ohio: Facebook & Twitter they're NOT just for hog farmers anymore
- 08/13/09 11:34 PM
Facebook & Twitter, they're not just for hog farmers anymore!
There must be opportunities for those in the real estate industry too!
I tried to send a photo of this sign from the Ohio State Fair to Twitter via Twitpic on Saturday but failed.
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The sign says:
"Socialize with Ohio's Hog Farmers. Join us today on Facebook, Twitter and YouTube. You don't know what you are missing."
Columbus is a pretty big city. 15th or 16 th largest in the US by populations. Columbus is a spread out city... I have corn in the background on ActiveRain. … (12 comments)
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ohio: Social Networking - Cutting Your Own Grass
- 08/13/09 04:52 AM
If you are attending REBarcamp Ohio next week and don't know what to expect here's a video to help.
Thanks to Jeff Turner.
There are still some spaces at REBarcamp Ohio in Columbus on the 20th:
Yesterday, I finally got around to editing the kickoff presentation I did at REBarcamp Denver.
This morning I received this message in tweet from Jeremy Blanton: "Can you do me a fav & put that video up on AR?" I asked him to tell me why and the following was his response.
Jeff, I would like you to post your video … (3 comments)
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ohio: Ohio college grads - your wish is our command
- 07/21/09 11:14 PM
Edit Update Grants for Grads - OHFA
...the state of Ohio's (command.)
Ohio college grads or students surveyed wished for a state grant for a down payment on a house....
Ohio college students reportedly said: "more students would stay put if there was a state cash grant for a down payment on a house or a state income tax credit for those who stay in-state for ten years."
Stay in Ohio rather than relocate to another state according to a survey that was published in mid June 2009... In an article on NBC4i.com 2009 Amy Basista of NBC 4 … (0 comments)
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ohio: Ohio college grads - a carrot for you
- 07/21/09 08:08 AM
Ohio college grads this carrots for you...
Edit Update Grants for Grads - OHFA
A financial carrot.
"A little-noticed provision tucked into the $50.5 billion, two-year state budget signed last week by Gov. Ted Strickland will reward college graduates who choose to stay in Ohio by offering them help buying their first homes."
from an article on Toledoblade.com by Jim Provance called "College grads offered help with 1st house" well I guess it is also subtitled "Recipients must stay in state 5 years " Five years is nothing. That will be over before you know it...
In a sidebar to … (6 comments)
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ohio: Westerville is the BEST Place to Live in Ohio
- 07/19/09 10:56 PM
Westerville is the BEST Place to Live in all of Ohio.
Not just the best place to live in Central Ohio.... all of Ohio, northeast Ohio, southwest Ohio...
The Columbus suburb made the list of 100 BEST Places to Live on CNNMoney.com, a list of US cities. Westerville at number 15 is the top city in Ohio in the list… None of the other Ohio cities that made the 100 BEST Places to Live list are in Central Ohio
Congratulations to Westerville!
I see Delaware and Columbus in the list of Ohio cities but don’t see Gahanna, Grandview, Hilliard, New Albany … (0 comments)
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ohio: Guess what's the Best selling car in America. It's the greenest one, too!
- 06/18/09 10:29 PM
This is a Re-blog of a post from Svetlana Stolyarova.
I could not resist this car made in Ohio (Hudson Ohio, N.E. Ohio)
Do you know how many units the best selling car in America sold last year? More than 457,000!
Do you know that this is an American-made car? Made in Hudson, Ohio!
Do you know that it's the greenest car in the world? Zero emission, fuel free, 100 % kid powered!
Any guess?
If you want to see the answer and spend a good quality time with your family, please go to the Western Reserve Historical … (4 comments)
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ohio: Central Ohio Homes for Sale
- 06/11/09 01:31 AM
Inventory levels (number of homes for sale) are down... drastically in some parts of Central Ohio.
Franklin County
Franklin County had 7.8 months of inventory at the end of May 2009, based on the current rate of sales the houses available would be sold within 7.8 months. There were 8645 homes for sale in Franklin County at the end of May 2009. 1112 homes sold in the month of May. At that rate it would take 7.8 months for the current inventory of homes for sale to sell.
Over all Franklin County is still a buyers market (good time for a … (0 comments)
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ohio: Shopping for Tomatoes in Ohio in April
- 04/08/09 02:38 AM
I was browsing Flickr.com ....
I was browsing the tomato section on Flickr... and I found a tomato photo from Cindy Funk an Ohioan. I am guessing from looking at Cindy's photo's she is in the Springfield Ohio area (between Columbus and Dayton.) Or maybe she is in Dayton? Or another small Ohio town between Columbus and Dayton. The photo is tagged Springfield.
ColumbusBestBlog.com with Cindy's Flickr photo about the new Ohio state fruit, the tomato
Here's the readers digest condense version of the story of the tomato becoming Ohio's state fruit: Ohio is the second largest producer of tomatoes … (4 comments)
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ohio: Using what we've got in Ohio - Wordless Wednesday...
- 04/08/09 02:07 AM
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ohio: Thinking of Brightening Up Your Curb Appeal? Look to the Trees First...
- 04/02/09 12:05 AM
This is a Re-Blog from an Ontario Canada home stager...
We have black walnut trees in Ohio... I am very focused on trees this time of year... it's my inner Druid.
Do you have a section of your garden, where you’ve had a problem growing plants in the past? Check out the trees in your yard and those growing on your neighbor’s property.
Black walnut and butternut trees are allelopathic - they naturally secrete a hormone (juglone) which is meant to inhibit other vegetation from growing within the area of their root and drip zones.
All … (2 comments)
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ohio: Ohio DUCK
- 03/24/09 04:00 AM
Tomorrow March 25, 2009 at 9:50 a.m. there's a statewide Tornado Drill
What to do when you hear the sirens or see on TV that we have tornado warnings?
D- “Go DOWN to the lowest level”
U - “Get UNDER something”
C - “COVER your head”
K - “KEEP in shelter until the storm has passed”
From Ohio weather safety
Weather is all relative
This is a couple of years old but Columbus Ohio was tied with Tulsa Oklahoma and Oklahoma City for the 9th most dangerous city as far as natural disasters back in 2006.
Compliments … (2 comments)
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ohio: Columbus "Visitor"
- 03/22/09 07:01 AM
"Visitor" is a song written and performed by a local band, The Receiver. The music video was made by Vital Film Works whose description on YouTube says they are a "a Columbus based company focused on film, commercial and television production." The music video of Visitor was made for the Ohio Film Music Video Challenge.
One of the criteria of the competition was that the video be shot locally... in Ohio. It was fun in some of the Ohio music videos to pick out the locations.
I cringed when I saw a comment "kind of makes me glad I don't live … (0 comments)
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ohio: Best Ohio film... celebrities decide
- 03/20/09 05:03 AM
Well maybe not so much celebrities as professionals in the film and music industries. A panel of judges that includes actor / director Chad Lowe is judging the 10 music video finalists in the DiscoverOhioFilm Challenge...
The YouTube site for the Ohio Film Music Video Challenge now links to the ten finalists only.
One music video from Akron...
One music video from Dayton...
One music video from Twinsburg...
Three music videos from Cincinnati...
Four music videos from Columbus...
I thought Twinsburg was a Cleveland suburb... Wikipedia says it is in Summit County and is part of the Akron Metropolitan Statistical … (4 comments)
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ohio: Vote Ohio
- 03/13/09 11:27 AM
Vote for the best music video - YouTube Vote for your favorite Ohio music video by March 18, 2009.
The 23 videos that were submitted are displayed on YouTube. The rules for the challenge for the Ohio film makers included.
"Each video must include one of the following criteria:
A location identified by an Ohio historical marker A sign that displays the word Ohio in a positive manner Apparel containing team logos that are Ohio based (Cleveland CAVS, Cincinnati Bengals, Columbus Crew, etc.) Items featuring college and university logos. (Akron University, Bowling Green State University, Marietta College, Wright State University, Youngstown … (2 comments)
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ohio: "Weak economy slows January homes sales figures "
- 02/25/09 01:09 AM
The title is the official word from the Columbus Board of Realtors, in a message sent to members this morning...
The email says:
"The following will be released to the media this morning, Feb. 25, 2009"
The facts:
"Weak economy slows January homes sales figures"
The hope? the spin? The eternal Realtor optimism?
"$8,000 first-time homebuyer tax credit expected to boost spring"
Gary Parson's the 2009 President of the Columbus Board of Realtors tells real estate agents, the media etc. that consumer confidence will return with the warner weather and flowers this spring...
Let's hope so....
According to the article:
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ohio: Ohio House Bill 257 Failed
- 02/24/09 03:53 AM
Old news...
I found out in January in talking to a home inspector that the bill to license home inspectors in Ohio had failed... or Ohio House Bill 257 had not passed. Or maybe I knew in 2008... and it just did not phase me with everything else going on in the housing industry.
I could have read it here at the end of January: Ohio House Bill 257 - Licensing of Home Inspectors in Ohio on Tim and Mariana Buell's ActiveRain blog post in December 2008. Ohio House Bill 257 would have required Ohio home inspectors to be licensed. The … (4 comments)
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ohio: Stimulus Watch
- 02/10/09 11:56 AM
Do you know what projects your community / state has proposed for the US Stimulus Plan? Do you know what each is projected to cost? How many jobs they will create? How much they will cost?
Stimulus Watch
How to use the site - video the Vimeo site says "Want to learn how to contribute to StimulusWatch.org? This video walks you through all the features of the site."
The video tells you how to add info to the wiki. Your contributions to Stimulus Watch can show up on your Facebook page, if you want.
Location Location Location
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ohio: In Foreclosure?'Stay Put' Says Congresswoman
- 02/08/09 01:25 AM
Here's a re-blog of a post from Ohio real estate agent Dawn Maloney. Dawn shares advice from an Ohio Congresswoman, Marcy Kaptor to homeowners facing foreclosure. SQUAT!
In early 2008 then Attorney General (now the disgraced former Attorney General) Marc Dann had a plan to get help Ohio homeowners facing foreclosure. Get attornies involved to help the homeowners. The banks have attornies on their side.
US News & World Reports reported on it back in April 2008 - How Ohio is Tackling the Foreclosure Crisis by Luke Mullins but that's all history...
Congresswoman Kaptor is from the Toledo area … (2 comments)
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ohio: Happy Groundhog Day 2009!
- 02/01/09 08:15 PM
Happy Groundhogs Day from Columbus Ohio Yes it's that time again. February 2, 2009 Happy Groundhog Day.
Buckeye Chuck in Marion Ohio should be up soon to let US know whether we get six more weeks of winter or an early spring in Central Ohio.
Ohio History Central (part of the Ohio Historical Society) says of Buckeye Chuck
"From late September until early April, Buckeye Chuck spends his time hibernating. On February 2, against his will, Chuck emerges from his sleep to predict the weather. In 1979, the Ohio legislature made Buckeye Chuck Ohio's official groundhog."
While the … (5 comments)
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ohio: Where in the US is...
- 10/03/08 11:47 PM
Where in the US is Crossville TN, Wilmington DE, Juneau AK...
US Geography
How well do you know your way around the US? Do you use Google Maps a lot? Has ActiveRain made you more aware of geography? ActiveRain has made me aware of having a mental block on a few geographic issues... where the state of Delaware is... The difference between Crossville TN and Clarksville TN. Always get those those two cities mixed up. I wonder at how itty bitty states like CT and NJ can be so diverse.
I have always had a hard time with the geography of … (14 comments)
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