Not Everything Turns to Rust

Photographed throughout southwest Ohio, and in Dayton's Schuster Center, with several Ohio-centric themes, and produced as part of the Ohio Film Music Video Challenge, this is Happy Chichester.

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The idea is this, if we can shift 10% of spending from national or international sources to local sources, we would do the area some good. It’s called a ShiftMob.

Taken from Cambridge Local First, in Cambridge MA.


"If New England residents shifted 10% of our annual budget from non-local purchasing to local purchasing, we could create thousands of new jobs and grow… Continue

We became the Rust Belt due to manufacturing, but the fact is that Ohio is an agricultural state.

I propose that we become the Green Belt, or the Water Belt- except that the Water Belt might be remind the Sand Belt (formerly known as the Sun Belt) to come calling, demanding to tap into our greatest resource. Instead, I'll call it the Green Belt, for our lush, fertile soil and the natural beauty of our area.

Just a little shift in perception makes all the difference.

Daytonology has a post about the impact of vacant or derelict housing in Dayton, and offers one option on how to deal constructively with the problem.

A Flag Wars, Derelict Houses, and Community Organizing

As you can see by the post below on Adelite Avenue, not all the problem housing in Dayton is under absentee ownership. Perhaps the… Continue

I was unable to participate in the 1st Neighborhood Walk, but so I'm adding a cross post about a great historic Dayton neighborhood, Grafton Hill.

Clients relocating to Dayton have a wide variety of choices when it comes to home styles and location. People looking online for historic homes often ask me about one area in particular- Grafton Hill. The homes in this neighborhood are exquisite, and the area has some unique amenities of which the residents can take advantage.… Continue