Columbiana (Cleveland, Boardman, East Liverpool: for sale, real estate, rent)

[bklitz]

Anyone have any info on Columbiana especially the Timberline Dr area. Thinking of moving to this area from South Carolina

[truemuck]

Couldn't tell you about that specific street, but what else would you like to know about Columbiana?

[South Range Family]

I pass it on my way to work every night. It's outside of town. They are in a very small plan that is about 10 years old. They have a little guard shack out front to look like a gated community, but nobody is in it. Columbiana is a quiet town with good schools. There's no trouble there.

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[Beavercreek33]

Columbiana is a great community. I stayed there for three days just a few weeks ago. I was on business in Cleveland.

Columbiana is a small growing little community. They have an awesome park with a great pool, a top ranked school system, and a perfect main street with a circle in the middle with a grand clock that sits in it with landscaping. Each school (elementary, middle, and high) has about 350 kids in them.

You will find a few roads near the center of town that are still their original brick. They just renovated their theatre that sits near the circle, its called Main Street Theatre, and is very modern and up-to-date, but fits in with the historical buildings surrounding it. They play all the new movies that come out. If you travel north up main street you will get to the newer part of town. That is where you will find your grocery stores (sparkle) and other things like fast food chains, little shops, drug stores, and the Oakmont Plaza. All over the town there are new developments (Old Sagebrook, Arrowhead which surrounds Arrowhead Lake, Jamestown Trace, and others. The one you are looking into is great. Its in a wooded area, that is close to Firestone Park. Your new house will actually be close to the new walking trails and new ponds that the town just recently put in with an expansion to the park.

Columbiana has about 5,800 residents, its a great little community that is growing, but not crazy. Its not far from Boardman where you will find your shopping, and every chain that you can think of. They have two malls, The Shops at Boardman Park which is like an outdoors mall where you walk from store to store, and The Southern Park Mall with Hollister, Coach, JC Pennys, etc.

You are also close to one of the largest urban parks in the country. Mill Creek Park. Check it out in the Buckeye Photo Thread.

Also, check out another great development... The Links at Firestone. A huge housing development surrounded by a golf course. Its very nice.

All in all, you would like Columbiana. Its a great little town.

[Beavercreek33]

BTW, found this, has some from Timberlane Drive...

Columbiana Condos for Sale – Real Estate in Columbiana

[Cosmic]

Do not jump the gun on some house from afar. There is lots of real estate for sale in the town and general area. My sister lives there and I visit on frequent trips.

As described, quite pleasant town but general area is changing. More crime in surrounding areas.

Very nice library with free coffee.

Lots of free social events, they have annual street fairs and the like. Has a sort of progressive type attitude in most things.

Bargain hard for real estate, it should be a definite buyer's market. Has been dropping in price, maybe a tad still over priced IMHO. Pays to shop around and get to know the area / local market, maybe rent first.

That area and most of the surrounding area has been hit by continuing loss of any type of industrial jobs. Maybe jobs in general, BIL was laid off, jobs can be tough to come by recently. General area is definitely not immune from this so called recession that may turn into a depression. Ohio unemployment is not good.

[Beavercreek33]

Originally Posted by Cosmic

Do not jump the gun on some house from afar. There is lots of real estate for sale in the town and general area. My sister lives there and I visit on frequent trips.

As described, quite pleasant town but general area is changing. More crime in surrounding areas.

Very nice library with free coffee.

Lots of free social events, they have annual street fairs and the like. Has a sort of progressive type attitude in most things.

Bargain hard for real estate, it should be a definite buyer's market. Has been dropping in price, maybe a tad still over priced IMHO. Pays to shop around and get to know the area / local market, maybe rent first.

That area and most of the surrounding area has been hit by continuing loss of any type of industrial jobs. Maybe jobs in general, BIL was laid off, jobs can be tough to come by recently. General area is definitely not immune from this so called recession that may turn into a depression. Ohio unemployment is not good.

They would be coming from SC, their unemployment rate is quite higher than Ohio's.

[bklitz]

Thanks for the info. Sounds like a nice place to live. We will be by there the end of July to look around. Before moving to SC we lived in Chesterland OH for 34 years

[South Range Family]

I really like to use a website called maps.live.com They have a bird'seye aerial view that lets you look from all four directions. The houses on Timberline Dr. look like four family condos that share a garage in the middle. Your web browser and the Maps site are incompatible



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You can look at local articles online, but I would suggest that you have them send you a few back issues. The print copy has the local police reports for every day. Columbiana usually has domestics, vandalism, and old ladies complaining about kids making noise. East Liverpool is the worst with drug dealers, and break ins. They are over 30 miles away. It may as well be a million miles, because criminals don't travel.

[MaryBeth2]

Originally Posted by South Range Family

I really like to use a website called maps.live.com They have a bird'seye aerial view that lets you look from all four directions. The houses on Timberline Dr. look like four family condos that share a garage in the middle. Your web browser and the Maps site are incompatible



This is the website for the Salem morning Journal MorningJournalNews.com | News, Sports, Jobs, Lisbon, Ohio - The Morning Journal

You can look at local articles online, but I would suggest that you have them send you a few back issues. The print copy has the local police reports for every day. Columbiana usually has domestics, vandalism, and old ladies complaining about kids making noise. East Liverpool is the worst with drug dealers, and break ins. They are over 30 miles away. It m
ay as well be a million miles, because criminals don't travel.

That Bing map is terrific! That would have saved us a ton of trips, in looking for a house.. Thank you for that great tip!