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Sammy's closes PlayhouseSquare restaurant and catering operations Sammy’s, a forerunner in Cleveland’s restaurant renaissance, suddenly ceased operation today. Formal word was announced in a brief message posted on the restaurant and catering company’s corporate website, sammys.com: “City Life Inc., D/B/A [doing business as] Sammy’s announced it has made the decision to close its facilities. We are currently in negotiations with a local caterer to transition our existing clients.” http://www.cleveland.com/dining/index.ssf/2013/08/sammys_closes_playhousesquare.html#incart_river_default

urban-oriented families: as school choices increase, so too does the number of parents choosing city When my wife and I became pregnant with our first child, I felt as though there was a ticking time bomb over my head. As much as we enjoyed our townhouse in the city, we knew that we would run out bedrooms if we decided to grow our family. And then there was the question of schools, a sheer cliff of anxiety looming on the not-too-distant horizon. When our townhouse started to feel cramped with a walking toddler and a second on the way, we poked around the leafy neighborhoods of Shaker Heights. While charming, the curvy streets reminded me of a suburban Bermuda Triangle. The homes were stately yet dated, and the drone of leaf blowers filled the air. It wasn’t for us. http://freshwatercleveland.com/features/urbanorientedlife080113.aspx

5 Straight!

Go figure A. J. Pierzynski was with Tanner when the incident occurred. I'm suuuuuuuuuuuuuuuure it was a sucker punch :drunk: :drunk:

Cleveland's new convention hotel could bring life to the Mall and connect a disconnected downtown Utter the words “convention center hotel” and images of architectural processed cheese come to mind. Convention hotels often have a generic, plastic-wrapped look, with punch-card window patterns pasted on a slab-shaped towers with big, lighted logos as a garnishes. The hotels can look busy and crowded when they’re receiving or disgorging hundreds of guests, but desolate in slow times. Few would make anyone’s list of memorable places in any city. http://www.cleveland.com/architecture/index.ssf/2013/07/the_new_cleveland_convention_h.html#incart_river_default

joecimperman ‏@joecimperman 25m New Hafbrau House at the hermit club @engagecsu @DowntownCLE @playhousesquare more people more options more culture more schnitzel #good

Michelle J. McFee ‏@mjarboe 50m MT @lauraejjohnston: #CuyahogaCounty will spend $10 million to lease space for archives in Halle Warehouse on E. 40th St. until 2024. View conversation Michelle J. McFee ‏@mjarboe 50m RT @lauraejjohnston: Looks like #CuyahogaCounty has a deal to sell the county archives building to Welcome House Inc. for $650,000. View conversation

McFadden is signed

Butcher shop, restaurant and brewery will fill last East Fourth Street retail vacancies CLEVELAND, Ohio -- A butcher shop, restaurant and brewery will open on East Fourth Street next spring, filling the last lingering ground-level vacancies at a project more than a decade in the making. Developer Ari Maron said Thursday that he recently signed a lease with Butcher & The Brewer, a concept dreamed up by the owners of the Tremont Taphouse. The new restaurant and brewery will fill the large hole left by Dredgers Union, a clothing store that closed last year. The butcher shop will occupy a long-empty space next door. http://www.cleveland.com/business/index.ssf/2013/07/butcher_shop_restaurant_and_br.html#incart_river_default

Have you seen Dion playing in summer league? He looks at least 15lbs - 20lbs lighter than last year.

Damn good read... Geis brothers build foothold in Cleveland, bringing their family business from the suburbs to the city CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Erwin and Katherine Geis found the American dream in Northeast Ohio, where they arrived from Germany in the 1960s with suitcases, empty pockets and a hunger for something different. Nearly 50 years later, the Geis name hangs on a construction fence at one of downtown Cleveland's most important intersections, where their sons are building a new government headquarters for Cuyahoga County and tackling one of the city's largest redevelopment projects. http://www.cleveland.com/business/index.ssf/2013/07/geis_brothers_build_foothold_i.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter

$900 for the 1 bedroom apts...Isn't that pretty close to downtown rates? New apartment building Mariner’s Watch coming to Cleveland's Ohio City neighborhood CLEVELAND - A condominium project, tabled when the economy soured a few years ago, is set to become Ohio City’s newest apartment complex. Mariner’s Watch, a mix of one and two-bedroom units, will rise from the rubble of a former marine supply unit on Detroit Avenue near West 32nd Street. Read more: http://www.newsnet5.com/dpp/news/local_news/cleveland_metro/New-apartment-building-Mariners-Watch-coming-to-Clevelands-Ohio-City-neighborhood#ixzz2ZOx4GCDm

Cleveland casino to hire 230 new workers CLEVELAND -- The Cleveland Horseshoe Casino is hiring as many as 230 workers to staff its table games. The casino is looking for 200 part-time table games dealers and 30 full-time table games supervisors to operate an expanded variety of open table games. http://www.wkyc.com/news/article/306817/3/Cleveland-casino-to-hire-230-new-workers

Football might around in the future but it sure won't look like anything from 100yrs ago. Hell just look at the some of the rule changes in the last 10yrs. These lawsuits are a real thing and can definitely end the game as we know it. I have friends who coach in the NFL that won't let their sons play.

Great night of baseball - Tribe win, tigers lose. I'm looking forward to the 2nd half of the season considering this team hasn't played its best ball yet. Lets get that sweeeeeeep tomorrow!

Cuyahoga Makes First Casino Revenue Awards for Downtown Conversion of East Ohio Gas Building, and Flats East Bank Phase II Awarded Casino Revenue Funds Additionally, Flats East Bank will receive another $1.5 million loan to complete Phase II of the Flats Residential Tower. With a total project costs nearing $130 million, the completed project will include over 200 market rate apartments, and new retail and dining options along Cleveland’s lakefront. “Cuyahoga County is supporting our long and highly-focused effort to make all of Greater Cleveland proud of the Flats East Bank,” says Adam Fishman of Flats East Bank. “This unique project will result in a new waterfront neighborhood that will be eclectic, fun, and visually stimulating,” says Fishman. http://executive.cuyahogacounty.us/en-US/20130711-PR-Casino.aspx

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Ford workers vote on new contract at Brook Park, automaker plans investment announcement for Thursday :clap: CLEVELAND, Ohio -- As Ford workers in Brook Park vote on a tentative new contract today, the automaker has already scheduled a major announcement for Thursday about new investments there. Ford and the United Auto Workers Local 1250 reached a new labor deal last week, a deal the union said included no major changes to work rules. In exchange, the union said the automaker would bring a new line of small engines to the plant that now makes mostly truck motors. The expansion could bring nearly 800 jobs over the next several years. http://www.cleveland.com/business/index.ssf/2013/02/ford_workers_vote_on_new_contr.html#incart_river_default

Some interesting stuff at the end of the article... Cleveland's casino 'pays off' for local restaurants CLEVELAND -- From chips to chicken...The Horseshoe Casino and Cajun food may seem like worlds apart, but not in downtown Cleveland J. Gumbo's at 226 Euclid Avenue just opened three weeks ago. They're based in Louisville, the recipes are from Lousiana and, so far, this is not a losing idea. http://www.wkyc.com/news/article/283483/45/Clevelands-casino-pays-off-for-local-restaurants-

Foreclosure filings fall to lowest level since 2007 Foreclosure filings in January plunged to their lowest level since April 2007. Notices of default, scheduled auctions, bank repossessions and other filings fell to 150,864 last month, a 7% decline from the previous month and a 28% drop from January 2012, according to RealtyTrac. New foreclosure filings fell to the lowest level since June 2006. http://money.cnn.com/2013/02/14/real_estate/foreclosures/index.html?hpt=hp_t2 401(k) balances at record high 401(k) balances reached record highs in 2012, as a strong stock market and increased contributions helped retirement savers continue to recover from recession losses. Fidelity Investment's average 401(k) balance hit $77,300 at the end of 2012 -- up nearly 12% from $69,100 in 2011, according to a report released Thursday by Fidelity, the country's largest provider representing 12 million U.S. workers. http://money.cnn.com/2013/02/14/retirement/401k-balances/index.html?hpt=hp_t2

^That's nasty man...

According to Hoynsie, the tribe sold more season tickets on Tues (day after the bourn signing) than they do during a whole month in a normal offseason.

Meijer to add 1,500 jobs in 2013 with $160 million investment in stores WALKER, MI -- Meijer will invest more than $160 million to build or remodel 11 stores that will create 1,500 new jobs, the Walker-based retailer announced Wednesday, Feb. 13. The investment includes the construction of six new Meijer supercenters and major remodel projects for an additional five stores. http://www.mlive.com/business/west-michigan/index.ssf/2013/02/meijer_will_create_1500_jobs_i.html Duluth company plans to add 85 jobs, nearly doubling payroll DULUTH — St. Louis County commissioners on Tuesday approved applying for a state Department of Employment and Economic Development loan for Altec HiLine LLC, the Duluth company that makes long-boom lift trucks. The Birmingham, Ala.-based company now has about 90 employees at the Duluth facility and plans to add 85 with the current expansion, county officials said. The state requires the county to be a partner in the application. http://www.sctimes.com/article/20130213/BUSINESS/302130031/Duluth-company-plans-add-85-jobs-nearly-doubling-payroll

Cleveland's restaurant scene has lessons for other Great Lakes cities, says writer Most Clevelanders know what a great dining scene we enjoy. But it never hurts to get an outsider's perspective -- and an excellent assessment appeared in Sunday's Buffalo (N.Y.) News. In a story headlined "Chow down on Lake Erie: What can the Buffalo restaurant scene learn from the Cleveland revolution?," food writer Andrew Galarneau provided an incisive take on NE Ohio's culinary successes. http://www.cleveland.com/dining/index.ssf/2013/02/clevelands_restaurant_scene_ha.html#incart_m-rpt-2

Could Mike Wallace end up with Cleveland Browns? The Steelers have no plans to slap the franchise tag on wide receiver Mike Wallace, which means that the free agent's days in Pittsburgh are numbered. The news gets worse for Steelers fans. According to CBSSports.com's Jason La Canfora, many in the organization believe the division-rival Cleveland Browns are Wallace's most likely landing spot next month. http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap1000000138181/article/could-mike-wallace-end-up-with-cleveland-browns