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I think we may go to the Zoo this weekend.  I hated the zoo as a kid.  It was hot and smelly.  “The Zoo” for me growing up was the Milwaukee County Zoo which was at that time a new, very clean modern zoo, so I don’t think it was smelly as zoos go. Or as zoos went.  I think I was just a fussy kid when it came to smells. 

Animals smelled to me.  

We also went to the zoos in Chicago.  The Lincoln Park Zoo and the Brookfield Zoo. I have been to the Wild Animal Park in San Diego but never the San Diego zoo.  I have been to zoos in Madison Wisconsin and Wilmington Delaware.     

I have probably been to the Columbus Zoo more than any other zoo because I have outgrown my fussy nose as an adult, or maybe the Columbus Zoo does not smell like animals.

August Green Gardening Tips from Habitat Hollow at The Columbus Zoo

Continue to provide water for wildlife
Deadhead perennials and annuals when flowers fade to provide a continued nectar source
Trim hedges and place clippings on compost pile
When mowing leave the old gas mower behind and try a rotary mower… it’s quieter and cleaner for the environment
Try wildlife safe deterrents to save your garden from hungry wildlife
Plant a moth garden for night time visitors”

Some August events at the Columbus Zoo according to another calendar:

Teddy Bear Safari on Saturday, August 18, 2007

Brew at the Zoo (beer) Friday, August 24, 2007

OSU DAY at the Zoo Saturday August 25, 2007

My recent “Green” flea remedy had to do with local wildlife as well

More monthy green gardening calendars from the Columbus Zoo

The home page of the zoo site says: “See the rare white alligator…..” but it is not yet linked to any info about the rare white alligator. 

I wonder how alligators smell…

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Sunday’s Columbus Dispatch article entitled “Housing market seen as stable”  is subtitled “Central Ohio’s history makes huge price drop unlikely, analysts say”  said:

“Even so, all neighborhoods are not equal. Some pockets of central Ohio, such as Clintonville, Upper Arlington and Powell, saw swift price increases during the earlier part of this decade and have since watched prices slide.”

Clintonville average sale price residential properties* since the beginning of the decade:
2007 $195,357 (YTD)

2006 $191,072

2005 $187,999

2004 $177,027

2003 $172,218

2002 $162,067

2001 $150,712

2000 $145,399

Slide as in decrease? Slide as in they are no longer increasing as they once were?  Does that equate to “What goes up must come down?”  YTD sales show that is not happening.

I can’t tell from the way the article is written if the paragraph is from an OSU economics and expert who is quoted or if the reporter is saying the prices in Clintonville (and UA and Powell) are sliding.

I think sliding prices would mean a slanting line on the graph… like the side of a triangle. I looked and found stats for a few areas that the graphs looked kinda like something you’d find on a playground but more swings though than slides. 

Click on the graph below to make it larger.   It matches  the stats in the table.   The graph is sales price vs. list price. 

The Clintonville home prices look kind of stable to me… almost kinda stagnant … in the way Central Ohio prices have usually been…

What are prices doing in Upper Arlington and Powell?  Stay tuned!

These numbers are old news… another two weeks and July stats and graphs can be created.  It’s OK though I had the PMI study that shows Central Ohio is considered low risk for falling prices  on my blog in the end of June.   Central Ohio is not just a low risk area…  Columbus is on the list of the top 10 lowest risk markets in the US. 

The green graph above shows inventory vs. sold and pended properties.  There is less than 6 months supply of homes for the first time in a long time. It’s a normal market in Clintonville… not a buyers market (by a hair.)  It could swing back.  The graphs represent single family and condominium sales (residential properties*) in the multiple listing area that contains the Clintonville and Beechwold areas  and a few miscellaneous neighborhoods.   The sales by year above include single family and condominium (redidential properties*) as well for the same geographic area.