Great First Year for North Ridgeville Green Fest!!

The First Annual North Ridgeville Green Fest was a success. The weather was perfect for mid-April, and everyone seemed to have a good experience. The park staff and volunteers deserve hardy applause for their efforts. Let's hope the community supports this festival for many more years.

Why Market Your Home's Green Features??

Green Features are Increasingly in Demand!

From a "Green" channel on cable television to "Eco-Friendly" products Green and Eco are "in". Studies are increasingly discovering a demand for energy saving features, products that ensure clean water in our homes and offices, clean air products and other eco-friendly features.

Solar panels and wind turbines are becoming a reality and will doubtlessly become more prevalent however for most consumers those type of systems are still somewhere in the future. What type of features are common marketable environmentally friendly and energy efficient items that can help sell a home in our Northern Ohio market? "Green" is no longer a radical concept. "Green" sells homes.

I market features that matter to people. This is particularly true in our current economic situation. What features sell today in Northern Ohio?

• Energy Efficient Furnace
• Geothermal Heating and AC Systems
• Hardwood Floors
• Low VOC Paints
• Products that do not off-gas after installed.
• Certified energy efficient windows and doors.
• Passive Solar Design
• Insulation, Insulation, Insulation
• Water Filtration/Air Filtration
• Energy Star Appliances Included in Sale
• Solar Tube Lighting
• Low Flow and/or Dual Flush Toilets
• Low Flow Showers and Sinks
• Wildlife areas instead of lawn & native plant landscaping.
• Efficient lighting bulbs/fixtures.
• Hot Water on Demand
• Recycled Products
• Moisture Barriers and Thermal Barriers
• Composite Lumber (recycled products/durable w/ long life)
• Sun rooms on the south side with concrete/tile/stone flooring provide passive solar heat.

Doing a remodel? Consider the above features to make your home more marketable. Consider buying a new home? Consider energy saving quality of life features rather than square footage alone. You'll be helping your pocket book, your community and our planet.

You can find homes with "Green Eco Features" throughout Northern Ohio: Avon, Avon Lake, North Ridgeville, Sheffield Lake, Bay Village, Olmstead Falls, Grafton, LaGrange, Elyria, Lorain, Wellington, Vermilion, Oberlin, Sheffield, Eaton, Columbia Station, Valley City, Litchfield, Amherst, Brownhelm Township, Henrietta Township, and other westside communities. Visit me at http://www.leehisey.com/

Listen to: 'Greening' up homes for sale

Listen to this radio story regarding the efforts of a fellow Green Certified EcoBroker Real Estate professional:

http://marketplace.publicradio.org/display/web/2008/10/21/ecobrokers/

East Point Villas on Middle Bass Island, Ohio in Lake Erie

Come out on Sunday, May 3rd between 1 and 3pm to view four villas!

Middle Bass Island is centrally located within Ohio's Lake Erie Islands.

Regular ferry service from Catawba Island all season long. Hourly boat service to the Village of Put In Bay on South Bass Island during most of the season. While you are visiting check out the new greatly expanded state owned marina. Close enough to enjoy a weekend - or spend the entire summer!! Make MBI your summer vacation destination.

We are holding an open house for all four units we have listed. Each unit has different features that make it unique!

Take Miller's Ferry from Catawba Island directly to Middle Bass Island.

Fly in on your own plane or charter.

For more details email: RealEstate@HiseyGroup.com

call 440-315-6000 or 216-218-5168

Avon Lake Library: Environmental Issues Series

Green Consuming
April 8th, 2009 7pm

So you've got the recycling down. What's next? Take a look at what you bring into your house in the first place. Find ways to reduce your trash and your money with the Avon Lake's Recycling Lady Holly Kowalski.

Avon Lake Public Library
32649 Electric Blvd.
Avon Lake, Ohio 44012
440-933-7710

The Jones Farm Science Discovery Camp for kids

Instructor: Evelyn Bryant
June15-July 24 except for 4th of July week
$140.00 per child
$20 discount per additional sibling

Copied from http://www.georgejonesfarm.org/workshops.php

Who makes a farm work? You do! Come to the George Jones Farm and explore the question of who’s who on the farm that makes it all work. Our science lessons are aligned with ODE content standards.
Through our investigations, we’ll teach and learn how people, animals and plants all work together to create a farm . The children become part of our farm community and engage in science, art, music, language arts, and games to develop critical thinking and teambuilding skills.
A children’s gardening and science day camp at the George Jones Farm in Oberlin.

The camp is for children 8,9,and 10 years old, by May 2009.or have completed 2nd, 3rd or 4th grade, June 2009. Five One Week sessions, 9:00-3:00 daily.

Green Fest: April 18th in North Ridgeville, Ohio

April 18th, 2009 from 9am to 1pm

Please join the North Ridgeville Parks and Recreation for the first annual Green Fest, a celebration of Earth Day! If you have ever wanted to learn more about recycling, try organic gardening, or get more information on what our city does for the environment, then swing by South Central Park on Saturday, April 18, 2009. From 9-1 p.m. you can visit all of our vendors to figure out what YOU can do to "go green"! There will be kids crafts, face painting and a dump truck too!

Green Fest is brought to you by North Ridgeville Parks and Recreation department. Saturday, April 18, 2009 from 9 a.m -1 p.m

I'll be there! Stop and visit my table, and get free fliers regarding green building features, energy saving tips, and other eco-friendly housing information.