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^ Do you think "stakeholders" includes the transit riders who have been inconvenienced by all of this?

^ Regarding 515 Euclid/The Beacon, there are discussions happening this week with the county about financing

"No reason they should stay?" Um, how about being the 18th largest media market in the country?

The Firing of Two Mid-level African-Americans at RTA, and a Longtime Cultural Chasm in the Organization's Operations By Sam Allard For the general public, the Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority (RTA) is merely a brand name on the buses and trains that make up the system. And so if the buses and trains are safe and on time, what else matters? Why question the brand? But RTA has been in the news a lot lately: First, the decision by the board of trustees, enacted earlier this month, to raise fares and cut a small number of routes in order to plug a $7 million budget hole; later, the forbidding news about changes to Ohio's tax laws, which will result in even deeper financial holes and deeper service cuts in 2017 and 2018; finally, the decision by Mayor Frank Jackson to gather traffic data downtown in order to determine if the new $50 million Public Square, designed specifically with RTA buses in mind, might be better off without them. http://www.clevescene.com/cleveland/the-firing-of-two-mid-level-african-americans-at-rta-and-a-longtime-cultural-chasm-in-the-organizations-operations/Content?oid=4954551

Not campus development related, but we have brought in our largest freshman class in history for the second year in a row http://www.csuohio.edu/news/csu-welcomes-record-breaking-freshman-class And it could've been bigger if we had more dorm space to put people in...

^ Define "Temporarily"

This is a small wooden cut out that is on display at CPL. Thought it was cool

Been saying that for a while now, but such suggestions received a cold reception from higher ups...

The Wolstein Center site is only one of three proposed locations for the new dorm. I don't know how far things have progressed with site selection. But the Wolstein Center is a big financial drain for the university. It's way too big for what the school needs. I love the idea of knocking it down and replacing it with a smaller arena and student housing.

Yup, and it can't come soon enough. Demand for on campus housing has been increasing every year. I'm glad a new 1,000 bed dorm will be constructed, I just wish it could be done by...well, yesterday

@GCRTA 8/21/16 10:00am Sinkhole under Green Line, 67R buses to serve Shaker Sq-Green Rd thru at least Weds. Allow additional travel time.

The biggest issue with attendance is the lack of a solid base of season ticket holders. Until the last couple years the Indians had gone over a decade without having back to back .500+ seasons. I think we're about to go on a nice multi-year run here and you'll see those season ticket numbers increase, as well as overall attendance. Plus, we rank in the top 10 for TV ratings, so it's not like people don't care. It'll feel like the 90s again at the corner of Carnegie and Ontario come October.

^ No, it's always gone around the square. Also, note in the article below, "McCall declined to comment." Quite the irony that the chair of the American Public Transit Association, "Dr." McCall, is silent on this issue. Public Square bus ban rightfully draws federal scrutiny: Mark Naymik By Mark Naymik, cleveland.com Email the author | Follow on Twitter on August 16, 2016 at 5:06 PM, updated August 17, 2016 at 10:49 AM CLEVELAND, Ohio – Mayor Frank Jackson's decision to delay the return of buses to the small portion of Superior Avenue that cuts through downtown's renovated Public Square has caught the attention of the federal agency that has helped pay for city transportation projects. This is a good thing. It will keep everyone focused on passengers, not on picnics on the square. http://www.cleveland.com/naymik/index.ssf/2016/08/public_square_bus_ban_rightful.html

^ Very cool! I haven't downloaded the game yet. How much time would you say that has taken you so far?

I disagree for a coupl reasons. First as I noted, in not building an elevator, you're suddenly not only making it more inconvenient for those who do use the station who aren't disabled, you're making unsafe for them and inconvenient for those (like me) who use the line to-from downtown (and beyond) in having to slow and wait for those who cross the tracks. Second, more people are using this station by the day... don't look at stats from a few years ago, look at usage today. I think it's a by product of the fact that rail usage is going up (for a number of reasons-- including greater health of downtown/neighborhoods near rail and the closing of so many bus lines that are forcing more to use rail, etc...). It seems more CCC students are using the station, despite its poor location... I don't think it would be that big of an inconvenience to walk to the platform. And I just don't see how you can justify spending millions on an elevator that would barely ever be used. And I haven't seen any numbers to indicate that usage is up at this station. Ridership on the light rail is down and last I checked, Red Line ridership was slightly up, but barely (Edit: heavy rail was down 3.3% in the 1st quarter of 2016 compared to 2015 and light rail was down 5.9%).

^ In theory, I don't disagree with you at all. But, considering the extremely low ridership of this station, I don't want them to be spending a huge amount of money for an elevator. It's not worth the cost in this case.

^ Great Lakes has been in the New Jersey market for at least 3 years, maybe more. I have a friend there who became obsessed with it and made a "pilgrimage" to the brewery a couple years ago.

^ I know, but I'm just curious what is so "horrible" about it. It's not my ideal design for a station, but I don't think it's bad considering you have to make it ADA compliant with such a steep grade change all the while spending the smallest possible amount of money on it.

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So, now things are getting more interesting. So, because of the actions of Cleveland City Hall, RTA is now getting warned about losing federal grants that helped pay for the HealthLine, even though it's not their fault... Federal agency says closed Public Square is a violation of funding deal By Ginger Christ, The Plain Dealer Email the author | Follow on Twitter on August 16, 2016 at 1:42 PM, updated August 16, 2016 at 1:52 PM CLEVELAND, Ohio – The Federal Transit Administration has put the Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority "on notice" over allegations that the HealthLine is not operating as outlined in a 2004 funding deal. The FTA regional administrator Marisol Simon on Aug. 10 sent a letter to RTA CEO Joe Calabrese, claiming that part of the funding agreement the FTA made with RTA stated that the Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) system would end in Public Square, what Simon referred to as the "heart of Cleveland's central business district." http://www.cleveland.com/metro/index.ssf/2016/08/federal_agency_says_closed_pub.html

I hope Anderson's BBQ could find another home in that case. Also, I'll miss doing laps around the food court every time I'm at Tower City to get the free samples

^ I didn't care for the place. Hot dogs were nothing special and wayyyy overpriced.

^ Yeah it was. The plan was for Millennia to turn it into housing.

From the end of Michelle's article: "The company also owns 75 Public Square, but Sinito said that property is under contract to an unidentified buyer who hopes to transform the small office building into a hotel." This is the first time we've heard this right?

Key Tower could be sold to Millennia Cos., a local buyer best known for apartment deals By Michelle Jarboe, The Plain Dealer Email the author | Follow on Twitter on August 10, 2016 at 7:29 PM, updated August 10, 2016 at 7:30 PM CLEVELAND, Ohio – Key Tower, the tallest building in Ohio, is under contract to be sold to a local developer who made his name in the subsidized apartment business. Frank Sinito, chief executive officer of the Millennia Companies of Valley View, confirmed in an interview late Wednesday that he has a deal to buy downtown Cleveland's loftiest skyscraper and the attached Marriott hotel and parking garage. The seller is Columbia Property Trust, Inc., a publicly traded company that put Key Center on the market last year. http://www.cleveland.com/business/index.ssf/2016/08/key_tower_could_be_sold_to_mil.html