Entries Tagged as 'Ideas'
September 16th, 2011 · No Comments

This is amazing news, everyone. The Cleveland Museum of Art and private collectors who have an amazing art foundation, are joining forces to create a satellite museum site. This is great news in itself. But the best part is, they are saving and preserving a beautiful building that has been known as the Oblak Building [...]
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Tags: Cleveland Events · Cleveland Real Estate · economic news · education · Ideas · neighborhood news · Ohio Rail and Transit
September 14th, 2011 · No Comments

For all students and teachers out there in the Ethernet – this is a wonderful video competition sponsored by CSPAN to honor Constitution Day. (Constitution Day is September 17th). We have wonderful students here in NE Ohio, so I hope one of them wins! The deadline is not until January 20th, which gives a good [...]
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Tags: education · Ideas
September 10th, 2011 · No Comments

I like this article because it gives us all a way to examine our roofs (and chimneys, gutters, etc) to see if we have issues. Bob Tedeschi of the New York Times contacted some experts for ideas. Since we are getting closer to Winter (I know, ugh!), better to check now than when it’s 9 [...]
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Tags: Cleveland Real Estate · Ideas

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 [...]
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Tags: Cleveland Real Estate · economic development · economic news · housing trends · Ideas · Ohio Sustainability and Green Jobs

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 [...]
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Tags: Cleveland Real Estate · economic news · Ideas · politics

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. [...]
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Tags: Cleveland Real Estate · economic development · economic news · Ideas · neighborhood news

Eva Rosenberg of MarketWatch wrote an article with good information for any of you who purchased a home during the Federal Home Buyer Tax Credit time frame. I know you want your credit! Eva gives some tips about how to make sure you get the credit. I would also urge you to check with a [...]
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Tags: Cleveland Real Estate · housing trends · Ideas
January 14th, 2011 · 2 Comments

I like the suggestion of lighting some incense to follow the smoke it emits to stealthy, leaky holes. Bob Tedeschi of the New York Times wrote a post today that was timely for me, as I walked home with Truman the dog and saw waves of heat emitting from the chimney! Do you see that [...]
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Tags: Cleveland Real Estate · Ideas · Ohio Sustainability and Green Jobs
January 12th, 2011 · 3 Comments

MarketWatch’s Andrea Coombes says start getting our 2011 tax records together now, so we can all be aware of changes, new laws, new deductions that may help us save money. That got my attention straight away. She also outlines common red flags that might generate an IRS audit. People who make the most money are more likely to [...]
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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 [...]
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Tags: economic development · economic news · education · housing trends · Ideas · neighborhood news