Cleveland Real Estate News

I can’t believe how long it’s been.  I apologize to everyone who has contacted me over the last few months about my absence.  There is no real reason.  Yes, I’ve been super busy at work.  Yes, I am disappointed in the state of passenger rail in Ohio.  Yes, I am very unhappy with the two [...]

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If Ohio were to build a high speed rail system would you use it? Yes  63.3% No  19.8% Not sure  16.9% The above are results of a WKYC on line poll being conducted – and you can vote too. Would you support passenger rail improvements in Ohio? The poll information was at the end of [...]

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Cool article, complete with photos, in today’s PD. James Ewinger writes about the luxurious private cars people around the country, including about 40 Ohioans, spiffed up, brought up to standards and used like Air Force One quality transportation. To show you how popular the idea of passenger rail is in this day and age, the [...]

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Gergen is right. Here is a good recap of the train trip, found on Now Public’s website. Dare I hope that train travel will become more of a possibility for us now that we have an administration already so familiar with the benefits of train travel.  Since there is talk about cutting funding for passenger [...]

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As Ken Prendergast of All Aboard Ohio  said: “It seems that repeated utterances of ‘Roads-n-Bridges’ have become a programmed response as the best way to boost jobs.”  The proposed Stimulus package used to contain a request (and this was as recently as last week) for a substantial amount of Stimulus Package money to be used [...]

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  ALL ABOARD OHIO! 3-C CORRIDOR/CLEVELAND STAKEHOLDERS MEETING    Mark your calendars! And please come to find out how passenger rail can help economic development in Ohio.    Learn about the Cleveland – Columbus – Dayton – Cincinnati (3-C Corridor) passenger rail project and how you can help make it happen in 2010. For more [...]

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The new year will be here soon. How will you focus your time? There will be a lot of talk around the Country, and certainly here in NE Ohio, about stimulus and proactive grass roots efforts to stimulate the economy. One suggestion guaranteed to help our economy is better public transportation and passenger rail service. [...]

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No, you are not dreaming, we could have a Cleveland to Columbus to Cincinnati passenger rail service up and running before you know it. Stu Nicholson of the ORDC (Ohio Rail Development Commission) is quoted in the Karen Farkas PD article  as being cautiously ecstatic  (I love that phrase lol).  It’s tied into the infrastructure [...]

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The months are flying by aren’t they? It’s already time for the next update on passenger rail and transit news for the Midwest/Ohio. The Midwest Interstate Passenger Rail Commission (MIPRC) did a study of Amtrak ridership in the Mid West. Some stats:   In the last five years, Mid West corridor ridership has increased 64%Long distance Mid West routes were [...]

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