When new electronic ‘toys’ come to the market, many say “I’ll wait until they are produced in more volume and then buy when it’s cheaper.” Apparently the ‘cheaper’ time has arrived for solar panel power. Now you might be reading this and saying to yourself, self, I live in NE Ohio where it’s cloudy 9 [...]
Entries Tagged as 'economic news'
Solar Power More Affordable Now?
September 1st, 2011 · No Comments
Tags: Cleveland Real Estate · economic development · economic news · housing trends · Ideas · Ohio Sustainability and Green Jobs
Cleveland’s Citywheels Selling Good Used Cars, Check It Out
August 30th, 2011 · No Comments
CityWheels was a car sharing company. Innovative and it worked well enough over the past five years to allow them to expand their fleet. I’m going to copy and past the memo they sent which is self explanatory. If you need a car these cars could be a good deal and have supposedly been maintained [...]
Tags: Cleveland Events · economic news
Is Negotiation a Dead Art Form?
August 19th, 2011 · No Comments
SB5 is a hot issue. Governor Kasich drew his line in the sand but now says (for whatever reason) he wants to sit down with the Union reps and talk out a plan. We just went through what seemed like universal public outrage at our elected officials in Congress because no one was willing to [...]
Tags: Cleveland Real Estate · economic news · Ideas · politics
Should We Really Be Worried If New Construction Permits Decline?
August 16th, 2011 · No Comments
There was this article on WKYC’s website this afternoon. Economists are always using new construction figures as benchmarks in how our economy is doing. Here in NE Ohio, I’m not sure it’s that important. What do you think? We have a healthy housing stock and many homes for sale. In addition to homes for sale [...]
Tags: Cleveland Home Sales · Cleveland Real Estate · economic news · housing trends
It’s Still True: Immigrants are the Backbone of NE Ohio
March 27th, 2011 · 2 Comments
This bright woman came here with $20 and a scholarship and now she has a building on East 40th and is hoping to attract more immigrants to our area to increase our work force. This is one of those stories you don’t hear much about but happens (maybe on a smaller scale at times) frequently. [...]
Tags: Cleveland Real Estate · economic development · economic news · Ideas · neighborhood news
Pittsburgh’s Post Gazette Says Cleveland Is Doing Better Economically Because of Smart Industry Restructuring
February 22nd, 2011 · No Comments
I’ve posted a few times about articles on our Cleveland end, touting good things happening in Pittsburgh. Now we have the reverse with an article by Christi Parson and James Oliphant about how NE Ohio is weathering this latest recession better than prior times…attributed in part to smart restructuring of businesses to manufacturing products for [...]
Tags: economic news
2010 NE Ohio Home Sales Analysis Part Four: Shaker Heights, Beachwood and Pepper Pike
January 12th, 2011 · 3 Comments
These are the last three East Side communities I am doing this week. Each one is unique and yet because of their locations to each other, home buyers do sometimes search all three. Especially if they are moving here from out of town. Pepper Pike is a city of about 6,000 people. Home to Ursuline [...]
Tags: Cleveland Real Estate · Cuyahoga County Home Sales · economic news · housing trends · neighborhood news
Population Forum Meeting Tonight: A Look at the Recent Census and How to Move Cleveland Forward?
January 11th, 2011 · No Comments
Short notice, and I’m sorry about that, but just in case you haven’t booked yourself up tonight, there is a Greater Cleveland forum being held tonight to discuss the latest local Census results and discuss how to move forward, add population, jobs, etc. One of the speakers is Tom Bier, a Fellow at CSU’s Levin [...]
Tags: economic development · economic news · education · housing trends · Ideas · neighborhood news
2,982 jobs in the Cleveland area on CareerBuilders today
January 10th, 2011 · 1 Comment
1,000 of them are sales jobs, just under 400 are customer service. Ernst and Young is a long time presumably stable company, yes? They have 48 jobs in Cleveland and one in Akron. And for the computer techs amonst us, Ernst and Young has four IT jobs in our area. Want to be your own [...]
Tags: economic news · Ohio Sustainability and Green Jobs
Fannie Mae Survey Says: Everyone Wants to Own a Home
December 23rd, 2010 · No Comments
I found a site called ABF U Pack Moving (clever name, makes me almost wish I was moving so I could use their services. Almost!) Anyway, they highlight, in a recent web post, a Fannie Mae study on who wants to own a home. The study included people in Cleveland. A quote: “….Despite the struggling [...]
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