Cleveland Real Estate News

  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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Every person has their own view of what makes a place a neighborhood, what makes them feel connected, belonging to a community. I have my own sense of what makes me feel like I belong. Like I have a sense of place.   I grew up in Cleveland, went to college and lived in Massachusetts, [...]

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What are the best things that can come out of a creation like this Sustainability Summit? Good ideas and a commitment to action, would be my guess.  Tomorrow is the last day and the answer to that question will get hashed out then.  Will we meet again?  How will we each decide to get involved [...]

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We hear a lot about vacant store fronts and boy can it seem dismal to ride the bus and view them from the bus window.  In the cold of this past winter, I started to feel better about my own little corner of the world; my real corner!  Key bank put in a drive through [...]

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According to the PD, Judge Pianka has lifted the injunction against Wells Fargo but put a new twist on requirements for them and the vacant properties they own within the City limits.  Apparently they were ordered to put up a million dollar bond which also apparently covers costs to demolish approximately 100 of their homes. [...]

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One thing has puzzled me since I moved back to Cleveland, and it’s about adherence to the City’s Master Plan.  I know these plans are and should be fluid. But I always had the nagging suspicion that Cleveland is pretty good at looking the other way regarding her master plan. Am I wrong?   Now [...]

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First, something that would be near and dear to my Dad’s heart, although he worked at Engine Plant #2. Ford has announced that Engine Plant #1 is finally opening and they hope to have over 200 workers employed and operating the Plant by September. You can read about it in the Schoenberger PD article from [...]

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