CincyLand Blog
DOES YOUR HOME HAVE A LURID PAST?
You may not have considered this aspect of home-buying, but it is one that has an impact worth taking note of! Melissa Dittman Tracey published an article in Realtor Magazine (September/October 2014), exposing an aspect of home-buying that many don’t consider: Who lived there before you, and What’s Lurking Behind Those Walls? No, we’re not talking…
CINCINNATI – SURPRISINGLY FAR FROM “SLEEPY”
You probably have no idea how many firsts Cincinnati has birthed. Cincinnati can conjure up images of sleepy little towns, Midwestern backwoods mentalities… Nothing could be further from the truth! For one thing, there are so many artists/actors that come from this area, it merits its own Hollywood movie. Doris Day Julie Hagerty Sarah Jessica…
UNION TERMINAL GOOD NEWS!
We did it! Cincinnati voted to save Union Terminal! This is important for so many reasons, and our favorite one is that in a culture that increasingly leaves history in the dust, we get to keep a “through-line” from the early 20th Century, on into the 21st – preserving that history, meaning, artistry, a culture…
WHY I GIVE: CINCYLAND’S UNIFY CINCINNATI
My father was an exceptional businessman, and he passed that ability along to me. He also passed along a sense of responsibility to the community in which I grew up: the Cincinnati community. Becoming a Realtor brought to me a powerful mode of giving back in ways that I could never have done otherwise. I…
THE IMPORTANCE OF LISTENING
I don’t believe in selling. I believe in listening. Because it’s all about comfort level – yours. Whether you are buying or selling, you have concerns about your property that are far more compelling even than money, and I want to address and support your comfort level. To do that requires listening. Closely. You may…
THE EARLY GREENING OF INDIAN HILL, OHIO
Indian Hill is the wealthiest, and certainly one of Cincinnati’s most beautiful areas in which to live. It is also, it turns out, way ahead of its time in terms of the greening of its land. In 1941, in order to preserve the rural nature of Indian Hill, community leaders chose to set aside land…
THE CHAIR
How’d I get into land? Dad was a builder and an architect so I grew up on job sites. Later when we got to build together I became the scout for the next building project/site/opportunity Site analysis – business foresight. So, completely understanding a land location and it’s potentials to create commerce became my forte.…
WHY ON EARTH WOULD I BUY LAND? WELL, LEMME TELL YOU…
Why on earth…??? What do I know about land? Scarlett O’Hara was one of the first film heroines to be passionately in love with her land. And although tomorrow may be “another day”, as she so famously uttered, today is a good day too. A good day to talk about why on earth you would want to…
IN OUR BACKYARD: THE AMERICAN INDIAN – LAND STEWARDSHIP & UNCONSCIONABLE SUFFERING
Artist: Stan Natchez https://www.stanleynatchez.com/ My recent journey back to the most cultural city in America – the land of my ancestral roots and the hub of the Native American craft markets – Santa Fe, New Mexico, reminded me of the plight of our natives. In one painting in one gallery, a portrait of a downtrodden…
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