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Discover Columbus is a site about Columbus Ohio. Originally named "Columbus Best Blog," it was never the best blog in Columbus Ohio. It was a blog about the best in Columbus and Central Ohio! Best restaurants, best real estate company, best schools, best neighborhoods..... written by Maureen McCabe a licensed real estate agent with Columbus Ohio's best real estate company, Real Living HER. Discover Columbus is just a site about Central Ohio.

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Gas prices

Jun. 24, 2008

Categorized in: Columbus Real Estate

Tagged with: central ohio, columbus, gas, hilliard

Reading a post on ActiveRain, a real estate network, from two months ago when gas was just $3.48 a gallon....

I wrote it so it is not a big surprise... Gas Prices - " I'm mad as hell...." <--- link won't work... but I am trying to make it work... April 24, 2008 back when gas was merely $3.48... Gas is now over $4.00 on the north side of Columbus (my world.)

Will higher gas prices keep Central Ohioans from moving out to outlying counties?

Does anyonw know why gas is usually less expensive in Hilliard and on the west side of Columbus?

I'd love to hear from you if you have a comment on the topic of gas prices, urban sprawl in Central Ohio, etc. All comments are moderated so you will not see your comment immediately. Thanks. Copyright 2008 Discover Columbus and Maureen McCabe

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Columbus Tree City USA

Mar. 8, 2007

Categorized in: About

Tagged with: central ohio, columbus ohio, dublin, gahanna, grandview heights, hilliard, powell, upper arlington, westerville, worthington

Forest Ohio is the top tree planting state in the United States according to the Cleveland Plain Dealer. Columbus is one of the Tree City USA communities in Ohio according to The Abor Day Foundation website.

"Ohio, for the 26th year, has more Tree City USA communities - 249 - than any other state. Ohioans last year planted more than 35,000 trees and spent more than $36 million on urban forestry efforts." according to an article in the Cleveland Plain Dealer.

Get a membership package from the Arbor Day Foundation and get ten free trees.  Choices suitable for planting in Cetnral Ohio include:

10 Flowering Trees or  10 Colorado Blue Spruces or  10 Trees Mix or  10 Wild Bird Garden or  10 Oak Trees
10 White Pines or 10 Redbuds or  10 Norway Spruces or 10 Autumn Classics or  10 White Dogwoods, photos and additional info on the Arbor Day site.

I understand the trees will be shipped when it is suitable to plant them... which I believe is March. Arbor Day is April 27, 2007.

Columbus has been a Tree City USA city for 27 years, the longest of any city in the state I believe. Other Tree City USA communities include Bexley, Canal Wincherster, Dublin, Gahana, Grandview Heights, Hilliard, Pickerington, Powell, Upper Arlington, Westerville and Worthington. Congratulations to all for making it greener and prettier in Ohio.

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"Rabbit, Rabbit, Rabbit"

Aug. 1, 2006

Categorized in: Best Wishes!

Tagged with: ballantrae, best wishes, dublin, good luck, hilliard, rabbit, rabbit rabbit rabbit

Rabbit, Rabbit, Rabbit is supposed to be the first thing you say on the first day of the month... it's a good luck thing. Verbally it was not the first thing out of my mouth in August... but blogwise it is...

The first person I ever heard it from is a Columbus Ohio real estate agent., an old friend.

I need a photo of the hare's dancing out at Ballantrae for the first day of the month.... the hare's look like rabbits to me.

Ballantrae is a Dublin neighborhood, with a keltic theme including a fountain of three (? ) hare's dancing. Ballantrae is in the City of Dublin but is in the Hilliard school district. August first, we are getting closer to "back to school."

Happy August. Good Luck!

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