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Harsany & Associates focuses on a spectrum of articles of interest within our practice areas of Community Development and Housing and Organizational Development.
Keeping Your Family and Neighborhood Healthy in Winter
Fall is wonderful! the leaves change colors in most of the states, we still have warm breezes, and we get to play outside. This creates a relaxing entrance to winter. We can almost come to believe that maybe we won’t experience cold, snow, a fall on the ice, or the need to dig our car out of a ditch.
Land Banking 101
This article is written to both those operating, or considering the operation of, a land bank, and to anyone interested in community revitalization. For the purposes of this article, a land bank is an organization created to address the challenges associated with vacant and abandoned property within set jurisdictional boundaries.
Gratitude and Passion
Fall is the season for brightly colored leaves, counting our blessings, and conferences. The leaves in our area have seemed a little late in turning this year, maybe due to some unseasonably warm weather. At this writing, they are now nearing their peak. I still find myself in awe at their grandeur.
HOME Strategies in Small Communities: Big Impact with Little Funding
What can you do with $257,989 in housing funds? In most Ohio markets, it may buy a comfortable home. In Lima, Ohio, it runs an entire housing program! The City of Lima is the third smallest HOME Investment Partnerships Program (HOME) entitlement community in Ohio. Yet, Lima is attracting attention with the announcement of a 15 million-dollar historic bank building renovation, which will produce 47 apartments and 3 floors of office and retail. Ten of the apartment units will be market rate.
“Deconstructing” the building blocks of Country Club Townhomes: Collaboration, Creative financing, Patience and Perseverance
Country Club Townhomes, a 31-unit mixed income community, was constructed amidst incredible challenges during the Great recession. Yet with strong collaborators, creative financing, patience, and perseverance, this project was able to bring high quality homeownership construction and design to a blighted neighborhood.
Paint the Town Green: A Practical Approach to “Green” Downtown Development
The term “green” is so overused in today’s society that it almost defines cliché. Today it seems that every organization wants to be and claims to be green. In many cases the rhetoric goes farther than the reality
Reflections on Life and Work
Ok, I admit it. I tend to be a workaholic. As such, I often have a difficult time finding balance in my life. However, over the past six months, my wife and I have made a conscious and deliberate effort to inject some other important elements into our lives.
Ensuring Good Memories from Community Events through Food Safety
Now is a great time to get together with your neighborhood to enjoy cookouts, picnics, and celebrations.
A Nation Divided
As I approach this Holiday weekend, my thoughts turn to the many soldiers who have bought at a dear price our freedom in this country.
Life Changes!
Over the past three years, my life has changed dramatically. My youngest daughter got married and left home for Boston, where she is studying to become an Optometrist.