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Amazing photos! :)

Norwalk Furniture moving recliner line to Tennessee By MARY LISA BOOSE - Reflector Staff Writer | Tuesday March 18 2008, 12:06pm http://www.norwalkreflector.com/articles/2008/03/18/front/iq_517118.txt NORWALK - Norwalk Furniture is moving a line of recliners from Norwalk to it’s facility in Livingston, Tenn. to cut costs and get grants and funding not offered in Ohio. According to a letter from the company to United Steelworkers Local 48U, the move “positions us closer to our raw material suppliers; reducing transportation and inventory costs” and “State of Tennessee offering grants and funding not offered in Ohio.” ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- A local company abandoning its home turf :whip:

Not sure if this topic should be renamed or merged.....

Looks like a good time! That Judge Tim Gilligan sign is hilarious!!!

Sandusky, Ohio 1985 to 1997 Oxford Township, Erie County, (Norwalk) Ohio 1997 to 2007 DeKalb, Illinois 2007 to present (college here since 2006)

Well, up in that tree on the right is an eagle's nest! lol

Is Apple's still around? I get to Norwalk maybe once or twice a year and for some reason that place always stood out to me and I have no idea why. Yeah Apple's is still there, coincidentally right next to WalMart. There is an Apples in Elyria and 2 in Lorain as well.

That photo was taken about a half-mile up the river from my parent's home, where a little unnamed creek falls about 70 or 80 feet into the West Branch Huron River (it's right on the Erie/Huron County line). About a mile upstream of here there is a public access point and a couple of miles downstream is the Milan State Wildlife Area); but most of this area is private property. I was fortunate enough to have grown up in a naturally beautiful area. Here's some more of that waterfall area: This is another fall across from my neighbors house: And this is right next to my house (it's pretty rural LOL)

Since I go to school far from home I don't get to see my aminals that often! :cry: Buster Playing in the waterfall: Relaxing: Misty Being mischievous: Being cute:

Just some info, not really trying to prove anything: -Super Wal-Mart (in Norwalk) is a member of the Chamber of Commerce as well as hundreds of other businesses. The banners are located only in the Uptown area and businesses pay for their name on the banner; Wal-Mart was not freely given a banner. -Also, Wal-Mart has been in Norwalk since 1996 (or 1997); obviously there have been effects on Uptown (as with other small cities' central business districts) but Norwalk has maintained its CBD fairly well. -Norwalk's CBD has been "spared", compared to nearby Sandusky (where things are bleak and it's pretty sad to see). About 9 miles north of the Norwalk city limits on Route 250 is the edge of Sandusky's (Perkins Township's) big-box retail sprawl. Almost every name-brand retail store is on that strip (for example, Lowe's is right across the street from Home Depot, and a Menard's is being built 1/2 mile up the road). People from Norwalk and northern Huron County drive up there to do that kind of shopping; the market isn't there (in Norwalk) for all of the big-box stores since Sandusky is so close. -Norwalk has Wal-Mart, K-Mart and that's about it. There is a new development that is a small-scale "lifestyle center" which really is just a hyped-up term for a movie theater, senior housing, and a couple of restaurants ( www.norwalkcommons.com ). This has stolen a restaurant from Uptown. -Norwalk interestingly has 5 (used to be 6) grocery stores and 5 drugstores. Way too many IMO. A big-box style Giant Eagle (which has gone out of business) is two blocks away from the courthouse. It was built on the former site of an abandoned railroad roundhouse (which burned down). 3 grocery stores are locally owned and hold there own against Walmart and Aldi. If you stand at one corner, you can see Rite-Aid, Walgreens, and CVS. -Uptown Norwalk has the "niche" businesses; bookstore, sewing/embroidering, computer repair, antiques, Mexican grocery, numerous professional offices, bowling alley, salons, 5 or 6 eateries/coffee houses, and 2 schools. SORRY for the ramblings :whip: ; these were just some background/basic info and observations of mine.

I'm going to visit Milwaukee this summer!!! Can't wait!!

Crazy stuff......(that stilted building) :?

Great photos of my hometown! Uptown is fairly active, and it helps that busy US250/SR13 run right through it. But did you happen to get any photos of the West Main Street Historic District, ink? (I will hopefully get some photos of this district posted in May.) Great job by the way!!! An interesting side note: this building, the New Glass Block, is in place of a prominent department store. The original Glass Block, was destroyed in the 1920's by some kind of explosion and accompanying fire. Here's what it used to be:

You called it :lol:

My sister is going to OU........and Athens is definitely somewhere I would love to check out!!! Great pix!

Oh, that was bad! :lol: I just couldn't resist LOL

My week of Spring Break, I came back to Ohio and we were clobbered!!! We got about 18 inches of snow (according to my average of measurements) in rural north central Ohio: Waist-deep snow drifts Average snow depth It's no picnic Hidden Drive: so true The basement windows

Great photos!

Oh God, Hoty :whip:

More Sprawl in Sandusky (actually, Perkins Township): County OKs Lakecrest plan Menards, Aldi to anchor shopping center at Strub, Milan roads By TOM JACKSON http://www.sanduskyregister.com/articles/2008/02/29/local_news/624411.txt PERKINS TWP. Construction of a new Perkins Township shopping center at Strub Road and U.S. 250 should begin soon after action Thursday night by Erie County’s main planning board. The Erie Regional Planning Commission, meeting at BGSU Firelands, agreed Thursday night to approve the road plat for Lakecrest Town Center, located on the northeast corner of Strub and Milan roads. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This shopping center will be located on the site of a former factory and church on sprawltastic Route 250. And, of course, the Menard's being built is less than a mile away from a Lowe's and a Home Depot.

Amazing!!!

Yeah most of the people who post on that website, as well as the Sandusky newspaper site, are usually those that have no life or WAY too much time on their hands. They hide behind an anonymous screen name with their bigoted, (often) right-wing viewpoints. This is not an honest representation of the NC Ohio area. However, being a member of the LGBT community and growing up there, I have noticed that people tend to be more liberal on the economic issues and more conservative on the social issues). But, every once in a while you will see an LGBT couple walking down the street holding hands. :clap:

Flying into Chicago Midway last spring:

Gorgeous!

Oh yeah, and I'm sure some of you have seen this one, too: