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Entries from December 2008

County Comissioners Support Land Bank Idea….Probably

December 4th, 2008 · No Comments

You know how crazy making it is when you watch CSPAN and riders are introduced to oh, an agricultural bill that has nothing to do with the original bill?  They try to do that on a more local level as well. First the issue: whether or not to have a Cuyahoga County Land Bank, so [...]

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Tags: Cleveland Real Estate · Cuyahoga County Home Sales · politics

Ohio Senate Bill 353 and The Film Industry Tax Credit Debate

December 3rd, 2008 · 1 Comment

Ohio Is abuzz with land bank ideas. I posted about the Cuyahoga County land bank proposal here.  Now more people are on board and a State initiative is being promoted. If you believe the reports, there isn’t even much opposition to this Bill. There was even a bus load of people from Cleveland who went [...]

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Tags: Cleveland Real Estate · economic development · Ideas

David Gregory Chosen to Moderate Meet The Press

December 2nd, 2008 · 2 Comments

I posted a few weeks ago – musing about who should get chosen as moderator for Meet The Press. I received an email from Margot Friedman today, who commented on that post with a call to action website asking NBC to consider hiring a qualified female moderator…. I know I took the challenge and I [...]

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Tags: Ideas

A Concerted Effort To Help the Homeless Move Into and Fix Up Abandoned Properties

December 2nd, 2008 · 1 Comment

It seems like a natural fit and apparently others think so too. Homeless people and families are finding refuge in vacant/abandoned properties here in Cleveland. They are doing it in several ways, including just squatting, or moving in hoping not to be discovered. This article from Live Streak points out how this is happening around [...]

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Tags: Cleveland Real Estate · Ideas

Cleveland Housing Sales: East Side Part Three

December 1st, 2008 · 1 Comment

I hope you all had a chance to unwind and be with friends or family over Thanksgiving. Now I am assuming most of you are back at work so time for more blogging!  Today I am looking at one of my favorite east side neighborhoods, encompassing zip code 44110. It’s one of those places I [...]

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Tags: Cleveland Home Sales · Cleveland Real Estate · neighborhood news