The most recent issue of Soapbox includes an article I wrote about the two new LEED-certified houses at Chase Avenue and Fergus Street in Northside, and the neighborhood's efforts in green redevelopment.
For the interview, Cincinnati Northside Community Urban Redevelopment Corporation president Stefanie Sunderland and project manager Michael Berry were nice enough to let me inside both units to take a look at the progress.
The houses are largely completed, but, due to the weather, some of the exterior details and landscaping have not yet been installed.
Furniture for the staging was provided by Legacies of Hyde Park.
Both houses are currently listed through Huff Realty for $189,900.
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Previous reading on BC:
Northside HOME photo update, 12/17/07 (12/24/07)
Silent auction to benefit Northside HOME project (11/30/07)
Northside HOME houses hit the market (11/20/07)
Northside HOME elevations and floor plans (10/31/07)
Northside HOME photo update, 10/4/07 (10/9/07)
Thursday, March 13, 2008
Inside the Northside HOMEs
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Interesting - my mother-in-law works at Legacies and I didn't hear about this... then again, I think she hates me.
Cool post. Nice to see there's a real effort by builders to go green.
"my mother-in-law works at Legacies and I didn't hear about this... then again, I think she hates me"
LOL! (No offense)
^None taken.
Anyway, she doesn't really hate me... just dislikes me a little, I think.
I am a long time Northside resident and can't tell you how happy I am about the new homes.
I do think the listing prices are very high...while we are up and coming, we aren't there yet.
Whoever buys the homes will still be surrounded by blight, crime, and a whole bunch of slumlord owned property and their scum tenants.
It was interesting to hear Stefanie Sunderland, president of CNCURC, talk about the many homeowners in the area. I was surprised. She mentioned that two people bought houses in the area immediately after McPerry's was demolished.
You're right, though, there's still a lot to do. Two houses have been razed on Fergus and a third should be soon (it may be down now), and CNCURC plans to build homeownership units there.
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