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yeah, who knows? whoever he signs with, he'll get more money in the first year of his contract than I'll see over the course of my career. Problem is, there are only a few players in the league who have that kind of perspective. Everyone celebrated Ken Griffey, Jr. for taking less money to come home to Ohio, but come on, it's not like he can't afford to buy groceries from week-to-week!

Seriously, KJP? I get the PD twice a week and I've read at least 3 articles on the subject over the past two weeks. The Sunday edition on July 1st was chock full of stuff. A quick search on Cleveland.com turns up more than 10 articles about solar energy and that directly reference the conference. It's a HOT topic! :wink:

you weren't banned, you just weren't given any credit...

Aw, what the heck, I'll post it here too! Former Symon cohort making plans for own gastropub Wednesday, July 11, 2007 Bill Lubinger Plain Dealer Columnist Jonathon Sawyer, most recently chef du cuisine at Michael Symon's Parea in New York and previously with Symon at Lolita in Tremont, is back in town. He's working part-time as a consulting chef at Lockkeeper's in Valley View while pursuing plans for his own local restaurant - a gastropub (essentially a casual bar with great food), called simply Gastropub. More at cleveland.com http://www.cleveland.com

Various items from today's PD: Former Symon cohort making plans for own gastropub Wednesday, July 11, 2007 Bill Lubinger Plain Dealer Columnist Jonathon Sawyer, most recently chef du cuisine at Michael Symon's Parea in New York and previously with Symon at Lolita in Tremont, is back in town. He's working part-time as a consulting chef at Lockkeeper's in Valley View while pursuing plans for his own local restaurant - a gastropub (essentially a casual bar with great food), called simply Gastropub. He's kind of playing Ohio City and the Detroit-Shoreway neighborhoods against each other, looking for the best situation. Timing is vague, but the aim is for construction to start by fall and to open by winter. More at cleveland.com http://www.cleveland.com

Sabathia...1 shut-out inning yesterday, Martinez...2-run homer that turned out to be the game-winner, Sizemore... embarrassing strikeout. I'll take two outta three! and then there's this: Hafner to ink new deal Posted by kturner July 11, 2007 19:57PM www.cleveland.com Travis Hafner is staying in Cleveland for a while. The Indians' designated hitter has come to terms on a four-year, $57 million contract extension that will keep him in Cleveland through 2012.

Thanks, Musky! I'm pleased to see so much attention given to the new plaza in front of the Federal Building. I presume it will be open to the public and we won't have to show ID to sit there? On the other hand, I'm am ever-more disappointed with the "upgrades" on E. 12th Street in front of Reserve Square. The awnings are way too big and block the windows, the signs look cheesy and the absence of trees makes the whole thing worse. As is well documented in my other posts, I'm really pissed about losing all those trees!

places where high end design and aesthetics are a critical part of doing business

It looks like a pretty solid residential area... near the zoo and metroparks.

KJP, any word on any of the proposed uses for the site? Not knowing where this is, what can you say about its potential?

cleveland.com: Traffic circles cut from Euclid Corridor plans Posted by Sarah Hollander July 10, 2007 21:00PM Categories: Breaking News .........

can anyone remember if the garage is being built as part of phase one?

One of my primary inhibitions about abandoning the existing center and an item that was mentioned in the current discussion by the MM folks is re-use of the center on the mall. I prefer the potential of expansion and renovation of the existing center for a number of reasons, but if the MM will only go in at TC and they can come up with a solid re-use plan for the existing center that would enliven the ho-hum Civic Center district, then I can swing that way. Not that this is the gold medal answer, but what ever happened to the film studio discussion as a re-use option?

Part of the City Club's "Changing Face of Cleveland" series: Getting a Lift at University Circle Wednesday, July 11 at Noon It’s an exciting time for University Circle. Chris Ronayne, president of University Circle Inc., will sort out the beehive of development activity currently underway in University Circle and outline other projects still on the drawing board. Ronayne will cover University Circle’s role in the development of the Euclid Corridor, plans for housing, the care and feeding of the Circle’s educational and cultural institutions, and University Circle Inc.’s Golden Anniversary this year.

It makes perfect sense that this hub of education, health care, art and innovation would apply to all levels of learning. There may be a Montessori school on the way for UC as well.

now THAT'S what I'm talkin about! Thanks Musky! What's up with those neatly placed mounds of dirt, by the way?

wow, very nice! do they have signs up or something? I ran through there on Sunday and boy was it hot! Can't wait for those shade trees to mature!

in any case, progress on Upper Chester is a good thing. Some may not view the gentrification of the area north of Chester as the way to repair the neighborhood, but I think this is the best way to do it. No whole-sale buying up of all the property... no eminent domain... just infill by a developer who has done good work in this city (Finch) and has a good grasp on the market. If the Clinic were left to push north of Chester, we'd have more parking lots paving over the beautiful housing stock. That said, I don't know that I'd prefer retail on Chester (very wide & fast) over retail on Euclid or Carnegie, but it looks like the Clinic wants nothing to do with building a neighborhood on-campus. So, we don't have much of a choice. Plus, when you consider Upper Chester with the plans for the West Quad and ties to Rockefeller Park, Univ. Circle and the remainder of Hough, this could be the type of push that this neighborhood needs to reclaim its role as a functional neighborhood for the city's working and middle class, not just for those with very few options.

^Don't forget the new restaurant in the old Snicker's spot... that'll be a stone's throw from your new place! I walked through with my family (wife & dog) last weekend and saw that all but one of the Gateway Townhomes have sold, prior to completion of construction, and that the final foundations are in for Goodwalt. Great to see! Also, the little promenade down the middle that connects Battery Park Avenue to the power house is completed. Although, I gather that they'll be adding benches or something...

and rightly so! I've been going to meetings for this "Lake-to-Lake" corridor (as we are calling it) and the progress and partners are really moving. very exciting!

Pedaling plan to link lake to eastern burbs Proposal calls for adding to existing bike paths Wednesday, July 04, 2007 Thomas Ott and Patrick O'Donnell Plain Dealer Reporters Imagine slipping through city neighborhoods, coasting from Lake Erie past University Circle and slicing across eastern suburbs to Interstate 271, all from the saddle of your bicycle. [because that's a clear cyclist destination...I-271!] It just might happen. Cleveland, Shaker Heights and Cleveland Heights, along with University Circle Inc., hope to link existing bike trails to form a 10-mile route that would roll by the Cultural Gardens in Cleveland's Rockefeller Park, past museums, climb into Cleveland Heights, then curve east along the Shaker Lakes and beyond. Planners have to fill gaps between Cleveland's Harrison Dillard Bikeway, which runs from the lake along Martin Luther King Jr. Drive to University Circle, and bike trails in Cleveland Heights and Beachwood.

yeah, i wasn't going to say anything... who edits that paper anyway?! :lol:

quick turnaround! someone called this, but I can't remember who it was: Phoenix Coffee plans Coventry, downtown stores Posted by Bill Lubinger July 03, 2007 15:22PM Coventry Village, a slice of eclectic Greenwich Village in Cleveland Heights, is replacing a Caribou Coffee shop that recently chose not to renew its lease after 10 years. The locally owned Phoenix Coffee Co. plans to open a shop there and another on East 9th Street, between Euclid and Superior avenues in downtown Cleveland, around Aug. 1, the company said Tuesday. Phoenix, founded in 1990, will grow to six coffee shops with the expansion.

To improve lake access in Warehouse District, officials study options for Shoreway By JAY MILLER 4:30 am, July 2, 2007 Local planning and transportation officials want to study ways to connect the Warehouse District in downtown Cleveland more closely with the lakefront by bringing the Shoreway down to street level or below in the area between West Ninth and West Third streets. One option for the Shoreway that the study would examine would be to drop down to street level the elevated highway that carries traffic from the west into downtown from the Main Avenue Bridge. Another option would divert that portion of the roadway underground via a tunnel along the northern portion of the Warehouse District.

Odeon building finds a buyer Posted by Henry J. Gomez June 29, 2007 16:29PM Categories: Breaking News, Economic development A Cleveland firm has agreed to buy the old Odeon concert club on the east bank of the Flats. Telecom Acquisition Corp., also known as East Bank South, expects to close its deal in 60 days. Financial terms were not disclosed. The current owner of the 10,000-square-foot building at 1295 Old River Road is Live Nation Inc. of Los Angeles. The Odeon closed last year. More at cleveland.com http://www.cleveland.com