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What do you mean the West is saturated? Cities like Minneapolis, New Orleans, and Memphis are in the West. Seattle is the largest unrepresented metro and never should have lost their team, and Las Vegas is a top-30 market and growing rapidly. Sacramento and Portland both have strong fan bases, no other pro teams to compete with, and top-30 markets, so I'm not sure why they'd leave. Agree that Nashville and Charlotte have to be good bets for MLB expansion. The Southeast does seem very underrepresented in the league.

I think they'd get an expansion team in the NBA. Las Vegas and Seattle are leading candidates for the next expansion. The Kings just got a new arena and their fan support is through the roof right now. I feel bad for the city of Oakland, losing the Raiders, Warriors, and A's in quick succession.

It just doesn't seem feasible at all. The Browns have 1 indoor and 4 outdoor practice fields in Berea. It takes up over 11 acres. That would be a huge waste of space downtown and huge wasted opportunity for the Haslams to develop that real estate with something revenue-generating. Not everything has to be downtown. They can still build a "football village" around the football stadium, which would make sense because there are tons of fans there, but moving the practice facilities and headquarters doesn't seem to have much benefit besides income taxes going to Cleveland.

If there's a transit center under the land bridge, it should get a ton of usage, and really improve the image of the city. If Amtrak service increases (3C+D and/or more frequent interstate routes), the RTA stop on the waterfront line is moved here, and the Greyhound stop is here, there will be thousands of visitors per day getting off under the land bridge. By far the best pedestrian option from there would be taking the land bridge. You'd be steps from the Rock Hall, Science Center, Browns Stadium, Convention Center, court house, city hall, and a short walk to the rest of downtown.

The Green Ribbon Coalition proposed land bridge has an enclosed walkway underneath, and I think the Haslam's did too.

Congrats! I've been very happy with my Emporia EV charger. It can be hardwired or plugged into a NEMA 14-50 outlet, you can adjust the charging amperage and look at real-time and historical usage in their app, and it's actually a little cheaper than similar UL-listed chargers.

I don't get the generalization that electric buses aren't there yet. There are plenty of transit authorities integrating electric buses properly, including LakeTran here in Northeast Ohio. PDF of recent LakeTran presentation to NOACA Antelope Valley Transit Authority, just outside of LA, has an entirely electric bus system. Wireless or wired fast-charging at transit centers can boost range throughout the day and will only continue to improve. I understand the need to get people to switch from cars to buses, but there's also no future in which diesel buses can continue operating. Electric buses aren't going to be "there yet" unless transit agencies start using them. They just can't do so halfheartedly. They have to add dedicated charging infrastructure and understand the daily charging needs for each bus route.

I agree that the goal of ebikes should first and foremost be to replace car trips. They're probably so similar to traditional bikes in terms of carbon emissions that it's not worth differentiating between the two for that reason. At least one study found that ebiking is less carbon intensive than regular biking because you burn fewer calories, and thus require less food consumption (see here). I'm not sure I'd be willing to go that far, but I would guess they're around the same order of magnitude.

I watched the recorded livestream of the presentation to Brook Park city council (here). A couple of quick notes: They expect to build future facilities in Houston, Japan, possibly the Middle East, and maybe somewhere else I'm forgetting. They do training for astronauts and sea exploration, but given Brook Park's location, this would be almost exclusively astronaut training. As an aside, I don't think NASA Glenn is ever involved directly with on-site astronaut training, so this would be a totally new capability for the area. They plan for astronauts to be able to train for 3-6 month periods in their facility as prep for long-duration missions. They expect that training for the first long-duration moon mission would take place in the Brook Park facility. They see astronaut training as a big gap in the recent push for privatized space exploration. The plan is for a 150-room boutique hotel to support guests of the training center, but also NASA Glenn, the airport, and the community. They expect multiple spinoff developments to want to locate close by. All in all, they definitely talk a big game, and if it all comes to fruition, this will be a really cool facility with capabilities basically unmatched anywhere else in the world. I don't know where they're getting the money to do this or how likely they are to succeed, but I really hope they can get it done.

It looks like there will be a presentation to Brook Park City Council from Blue Abyss about their proposed facility tonight at 7:00, livestreamed and at City Hall: http://www.cityofbrookpark.com/city-council/

I can’t help but dream about a red line extension accompanying this kind of development if it’s as big as the Haslams are hoping. This is basically a big blank slate with another big blank slate across the bridge over the tracks. If everyone works together, it could be a great TOD. It would be a great selling point for conferences and meetings to be just a stop away from the airport by rail. Plus the practice facility complex could be directly connected by rail to the stadium (unless it moves somewhere inaccessible by rail).

Just a note on the Serpentini Collision property. It’s relocating to Middleburg Heights on Engle Rd. Near Sheldon: https://www.cleveland.com/community/2022/10/new-serpentini-collision-center-proposed-for-middleburg-heights.html I’d have to assume the Haslams would have the inside track on that property if they want it.

I think you're right about all of this. I expect 5, 6, and 7 to be completed since they're part of the grant the Metroparks received, and they tend to succeed at getting trails done. https://neo-trans.blog/2021/11/18/four-regional-trail-projects-advance/ I think most of the West Creek Greenway is still not done, but West Creek Conservancy has been doing a great job of acquiring property, so I think it'll happen eventually. https://westcreek.org/project/the-west-creek-greenway/

They posted an update in December on their website: I wouldn't expect construction on the Cleveland location to move much faster given the similar need for ground testing, but hopefully at least they have their financing in a better place this time around.

This is awesome! This is by far the most impactful development influenced by NASA Glenn that I can think of. Aerospace Parkway was obviously intended to attract spinoff developments that wanted to locate close to NASA's facilities, but it's really just a bunch of office space, either for NASA contractors or unrelated businesses. I don't think there are currently any aerospace companies doing actual on-site research or testing in that "tech park". Blue Abyss obviously wanted to be close to NASA and has a lot of synergistic capabilities. Glenn has a couple of microgravity test facilities, a bunch of extreme environment test facilities, pressure chambers, etc., which are all relevant to what Blue Abyss is trying to do. Look how cool their facility in the UK is planned to be (and based on the short description, this one should be similar): https://blueabyss.uk/vision If the hotel is public, I assume it'll get decent business from NASA visitors, especially if it's extended stay.

A little more information on this project: https://pv-magazine-usa.com/2023/03/14/the-worlds-largest-solar-panel-manufacturer-is-coming-to-ohio/ I feel like it’s being undersold that this is going to be the largest solar manufacturing facility in the country. Combined with FirstSolar’s expansion, Ohio will also produce the most solar capacity of any state, at 12.2 GW/year.

Very interesting update. There are two large parcels (4 and 18 acres) for sale near OAI and the airport on Cedar Point and Aerospace Parkway that are totally undeveloped. https://www.loopnet.com/Listing/Aerospace-Pky-Cleveland-OH/23515094/ Not sure how much space they’d need, but that could be the area they have their eyes on since they mentioned it would probably be adjacent to Hopkins.

What a strange time to single out Mobley's deficiencies. He had 25 points, 17 rebounds, and 3 blocks last night. He got stripped one time in this game. He shot one late three, with the Cavs down 9 and 4:24 left, and he followed it up by scoring on a layup on the same possession after a Lamar Stevens offensive rebound. Then he got a block and a rebound on the next defensive possession.

I thought this was a good article about how Toledo's glass-making expertise has helped make Northwest Ohio into the leader in cadmium-telluride solar panels, and really the leader in domestic solar production in general. Additionally, it names a few of the businesses that have set up shop in the area to support First Solar and Toledo Solar. https://www.canarymedia.com/articles/solar/thin-film-solar-sparks-a-manufacturing-boom-in-the-midwest Also, this article from the same site talks about a Lancaster company that's massively growing their EV-battery recycling operation, which should be somewhat symbiotic with Ohio battery production for GM in Lordstown and Honda in Jeffersonville. https://www.canarymedia.com/articles/batteries/this-ev-battery-recycling-plant-in-ohio-is-planning-a-huge-expansion Hopefully just a glimpse into the shifting and expanding future of manufacturing statewide...

I think their algorithm is just victim to the fact that Hopkins’ address is listed as Riverside Drive, which is basically behind the IX center. Taking this address literally, the nearest stop on the 86 bus is maybe a little closer than the redline stop, especially assuming you’re traveling by road first. It’s still not great though. It will definitely discourage ridership from the airport for people that don’t know how convenient the Red line is.

I agree, it doesn’t feel as big as I expected. Hopefully it meshes well with Settler’s Landing and they feel like one unified park. I’m glad there’s a play space. There are still not a ton of outdoor child-oriented activities downtown. I love seeing the space for a water taxi. I think that could be such a cool feature of our city; just hopping on a boat and going down the river to the Flats or Wendy Park or Edgewater. Does anyone with better train knowledge than me know how the CVSR to the B&O Terminal would work? Like how much space would it need and how disruptive to this plan would it be (if at all)?

I saw that Cleveland City Council approved landmark status for the Sidaway bridge. Hopefully, the talk of restoration will come to fruition. It would be so cool for the bridge to be usable again and for Kingsbury Run to be developed into park space. https://thelandcle.org/stories/sidaway-bridge-gets-landmark-status-raising-hopes-for-redevelopment-and-green-space/

That is a pretty good location; I really hadn't even checked where Dayton's would go, even though I'd probably make decent use of that stop. Cleveland's location is nice too, even if it stays on the lakefront - right next to Browns' Stadium, Rock Hall, Science Center, connections to the Waterfront Line (if it ever starts running again), and still relatively close to the rest of downtown, Playhouse Square, and CSU. That's really a shame that Cincinnati doesn't have an easy path to set up a really centrally located station.

Yeah Columbus has probably the best location for a stop of any of the 3 C's. The convention center and Arena district could drive a lot of Amtrak traffic, and are right by the stop. I think it would be very popular for car-free OSU students, and it's a short straight bus ride or a long-ish walk for them. Downtown is also very close by bus and fairly easily walking distance. Just thinking about these possibilities is making me excited about future trips I could take to Columbus without ever having to worry about a car haha.

Road diet/sidewalk are both in the works: https://www.cleveland.com/life-and-culture/g66l-2019/03/ad2d745c99592/grassroots-plan-for-running-biking-loop-over-downtown-bridges-deserves-support-steven-litt.html