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elevate, are you speaking of MLS Number: 2346351 ? they are a hop, skip, & jump from downtown, so long as you can jump across the Cuyahoga valley! As the crow flies, they are just over a mile south of jacob's field.

Moulton Brewing Company is soon to open in Cleveland's Midtown neighborhood. This is a great local success story. You can listen to an interview with their Production Manager at http://www.meetthebloggers.net Per the website, the most intriguing aspect of their beer is it's health effects. You may actually feel better (or just as good) after quaffing a few. http://www.moultonbrewing.com BEER = GOOD FOR YOU!! http://www.thefoodpaper.com/features/health/beer.html Initially this will only be a production facility, but who knows? Maybe they will eventually open a small taproom in Midtown. Yum! A beer a day keeps the doctor at bay.

Yes, it's called the Pearl St. Market or something like that The Pearl Alley Grower's Association operates markets all over the city similar to what North Union does here. I know that the Cuyahoga Valley Countryside Conservancy has wanted to create a downtown Cleveland market for at least the last couple years. The City has not necessarily been cooperative though as they've requested that the market be located at Gateway on the site of the old Central Market whereas CVCC would much prefer to be located in an actual neighborhood, preferably the Warehouse District. There are also some issues of apparent turf wars between North Union and CVCC, which is just plain silliness. North Union Farmers Markets > http://www.lkwdpl.org/farmersmarket/ Pearl Alley Growers Association > http://www.pearlalleygrowers.com/ Cuyahoga Valley Countryside Conservancy > http://www.cvcountryside.org/

"The old DeLorean Cadillac dealership on West 117th Street is completely gone. I know it was discussed on some thread last year, but I cannot find it. Anybody recall what is being built there?" I read somewhere, I believe in that free Lakewood Newspaper, that the old DeLorean dealership site has been purchased by ALDI who will build a new store there, though they've subdivided the lot, so there may be something else there as well.

via http://www.clevelandairport.com/site/375/default.aspx [/font]pt] Experienced Industry Professionals Round-Out New Airport Management Team [/size] CLEVELAND, January 18, 2007— It took time, planning, and searching, but finally the leadership team that will help Director Ricky Smith chart the course for the Cleveland Airport System is in place. “As a vital economic engine for our City and region it is important that we take our rightful place as a major competitor in our industry and with these additions to our leadership team, we have individuals who are proven and capable to ensure our course is strategic and balanced,” said Airport Director Ricky D. Smith. “The future of air travel is rapidly changing and we need professionals who can help us transition through those changes and ensure the prosperity of our air system now and in the future. I’m very pleased to welcome these individuals to our team.” Todd Payne will lead the Director’s charge to expand air service opportunities for Cleveland as the Department’s Chief of Marketing and Air Service Development. Prior to his appointment, Mr. Payne was Regional Sales Manager of the Eastern U.S. with Hawaiian Airlines. He brings 21 years of travel industry marketing and sales leadership experience with airlines, hospitality, and destination entities. He has also held strategic management positions with Experience Columbus, Accor Hotels, the Aruba Tourism Authority, VIASA Venezuelan International Airways, USAir and Piedmont Airlines. Mr. Payne will focus on the expansion of passenger and cargo air service at Cleveland Hopkins International Airport, as well as oversee advertising, public relations, and the airport's customer service programs. Mr. Payne is a graduate of Ashland University and has a bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration with a focus on Marketing. He has also received CTC certification from the Institute of Certified Travel Agents. Steve Nagy was selected as Chief of Planning and Engineering in November 2006. In this position he oversees the areas of Planning, Engineering, Construction, Real Estate and Noise Abatement. Prior to his current position, he served as Manager at Cuyahoga County Airport, where he managed all aspects of professional, administrative and operational functions. No stranger to Cleveland Hopkins International Airport, Mr. Nagy began his 22-year tenure with the City of Cleveland in 1977 as a project manager for planning and environmental projects at CLE, where he was responsible for developing facilities planning and aircraft noise abatement programs. Mr. Nagy received his master’s in Public Administration and bachelor’s in Political Science from Cleveland State University. Eleanne Young is the Chief of Administration and Performance Management, including oversight of Information Technology, Organizational Development, and Administrative Services. Ms. Young’s appointment began January 2, 2007 her breadth of experience includes a 6-year stint with the Maryland Department of Transportation including the Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport, where she focused on technology-supported business and strategic planning, human resources, and workforce development programs. Ms. Young holds a bachelor’s in Psychology from the College of Notre Dame of Maryland, and an MBA from Loyola College in Maryland. Percy E. Dangerfield joined the Cleveland Department of Port Control team as the Chief of Staff in October 2006. Prior to this appointment, Mr. Dangerfield served as the Division Manager of the Disadvantaged/Minority Business Enterprise Program for the Maryland State Highway Administration. Mr. Dangerfield has accumulated 17 years of experience in the public transportation and private sectors - primarily in business development, governmental affairs, and organizational advancement. He serves as the principal assistant to the Director, charged with ensuring that the overall vision and key initiatives of the Department are implemented. He is a graduate of Frostburg State University, where he received both a bachelor’s in Philosophy, and a master’s in Business Administration with a concentration in management. Pat Singleton was appointed Chief of Business Development and Management in October 2006 and is responsible for business planning and development and all matters related to concessions, airline agreements, parking and ground transportation, and contracts and procurement. Ms. Singleton joined the Department of Port Control as Airport Development Manager in 1999 and has served in various management positions within the business cluster. Ms. Singleton has a bachelor’s from Central State University and a master’s from The Ohio State University. She has over 20 years of experience in commercial management experience including experience with concessions development, airline use and lease agreements, management of airport parking and ground transportation operations and real estate negotiations. The new members join the existing team of Fred Szabo, Commissioner for CLE, Khalid Bahhur, Commissioner of BKL, and Acting Chief Financial Officer Kathleen Woidke.

I recall hearing talk of employing an anaerobic digester to treat the mass amounts of elephant dung thereby producing a bio-gas which can cleanly burned to produce electricity. I'd also heard that a local fuel cell company was interested in utilizing the bio-gas in a fuel cell. Anyone heard anything about this? There was talk of exporting the fuel cell version of this 'technology' to various parts of the African continent as a sustainable supply of electricity.

What exactly are floor plates?

Also, I heard last night that the old May Co. Building has a new owner. Anyone else heard this? We were thinking that it would seem to make perfect sense to put condos on the Prospect and Euclid sides of may co. and keep the Telecom Hotel in the middle. Any thoughts on this idea?

I bicycled over to the Park open house last night and ended up talking with the lead PURE agent, Dave Sharkey of PURE, and the developer's son. My recommendation to each of them was the same. Offer an RTA pass as part of the assessment fee (ala Avalon Lofts) and offer lighted, secure bike parking somewhere in the building. To my surprise, both ideas were welcomed by all three people. I would presume most of the folks on this board would have offered the same suggestions. As for the model unit; it's THE only place in Cleveland with 24/7 people watching, which made me feel that the flat screen over the fireplace was completely unnecessary. A glorious view to say the least. As for the design of the units, it is evident that the architect worked with the interior designer in the layout and choice of finishes. Easily some of the best looking and functioning units I've yet seen downtown. BTW, the two sided fireplace was elegantly used to divide a room into two separate seating areas.

I walked by the varying height fence today too. It looks like a GreenScreen (http://www.greenscreen.com) sort of fence that would enable some sort of vegetation to grow on it, though I don't recall it being a three dimensional fence as GreenScreen advertises. The fence at EcoCity Cleveland offices has vines growing on it, though I've never seen it completely filled in.

Surf Ohio, what is the name of the recent documentary that spotlighted great lakes surfing? I recall that it made it's Cleveland premier at the Cedar Lee about two years ago...

Yes. Finally. Over the past two weeks, the bike racks have been going in all over the city. They are the familiar upside down "U" shape. When installation is complete, there will be a total of 500 racks throughout the city. Another piece of great news regarding bicycling in Cleveland is that for the first time ever, bicycles and related infrastructure will be a line item in the City's budget beginning in 2008. This means that there will be money available each year for bike paths, bike lanes and lane studies, bike parking, etc. Very exciting news!

"I'm curious as to everyone's opinion of the streetlights. Anyone?" They would not have been my first choice, but there has been a model behind CPP's offices for over a year now. I didn't like them then and I don't like them anymore know. Perhaps they will blend in better when the rest of the infrastructure is in place. Does anyone recall if the pedestrian scale streetlights will be of a smaller version of the same design?

http://www.greencarcongress.com/2005/07/boosting_biomas.html#comments Boosting Biomass-to...Butanol? July 20, 2005 Butanol_roadtrip From Ohio to California and back on butanol. An Ohio inventor has taken to the road to promote butanol as an alternative fuel to ethanol as well as his process for producing it from the anaerobic fermentation of biomass waste. The two-stage, dual-path process, which relies on two different Clostridia strains (earlier post), also yields hydrogen as a product. According to the inventor, David Ramey, his butanol process delivers about 42% more energy than ethanol for a given amount of feedstock, based on the higher energy content of butanol (some 25% greater than ethanol), plus the hydrogen.

mayday, great eye man! my favorite is the view that "stopped you dead in your tracks" the light is fantastic - anyway you can send it my way? it'd make a great desktop photo! thanks again for the sharing your enlightening views of our fair city!

I wonder if this is the origin of Stark's idea to extend the warehouse district's street grid to the lake "Designer Scott Richardson and Cleveland Institute of Art professor Daniel Cuffaro, whose idea also placed in the top five, want to create a huge land bridge over the railroad tracks from West Third Street to East 12th Street and to extend the grid of downtown streets all the way to the shoreline north of the football stadium." This quote references the design competition that was held as part of the lakefront plan http://www.cleveland.com/lakefront/index.ssf?/lakefront/more/1069497211181301.html

" I've heard that the new Mayfield/120 station very well could be a green building." RTA apparently learned a lot about reducing contruction and maintenance costs when they built the EcoVillage station. Hence, elements of green building will be present in all future station projects whether they mention it or not. This approach is comparable to Cleveland State's as all new construction there will be high performance/green because CSU saves $$ on both construction and maintenance/upkeep/energy over the lifecycle of the building

The design looks good, but does anyone know about any progress for TOD at the E. 55th station? It seems it could be a real catalyst for the neighborhood. I recall the Hyacinth Lofts project being mentioned in regards to TOD in this area. I've attached a picture so you can see the proximity of Hyacinth to the station. In addition to the NY times article, REALNEO published an interesting read with great pics including some of the planned additions to Hyacinth. http://realneo.us/David-Perkowski

" .....A separate resolution would approve the purchase a new chair lift for the station." while i've always wanted to ride a chair lift up cedar hill, what's a chair lift as it applies to transit?

I am not sure how effective those snow mobile vacuums really are. I watched one pick up broken auto glass in a parking lot and it scattered it as much as it sucked it up while taking at least ten passes to get the job done. It would seem that a worker with a broom and dustpan could get the job done more effectively and likely at a lower cost. good to hear about the greening efforts. it is sorely needed at the western entrance to downtown along superior avenue.

I had visited the ohio city cafe and grill on w.28 or w. 29 near detroit last week. I had a cup of coffee and since they didn't have any pastries or muffins, I had oatmeal. Certainly nothing to write home about and the coffee was terrible. It seems like many new businesses in ohio city are content to enter the market with low expectations for their customers. A fine example is the new Nick's on Lorain just west of Randall. I received a flyer on my car trumping great coffee and a $1.99 breakfast with 3 eggs, 3 sausage, toast, hashbrowns, etc. I'm not sure I want to know where those eggs come from. Nick's may very well improve as the new owner is the son of the building owner, and original owner of Nick's. Currently, however it is mired in mediocrity. I just want a decent cup of coffee for cryin' out loud! Outside of oui oui and their sporadic hours and city roast, no one in the OC is serving great coffee. frustrating.

Not sure if anyone has read this recent article on airport chief, Ricky Smith. If you are interested, I believe you can get Inside-Business delivered to your home for free, via an application on their website. http://www.inside-business.com/ME2/dirmod.asp?sid=F8C8DDD4679A4F8481CFF990B1FAAEA5&nm=Archive&type=Publishing&mod=Publications%3A%3AArticle&mid=7B30C2FA072245DE9AD5D82735C7041A&tier=4&id=AEA020BFC0974DB592BD69F6DBE438F1 Issue Date: November 2006 Issue, Posted On: 10/30/2006 Preparing for Takeoff Cleveland Director of Port Control Ricky D. Smith is ready to make is mark on Hopkins and Burke by boosting revenue and travel at the city's two airports. Morgan Lewis, Jr. [email protected] Even before he took the job at Cleveland Hopkins International Airport, Ricky D. Smith knew how important Continental Airlines is to Northeast Ohio. Continental is the only major carrier to have a hub at Hopkins. The airline is responsible for 252 flights to as many as 71 destinations daily and has invested more than $150 million in new facilities. But more than that, Smith, who up until April was second-in-command for the Maryland Aviation Administration, which controls the Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport (BWI) and Martin State Airport, witnessed what happened in his native city in 2001 when the financially struggling US Airways removed its hub from BWI. “The region went into a panic,” Smith says. “But what that really presented to us was an opportunity to refocus our airport.” Thanks to the popularity of discount carrier Southwest Airlines, a major influx of traffic to BWI followed. The panic subsided and a $1.8 billion building renovation followed, which included the addition of terminal, retail and parking facilities. Not that Smith expects the same thing to happen here, but keeping Continental as a hub carrier at Hopkins is just the beginning of his tasks. Smith, who took over Hopkins and Burke Lakefront Airport from the effective, but ironfisted leadership of previous director John Mok in June, must maintain and improve some of the oldest airport structures in the country, organize a mishmash of retail offerings and fend off competition from an increasingly aggressive Akron-Canton Regional Airport, not to mention cities like Pittsburgh and Detroit, who are targeting Northeast Ohio for passengers like never before thanks to the Internet. But the 44-year-old Smith isn’t dismayed by those obstacles, or that he’s coming from a 20 million-passenger-a-year and growing airport to Cleveland that has maintained 10.5 million to 13 million passengers a year for the last 10 years. Smith doesn’t scare easily. “If you look at my professional history you’ll find I would never run away from challenges,” Smith says. “I see the ability to take this airport to the next level and make an impact on Cleveland and the region that will outlive myself, the mayor, any of us.” When he was only 12 years old, Smith could almost name every black business owner on Black Enterprise magazine’s “Top 100” list it published every year. “One day, I thought, I was going to be one of them,” Smith says. “There was always a desire and interest on my part to be an entrepreneur.” After completing a bachelor’s degree in business administration from Howard University in Washington, D.C., Smith completed his MBA from Loyola College in Maryland’s Executive Masters program. “As I got older and spent more time with a number of politicians I began to fall in love with public service,” Smith says. “Airports allow you to be an entrepreneur and public servant at the same time. That’s what keeps me here is my business ability and my ability to negotiate. At the end of the day, we have to focus on the bottom line.” ([email protected])

speaking of cab co's and recent difficulty in procurring a cab in ohio city on a friday nite! what do you believe is the best way to consistently get cabs for short runs (in and around downtown entertainment hubs)? should one get to know a particular cabby and promise him/her nice tips for short runs OR are some companies generally more willing to make shorter runs?

sources tell me that cleveland airport systems will be floating a bond of between $150 - 200 million, primarily for capital improvements at hopkins

I attended Detroit Shoreway's Annual Benefit this past Friday. It was held at Saigon Plaza, the beautifully renovated space on Detroit @ W. 53rd. The owner of Saigon Plaza has big ideas for that area of Detroit and had displayed architectural renderings of two new buildings. The first, a five story condo building, was to be built directly west of Saigon Plaza on what is now a parking lot. The second, a series of townhomes, was to built about two blocks north of Saigon Plaza. Both renderings featured a very minimalistic "asian" inspired design.