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A home for the holidays
While we’re still enjoying Northeast Ohio’s gorgeous summer, some other folks are working to bring us one of the region’s most anticipated holiday traditions—the fifth annual Home Builders Association Charitable & Education Foundation’s “A Home for the Holidays.” This annual raffle fundraiser gives away a gorgeous, brand-new...
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Blood cannot be stockpiled or manufactured, that’s why it’s crucial to become a donor
Every two seconds someone, somewhere in this country needs blood. It’s a sobering statistic, but one that underscores the continuous need for donors to support the demand. “There are no substitutes for human blood,” Jim McIntyre, American Red Cross regional communications director says. “Blood cannot be manufactured or stockpiled for...
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Exactly real estate is leading the area by saving homeowners thousands on real estate commissions
Just because something has always been done a certain way, doesn’t mean it is the best way. This impetus for change inspired Kevin Wasie to create his own real estate brokerage, Exactly. When he founded the company in 2018, he set out to differentiate it from traditional agencies by offering homeowners a flat-rate package, instead of...
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Top-producer Melanie Bowen, of Howard Hanna Strongsville, lives and works in the community she sells in
With 30-plus years experience in real estate, Melanie Bowen is honed in on the ever-changing local real estate market. From record-high 18% mortgage rates in the early 1980s, to the new home construction boom in Strongsville in the 1990s, to the robust market the past two years, she has been in the middle of it all. As one of the top producers...
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A Final Thought: Salt the Water, Not the Grits
I was informed last week that I have not written about my Georgia/Alabama heritage in a while, so I’d like to tackle a controversial subject: Grits. I know many Ohioans don’t like grits, but that may be because you’re expecting too much of them. Grits is a simple food, requiring an accompaniment—salt, pepper and butter at the very...
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