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Depends on your job. I found a job in Cleveland after I graduated in computer engineering and the most interviews I got were mostly in Cleveland and Dayton and I was looking in all of Ohio and neighboring states. The unemployment rates for the metros of Cleveland and Columbus are very similar.

Wind turbines to be built in Lake Erie by 2012, group says CLEVELAND, Ohio -- The Lake Erie Energy Development Corp. said today it is ready to award a contract to a developer to build the first wind turbines in the Lake as early as 2012. The project will cost about $100 million, generate 20 million watts and involve four to eight turbines, depending on the size and generating capacity of the turbines. At a morning news conference at the Great Lakes Science Museum, Richard Stuebi, interim head of LEEDCO, said requests for bids were being sent to major developers today. "The initial request is for 20 megawatts," he said. But it is a precursor to subsequent projects. The goal is 1,000 megawatts by 2020." The new wind development corporation, created and housed at the Northeast Ohio Technology Coalition, or NORTECH, has set an April 30 deadline for bids. http://www.cleveland.com/business/index.ssf/2010/03/wind_turbines_to_be_built_in_lake_erie_by_2012_group_says.html

They did just approve 3 large Windfarms in Ohio that will generate about 500 (MW). http://www.cleveland.com/business/index.ssf/2010/03/ohio_power_siting_board_has_ap.html

Ohio plugs wind power on Lake Erie CLEVELAND: Ohio officials are pushing plans to get Lake Erie, the shallowest of the Great Lakes, at the forefront of offshore wind power development. Gov. Ted Strickland and U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown joined industry and education leaders Monday in Cleveland and outlined tax-cut and regulatory measures to jump-start wind projects. Strickland says a tax cut now before state lawmakers would make Ohio competitive in developing wind power. Brown is backing legislation to expand federal tax incentives for offshore wind development. http://www.ohio.com/news/ohiocentric/89397082.html

Optima could add Huntington Building to its downtown Cleveland portfolio The out-of-state owner of 55 Public Square and One Cleveland Center is looking to scoop up another downtown landmark -- the troubled Huntington Building, at East Ninth Street and Euclid Avenue. Tenants in the 22-story office building recently received a letter indicating that Optima Ventures LLC is interested in the property. Public records connect Optima Ventures to Optima International of Miami, the U.S. branch of a private, global operation with considerable investments in oil, gas, telecommunications and manufacturing in Eastern Europe. In a March 22 memo to tenants, Huntington Building manager Hines wrote that "we have recently been informed that the owner is engaged in substantive discussions regarding the potential sale of the Huntington Building and has, in fact, entered into a purchase agreement with Optima Ventures LLC. ......................... Chaim Schochet, an Optima investment executive, did not respond to an e-mailed request for comment. In previous interviews with the Plain Dealer, he has described Optima as a long-term investor attracted to Cleveland's stability and downtown redevelopment. http://www.cleveland.com/business/index.ssf/2010/03/optima_could_add_huntington_bu.html

City of Cleveland's talks with Chinese LED lighting company continuing CLEVELAND, Ohio -- During his State of the City address earlier this month, Mayor Frank Jackson raised expectations with the announcement that Cleveland Public Power commissioner Ivan Henderson was in China "finalizing" a deal for an LED lighting company to establish its U.S. headquarters here. That deal with Sunpu Opto Semiconductor could create as many as 350 "green" jobs to Cleveland, the mayor announced. "This spring, we will submit the project for approval to Cleveland City Council and I look forward to working with them to help turn this vision into reality," Jackson said in his speech. Finalizing might have been a small rhetorical leap by the mayor, but city officials say work continues to bring the Ningbo-based company here. http://www.cleveland.com/cityhall/index.ssf/2010/03/city_of_clevelands_talks_with.html

BAA Cleveland To Open New Restaurant, Retail Outlet BAA Cleveland, developer of the Airmall at Cleveland Hopkins International Airport, continues its transformation terminal concessions with the addition of new retail and dining concepts. UFood Grill and Cuban Crafters have signed lease agreements to open storefronts at the Airmall. UFood Grill is a quick-serve concept that offers healthier versions of traditional favorites and original creations. Selections include smoothies, wraps, soups, salads, grilled items and sandwiches. Operated by locally-based JJR Concessions, LLC, UFood Grill (1,000 square feet) will be located on Concourse B and is scheduled to open in mid-summer 2010. Cuban Crafters will offer cigars, humidors, cigar gifts and accessories. The brand's boutique premium cigars are handmade with special attention to detail. Cuban Crafters also offers a money-back guarantee on its products. The unit (1,000 square feet) will be located on Concourse D and is also expected to open in mid-summer 2010. http://www.aviationnews.net/?do=headline&news_ID=177638

Case Western Reserve University kicks off project to bring ultra high-speed Internet access to thousands of nearby homes CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Case Western Reserve University on Thursday kicked off a project that aims to bring free ultra high-speed Internet access to thousands of homes in or near University Circle. The project is an experiment that aims to find out how local communities can benefit from access to Internet speeds about 250 times faster than the average speed currently found in the United States. To start, about 100 households in the Hessler Road neighborhood near CWRU will be offered the service in May. The area has been dubbed the "Case Connection Zone", and residents there will be asked to participation in a series of surveys. The surveys will measure how they use the lightening fast connections as well as a range of software applications designed to take advantage of the connection speed, said Lev Gonick, chief information officer at CWRU and coordinator of the project.Participation in the project will be voluntary, but Gonick said he doesn't anticipate having any trouble getting people to sign up. http://www.cleveland.com/business/index.ssf/2010/03/case_western_reserve_universit.html

New website for the African Elephants Crossing under construction with various information and pictures. They are going to have a 3-D virtual tour on the website in the near future as well. http://www.africanelephantcrossing.com/

Has Cleveland State professor found a cure for cancer? At this point, it’s best described as a breakthrough. Only time will tell if his discovery is an effective treatment for a disease diagnosed in 1.5 million people every year in the U.S., a disease that kills a half million every year. And it happened by accident. Right there inside chemistry labs in a science building along Euclid Avenue. A dozen or so blocks from the Indians’ Progressive Field or Cleveland Browns Stadium — sites that Stark Countians are probably more familiar with. Kalafatis calls it a case of “serendipity” rather than “stumbled.” “Your best discoveries are from something you weren’t expecting,” said David Anderson, associate dean in the College of Science. ... In a Cleveland Clinic lab, human cancer cells were inserted into mice and allowed to grow into tumors. Kalafatis’ CancerX drug then was injected into the tumors. Doses of the drug eradicated and reduced seven different types of cancer. All told, the drug has worked on nearly 60 types of cancer, either in a petri dish or in mice. Recently, the drug substantially reduced brain tumors created from gioblastoma cells — the kind of cancer that killed Sen. Ted Kennedy. Most important, the drug didn’t harm surrounding healthy cells. “How’s it going to work in humans? I don’t know,” Kalafatis said. http://www.cantonrep.com/communities/carroll/x1526474743/Has-Cleveland-State-professor-found-a-cure-for-cancer

Cleveland rocks ... honest From the UK travel section The city's music scene is thriving, with a collection of grungy gig venues, local cafe bars, and retro jukebox joints Last month Google shut down six music blogs without warning. One of them was I Rock Cleveland (which has since restarted as blog.irockcleveland.com) prompting furrowed brows of confusion. Cleveland a hot bed of rock music? The city in the great lakes area, which was recently described by Forbes as the most miserable metropolis in the USA, a nurturer of musical genius? Turns out that it's just that and more - and to prove it here's 10 of the most vibrant music venues you'll ever have the joy of sweating in. http://www.guardian.co.uk/travel/2010/mar/22/cleveland-rocks-music-guide-us

Danny Glover Meeting With Cleveland's Hugo Boss Workers Tomorrow Afternoon Actor Danny Glover, Workers United President Bruce Raynor, and workers from the Hugo Boss suit factory will hold a press conference on Tuesday at 1:30 p.m. outside of the plant. Glover and Raynor will meet with the workers inside the plant prior to the press conference. Glover, Raynor, and workers will be available for one-on-one interviews following the press conference. Earlier in the month, Glover asked people to boycott the clothing at the Academy Awards in support of the factory workers here in Cleveland. Glover will be expressing moral support to the working families of Hugo Boss -- after his successful leadership in encouraging Hollywood to boycott Hugo Boss suits at the Oscars earlier this month. This is his first visit to the plant. http://www.clevelandleader.com/node/13410

High fares, fewer flights dog Cincinnati travelers Travelers in Cincinnati just can't catch a break. For years, passengers departing from Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International have faced the nation's most expensive domestic fares, as lack of competition gave dominant carrier Delta Air Lines great pricing power. With Delta lowering fares in 2009, traveling from Cincinnati is finally getting cheaper. But the airport is facing new challenges that threaten to dampen the prospects for the region's economic recovery: falling traffic and Delta's aggressive cuts in capacity. Delta flies about 90% of the airport's traffic. Of the 100 largest domestic airports, Cincinnati had the worst decline in passenger traffic carried by U.S. airlines in 2009, according to the Department of Transportation. About 5.2 million passengers flew from Cincinnati last year on U.S. airlines, a 22% drop from 2008. No other airport had a decline of more than 20%. http://www.usatoday.com/travel/flights/2010-03-22-airportcheckin22_ST_N.htm

Mostly street / people shots - I couldn't really see much of the parade and was not really in a photo taking mood :wink: If we could get the Arcade to be this full all the time There were about 1,000 Boy scouts participating in the parade. SWAT team just hanging out Those trees at one point had way too many people on them to be safe All the buildings had people peeking through the windows to see the parade

Circle 118 townhouses by WXZ Development add life to University Circle in Cleveland You have to admire a developer willing, if not eager, to build attractive new urban housing on a difficult site next to a major railroad overpass in Cleveland. James Wymer, president of WXZ Development Inc. in Fairview Park, recently added significant value to University Circle with the first six townhouse units in his $8 million Circle 118 project at East 118th Street and Euclid Avenue. The development has brightened a once dreary corner of district and created a strong sense of entry west of the elevated rail lines that mark the psychological eastern edge of the neighborhood. http://blog.cleveland.com/architecture/2010/03/circle_118_townhouses_by_wxz_d.html

Cleveland Mayor Frank Jackson to propose $300,000 loan to aid Rivergate project for Cleveland Rowing Foundation Cleveland Mayor Frank Jackson will propose that City Council grant a $300,000 low-interest loan to the nonprofit Cleveland Rowing Foundation to help create Rivergate Park on the Cuyahoga River. "We will be introducing legislation to authorize the loan in the next couple of weeks," said Chris Warren, the mayor's chief of regional development. The loan would help the rowing foundation acquire the former Commodore's Club Marina on Columbus Road Peninsula, just west of downtown in the Flats. http://blog.cleveland.com/architecture/2010/03/mayor_jackson_to_propose_30000.html

Those are just attendance at the arenas with most of them being 80% sold out and higher with the exception of the lowly nets who have only won 7 games and still sell 70% of their tickets. Also NBA Finals Draws More Than Twice the TV Viewers of NHL Final June 10 (Bloomberg) -- The National Basketball Association Finals drew more than twice the viewership of the National Hockey League Stanley Cup Final last night, according to Nielsen Co. Nielsen reported that 9.8 million U.S. households watched the Orlando Magic beat the Los Angeles Lakers, 108-104, on Walt Disney Co.’s ABC network, narrowing the Lakers’ lead in the best-of-seven series to two games to one. Meanwhile, 3.9 million U.S. households watched the Pittsburgh Penguins beat the Detroit Red Wings 2-1 to tie the best-of-seven series 3-3 in the Stanley Cup Final on General Electric Co.’s NBC network. http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601079&sid=aPnc12x527gE ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- For 2009 NBA viewership up double-digits on ESPN. So far this season, ESPN has seen a solid bump in its NBA ratings. NBA games on ESPN are averaging a 1.2 U.S. rating (1.4 cable rating) and 1.7 million viewers, up 9% and 21% from a 1.1 (1.2 cable) and 1.4 million viewers through the same point last season. Last Friday's Celtics/Cavaliers game drew 2.6 million viewers on ESPN, making it the second-most viewed NBA game of the season on the network. http://sportsmediawatch.blogspot.com/2009/01/nba-viewership-up-double-digits-on-espn.html -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- NBA on TNT up 36% in viewership The 2009-10 NBA season is off to a strong start on TNT. Through 8 games, TNT is averaging a 1.6 U.S. rating and 2.4 million viewers for NBA coverage, up 33% and 36%, respectively, from a 1.2 and 1.7 million through the same point last year. TNT opened the season with its most-viewed NBA doubleheader in 13 years (an average of 3.7 million viewers for Cavaliers/Celtics and Clippers/Lakers). Over the last two weeks, the net has followed up that strong performance with more solid numbers -- including 2.4 million viewers for Bulls/Cavaliers on November 5, and 2.6 million for Cavaliers/Heat last Thursday. http://sportsmediawatch.blogspot.com/2009/11/nba-on-tnt-up-36-in-viewership.html Seems like the NBA is doing just fine reaching out to the fans and getting their attention.

Funny how Cleveland was in CNN's top 10 cities for best cities for college graduates last year at #5. http://www.cnn.com/2009/LIVING/worklife/05/13/cb.top10.cities.grads/index.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_attendance_figures_at_domestic_professional_sports_leagues You can also check out various attendance figures for each sport and team at ESPN http://espn.go.com/nba/attendance http://espn.go.com/nhl/attendance

Transformation of Cleveland's Perk Park on East 12th Street is under way: Close Up http://media.cleveland.com/architecture/other/14EGCLOSE.pdf Perk Park in downtown Cleveland earned a grisly reputation in February 2009, when a gunman ambushed two young men early on a Sunday morning, killing one and wounding the other. A transformation is under way. Under pressure from neighbors and property owners who want a safer and more beautiful park, Mayor Frank Jackson and Cleveland City Council agreed late last year to spend $1.6 million on a renovation. The design, first conceived in 2003 by landscape architects Thomas Balsley of New York and James McKnight of Cleveland, had languished for lack of funding. Work on the park, located at Chester Avenue and East 12th Street, started late last year. Contractors removed the Brutalist-style concrete walls that blocked sightlines and leveled up the surface of the park, designed in the 1970s as a recessed bowl with a fountain in the center. http://blog.cleveland.com/architecture/2010/03/clevelands_perk_park_transform.html

Florida developer plans $12 million renovation of apartment complex near Shaker Square CLEVELAND, Ohio -- A Florida real estate developer has acquired Livingston Park Apartments, an 11-building complex south of Shaker Square. The Finch Group, based in Boca Raton, bought the affordable-housing property Friday, in a deal arranged by the city of Cleveland and the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. The developer plans a $12 million renovation project, including new roofs, windows, bathrooms and heating systems in 10 of the buildings. Livingston Park sits within Cleveland's boundaries. But residents have access to Shaker Heights schools, an attraction for families with children. In 2002, an affiliate of the Shaker Square Area Development Corp. bought the sagging complex, then known as Moreland Greens. http://www.cleveland.com/business/index.ssf/2010/03/florida_developer_plans_12_mil.html

Cuyahoga County: Commissioners leave 'move' decision to new county government CLEVELAND -- Cuyahoga County's three outgoing commissioners are postponing any decision about moving county government's headquarters. There was a chance the headquarters building at Ontario and Lakeside avenues would need to be demolished to make way for the Medical Mart and Convention Center. http://www.wkyc.com/news/local/news_article.aspx?storyid=132110&catid=3

Sen. Brown Encourages Ohioans to be Counted at Cleveland Rally on 2010 Census U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH) participated in the "Non-Profits Count!" rally in Cleveland on Monday. Sponsored by the Cleveland Foodbank, Greater Cleveland United Way, and Neighborhood Connections, the rally sought to raise awareness about the importance of all Ohioans being counted in the 2010 decennial census. "In Cuyahoga County, if there is just a two percent undercount of the county's population, more than $300 million could be lost over ten years," Brown said at today's rally. "The Census determines the future of our state. It determines the resources, services, and funding we'll have available to ensure our children grow up with the education and medical care they need. It determines the funding we'll have to keep our communities safe and ensure our small businesses can grow." http://www.bignews.biz/?id=849427&keys=SenatorSherrodBrown-Census-education-transportation

Cleveland-Cuyahoga County Port Authority inks its largest tenants to new leases designed to increase profits for both sides CLEVELAND, Ohio -- New lease agreements signed last week by the Cleveland-Cuyahoga Port Authority and its two major maritime tenants aim to save local jobs and boost business, port officials said in a news release. The deal provides a rent cut for the authority's biggest tenant -- Federal Marine Terminals -- and will implement realigned billing procedures for Carmeuse North America to help both companies adjust to a drop in business due to the bad economy. "The recession has taken a toll on virtually every industry, and that includes shipping," Peter Raskind, the authority's interim CEO, said in the release. "Renewing and restructuring these leases is good for the port and good for Cleveland because these businesses affect so many other local industries." http://blog.cleveland.com/metro/2010/03/post_238.html

I think it's awesome that they did this.