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Cleveland: from a secretary at the urban college to my female friend: "oh honey, I never drive down MLK. My father told me that I'd get shot. You should avoid that area."

He was already living in Columbus. He was thinking about a move to a sunbelt state.

on a brain drain/loving cleveland note.. I was glad to hear that my cousin is moving back to Cleveland. Last fall, he told me that he wanted to move somewhere warmer. Now after living in Columbus for a few years, he's moving back to Cleveland because "he's sick of having to take the highway to get anywhere."

I like urban and rural, but I won't stand for anything in between those two.

Well, I am not sure what this means. The lot at W.9/St. Clair has been sold for twice the amount that it was bought for a couple years back (I am pretty sure its the same lot). I believe that Stark was trying to get the owner to sign a development agreement. Hmm... KJP, do you know anything?? Monday July 31, 2006 Los Angeles firm pay $24M for prime lots By STAN BULLARD 6:00 am, July 31, 2006 L&R Auto Parks of Los Angeles is the new owner of three of Cleveland’s best-located parking sites. Article Removed

^the city has already decided to dump Corna's plans.

The counter-argument is that a mall cc could tie the lakefront into downtown. The question remains: would it be successful at doing so? Its a tough span to bridge.

Well, something has gone wrong. They are tearing up all of the nearly-laid concrete on the E.17 extension. However, they are being very careful with it. They cut it up into squares and are gently placing them into dump trucks. ???

Well, its always good that the local news shines some positive light on the inner city.

the thing that I wonder about is the likelihood that a convention center issue would pass come election day: would casino money make a TC convention center possible?? would a voter-approved convention center at the Mall be an unlikely possibility??

I heard a nice little story last night. My wife met a medical resident who had grown up in Mayfield, went to Case and then on to medical school in Toledo. He wanted to go out to San Fran or Chicago to settle. Growing up, he never really explored Cleveland. As things turned out, he just started at CCF. He said that if he's going to live in this region that he's going to get to know the city. He's closing on a home in Battery Park next week.

Sounds like a military life. ?

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Its good to hear that CMNH has such a large endowment. I never knew.

whoa, the liquor store is/was also going to be a check cashing location. Uh, no way to that. Prosecutors want Cleveland grocer put under house arrest in fraud case Thursday, July 27, 2006 Mike Tobin, Plain Dealer Reporter Local businessman Elie Abboud should be put under house arrest because he is a threat to flee the country before his sentencing, federal prosecutors said this week. Abboud has been free on bond for four years, since he and his brother Michel were indicted and then convicted on more than 70 charges each, including bank fraud, conspiracy, money laundering and tax violations. more at: http://www.cleveland.com

Nope. There is a grandfather clause. The court decision would make developments like the East Bank very very difficult to do in the future.

216 > 614 > 248 > 615 > 901 > 216

All new CSU buildings are green. There are also some rumors the the proposed East Bank project would include some green building aspects.

I've seen cornhole all over the place in Cleveland this summer.

This article is a bit vague. It doesn't expand upon Jackson's thoughts at all. I assume that he's still open to listening if CCF says "what's important is that we have all the information before we decide what we're going to do." Or maybe CCF is in denial. Its good to see a lot of cement in the ground. Working downtown, I feel like the ECTP is moving along at a snail's pace. I peeked out past E.30th and noticed that a lot of concrete had been poured. Good to see some progress.

Whenever I bring friends to Cleveland, I always get some interesting comments. Here are some: -Lake Erie is bigger than they thought. They are surprised that you can't see Canada across the lake. -Cleveland has trains?! They never expect this. -and from my east coast friends..."Cleveland is in the eastern time zone?! -Cleveland has a great art museum and orchestra?!?!?

^would you rather have some two-story, non-descript 50s-style yellow brick buildings? :) On an Iggy note, I was pleasantly surprised when they got rid of the chain link on Lorain, but I wish that they would continue the black fencing all the way around the practice field.

Those are some pretty wacked out rankings. How is it possible that Phoenix is No.1 in culture?? Cleveland ranks poorly on the cost-of-living index and culture?? I am happy for Cincy and Columbus, but the methodology seems very flawed.

^I'm always dreaming about that one. I am sure that GLBC loves having such convenient parking. It would be great to have another building there with first-floor retail or restaurants to increase the intimacy of Market Ave.

UH’s main campus to bear Case name Entire hospital system rebranding with streamlined identity, new logo By SHANNON MORTLAND 6:00 am, July 24, 2006 It took years of internal wrangling, but Case Western Reserve University finally will have its name on a hospital — and University Hospitals of Cleveland will have a whole new identity. As part of a new branding campaign, UH will change the name of University Hospitals of Cleveland to Case Medical Center and will refer to its entire health system only as University Hospitals, said Jeff Boutelle, senior vice president of marketing and communications at UH. The name change comes just several months after UH inked a new affiliation agreement with Case. As part of the agreement, four entities will become part of Case Medical Center. They include the Case medical school, University Hospitals of Cleveland, Case Research Institute and UH’s faculty practice, which is made up of the 750 doctors who are on the Case faculty and practice at UH. Though the UH name was well-known throughout the region, it wasn’t distinguishable from the 71 other health systems across the country that also refer to themselves as “university hospitals,” Mr. Boutelle said. “Our challenge was to specify who we are,” he said. “Which university are we talking about?” The Case Medical Center name also will give UH and Case more of a national identity and will signify the 50-year affiliation between the two entities, Mr. Boutelle said. Dr. Ralph Horwitz, dean of Case’s medical school, said the renaming of University Hospitals of Cleveland was a big part of the affiliation agreement between the university and the hospital system. The renaming was a major sticking point between the two institutions and was one reason the affiliation agreement was not completed sooner. “It was an important element for both of us,” Dr. Horwitz said. “It gives us an important presence in a clinical program and it’s important for the care of the patients who come to our facility.” A hospital that sports the Case name only can help in the recruitment of students and faculty, Dr. Horwitz said, because it elevates the stature of the university’s medical and research program. Fall unveiling set The new names and a new logo now are being rolled out internally at UH, but will be launched publicly in late September or early October with an extensive marketing and advertising campaign, Mr. Boutelle said. Though details of that campaign are still being ironed out, Mr. Boutelle said it will include TV, print, direct mail and billboard advertising. He was unsure of the cost of the campaign, but said it will be a “significant investment” and is expected to last four to six months. The health system will replace its blue nameplate with a red logo and signage. In the shape of a shield, the red logo is supposed to symbolize the strength, protection and academic portions of UH. The three white, horizontal stripes represent the hospital system’s mission “to heal, to teach and to discover.” A curved, black line that protrudes over the top of the shield and the red dot in front of it are intended to signify a healthy, hopeful and vital person and UH’s commitment to patients, employees and the community. They chose the color red to show confidence and boldness. The logo will be seen at all UH locations, but will include the Case Medical Center name when seen on the main campus, Mr. Boutelle said. UH will take a year to replace all the signs throughout its system, beginning in October, he said. The public sets the tone UH hired Denver branding firm Monigle Associates Inc. to conduct market studies and to create a new logo and identity. The public, however, already had done much of the work on the name. “Ultimately, people called us University Hospitals and they know us as University Hospitals. They shorthand us as UH,” Mr. Boutelle said. The suburban outpatient centers now will be called health centers and the health system’s outlying hospitals will be renamed medical centers, a moniker that Mr. Boutelle said connotes a higher level of clinical care. He said many hospitals are beginning to call themselves medical centers. All the suburban locations also will begin to incorporate the names of their geographic locations, such as Chagrin Highlands Health Center, Mr. Boutelle said. All marketing and internal communications will adopt the same look throughout the UH system, he said. In the past, each location was given the autonomy to create its own marketing style, but that resulted in brochures that had a different look at each hospital. “We’ve done an awful lot of work to really articulate what is the UH brand, who we are, what we stand for, what makes us unique and what is our promise to the community,” Mr. Boutelle said.