Ned Hill Quotations

Mayors are beginning to understand that this is a market, not physics. If you provide services and amenities that people appreciate, they'll move. ... As new construction prices get extremely expensive, people are looking for square footage and architectural style.

When housing stock gets very, very cheap, their lower mortgage allows them to pay for private school tuition.

People are starting to realize that the economy of the Columbus metropolitan area has been at a standstill for the past 18 months.

Our accounting faculty has done a terrific job building an innovative and practical curriculum.

We've been spending a lot of time in the shop working on equipment. Everything is spit-shined and ready to go, but there's nowhere to go because the ground is so wet.

We are very happy to be ranked with some of the best schools in the country. It speaks well of our students and faculty and the values we have.

We are striving ever more to globalize our curriculum. We are seeking to get more international students and more international involvement in the advisory boards.

The most distressing news is from the Northeast and Midwest. White retirement is heading south without a compensating inflow of people and fewer births because of fewer immigrants.

It's very nice to get the recognition and to be listed among some of the very best schools in the country and in the world. We are producing a very high quality of students and recruiters love them.

A city not in the market for students will try to maintain the number of public sector employees instead of provide a higher level of services.

In Detroit, there is a focus on how things used to be. In Indianapolis, there's probably an optimism about what the world will be.

I look at this number as a sign of how competitive the city is.

The Cleveland area has that exact type of housing that is seeing very good return. There's nice 1900 and 1929 vintage housing and the city of Cleveland was giving 15-year tax abatements for people moving to the city. ... Places have lost population, but it doesn't mean they're out of business. It gives them a chance to redefine what they are.