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ALL ABOARD OHIO!
3-C CORRIDOR/CLEVELAND STAKEHOLDERS MEETING
  
Mark your calendars! And please come to find out how passenger rail can help economic development in Ohio.
 
 Learn about the Cleveland – Columbus – Dayton – Cincinnati (3-C Corridor) passenger rail project and how you can help make it happen in 2010. For more information, see www.ohiohub.org/
 
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Why won’t Governor Strickland support the film industry tax credit? My cousin Jeff and I spoke this evening, so the conversation got to the film industry quickly. I’m interested and supportive, but he is working diligently to help make it happen, even going to Columbus to sit in on committee meetings, etc. The conversation was [...]

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The new year will be here soon. How will you focus your time? There will be a lot of talk around the Country, and certainly here in NE Ohio, about stimulus and proactive grass roots efforts to stimulate the economy. One suggestion guaranteed to help our economy is better public transportation and passenger rail service. [...]

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Apparently it takes an economic crisis and an upcoming Holiday to speed through some good decisions by our Ohio House. I think the film industry and our film societies et al wanted a 35% tax credit, but at least a 25% credit was approved. I know Michigan has a 35% credit, but what I don’t [...]

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If you’ve been following Callahan’s Diary  you know that Wells Fargo and Deutsche own the lion’s share of foreclosures in our area. They’ve been selling off properties in some neighborhoods for as little as $1000. (Heck, I’ve seen homes listed for one dollar, how sad is that?). It drives down the value of properties below [...]

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Kelly Evans covers this in the Wall Street Journal here. If someone forecloses on a Fannie Mae loan, their renters may soon be happier. Fannie Mae is finalizing a National policy that will cease displacement of tenants in foreclosed homes. This is due to a case brought in Connecticut. Fannie Mae was required, when it [...]

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I joined a Seth Goodin  site called Triiibes. It’s the website inspired by the writing of his latest book called Tribes which I recommend highly. It’s great in and of itself (don’t you love that phrase?), but  some of us decided to also participate in a challenge. It’s called the Effort Diet. No it’s not about [...]

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I have a couple readers and now a call in from today for information on what has been the status of home sale activity in South Euclid. So, let’s see what the figures tell us.
First off, there are 118 total homes for sale in South Euclid as of today. Since March, 106 homes have sold, [...]

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No, you are not dreaming, we could have a Cleveland to Columbus to Cincinnati passenger rail service up and running before you know it. Stu Nicholson of the ORDC (Ohio Rail Development Commission) is quoted in the Karen Farkas PD article  as being cautiously ecstatic  (I love that phrase lol). 
It’s tied into the infrastructure monies [...]

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