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Here in his own words are his impressions of each place he visited-followed by his decision.ġ. After that, Meadows visited places on his own. The hunt began late last year with a special event-a guided tour of three downtown buildings by the Historic Gateway Neighborhood Corp. “But at the end of the day, I’ve always had my heart set on downtown so pretty much stuck there,” he says. Meadows considered Ohio City and Asiatown. “I think they’re efficient, more affordable and practical for someone like myself, so I can enjoy a lifestyle of exploring the city and saving money to travel. Living alone, Meadows says he’d prefer a studio apartment. 'Natural light is a big one too, and having an open living and kitchen space.” “I wanted something updated and with modern amenities but with some historic character,' he says. How a place looks and feels also matter to him. Meadows' search criteria includes a fitness center, pet friendly environs for future companion possibilities, and community spaces.

“I have a particular love and interest in historic preservation and love the city’s architecture and transformation of so many of its historic buildings into residences.” “But I looked at places up to around $1,400 to get a comprehensive understanding of what is available, what I get for my money, and just out of curiosity, to see some of these buildings,” he says. He’s looking to rent a studio apartment for less than $1,000 a month. In fact, he plans to ditch his car entirely when he moves into the city. Living downtown also would spare him the daily half-hour commute each way. “From a convenience standpoint, being able to just walk out your door and walk down the street to go to the grocery store or hop on your bike to get to all the networks and trails, or take the bus to work, you have all these endless possibilities,” he says.

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“From a professional level, being able to live in a place and have a lifestyle that I advocate for all the time through my work, actually being able to live there every day, is something that I would really love to do,” Meadows says.Īnd there’s the personal side. “I just love the energy, the excitement, that big city feel, the architecture.” “It would be cool to be part of this wave of people who are moving into downtown and trying to make it a better, more vibrant place,” he says. Meadows says he yearns to join the urban migration that is expected to result in 20,000 people living downtown this year. But Mentor is a suburb of married couples, with few singles in his age group. He gets along great, he says, with his parents, Jim and Terri Meadows.

Ian MeadowsIt’s a terrific first job for the Mentor High School graduate, but moving back home-plus working at home during the coronavirus crisis-is less than ideal.

As an assistant city planner and marketing coordinator, he does research, mapping, design, graphics, and more while handling the company's social media accounts. He parlayed a summer 2018 internship with City Architecture into a full-time job with the Cleveland firm. Meadows, 23, graduated from Ohio State University in 2019, majoring in city and regional planning and minoring in landscape architecture. A city planner, he lives with his parents in Mentor and works in downtown Cleveland, where he began hunting for an apartment in November. Ian Meadows wants to walk or bike to work.

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