Santa Barbara, CA, goes all out for Earth Day. Every year since 1970 — the year that Earth Day was created — the local Community Environmental Council has held the Santa Barbara Earth Day Festival. The 2017 edition of the festival (April 21 and 22) will feature live music, speeches, […]
Some of the country’s smallest metro areas have grown mightier. From 2015 to 2016, quite a few U.S. metro areas traded places in the overall metro population rankings. Some metros went up the ladder and some metros went down the ladder, while others simply stayed on the same rung. A […]
Thousands of people — both tourists and new residents — flock each year to the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC, metro area for the beaches, the abundant sunshine, the golf courses and more. It’s safe to say that most Americans think first and foremost of the Myrtle Beach area as […]
By Jennifer Riner Trulia During tax season, maximizing tax refunds or minimizing taxes owed is on the minds of many. For homeowners, the mortgage interest deduction is a must-do, but fewer understand the tax benefits of sustainable home upgrades. Green home improvements deliver three-fold benefits. First, your household’s carbon footprint […]
A whole lot of Iowans love their lawns. A LawnStarter analysis of Google Trends data from March 2012 to March 2017 shows the combined area of Cedar Rapids, Dubuque, Iowa City and Waterloo in Iowa led all U.S. metro regions in Google searches for the term “lawn care” during the […]
Hebron — once the home of three cotton gins and a post office — is a tiny town of about 400 residents sandwiched between two affluent suburbs of Dallas-Fort Worth, TX. To the north of Hebron is The Colony. To the south is Carrollton. Certainly, those two thriving suburbs overshadow little […]
Admit it: Garden gnomes are kinda cute. Characterized by red pointy hats, long white beards and pudgy bodies, gnome figurines are smile-inducing fixtures in gardens around the world. According to legend, underground gnomes “came alive at night” to toil in gardens and protect them from “evil sorcery,” the Balcony Container […]
Residents of Omaha, NE, were a little hotter under the collar than usual in 2016. A LawnStarter study of data from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) shows Omaha ranked No. 1 among the 50 largest U.S. cities for warmer-than-normal weather in 2016. Last year, Omaha recorded an average […]
The U.S. solar market enjoyed its best year ever in 2016, nearly doubling the solar power capacity that was installed nationwide in 2015, according to the Solar Energy Industries Association. “It would be hard to overstate how impressive 2016 was for the solar industry,” says Abigail Ross Hopper, president and […]
Portland, OR, and Seattle, WA, are the two biggest cities in the Pacific Northwest. They’re also two of the biggest city-versus-city rivals in the country. As proof of the rivalry, we offer this swipe at Seattle from Andy Kryza, senior editor of Thrillist Portland: Seattle likes to think of itself […]