Cleveland Real Estate News

Through Market Watch, I found an interesting web article written by someone with a moniker named Shades of Green. He’s talking about the now a few years old question, what will make the market recover? The title of his article is called Escaping House Arrest  (great title). One point he makes is that we are [...]

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An article in today’s Plain Dealer  (written by Bob Schoenberger) hits upon several points.  Yes, factory workers who lost their jobs may have a hard time finding a new job without additonal training, if they want a ‘green’ job with a company that makes green products.  An economist is quoted saying it’s not that all [...]

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Pearl Road Auto took the plunge.  They are, as this WCPN item reports, taking control of their own energy. They are a long standing, Old Brooklyn business.  Pearl Road Auto worked with a local company called Expedite Renewable Energy.  According to WCPN’s report (you can also listen to the entire audio version of it by [...]

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Dana Hedgpeth writes an in depth study of the job situation in Michigan. Her point seems to be that more jobs have left Michigan, vastly more, than ‘green collar’ jobs created over the past four years.  Is that the real point? I say no. Of course more jobs were lost due to the old style [...]

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NEO Green Building Social Networking  wednesday, October 21st Start: 5:00 pm End: 7:00 pm Northeast Ohio Chapter of the USGBC’s first social networking event in July was a huge success. So we’re continuing to host it on a quarterly basis. This time we’re shifting the event to the ever-emerging Detroit Shoreway neighborhood! Inviting all green [...]

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From the PR Newswire, this Ohio School District is ready to go renewable energy via wind turbines.  Story is a summation.  It would be helpful, in getting other Districts and businesses interested in this project, to have the MSM reporting how much money it costs.  Do the private renewable energy companies  give any discounts for large [...]

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  According to this press release from ODOT, 93 percent of the people surveyed said they favor a mid speed passenger rail to start off the 3C Corridor Plan.  Be a Fan on Facebook, read the press release and see the link below to become a fan! Let’s get over 2k Fans by Friday! And also [...]

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I’ve not been sure this is a good idea, and The New York Times’  Matthew Wald seems to provide me with more reason to think it’s wrong.  It’s all about the debate over coal fired energy. Can coal be clean? How do we replace it when so much of our energy is provided by coal [...]

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The State of Ohio legislated last year that a certain percentage of First Energy’s power has to come from renewable energy. It’s taken time but now the first solar plant to meet that goal is ready to go under construction in Upper Sandusky.  This first effort is expected to take 13 months to complete and [...]

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We are all, except for the professionals, getting up to speed on green energy terminology.  For me, getting up to speed on the technology itself is a learning curve.  Something I haven’t explained this past week.  When I talked about getting small businesses up and running with solar energy, it’s because I understand solar better. [...]

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