Cleveland Real Estate News

KBIA News reports, both in audio and transcript form, a story about Columbia Missouri.  The residents set a goal to meet for renewable energy and they met the goal set in 2004 a little over two years early.  This project is intriguing. It uses methane gas produced naturally from (I assume) land fills/waste decomposition and [...]

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It’s been a few weeks of meetings with people who are and have been involved in green collar and sustainability development and products.  It’s been fascinating and exciting at the same time. Did you know that the City of Cleveland Sewer District plans to begin changing how they charge commercial structures (maybe residential too, I [...]

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Driving along Lakewood Heights Blvd. today and had to stop to take this photo.  I liked Regos, but it’s been closed for some time now.  The building was lonely and a good market would be nice.  I knocked on the door to see if I could find out more but no one was there. Stay [...]

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Our own NE Ohio Franchise King  pointed out a new (to Cleveland) type of franchise is opening.  The Chocolate Bar  will be in the Hyatt in the Downtown Gateway District.  You can read more about it on Joel’s website The Franchise King.  He wants to know if it’s a concept that appeals to you…will you [...]

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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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