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Cleveland Metroparks Zoo saw 1.19 million - http://blog.cleveland.com/metro/2010/01/zoos_in_akron_cleveland_are_ro.html

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Dear Cleveland, All Of Northeast Ohio and Cleveland Cavaliers Supporters Wherever You May Be Tonight; As you now know, our former hero, who grew up in the very region that he deserted this evening, is no longer a Cleveland Cavalier. This was announced with a several day, narcissistic, self-promotional build-up culminating with a national TV special of his "decision" unlike anything ever "witnessed" in the history of sports and probably the history of entertainment. Clearly, this is bitterly disappointing to all of us. The good news is that the ownership team and the rest of the hard-working, loyal, and driven staff over here at your hometown Cavaliers have not betrayed you nor NEVER will betray you. There is so much more to tell you about the events of the recent past and our more than exciting future. Over the next several days and weeks, we will be communicating much of that to you. You simply don't deserve this kind of cowardly betrayal. You have given so much and deserve so much more. In the meantime, I want to make one statement to you tonight: "I PERSONALLY GUARANTEE THAT THE CLEVELAND CAVALIERS WILL WIN AN NBA CHAMPIONSHIP BEFORE THE SELF-TITLED FORMER ‘KING’ WINS ONE" You can take it to the bank. If you thought we were motivated before tonight to bring the hardware to Cleveland, I can tell you that this shameful display of selfishness and betrayal by one of our very own has shifted our "motivation" to previously unknown and previously never experienced levels. Some people think they should go to heaven but NOT have to die to get there. Sorry, but that's simply not how it works. This shocking act of disloyalty from our home grown "chosen one" sends the exact opposite lesson of what we would want our children to learn. And "who" we would want them to grow-up to become. But the good news is that this heartless and callous action can only serve as the antidote to the so-called "curse" on Cleveland, Ohio. The self-declared former "King" will be taking the "curse" with him down south. And until he does "right" by Cleveland and Ohio, James (and the town where he plays) will unfortunately own this dreaded spell and bad karma. Just watch. Sleep well, Cleveland. Tomorrow is a new and much brighter day.... I PROMISE you that our energy, focus, capital, knowledge and experience will be directed at one thing and one thing only: DELIVERING YOU the championship you have long deserved and is long overdue.... Dan Gilbert Majority Owner Cleveland Cavaliers

NewsChannel5 has learned LeBron James filed for an address change for his taxes to an address in Chicago, according to documents through the Summit County Auditor's website. We have not been able to verfiy when this request was filed. Where does this stuff come from?

This is from the little Board Walk area at Lakewood park. I will be adding more pictures of the rest of the park later.

I'm proud to call Cleveland my... Some pictures of around downtown taken while trying to find a parking spot Walking around some Downtown parks before the event Some pictures from the actual event - my camera doesn't do so well at night Who needs The Bean?

I just added some more photos from this year's subway and bridge tour instead of starting a new thread.

That would be awesome! I already have plans to go to it 3 times with different people and everyone I talked to at the Subway & Bridge tour said they were going to go.

Is this just going to be a one time thing or will they open this year round in the near future?

Cleveland among finalists to host DNC in 2012 The Democratic National Committee announced Wednesday that Cleveland is one of four finalists for its 2012 convention, putting the city closer than ever to landing a national political gathering. Cleveland will compete with Charlotte, N.C.; Minneapolis; and St. Louis. The party is expected to choose a date by the end of the year. A convention would be an economic boon. Denver officials estimated the 2008 Democratic convention brought the area a $266 million economic benefit. http://www.cleveland.com/nation/index.ssf/2010/06/cleveland_among_finalists_to_h.html

Elephants will return in May to expanded home at Cleveland Metroparks Zoo CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Cleveland Metroparks Zoo Director Steve Taylor says it was a rare day over the last two years when someone didn't ask how soon the elephants were coming back. Now he has an answer: Next May. And the elephants will return to brand new digs, four times the size of their old home. The $25 million African Elephant Crossing is a mass of concrete, steel and construction equipment today, but it is shaping up to be a national model of modern elephant habitat. http://blog.cleveland.com/metro/2010/06/elephants_will_return_in_may_t.html

CLEVELAND: A piece of space history moved from one part of Northeast Ohio to another Tuesday with the help of an Akron company. It's not every day a 12,800-pound Apollo command module that flew in space is loaded onto a flatbed and driven north on Cleveland highways. The module, used for the Skylab 3 mission in 1973, reached its new home Tuesday afternoon at the new NASA Glenn Visitor Center at the Great Lakes Science Center. There are only 10 NASA visitor centers in the country, and Cleveland's center is the only one north of the Mason-Dixon Line, she said. However, at its old facility near Cleveland Hopkins International Airport, the visitor center was behind security, which made access much more difficult after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, she said. In fact, since its March move, more than 86,000 visitors have seen the new NASA Visitor Center. That's more people than typically would have seen the artifacts in a year at the old location, said Howard Ross, NASA Glenn's associate director for planning and evaluation. http://www.ohio.com/news/96964509.html

"Man V. Food" takes up the challenge at Lakewood's MELT Bar & Grilled LAKEWOOD, Ohio - A local restaurant, MELT Bar & Grilled, will get the national spotlight treatment on a popular TV show. In February, the Travel Channel show “Man V. Food” and its host Adam Richman came to Lakewood to accept the MELT challenge. Richman attempted to devour a grilled sandwich with more than three pounds of cheese. http://www.newsnet5.com/dpp/entertainment/television/viewing-parties-as-man-v-food-takes-up-the-challenge-at-lakewood%27s-melt-bar-and-grilled At the time, MELT owner Matt Fish said he was excited about the show.

Cleveland airport tops world ranking for Facebook fans and engagement Cleveland - Hopkins International Airport has earned Cleveland a Forbes ranking worth touting. The airport has the world’s top ranking for using Facebook as a social media platform, according to a study conducted by AirGates Solutions. CLE has the largest fan base among airports, with 29,738. In comparison, Atlanta has 2,497, Boston 2,293 and Denver 2,144. Cleveland Hopkins also has the most engaged fans based on a ratio of fans to total passengers. The Akron-Canton airport ranked second on the list, with 12,967 fans. http://www.newsnet5.com/dpp/news/local_news/Cleveland-airport-tops-Forbes-Ranking-for-using-Facebook

It is funny because I actually liked the food more then the dessert at the Chocolate Bar. The spinach and artichoke dip is really good and so is their white chocolate pasta (it's just a hint of chocolate). I agree on the Martinis as well. I have been there a few times now and I think the service is usually average - not great but not horrible either. So far the worst food on that street for me has been Zocalo - maybe it was just a bad day for them.

Health and Technology Corridor creates Cleveland jobs Short 2 minute video on the project on the website http://www.newsnet5.com/dpp/news/local_news/investigations/health-and-technology-corridor-creates-cleveland-jobs CLEVELAND - A 3-mile long stretch of real estate on both sides of Euclid Avenue has been officially designated as the Cleveland Health and Technology Corridor. Ohio Gov. Ted Strickland made the annoucement during a news conference at BioEnterprise-- a Cleveland business formation and recruitment group that's created more than 80 companies in the last eight years. The corridor stretches from University Hospitals west toward downtown Cleveland and already includes 75 bio medical and 45 hi-tech comapnies. The governor said northeast Ohio already employs 230,000 health care and bio science workers.

This could go into a lot of different categories so feel free to move it to the most appropriate thread. Ohio awarding "hub" status to Cleveland's Health-Tech Corridor CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Cleveland's health care cluster is about to burn brighter. Gov. Ted Strickland will announce Thursday that the newly formed Cleveland Health-Tech Corridor, stretching from University Circle to Cleveland State University, will be designated a "Hub of Opportunity and Innovation" by the state. "It's fair to say the assets here are stellar and make for the perfect hub," said Mark Lundine, manager of the hubs program for the Department of Development. Cleveland's hub is the second one in the state. Last fall, Dayton was named a hub for aerospace development.The hubs "are a central part of our plan to create economic opportunity in Ohio," Strickland said in an e-mailed statement. "And the state of Ohio stands squarely beside the burgeoning local commitment to the bioscience industry." All of Ohio's biggest cities will eventually have hubs, which are designed to boost promising industry clusters and the urban neighborhoods around them. http://www.cleveland.com/business/index.ssf/2010/06/ohio_awarding_hub_status_to_clevelands_health-tech_corridor.html

In Cleveland, a Frenzy to Prepare Antiquities The museum is in the midst of one of the most ambitious rebuilding programs of any art institution in the country, a $350 million project expected to be completed in 2013. All through its corridors, workers with dollies and moving blankets hauled unlikely assemblages of priceless works out of storage and conservation rooms as the museum prepares for the reopening next month of its antiquities galleries, as well as those devoted to Byzantine and medieval works, all of which have been closed for five years. It is an undertaking whose complexity — and importance to patrons of Classical and ancient art — is perhaps rivaled only by the reopening of the Getty Villa near Los Angeles in 2006 and the renovation of the Greek and Roman Galleries at the Metropolitan Museum of Art a year later. http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/26/arts/design/26classical.html

I was trying to find this thread :( and u posted this like 30 seconds before i posted a thread on it. Can someone please delete my post.

Collinwood Recreation Center Breaks Ground May 15 The official groundbreaking ceremony for the Collinwood Recreation Center will take place on May 15, 2010 at 10 a.m. with remarks by honored guests including Mayor Frank Jackson, Sen. George Voinovich, Ward 11 Councilman Michael D. Polensek, and other dignitaries. The Collinwood Recreation Center will be located at 16500 Lakeshore Boulevard on the 5-acre site of the former Big Lots / K-Mart property. The $11.9 million facility will house the Cleveland’s first indoor water park with a monster slide and full swimming pool, as well as a regulation-sized basketball court, three-lane walking/jogging track, kitchen facilities, Senior Center, aerobics, and fitness/exercise rooms. In addition, there will be a community room, computer center and offices for city employees. http://www.clevelandcitycouncil.org/Home/CollinwoodRecreationCenter/tabid/848/Default.aspx

In all honesty when I first viewed this article it was free because I didn't have a subscription either. Maybe I can try to find another source or something.

Casino bill up against deadline Lawmakers grapple with key issues, assure legislation will pass to advance development The Ohio Legislature has less than a month to pass a bill that will set oversight for the four casinos voters approved last November, but because several key issues haven't been resolved, a bill has not even been introduced. State Rep. Kenny Yuko of Richmond Heights, who is one of the Democratic legislators drafting the casino-enabling legislation, said he hopes to have a joint House-Senate bill ready for introduction when the General Assembly reconvenes this week after an election hiatus. “I didn't realize how damned complicated these things are,” Rep. Yuko said as he ticked off the issues he has yet to resolve in the expected bill. “We've been working on it since November.” http://www.crainscleveland.com/article/20100510/SUB1/305109985/1006/FIN

Casino bill up against deadline The bill also is likely to include provisions that would allow casino operators — in particular Rock Ventures, which has announced plans for a $600 million Cleveland casino — to begin temporary operations before construction of the permanent casinos can be completed. Rep. Yuko said he hopes Rock Ventures will open what he called a “Phase One” casino in the Higbee Building in downtown Cleveland that can operate until 2013, when the permanent casino is scheduled to open. I posted this article in the general Casino discussion as well. http://www.crainscleveland.com/article/20100510/SUB1/305109985/1006/FIN

I wish CSU had its dorms up already before census day to include all those college kids. Also the census will have some general data, like total population counts by region, available by April of 2011.

Planners cooking up a 'Market District' around Cleveland's West Side Market CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Planners and advocates in Cleveland's Ohio City neighborhood want to season the melting pot around the West Side Market with more specialty food stores, independent businesses and international flavor.The historic market, which attracts more than a million visitors each year, will mark its centennial in late 2012. As the city prepares for a party, community groups and developers are hatching plans to build up and brand the neighborhood as the Market District -- an eclectic blend of shops, restaurants and activity at the heart of the region's local food economy. The Ohio City Near West Development Corp. hopes to create a seamless transition between the West Side Market and the surrounding streets, which still are speckled with vacant and little-used properties. During the next several years, the community development group hopes to promote the Market District brand, to put cleaning crews and safety forces on the streets, to install signs to guide pedestrians and drivers and to recruit more stores and other businesses. The city of Cleveland has budgeted $1.5 million to remake Market Square Park, a small public space across from the market. http://www.cleveland.com/business/index.ssf/2010/05/planners_cooking_up_a_market_d.html