foreclosing. Now Legislators are trying to figure out how to make it all work on a National scale. There are markets in places like California where the average sale price is mucho higher [...]
Tags: Cleveland Real Estate · neighborhood news · politics
Nat’l Housing Report Out: NE Ohio Fares Better Than Other Areas
June 24th, 2008 · No Comments
Standard and Poor’s latest ranking/stats in the form of their Shiller report on housing is out. The PD blog post about it by Shaheen Samavati is here. I’m always harping about how real estate is local and these results point to that fact. As some of you who read this blog regularly know (and I thank you!), [...]
Tags: Cleveland Real Estate · Cuyahoga County Home Sales · housing trends · neighborhood news
Charter Review Committee Comes To Gunning -Go And Share Your Thoughts
June 24th, 2008 · No Comments
Okay, most of you (I hope!) are following the progression of this years Cleveland Charter Review process on Callahan’s Diary. Not only is Bill doing a great job providing information on the process, he is a commission member. Every 20 years there is a review and it’s that time…in fact, time is waning. Tonight (and [...]
Tags: politics
Happy First Day of Summer
June 21st, 2008 · No Comments
Tags: Music
