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Mount Vernon Nazarene University - Giving back to the Community

Tuesday, February 15, 2011
by Sam Miller

Mount Vernon Nazarene University
Giving back to the Community

Mount Vernon Nazarene UniversityStudents at Mount Vernon Nazarene University are dedicated to helping their community.

Mount Vernon is lucky to have 2,000 plus students who are actively participating in local homeless shelters, outreach programs, and mentoring activities. The university’s mission promotes respect for others, positive influence and a commitment to giving. These Christian values gave rise to these great locally beneficial programs

“Friendsheep” where students are paired with residents of a nursing home. They read, listen, and play with elders to brighten their day.

“One Way” is a great program that promotes student talents in music, drama, and story-telling. The students perform around the community.

“Mandate” servers with urban ministries to raise awareness of urban issues. Small groups travel to inner-cities on the weekends to help with different organizations.

“Pumzika” raises awareness of homelessness by working with a variety of social service organizations and forming relationships with guests of Mount Vernon’s homeless shelter, “The Sanctuary”.

“Transition Mission” pairs students with developmentally delayed high school students to interact with.

Lastly, “Bookworms” trains college students by the Education Department to go to Columbia Elementary School to help kids learn how to read.

There are many more great opportunities, and Mount Vernon Nazarene University is just another reason why Mount Vernon is such a special town. The community is supported by each other, with many opportunities for involvement and growth. For more information about Mount Vernon, Ohio or Mount Vernon Nazarene University be sure to visit our community pages.

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Knox County Ohio Population

Tuesday, February 1, 2011
by Sam Miller

Knox County Ohio is the geographic center of Ohio and is located within 40 miles of Columbus and Polaris, within 105 miles of Cleveland and within 154 miles of Cincinnati.  Knox County is also within 22 miles of Newark, Ohio and within 24 miles Lexington, Ohio.  

59,637 Knox County Ohio population   Knox County Ohio Map

27,415 Mount Veron Ohio population 

8,659 Fredericktown Ohio population 

6,188 Centerburg Ohio population 

5,564 Howard Ohio population 

3,417 Danville Ohio population

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Ice in Knox County Ohio

Tuesday, February 1, 2011
by Sam Miller

Knox County and Central Ohio have experienced their first significant ice storm of the year.  Freezing rain started hitting our deck around 11 p.m. last night and it must have continued through most of the night because when I woke up this morning everything was covered in ice.  All of the local public schools are officially closed for the day and from what I saw on the television news channels this morning it looked like the majority of the Central Ohio schools have closed for the day as well.  

There is currently a serve weather alert and a winter storm warning in effect until 7 p.m. Wednesday night according to the Weather Channel.  Today we are expecting what is known as a "Wintry Mix" and freezing rain is expected again this evening.

If you are staying warm at home today and would love to make a move be sure to browse our available homes at knoxcountyohio.com

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Mount Vernon Ohio Building Fire

Monday, October 25, 2010
by Sam Miller

MOUNT VERNON, Ohio — A commercial building located at 201 South Main Street on the corner of Gambier Street caught fire this morning between 6:30 and 6:45 a.m.  This building is the location of Bodi N Balance Fitness and it was previously the location of Focus Studio and Ben Franklin.  The fire is believed to have started in the basement of the building and spread through the building and eventually flames penetrated the roof.  The fire department has been doing everything they can to contain the fire and minimize the damage to the newly renovated Mount Vernon Nazarene University Art Center which is located next door.  

Mount Vernon Ohio Fire Photo by Sam Miller


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Mount Vernon Ohio Movie Showtimes

Friday, October 22, 2010
by Sam Miller

Mount Vernon, Ohio and all the surrounding communities within Knox County, Ohio are very fortunate to have a movie theatre as nice as Mount Vernon Premiere Theatre.

 

The Premiere Theatre has been a wonderful addition to the community and the theatre owners have made significant upgrades to the theatre within the past year.  Some of the upgrades include new seating, an enhanced lobby, the addition of digital 3D and the total number of movies screens has been increased and they now feature 7 movie screens.  

  • Premiere Theatre is located at 11535 Upper Gilchrist Road, Mount Vernon, Ohio 43050 
  • Movie information Line:  (740) 392-2220
  • Movie Business Line:  (740) 397-2224
  • Mount Vernon Movie Showtimes
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Knox County Ohio Real Estate Update

Monday, October 18, 2010
by Sam Miller

 

We are trying something a little different with our blog today...we are providing the Knox County Ohio real estate market update in video format.  Today's market update highlights 3 different topics:

  1. Foreclosure Moratorium and the potential good and bad a moratorium can create.
  2. Current fixed interest rates that are available for both 15 year and 30 year loans.
  3. We continue to maintain our level of business while many others are selling less.

Please let us know if you like the video blog concept and if enough of our visitors like it we might start adding short video updates to our text blogs.  And one final thing...at the very end of the video for some reason I ended up cutting off my office phone number so here is the complete number (740) 397-7800.  

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Knox County Ohio Homes Sales Report

Monday, October 4, 2010
by Sam Miller

October has arrived and I have just completed the Knox County Board of Realtors MLS homes sales report for September.  The results are very interesting because our board of REALTORS experienced a reduction in homes sales this September compared to September 2009 yet the average sales price of homes sold were higher in September 2010 than they were in September 2009.

  • September 2010 saw 1/3rd fewer residential homes sales compared to September 2009.
  • The average price of a home that sold in September 2010 was $17,404 higher than in 2009.
  • There are 426 residential homes for sale with an average listing price of $161,356 
We have recently launched a Knox County Ohio real estate foreclosure website that will automatically send you the newest bank owned, REO and foreclosure listings by email.  If you would be interested in receiving a regularly updated list of bank owned / foreclosure listings by email be sure to visit KnoxCountyBankOwned.com and sign up for this FREE service.
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Knox County Ohio Real Estate Has A New Look

Wednesday, September 29, 2010
by Sam Miller

We have had a goal to update the design of our knoxcountyohio.com real estate website for the past couple of years and last week we made that goal a reality.  We wanted a faster functioning website that would enable visitors the freedom to view homes in more ways than ever before.  Visitors can now search for listings based on new listings, communities, price ranges, school districts, bank owned, vacant land, commercial listings and they can still view all of our active real estate listings in a single grouping.  We hope you enjoy the new knoxcountyohio.com

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Kenyon College Makes Forbes Magazine List As One Of The Worlds Most Beautiful College Campuses

Wednesday, September 22, 2010
by Sam Miller

Forbes Magazine recently featured Kenyon College in their latest issue as one of "The World's Most Beautiful College Campuses".   The Village of Gambier is truly a gorgeous community with tree lined streets, spectacular Gothic architecture, walking paths and river scenery.  The Gambier community is adjoined by a picturesque landscape of country property and farmland.  Kenyon is one of the nation's finest liberal arts colleges. 

 

As a Knox County resident and real estate professional, it makes me very proud that Kenyon College received this well deserved recognition from Forbes Magazine.  Because of the Forbes article, I am sure others will discover the beauty of the Kenyon College Campus.

 

Community Profile of Gambier, Ohio

 

Kenyon College

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Mount Vernon Ohio Twin Oak Elementary School

Thursday, September 17, 2009
by Sam Miller

Twin Oak is the newest elementary school in Mount Vernon, Ohio

Mount Vernon Ohio Twin Oak School Photo by Sam Miller

Twin Oak Elementary School is located at 8888 Martinsburg Road and is only about a mile from the Mount Vernon Middle School and the Mount Vernon High School.  Located on what once was the home of a fruit farm owned by the W.C. Rockwell family, the grounds of this school are simply stunning!!  Twin Oak has some of the latest and greatest technology found in Mount Vernon.  It features an impressive computer lab and utilizes several large interactive smart boards.  If you haven't personally had a smart board experience, you and your children are in for an educational treat.

Mount Vernon Ohio Twin Oak School Lunch Room Photo by Sam Miller

See available homes for sale in the Mount Vernon Twin Oak School District by Sam Miller

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