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I think that was Fulwood that saw it and wrote about it. Not Litt.

We do need some more liquor production. Korski Vodka isn't something I'm very proud of.

I've heard that there are tobacco farms in Ohio. I've never been to one. They are disappearing fast. Maybe I will start a cigarette company in Cleveland to save the farms and create new jobs.

I don't view the sluggish growth rate or economic projections an excuse for failing businesses in Cleveland. I think the biggest threat to econmic growth is skeptism of business leaders and poor business culture spewing pesimism. Good businesses will succeed in Cleveland. You may have to try harder at developing a good product here, but smart business will succeed if you are creative and innovative.

I don't think this was posted anywhere. Heinen's really is a great homegrown company. Too bad they are so suburban focused, but hopefully that might change in the near future. I'd really like to see them open a flagship store downtown or University Circle. I think their cafe concept would be especially profitable and incentive to open up in a commercial district and capture the lunch market. Maybe they could start openning up smaller neighborhood/cafe concepts in general; somthing like what Dean & Deluca has done in Manhattan. Panera and Au bon Pain are kind of boring. Constantino's is an okay option. Maybe Constantino's could have the Warehouse District and Heinens could open up on Euclid or E.12th. Maybe the Galleria would be a good move. BTW, my parents- both Chicago transplants - love Cleveland and the quality of life. My mother regularly sites Heinen's though as the number one reason why she'd never live anywhere else. About Heinen's Fine Foods Sunday, September 17, 2006 Family-owned grocery chain Founded: 1929, by Joseph Heinen Headquarters: Warrensville Heights Owners: Twins Jeff and Tom Heinen Number of stores: 16, ranging in size from 20,000- square-foot Hudson Village Market store to 60,000-square-foot Brecksville store Employees: 2,000 Web site: www.heinens.com From market, to market Sunday, September 17, 2006 Janet H. Cho Plain Dealer Walter Zimmerman stands over a bin overflowing with giant golden melons and starts his auctioneer's chant. "One hundred and one Aphrodite melons, 101. What'll you give me? What do I hear?" About 20 buyers standing across from him at a recent Holmes County produce auction offer their bids, some lifting their fingers, others simply nodding their John Deere caps. Front and center stands the boyish-looking Terry Romp, the newest produce buyer for Heinen's Fine Foods, armed with his own shopping list of what the 16 store managers have asked him to find. He catches the auctioneer's eye and nods, winning the lot with the highest bid... www.cleveland.com Plain Dealer News Researcher Cheryl Diamond contributed to this story. To reach this Plain Dealer reporter: [email protected], 216-999-5069

Oh! I have a funny story I just remembered. I was in my car (underage and sober) heading north on W.6th at like 2AM on a friday night a couple years ago. Traffic was kind of standstill and in the line of traffic opposite direction, directly next to my car, a group of guys were trying to shove their drunk friend into a taxi van. They were having trouble doing so, and the driver began to just drive away with the sliding door open and everything. The drunk guy was half in it at the time so he fell out onto the street and was rolling around. The drunk guys friends began yelling and picked up a rock or something and threw it through the rear window of the taxi cab causing it to shatter.

I have taken cabs only twice in Cleveland. Once when I was very young with my parents going from Erieview to Playhouse Square. The second time after being out on W.6th this past summer. There were no cabs at the W.6th taxi stand, but we hailed down one easily. I think the fare was $30 to Westlake (Crocker Road). The driver seemed very nice and happy to take us Westlake, but I think everyone seemed nice and happy to me that night. I think you can take the cab to outlying counties too, but there is an extra charge.

AUDIO: Why the west bank of the Flats is sprouting new housing Weekend Diary, Plain Dealer 11:40 a.m. Why is the Cuyahoga River like a moat? How are the Flats reminiscent of Chicago? What would a Cleveland casino mean to downtown redevelopment plans? Find out all the answers, at least the ones provided by developers Doug Price and Bob Corna, in the latest Weekend Diary. The Plain Dealer's audio report on local business this week features the men behind the Stonebridge project on the west bank of the Flats. http://www.cleveland.com/business/audio/index.ssf?/business/audio/kroll4.html

Alexander Hamilton! my favorite American hero.

I spend way to much time on this site and other websites in general. My grades in school are terrible. I don't care about my assigned reading as much as I do the posts on internet forums. Thanks a lot for ruinning my life.

I still need to spend more time in downtown Cincinnati, but the few times I have been, I was always impressed. Cincinnati has these very colorful buildings and a surpsing number of various street-level tenants downtown. It has a lot of character. Blue Wisp, Kastaldi's, the Omni-Hilton Hotel, Carew, Foutain Square and the department stores are my favorite things about downtown Cincinnati. I completely agree with the comments about people going to sports games and heading home. People say that downtown shopping and dining can't make it old urban centers, but sporting events seem to draw a lot of people from all over. Why wouldn't shopping, dining and entertainment work too if it was done right? I don't buy the arguments about paying for parking, the distance or whatever because all different types of people aren't detered to attend sporting events even though this isn't in everyone's backyard and parking isn't free.

COSI isn't that great in my opinion. It could be a lot better. But I'm used to Cleveland-calibar museums, so I guess I'm spoiled.

I consider Meijer to be a cross between a Super Walmart and Target. Their home furnishings and decor is not as good as Target, but their grocery is much better than Super Walmart.

I think for those people concerned with urban affairs in just the last several years partisnship doesn't really matter. I will admit here that although I disagree with the Republican party on many national issues, I do consider myself a Republican. I generally support Republican leadership in local politics in Cleveland.

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Those graphics looked really good. I'm familar with Big Cock T'Z and their NEO themed t-shirts. http://www.bctzcleveland.com/cgi-bin/index.cgi I own this T-shirt but red with black graphics.

By next spring the ground level Higbee space will become a walk-in visitor center run by the CVB. In addition, the CVB and Greater Cleveland Partnership are moving from their offices from the Terminal Tower to the Higbee building. I've seen renderings of the plans. This restoration work looks fantastic and openning it up will be a great benefit to the community and visitors. By the way - I also noticed a lot of work being done over the summer. It was especially funny to see workers wheeling the giant chandaliers around outside on Public Square and Prospect. I believe this project is on schedule.

UncleRadio, you might have skimmed over the article too fast, because this proposal for rail service in Oxford is indeed about intercity rail and not regional. Getting this rail service in Oxford isn't about changing the existing rail lines, or adding any new rail lines. It sounds like it would be something relatively easy to do and require simply getting a platform built by the city and Amtrak agreeing to stop there. It is the Cardinal Hoozier line that runs right through Oxford 3 days a week. Here are the stations presently served on that line: New York - Penn Station, NY (NYP) Newark, NJ (NWK) Trenton, NJ (TRE) Philadelphia, PA (PHL) Wilmington, DE (WIL) Baltimore - Penn Station, MD (BAL) Washington - Union Station, DC (WAS) Alexandria, VA (ALX) Manassas, VA (MSS) Culpeper, VA (CLP) Charlottesville, VA (CVS) Staunton, VA (STA) Clifton Forge, VA (CLF) White Sulphur Springs, WV (WSS) Alderson, WV (ALD) Hinton, WV (HIN) Prince, WV (PRC) Thurmond, WV (THN) Montgomery, WV (MNG) Charleston, WV (CHW) Huntington, WV (HUN) Ashland, KY (AKY) South Shore, KY (SPM) Maysville, KY (MAY) Cincinnati - Union Station, OH (CIN) Connersville, IN (COI) Indianapolis, IN (IND) Crawfordsville, IN (CRF) Lafayette, IN (LAF) Rensselaer, IN (REN) Dyer, IN (DYE) Chicago, IL (CHI) Everyone in Oxford does intercity travel several times a year. Oxford also gets a lot of parents, prospective students, and other visitors throughout the year.

I think the viabilty of rail is more than the number of people living within whatever mileage of the stop. In my opinion the type of community, the market type, and the existence of other intercity travel options are important considerations.

My intuitive response to the idea as a current resident of Oxford is that it makes a lot of sense. Oxford does not have any viable intercity travel options. Not only is it fairly far from the Dayton or Cincinnati airport, it is also far from the nearest interstate highway. Students could really use this to go back and forth between home and school on breaks or vacations, as well as for interviews and cultural events in big cities like Cincinnati, Indianapolis, DC, and Chicago. Parents and friends might also choose to travel to Oxford via rail. The railroad tracks go right through the heart of Oxford, and a rail stop would be within walking distance to a lot of people. The city itself is set up very well for a rail station; once you get here you don't really need a car.

This isn't part of the 3C's corridor and not sure if it should go here, but I was nonetheless really excited when I read the article in the school newspaper today. Proposal could offer students alternative method of travel Tuesday, September 5, 2006 by Alexandra Barlow, The Miami Student In the early morning hours in Oxford, the Amtrak train on the Cardinal/Hoosier State line rolls into town - and then right out again without stopping. Traveling from Chicago, through Indianapolis, Cincinnati, Washington, D.C. and to New York, adding an Amtrak stop in Oxford on this particular line could present a new option for students. Professor Leah Wasburn-Moses has dared to ask Amtrak, the student body and the city council the obvious question: Why doesn't it stop here? She put her concerns to action when she presented a proposal to the city council planning commission two months ago after collaborating with Amtrak and the Ohio Rail Development Commission. "We're here and the student population is huge, and we have no transportation options," said Wasburn-Moses, an education psychology professor from Lafayette, Ind., where there is a train stop. "With our lack of transportation options I thought: Why are we just sitting here on this?" According to Richard Keppler, director of parking and transportation for Miami University, 2,638 parking passes have been issued this year for the 15,200 undergraduates enrolled. Therefore, there are many students, especially first-years, without cars who have come to rely on their parents and carpooling for a means of travel. Carlin O'Day, a first-year from Western Springs, a suburb of Chicago, is facing this dilemma. "(Having a stop in Oxford) would be so nice and so much easier," O'Day said. "That would be fabulous because you wouldn't have to have your parents come pick you up." Alex Heinz, a first-year from Rochester, N.Y, on the other end of the route, does have a car but thinks that a stop would be beneficial to students. "If I didn't have a car I'd take the train so my parents didn't have to drive nine hours," Heinz said. He also raised an issue that many college students face: money. "Lots of people would take the train with gas prices being so high," Heinz said. Lou Jannazo, the chief of project development at the Ohio Rail Development Commission agreed. "With the oil prices and the congestion, at some point in time we should be looking to expand transportation capacity in all regards, and the rail passenger is one regard," Jannazo said. He has corresponded with Wasburn-Moses, supporting her proposal by offering financial backing should the city of Oxford decide to fund the project. "It's the city's call," Jannazo said. "We'd consider putting some money toward it." Amtrak's policy is to have the city provide the stop, which includes lighting and a platform. Amtrak has shown willingness, according to Wasburn-Moses, to work with Oxford should the city decide to go through with it. The issue is currently in the hands of the Oxford Planning Commission, which will vote on it in November. Paul Brady, chair of the commission, said that the Amtrak stop is included in the city's transportation plan, and although there "seems to be some other things we need to do," he doesn't expect it to be removed any time soon. "There's time if someone wishes to lobby," said Brady, since the vote will not take place until November. Wasburn-Moses encouraged students with thoughts, comments and suggestions to e-mail her. "I think that we need real, visible support from students and from the Miami community in order for this project to become a reality," Wasburn-Moses said. She can be contacted at [email protected].

I'm honestly a little unhappy with the emerging mix of tennats for E.4th and Prospect. That whole part should really have tennants that could draw on traffic from sports games and HOB. Pubs, a variety of reasonably priced restaurants, and some retail would make better use of its location there downtown than clubs and high end restaurants. I really like Flannery's there, and the pizzaria concept makes a lot of sense to me. In additon I'd like to see a 24 hour restaurant and an ESPN Zone. But In my opinion clubs like View and high end restaurants like Lola would be a lot better situated in the Warehouse District.

A 24 hour restuarant with breakfast is much needed for downtown in my opinion. Although there are a couple options for late night food. The Little Bar does serve food till close and their food is really good and reasonably priced. Casbah Cafe is open late too, but their hours are really wacky. I usually pass W.117th after a night out at the bars, and there is no shortage of late night and 24hr restaurants there. It would be great if My Friends Deli openned up a downtown location instead of a Waffle House or First Watch.

It seems like funding is the obstacle to overcome now, whereas a while ago support from public officials was the obstacle. Is this an accurate statement?

Has anyone ever had Teresa's pizz before? I'm not familar with it. I've been hoping for a good pizza place downtown that would be open for dinner. I was hoping for an Angelo's pizza downtown.