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This little gem was originally posted on Columbus Best Blog, the original blog on RealTown.

When Are The Neighbors Happy To Hear a Strip Mall Will Be Built?

Q.  When are people happy to hear a strip mall is being built in their neighborhood?

A.  When it replaces a strip club!

Often neighbors are disappointed when they hear “another strip mall” is coming to their area.  They often have opinions of

better or best uses for the land.

Columbus Business First reports that the burned out former ‘Club Secrets’  on Olentangy River Rd. near the  Lennox Center in Clinton Township will be developed into a strip mall. Prospective tenants include Cold Stone Creamery, Starbucks,  and a Subway Shop according to the article written by Brian Ball of Business First.

This was first posted on Columbus Best Blog… the original one… this is ColumbusBestBlog.com  See the difference?

The ABA (American Bus Association ) named the 2006 German Village Haus and Garten Tour one of the Best events nationally.

“The list was released last week on the association’s Web site, www.buses.org.” according to Business First Columbus.

Top 100 Best Events 2006

Top 100 Best Events 2005 - The August 2005 Dublin Irish Festival made the list.

Read the Columbus Business First Article for more information about the honor.

This was first published on the original Columbus Best Blog.

In September 2005  Barron’s Magazine ranked Wells Fargo the world’s most-respected service company.  The September 12 edition of Barron’s ranked companies based  on a number of factors.  Our inhouse lender, Real Living Mortgage is a partnership between Real Living and Wells Fargo, the world’s most-respected financial service company.

Scott Bentley of Real Living Mortage is featured on my website:

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The top- 20 most-respected companies in the world according to Barron’s:

1.    General Electric

2.    Johnson & Johnson

3.    Microsoft

4.    Toyota Motor (Japan)

5.    Proctor & Gamble

6.    Target

7.     Dell

8.     Intel

9.     Exxon Mobil

10.   Walgreen

11.   3M

12.   PepsiCo

13.   United Parcel Service

14.   Amgen

15.   Home Depot

16.   Medtronic

17.   Gillette

18.   Wells Fargo

19.   Yahoo!

20.   Honda Motor (Japan)

The top-10 financial-services companies:

1.   Wells Fargo (18)

2.   American Express (23)

3.    Royal Bank of Scotland (41)

4.    HSBC Holdings (46_

5.    U.S. Bancorp (50)

6.    Wachovia (51)

7.    Barclays (54)

8.    UBS (55)

9.    ABN AMRO (59)

10.  Bank of America (61)

Wells Fargo Chairman and CEO,  Dick Kovacevich said ” Our ranking as one of the world’s most respected companies is built on the efforts of local team members who have the ability to make decisions that best help their neighbors.”

First posted on the original Columbus Best Blog.