Cleveland Real Estate News

Here is a Columbus Dispatch article on Federal monies going to various States including  Ohio.  We don’t know how much yet, but might by the end of the day.  The article says we are getting $400 million……stay tuned to see how much it actually will be.  Peace Out -3C
Update: Per the US Labor Secretary, we are [...]

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The Daily Beast  has identified 75 hard to maneuver highways during commuting hours. They list length of the congestion(by miles), the speed (or lack of) cars can travel during these periods, among other things.  I wasn’t very surprised that the Capital Beltway in D.C. was #3.  It took me honing a certain mentality to do [...]

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It’s a start. Dining cars are back on the Lake Shore lines that run through Cleveland.  It’s also true that departure time is before 6am (oy) and it will be swell when there are more trips planned.  In the meantime, read the PD article about how Amtrak finally added the dining car back to the [...]

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Karen Farkas of the PD  provides an update here  on the ODOT application for Federal monies for the 3C Corridor.  The Feds say everything involved in the process could delay the start from 2010, 2011 to 2012, but Stu Nicholson (of ODOT) says (if they quoted him correctly):
“We have to allow some flexibility,” said Stu [...]

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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 at [...]

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I meant to look up a 2008 comparison of number of sales when I did my post yesterday and did not.  You may find it interesting (at least I hope so lol).
During the same period (January through July) of 2008, there were 317 homes sold.  In 2009 there were 221. Quite a few more last [...]

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We have the 3C Corridor planned, but The Ohio Hub goal has always been to give Ohio economically useful high speed rail.  And the competition has always been tough. You can read Regina Fields’ article in today’s PD here.  We’ve joined with eight other States with the hopes that there is success in numbers.
We know [...]

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Andrew Taylor’s  AP article discusses it here.  The amount of money available for high speed rail went up to almost 13 billion dollars.  You can read about everything that happened today on The Hill here  in the Congressional Record Digest.
I’m thinking we could entice rail making companies to our shores…remember the idea of taking closed [...]

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The Ohio Dept. of Transportation has set up a website just for 3C Corridor, passenger rail issues.  It’s 3C and Me.   It can help keep you informed of status of the Corridor development, upcoming meetings, issues.
An additional good feature: you can comment on the site.  In fact, comments are encouraged.  Especially as it would relate [...]

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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 here is [...]

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