Hyde Park (Cincinnati, OH)
By Saralou Durham, Cincinnati Perspective Hyde Park,Anderson,Mt. Adam
(RE/MAX Preferred Group - Cincinnati Real Estate Team)
Ault Park Celebrates its 100th Anniversary                       Come to Ault Park's "Big Birthday Bash" on August 18, 2011.  The event is designed for everyone in conjunction with the Ault Park Advisory Council's third Summer Dance in the Pavilion.  There will be live music, birthday cake, centennial festivities and refreshments for sale. The initial 142-acre tract for the park was gifted to the city in 1911 by Ida Mary and Levi Addison Ault.  Later other family members and donors contributed additional land.  The Italianate Pavilion where many events start was dedicated in 1930.  From the top of the Pavilion, you have a 360-degree view of the area...out over the Little Miami River and its marshes, over Lunken Area and all the way to UC. Ault Park is known for its variety of areas for ...
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By Saralou Durham, Cincinnati Perspective Hyde Park,Anderson,Mt. Adam
(RE/MAX Preferred Group - Cincinnati Real Estate Team)
The American Planning Association named Hyde Park one of its 10 Great Neighborhoods for 2010 as part of its Great Places in America Program. The organization is dedicated to promoting good community planning.  Hyde Park is recognized for its suburbanesque urban area with a great balance of residential and commercial.  "The historic architecture makes it unique and allows it to stand out from other areas in the city," according to Tre Jordan, a research associate with the organization. Other factors that helped Hyde Park receive the honor were the value its residents place on education, the planning by the city that helped shape the area and the active nature of the Hyde Park Neighborhood Council.  Residents love the atmosphere created by living in the neighborhood.  Just drive through t...
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By Saralou Durham, Cincinnati Perspective Hyde Park,Anderson,Mt. Adam
(RE/MAX Preferred Group - Cincinnati Real Estate Team)
The confusing set of circumstances that led to the area along Erie Avenue from Ashworth down to Broadview  being declared part of Oakley has been clarified!  East Hyde Park residents had worried that being moved from Hyde Park to Oakley would affect property values.  The Cincinnati Multiple Listing Service had decided to strictly enforce the Cincinnati Area Geographic Information System (CAGIS) map as the authority of where a home was located. You can read more about the issue by checking out two previous blog posts: http://activerain.com/blogsview/1767532/hyde-park-east-status-update http://activerain.com/blogsview/1732515/hyde-park-east-residents-raise-their-voices-in-protest The Cincinnati City Council met and heard about the issue.  They unanimously approved having the CAGIS map red...
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By Saralou Durham, Cincinnati Perspective Hyde Park,Anderson,Mt. Adam
(RE/MAX Preferred Group - Cincinnati Real Estate Team)
The Hyde Park East Committee is on the agenda for the Oakley Neighborhood Council meeting on Tuesday, August 3 at 6PM at the Oakley Community Center in Hyde Park Plaza...do we all realize how intertwined these neighborhoods are anyway...meeting at the Oakley Community Center in Hyde Park Plaza, oh, my! So what's the beef?  In the Fall of 2009, the Multiple Listing Service of Cincinnati began classifying most streets in Hyde Park East as being located in Oakley.  Hyde Park Neighborhood Council had always considered the area as part of Hyde Park and for 40 years, the MLS had classified the area as Hyde Park.  Residents have 400 signatures on a petition to bring their area back under Hyde Park in MLS and with the Neighborhood Council. How did this happen?  MLS started to enforce the areas ...
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By Saralou Durham, Cincinnati Perspective Hyde Park,Anderson,Mt. Adam
(RE/MAX Preferred Group - Cincinnati Real Estate Team)
June numbers are in for Hyde Park, Mt. Lookout, Oakley and Columbia Tusculum. For the month, 66 homes or condos were sold.  There are currently 309 homes actively on the market and 47 pending sales.                       Credit Suisse provides a monthly analysis of real estate traffic (showings) across the country.  The traffic index level dropped to levels not seen since the credit crisis began in late '08.  The sharp fall off in traffic was expected in May, but June only added to the slowdown.  The most worrisome aspect of their index is that the numbers continued to fall throughout the month. Along with that, the number of pending home sales across the country dropped 30% from May, 15% below May, 2009.  The number of closings will continue to decline in July and August based upon thi...
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By Saralou Durham, Cincinnati Perspective Hyde Park,Anderson,Mt. Adam
(RE/MAX Preferred Group - Cincinnati Real Estate Team)
Hyde Park or Oakley?  Hyde Park or Oakley?  Residents of Hyde Park East are miffed with the decision made by the Cincinnati Area Board of Realtors to use CAGIS as the decision making body on street locations.  Streets off of Erie Avenue, including Ashworth, Hampton, Broadview and Forest Hills are affected.  After being called part of Hyde Park in MLS for the past 40+ years, they are now being put in MLS as Oakley.  All because of CAGIS. So, what is Cagis?  They describe themselves in part as: "The mission of the Cincinnati Area Geographic Information System (CAGIS) is to create a revolutionary computerized information sharing system that enables the fundamental transformation of government and utility service management and delivery. CAGIS is to offer government, utility companies, grou...
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By Saralou Durham, Cincinnati Perspective Hyde Park,Anderson,Mt. Adam
(RE/MAX Preferred Group - Cincinnati Real Estate Team)
Turn your Fourth of July weekend into three days of celebration.  All over town, villages and cities are providing us an opportunity to celebrate our nation's beginnings.  Just so you don't miss them, here is information about some of the excitement.  Since my birthday is July 4, be sure you celebrate my birthday, too! Go stand on the top of one of our many hill tops...the fireworks will be all around you!  JULY 2 Madeira - Downtown Madeira all the way to Sellman Park. This is part of Madeira's celebration of its Centennial. There will be floats in the parade starting at 6:30 pm with fun and food in the Park until fireworks at 10 pm. Free. JULY 3 Coney Island Park - LaRosa's Balloon Glow -Starting at 1 pm until fireworks at 10 pm. Coney Island comes alive at the 11th Annual LaRosa's Bal...
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