
James Trumm
Business Writer at The Toledo Blade
Reporter at the Toledo Blade. Opinions expressed are my own.
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1 week ago |
toledoblade.com | James Trumm
Lucas County Auditor Katie Moline plans to begin notifying people who have challenged their property valuations before the board of revision of the board’s decisions on Friday. Where decisions reduce property appraisals and therefore lessen the amount of property taxes owed, notifications will be accompanied by refund checks.
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1 week ago |
toledoblade.com | James Trumm
The Ohio Housing Finance Agency has approved financing that will create or preserve affordable housing units throughout the state. Among the funding recipients is the St. Mary Development Corporation, which received approval for a $1.75 million housing development loan for its Arrowhead Lofts project. The development will create 58 units of affordable housing in Maumee. The OHFA also announced projects that conditionally qualify for 9 percent low-income housing tax credits.
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1 week ago |
toledoblade.com | James Trumm
The city of Toledo’s Division of Environmental Services has extended its offer to pay a $100 rebate to Lucas County residents who replace their old gasoline-powered lawn mowers with electric ones. The program, which to date has processed 347 rebate applications, was due to expire May 31, but will now accept rebate applications through Aug. 31.
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1 week ago |
toledoblade.com | James Trumm
It began in 1900 with an adult woodchuck that may have been misidentified as a baby bear. According to the Toledo Zoo’s official foundation story, Toledo businessman Carl Hillebrand gave a woodchuck to Walbridge Park 125 years ago. The gift was the first animal in what later became the zoo. But other authorities claim that the woodchuck was donated by Megan Cole. Versions of that story also say that the animal was misidentified as a baby bear, a claim The Blade has been unable to confirm.
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2 weeks ago |
toledoblade.com | James Trumm
Charles Scheib is one of the lucky ones in the local real estate scene. He bought a house in the Toledo area for $260,000 in 2017 with a 2 percent mortgage. He then sold it in 2024 for $483,000. He used the proceeds of the sale and some additional savings to buy his current home in Maumee for cash. Ironically though, his personal good fortune is part of a trend that has the potential to harm his business as a mortgage broker with Midwest Mortgage Investments, Ltd.
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