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Does anyone know if the E14 sidewalks will be refurbished as part of the Hanna project?

Anyone been to Americano in Bratenahl? I understand it is a casually priced menu with creatively prepared high quality ingredients. I also understand it is on the waterfront, within a condo complex, though the restaurant is open to the public.

FYI- off road vehicles do not pay the gas tax. as i understand it, oregon has allocated a fractional percentage of the gas tax, whose use is attributed to lawn mowers, to their mass transit funding. there is a discussion about this on GCBL.org @ http://www.gcbl.org/transportation/regional-agenda/reforming-odot

Ohio's peach season is just beginning. IMHO, the best are from farms along the lake erie shore. Two of my favorite peach producers are along rt 169, just off route 2, before arriving in Marblehead. OH Peach Industry > http://extension.osu.edu/~news/story.php?id=2330

hey surfohio, i was inspired on that idea when Pop Up City held their LeapNight celebration in the Flats last February. They installed a smallish (10 ft high) wooden ramp + rail and covered it with snow. The many boarders there seemed to be having a blast! However, what I'd like to see done is a half pipe built out of snow that is cleared from city streets. A lot of cities, though not Clv, pile snow from city streets into an empty lot. If that snow could be dumped around/into some sort of frame and smoothed into a u-shape, you'd have an urban snowboard park for as long as the temperatures cooperated. http://www.cudc.kent.edu/popup/leapgallery.html If you are interested, I bet we could get a grant to construct 6-9 disc golf holes at Wendy Park.

yes, i remember it! if we get another, i would like it to be a bit larger.... UCI is trying to locate a sponsor for a winter rink in wade oval. i think the mall could be a nice location, esp with a few vendors selling hot choco and the like...

more facilities for enjoying winter sports? how about an ice rink - perhaps on mall b? or a seasonal outdoor rink on the frozen oxbow of the cuyahoga or inside the breakwall on the lake? where do we pile all that snow from the city streets in winter? why not use some of it to create a temporary snowboard park in the flats? maybe a course for XC skiing at wendy park? a small disc golf course would also make sense for wendy park. on the topic of indoor recreation, how about a roller skating rink that could be rented out to street hockey teams during the year? how about an indoor/outdoor miniature golf course. some city in NEO has an indoor glow-in the dark mini golf course w/ brewskies. why not downtown? how about a rock climbing gym? a lot of these ideas were generated at the Shrinking Cities exhibit last year, which had all kinds of great examples of old building re-use, meaning they are being done somewhere... here in Ohio (Dayton) is Urban Krag - a rock climbing in an old church

Great pics of the frozen Cuyahoga and the lit-up hanna fountains. I've been thinking for awhile that the oxbow of the Cuyahoga would be a great winter ice skating rink, like a mini version of the Rideau Canal in Ottawa. Though I'm not sure of the last time the Cuyahoga was frozen solid. IMHO, we could really use more outdoor activities in the winters here.

Boreal, thanks for linking Cuba to urban gardens and food policy. At last years Bioneers Conference, we premiered a movie called "The Power of Community: How Cuba Survived Peak Oil" a must see for anyone interested in the possibilities brought forth by urban farming. The movie was produced by the Community Solutions based in Yellow Springs, OH. Community Solutions http://www.communitysolution.org/ Power of Community (movie) http://www.powerofcommunity.org/cm/index.php

'The Politician-a toy' sculpture is to be moved to E18th and Chester by October http://www.wcpn.org/index.php/WCPN/news/12995/ http://www.the-politician-moveon.org/

On the power generation side, a study was recently done by Pacific Northwest National Laboratories estimating that 84% of the current cars on the road in America (198M) could be powered by excess (off-peak) capacity in the system, if those cars were plug-in hybrids. The idea with a plug-in hybrid (phev) is like a current hybrid, but with a larger battery that chargeable via a home outlet, therefore enabling gasoline free travel for upwards of 50 miles. Defining PHEV's> http://www.eere.energy.gov/afdc/vehicles/plugin_hybrids.html Pacific Northwest Energy Labs Study > http://www.pnl.gov/energy/eed/etd/pdfs/phev_feasibility_analysis_combined.pdf Also Natural Gas does not face that same constraints as petrol as it can be produced through anaerobic (sans oxygen) digestion of organic materials, such as human and animal waste. The Franklin County landfill (SWACO) and a composting facility in Akron are two local examples of renewable methane.

Oooops. misquoted the number of beds. it's actually 600 according to the article in Summer 2008 edition of Perspective Magazine (for Alumni) in an article entitled "Welcome to the Neighborhood" Early plans call for a 600 bed residence hall on a new E. 24th St. linking Euclid and Prospect Avenues. The dorms will be managed by American Campus Communities of Austin, TX. Proposed are four linked buildings with enclosed walkways and shared common areas. The project will include a new home for the University Admissions office and a parking garage. It will be built in two phases around the present bookstore, with three buildings ready for occupany in fall 2010 and the final building in fall 2011. When this project is completed, Viking Hall will be demolished. In another part of this same section, entitled "On the Drawing Boards' is Varsity Village - a student residential community that will encircle a new $4M baseball field to be built on Chester Ave on 18 acres of land that now holds about 2000 parking spaces in surface lots.

here's a GREAT idea!>> http://garageinventorlive.org/ Breathing Life into New Inventions Conference to Connect Inventors with Contract Manufacturers Aimed at Re-Inventing "Made in USA" CLEVELAND, Ohio — All the frustrated inventors who never had the wherewithal to bring their great ideas to market will now have that opportunity through garageinventorlive.org – a non-profit online community that will serve as a new product development platform to help inventors get organized and to connect them with contract manufacturers. A day-long conference to kickoff GarageInventorLive.org will be held on Tuesday, August 12, 2008 at 8:30 a.m. at the NASA/Glenn Research Center, 12000 Brookpark Road, Building 500 Auditorium in Cleveland, Ohio. The conference will feature an experienced entourage of academics, engineers, industry leaders, inventors, manufacturers, scientists and marketing professionals from organizations such as NASA, Ohio Aerospace Institute, National Association of Home Builders and more. Presentations will explore topics such as the availability of community and government resources, case studies on how to bring products to market as well as what works and what doesn’t from the contract manufacturer’s perspective. GarageInventorLive.org will help inventors learn better business skills and find resources more easily. Through searchable lists of new product concepts, supply chain vendors and contract manufacturers, inventors can find business experts who can validate their ideas and make recommendations for moving forward – all of which can save them time, money and endless frustration. "Every industry in America began with a single bright idea," said Mary Kaye Denning, founder and chief nudger of GarageInventorLive.org, "but an idea without a process for implementation goes nowhere. "If we can link an inventor with the people who test an idea, engineer it, certify it, run it through the gauntlet of legal and marketing hurdles and finally bring out a viable product to our existing contract manufacturing sector, we can fuel the American dream and put a new foundation under our transitioning economy – that’s Garage Inventor Live!" Denning continued. Denning spent more than two decades as a product design and marketing consultant in New York City. She specifically chose Cleveland, Ohio to relocate and to launch her concept because of the abundance of contract manufacturers in Northeast Ohio. "There are approximately 1,000 contract manufacturers in the City of Cleveland alone," she stated. "With the current state of our economy, many of these manufacturers are eagerly seeking new orders." Advance registration to the conference is required. Registrations can be made at www.garageinventorlive.org. Admission is $25 and includes the day-long conference, a continental breakfast, box lunch and a complimentary six-month trial membership in garageinventorlive.org. NOTE: NASA security requires a government-issued, photo ID and your receipt of payment at the door.

according to the CSU magazine, "Perspectives" the four new dorm buildings will house 900 beds.

nice set of iNGENUITY photos here > http://www.toistudio.com/blog/2008/07/ingenuity-fest-2008.html i really like how forgotten public spaces are re-purposed...

the issue is a lack of funding for a regional public good due to much higher than anticipated costs for petrol fuel. certainly additional state and federal dollars are needed to support public transport. however, the answer given in the letter, makes a lot of sense in that all cuyahoga county consumers, rather than just those that utilize said public good, will pay for it. IMO, a similar tax should be levied on outlying suburbs (geauga, lake, lorain, medina, summit, etc) to build a regional transportation system. initial tax revenue could be used to subsidize fuel costs, while investing in renewable energy infrastructure (bio-methane, biodiesel, etc) to eventually reduce the cost of fuel. perhaps this is the beginning of a metro government? Public transportation directly affects nearly everyone in the short term, especially large employers. K-12 schooling affects only parents and is regrettably viewed as a long term issue, thereby making levies easier to dismiss. However, several levies consistently pass in the region, (1) funding for cleveland's and the county's library systems and (2) funding for the metroparks. While a levy is different than a tax, the purpose is the same. I believe it is critical that RTA begins a regional discussion to explore the possibility of implementing a 0.__% sales tax on surrounding counties. how can land be utilized to it's fullest potential in the region without a region wide transportation system? If RTA does not initiate this conversation, than whom?

a recommendation to offset RTA fuel prices by increasing the sales tax rather than the fares. imo, the tax should be put on the ballots in surrounding counties to fund and build a truly regional transport system. RTA riders shouldn't have to bear fare increase - letter to the editor Sunday, July 27, 2008 Leonard Ronis Beachwood In 1975, the citizens of Cuyahoga County recognized the importance of a good public transportation system and voted a 1 percent sales tax to subsidize it. That allowed fares to be reduced to 25 cents for the next five years. .... Leonard Ronis, Beachwood Ronis is a former RTA general manager. http://www.cleveland.com/letters/plaindealer/index.ssf?/base/opinion/1217061117229130.xml&coll=2

WRL will be taking one floor. Friday, July 18, 2008 REAL ESTATE Westlake Reed taking full floor Architecture firm Westlake Reed Leskosky plans to occupy a full floor of the new office building envisioned along the south flank of downtown Cleveland's Ameritrust Tower. The Plain Dealer reported Wednesday that Westlake Reed would be the first tenant for a 13-story office building planned on East Ninth Street by the K&D Group of Willoughby. Westlake Reed principal Ronald Reed said Thursday that the firm would occupy roughly 26,000 square feet. Westlake Reed's lease at the nearby Huntington Building, 925 Euclid Ave., expires in 2011. The firm employs about 85 people downtown. http://search.cleveland.com/Westlake+Reed+taking+full+floor?date_range=all

Interesting letter to the editor in today's PD from someone referring to Gov. Strickland's speech at the CityClub on July 12. Any UOers in attendance? Some of the stats stated by Strickland are pretty amazing.. Cleveland is worth emulating -- letter to the editor Friday, July 18, 2008 I found Gov. Strickland's address to the City Club on July 11 to be very positive and to contain some facts that more than Clevelanders would find interesting. Unfortunately, the news story on the speech didn't quote him extensively enough... Regan J. Fay Cleveland

greening of the 'GreenHouse Tavern' http://crainscleveland.com/article/20080714/FREE/890403405/1107

Brown Announces Nearly $700,000 for City of Cleveland Federal Funds to be Used for Construction Phase of Flats Eastbank Project http://brown.senate.gov/newsroom/press_releases/release/?id=85074613-fb93-4aab-bd0e-e62997a05d5a

Starbucks does not sell toddy, aka cold brewed coffee. However, it seems to be a speciality at nearly every coffee shop in greater cleveland. I've also noticed it at the cup a joe stores in c-bus. many cleveland shops, especially phoenix, use toddy exclusively for their cold coffee drinks (iced lattes, mochas, etc) I love toddy as a summer caffeine fix as it has a very smooth taste, lacking the bitterness in hot coffee, thereby going down the hatch quite nicely.... I've been successful using a french press to make it at home. One needs to use at least double the amount of grounds as you would for hot brewing and steep it for at least 12 hours, though 24 is preferred.

cleve clinic new buildings > http://meetthebuildings.com

I can be downtown at 12:30 at the earliest

what time do you suppose lunch will be?