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~. <br /> <br />IDEAS FOR IMPROVING NORTH OLMSTED <br />by <br />MARVIN M. STOTZ <br />Hello, These are some ideas for improving the "Perception" that North <br />Olmsted is on the DECLINE, and NOT a DESIRABLE location to buy a <br />home or to open a new business. <br />I do not believe the above statement, but I have been unable to sell my house <br />for a realistic sale price, while my friend, in Fairview Park, OH, sold his this <br />Fall (2009) for his asking price in TWO WEEKS ! ! ! ! <br />The same four bedroom colonial, built in the early 1990's, across the street <br />from my four bedroom colonial -same floor plan -sold for $80,000 off tax <br />appraisal ($290,000), on February 20, 2009. The twenty something couple <br />got their dream home (that it took my wife and I thirty years to acquire) for <br />$210,000 ! <br />These ideas are in NO SPECIFIC ORDER. <br />1. Update and/or demolish the current Recreation Center. Visit and/or talk <br />with Mayor Eileen Patton in Fairview Park, to see how that city did this <br />upgrade. <br />2. Beautify and/or update the landscaping and vacant storefronts on Lorain <br />Road. Visit and talk with Fairview Park, and Mayor Eileen Patton to <br />see how that city did this transformation! <br />3. Plant flowers at all the entrances to the city on the major highways. <br />Maybe the N. O. Garden Club could advise and assist in this process. <br />This would be at the locations where we currently have our "Welcome to <br />North Olmsted -Mayor Kevin Kennedy" signs currently, <br />4. Have hanging baskets at major intersections in the city. See Oberlin, OH, <br />or Kidron, OH for examples of what a positive effect this has on a city in the <br />warm weather months. <br />~~:~ <br />