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Sounds like this weekends Canal Days in Delphos... Packed and Drunk! Nice pics.

I posted this in the Flats East forum as well but it could go in either. This is the official response from the flats district to Eaton's move. http://blog.cleveland.com/business/2008/09/flats-east-bank-statement.pdf

I just fixed the image so it shows the press release without clicking it :)

Flats Response To Eaton Move http://blog.cleveland.com/business/2008/09/flats-east-bank-statement.pdf

Some more updates from the plain dealer article, bits and pieces of it Despite Eaton's preference for the Beachwood site, some Cleveland City Council members remain hopeful. "If the issue is space, then let's make more," said Councilman Joe Cimperman, whose ward includes the Flats. "I don't think this deal is done. This is as important as saving the Browns." Eaton spokeswoman Kelly Jasko said the Chagrin Highlands site will allow the company plenty of space and flexibility. She would not say how much land or square footage the company would need. "Nothing has been finalized yet," she said. "It's not a total loss," Cleveland City Council President Martin J. Sweeney said. But Councilman Michael Polensek said the Chagrin Highlands was designed to attract companies from outside the region - not to lure them out of Cleveland. "These corporate leaders are so concerned about this city, its status and its perception," he said. "And yet we continue to see that when they have the opportunity to reinvest here, they don't do it." Polensek said the 21-member council would be unlikely to block an Eaton purchase of land in the suburbs. "If it's either there or out of the region, we would want them to go there," he said. "They would have been a great addition," he said. "But they're not mission-critical." Developers and port officials said Eaton had not complained about the Flats site, though the company was concerned with how adjoining port land would be developed. In April, the port offered to sell developers the land for $11.44 million, or $1.3 million per acre. As to whether Cleveland might take another crack at keeping Eaton, economic development officials and city business leaders said it's too early to make any statements. http://blog.cleveland.com/business/2008/09/eaton_to_move_to_chagrin_highl.html

Just out of curiosity do you know how much Eaton produced in income tax to the city of Cleveland?

Can anyone explain to me please how Cleveland owns part of this Chagrin Highlands and is being placed in portions of this so called Cleveland owned land. Yet Eaton Corp. will be labeled under Beachwood but Cleveland will still get 50% of the income generated. If the comments are true in Flats East Bank section that according to a press release from the wolstein group it looks like they have inquires about companies outside Ohio wanting to move to the flats then will the Eaton move actually have benefited Cleveland? Since the city will still collect 50% of Eaton's income tax and we will have another company move in its place to cover the lost jobs and have even more tax revenue?

never mind I found my answer... The Richard E. Jacobs Group, of Westlake, would develop an Eaton project there, on land owned by the city of Cleveland. Jacobs referred all questions to Eaton. Though Cleveland would lose workers and taxes if Eaton moved, the city would make money on the land sale and would get a 50 percent cut of income tax generated by Eaton under a joint economic development agreement with Beachwood.

The industrial parts and systems manufacturer told employees it is looking at a site in Chagrin Highlands, which includes some Cleveland-owned land but is also within the southeast suburb Beachwood. What does this really mean? It's not part of the city limits right? Do the taxes get shared then as someone mentioned earlier in this thread? http://www.newsnet5.com/news/17499355/detail.html

Awsome!! I always look for new Cleveland shirts... I already have to many since I can wear a different one each day for month. Why don't we have some street vendors or people at events selling shirts like these???

Crains just released basically the same story as the plain dealer citing the main reason for not going into the flats as being Eaton spokesman Gary Klasen told Crain’s Cleveland Business that because the company has been growing rapidly, the Flats site “did not have the size to meet our future growth needs.” Maybe if they didn't build it like a campus..... http://crainscleveland.com/article/20080917/FREE/809179967/1004/rss01&rssfeed=rss01

In addition to the 120-130k workers in downtown I'm sure there are some workers working in the University Circle area that will continue to move to the downtown area which will continue to bring life to the streets. Sure the University Circle area workers are not in Downtown but a decent amount of people who work there go to downtown after work whether they live there or not. Seriously the Clinic just added about 1,500 jobs and University Hospital is adding another 1,200 permanent jobs on top of their 5,000 temp jobs during construction height within the next couple years. I think the atmosphere and attitude in this city due to Eaton's move will cause more damage then the jobs will. Quick question, no matter where they move, what are they going to do with the current site Eaton is at and what type of office space is in the Eaton building currently?

A part of me hopes that their business shrinks to the point where they don't need a new office space and just stay where they are. A bit harsh but a part of me feels like this and on the other hand I'm thinking at least it is still in the region and not out of the state.

Site of proposed Walmart being sold Wednesday, September 10, 2008 By BONNIE BUTCHER, ThisWeek Staff Writer The land where a controversial Liberty Township Walmart store would have been built is being sold. A contract for the sale -- from seller Charles Ruma, president of Wedgewood Limited Partnership I to buyer Jim Coker, president of Ibex Development Inc., Dallas -- was signed last month. The 34-acre lot is at 10600 Sawmill Parkway, at the corner of Sawmill Parkway and North Hampton Road, and will sell for more than $7-million. Through a records request made to township attorneys, ThisWeek obtained a copy of the contract. The document had been subpoenaed in Wedgewood's lawsuit against Liberty Township in Southern District Federal Court in Columbus, before U.S. District Court Judge Algenon Marbley. Wedgewood filed the suit in November 2004, after the township denied a zoning permit for the store. Because of the contract, township attorneys have asked that the developer's claims be considered moot, township administrator Dave Anderson said MORE: http://www.thisweeknews.com/live/content/olentangy/stories/2008/09/10/0911powalmartsite_ln.html

University Hospitals Breaks Ground On $326M Transformation Project Includes New Cancer Hospital, Neonatal ICU Unit POSTED: 3:25 pm EDT September 16, 2008 UPDATED: 3:42 pm EDT September 16, 2008 CLEVELAND -- Some big changes are coming to University Hospitals of Cleveland. The hospital is calling it the biggest campus transformation in its 142-year history, and it involves a lot of construction and a lot of money. On Tuesday, groundbreaking took place for the project, which will include a new cancer hospital, emergency medicine center and a neonatal intensive care unit. All of the building should be complete by the end of 2010. Among other things, the ceremonial groundbreaking acknowledged the efforts to raise the $326 million necessary for the transformation. "Well, today you're not going to see a miraculous change, but I think what you can say is over the next two years, what is going to happen on this campus is miraculous," said University Hospitals President Dr. Fred Rothstein. At the height of construction, the project is expected to create more than 5,000 jobs. UH anticipates more than 1,200 new hospital-based jobs will also be created. http://www.newsnet5.com/health/17488260/detail.html

Cleveland BioLabs wins grant for research in mitigation of radiation damage 15th September 2008 By Staff Writer Cleveland BioLabs, a drug discovery and development company, has received a $774,183 grant from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases of the National Institutes of Health to further study certain mitigating properties of Protectan CBLB502 in the context of hematopoietic damage from radiation exposure. The grant program, medical countermeasures to enhance platelet regeneration and increase survival following radiation exposure, is funded through the Project BioShield Act of 2004 and administered by the Department of Health and Human Services. The goal of this program is to accelerate the development of safe and effective medical products to mitigate and treat thrombocytopenia and to enhance platelet regeneration after radiation exposure from radiological and nuclear terrorist attacks. Specifically, this initiative supports R&D of promising new approaches and medical products to enhance platelet regeneration and yield improved survival. http://www.pharmaceutical-business-review.com/article_news.asp?guid=7AA5A50E-0312-48F6-B876-ADF2DFF9D2C5

The skyline SteelYard Commons across from the hospital (Could only see a small part of the whole area) Area Around Metro + The building itself Not sure what my camera did here... but it looked kinda cool The views at night are amazing with all the lights but unfortunately the glare from the windows was very bad so I couldn't take any shots of it and I wasn't about to turn off the lights in the waiting area :-). The zoomed in shots also did not look very good through the windows.

Ohio must strengthen its cities By putting state resources in fewer places to greater effect, Ohio can help put urban areas back on track to prosperity Sunday, September 14, 2008 On the very day when Gov. Ted Strickland announced that the state's resources were thin and likely to get thinner, he also assured business, civic and academic leaders gathered elsewhere in Columbus that he is committed to renewing Ohio's urban centers. Obviously, that won't be easy. Cleveland and other major cities have endured decades of job losses, population flight and disinvestment. And yet research -- much of it by the Brookings Institution, a co-sponsor of last Wednesday's summit -- shows that metropolitan regions wield disproportionate economic clout in the global marketplace. If the core cities of those metros are weak, they pull down entire regions. Bottom line: Ohio's economy won't be healthy until its cities do better. The task facing Strickland is to use the state's limited resources to help those cities. Yes, a better national economy would help; so would a more sympathetic administration in Washington. But Ohio and its cities can't control those things. So they had better use their own tools wisely. Read More...

Buckeye area of Cleveland being rebuilt Builders breath e life into Buckeye Sunday, September 14, 2008 Michelle Jarboe Plain Dealer Reporter The empty windows and scarred face of the brick hospital mask the energy brewing in blighted neighborhoods near Buckeye Road. For years, the former St. Luke's Medical Center has loomed, vacant, over Shaker Boulevard. The hospital grounds are littered with debris. Locked gates and a fence don't always keep the vandals out. But there's more life stirring here than the stone statues of saints would lead you to believe. Just east of the hospital, a construction crew labors on a new elementary school. A corner of land is prepped for a new library. To the west, workers mosey at lunchtime from their renovated office building to their cars. And to the north, new homes cozy up to stalwart, century-old houses. More at http://www.cleveland.com/news/plaindealer/index.ssf?/base/business-7/1221294947284330.xml&coll=2&thispage=1 Buckeye Area Development Corporation http://www.badoc.org/

Hopkins airport has plans for 'smarter' parking by Henry J. Gomez Thursday September 11, 2008, 5:28 PM Cleveland Hopkins International Airport The director of Cleveland Hopkins International Airport hopes to launch an improved parking system next year that alerts people to empty spaces before entering a jam-packed garage. So-called smart-parking technology -- used in airports in Baltimore and Jacksonville, Fla. -- employs sensors in the pavement to detect whether parking spaces are open. The sensors relay the information to signs that show drivers the number of parking spaces available at each level and in each row. At Baltimore/Washington International, green and red lights over each space indicate whether the spot is open or occupied. In a recent interview, Cleveland airport Director Ricky Smith said the timing is right to incorporate that technology at Hopkins. The airport's parking contract, held by the same company for more than three decades, expires next spring. This year, fees from the airport's two parking decks and adjacent surface lots are expected to generate about $18 million for the city-run airport, but Smith said he will look for a better deal. http://www.cleveland.com/realtimenews/index.ssf/2008/09/hopkins_airport_has_plans_for.html

Im gonna go with (Just my Cleveland list) 1. Tower City 2. The Case Peter B Lewis Building On Google (Birds Eye View) The building looks interesting from above.. The rest of the area looks amazing though throught University Circle. http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=case+peter+b&sll=41.511036,-81.501067&sspn=0.011649,0.019226&ie=UTF8&ll=41.510098,-81.607706&spn=0.001456,0.002403&t=h&z=19&layer=c&cbll=41.509765,-81.607599&panoid=4bBFPx4EDV1ctRuUWTO9BQ 3. Key Tower 4. Arcade 5. Rock n Roll HOF Some not too sure about -Cleveland Grays Armory -Cleveland Museum of Art -Cleveland Playhouse

The only reason fuel perks is good imo is the fact that you get fuel perks and often double fuel perks on the gift cards you can buy from there. They have a HUGE selection of gift cards to everyday places like Bestbuy, Olive Garden, HomeDepot, Barnes Nobles, Cheesecake factory, Indians.com etc... If you choose Giant Eagle simply because of the fuel perks you get on groceries then it is not worth it, unless you are like me and live in Old Brooklyn and have no other real choices. Hopefully that old Topps place in RidgePark gets a new grocery store...

Giant Eagle to open store on West 117th Street Posted by Janet Cho September 10, 2008 17:48PM Categories: Retail Pittsburgh-based grocer Giant Eagle Inc. will open its newest store at 3050 West 117th St. in Cleveland at 9 a.m. Thursday. The 92,000-square-foot site will feature a GetGo gas station, a WetGo carwash and a drive-through pharmacy. The 24-hour supermarket will also house a Dress for Success dry cleaning location, a Charter One Bank branch and an Eagle's Nest children's activity center for ages 3 to 9. Giant Eagle said a majority of the store's 200 employees transferred from its stores at 11604 Clifton Blvd. and at 10950 Lorain Ave. in Westtown Plaza, both of which were to close Wednesday night. http://blog.cleveland.com/business/2008/09/giant_eagle_to_open_store_on_w.html

NASA Developing Fission Surface Power Technology Last update: 1:16 p.m. EDT Sept. 10, 2008 CLEVELAND, Sept 10, 2008 /PRNewswire-USNewswire via COMTEX/ -- NASA astronauts will need power sources when they return to the moon and establish a lunar outpost. NASA engineers are exploring the possibility of nuclear fission to provide the necessary power and taking initial steps toward a non-nuclear technology demonstration of this type of system. A fission surface power system on the moon has the potential to generate a steady 40 kilowatts of electric power, enough for about eight houses on Earth. It works by splitting uranium atoms in a reactor to generate heat that then is converted into electric power. The fission surface power system can produce large amounts of power in harsh environments, like those on the surface of the moon or Mars, because it does not rely on sunlight. The primary components of fission surface power systems are a heat source, power conversion, heat rejection and power conditioning, and distribution... This technology demonstration is being conducted as part of NASA's Exploration Technology Development Program. For an artist's concept of a fission surface power system, visit: http://www.nasa.gov/centers/glenn/news/pressrel/2008/08-042addm.html For more information about NASA's exploration program, visit: http://www.nasa.gov/exploration SOURCE NASA http://www.nasa.gov http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/nasa-developing-fission-surface-power/story.aspx?guid=%7B7970C386-8D09-446F-A3C6-6A685F965359%7D&dist=hppr

CLEVELAND -- If you haven't been to the Detroit Shoreway neighborhood lately, it's clear an area that's taking on a whole new look. Today ground was broken on a project that will transform a section of Detroit Avenue into a hip, pedestrian zone from West 58th Street to West 73rd. The $3.5 million streetscape conversion is the latest in a series of facelifts to the emerging Gordon Square arts and entertainment district located just minutes from downtown Cleveland. Plans call for widening sidewalks along part of the street, burying utility wires and installing trees, benches and public art. The effort is designed to encourage pedestrian traffic and outdoor dining. Cleveland Councilman Matt Zone has been working on the project since he took office in 2002. "When you hear DuPont Circle and SoHo, you know exactly what city they're in," Zone said. "The same will happen with Gordon Square." Cleveland Mayor Frank Jackson says the project will provide the area with a unique identity and experience they can't get anywhere else. "Each of our neighborhoods has its own special personality," Jackson said. "People will visit Gordon Square so that they can participate in the culture of this district." http://www.wkyc.com/news/local/news_article.aspx?storyid=96359&catid=3