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I was thinking Western Reserve Historical Society

https://twitter.com/the_transit_guy/status/1592162146506481666?t=-ydFSHyjXdSA_Y193Be-lA&s=19

Agree, there's been a lot of positive news coming out of Sandusky the last few years.

Disagree with ya here. A party or candidate that is consistently engaged and interacting with their constituents is going to be able to drive turnout. A party that only shows up every 2 to 4 years when they need votes is not going to fare well. And that's what Democrats in Ohio have been doing for at least the last decade+.

Congressional Democrats did better than expected winning 5 seats last night. But with Sharon Kennedy defeating Jennifer Brunner to replace Maureen O'Connor the statehouse Republicans have nothing to stop them from further gerrymandering these maps to favor Republicans. And with actual voter turnout of these current districts, they have better data to do it too...

They don't have water or sewer lines and they can't access ground water. The village and the national park came to an agreement in the spring to run sewer and water lines into the village, likely causing the interest in new development.

The streets are plenty wide for this....

It has not been a good news week for Bibb... I'm hoping that's all it is, and really it's a bit surprising it hadn't happened sooner given his inexperience, but I am a bit concerned.

Akron, Peninsula, Cuyahoga Falls to become 'gateway communities' to Cuyahoga Valley National Park Listen here Guests: -Lisa Petit, Superintendent, Cuyahoga Valley National Park -Nancy Holland, Ward 1 Councilwoman, Akron City Council -John Krusinski, Councilmember, Village of Peninsula -Cindy Billings, Mayor, Village of Hartville -Andrew Meyer, Deputy Editor of News, Ideastream Public Media -Christine Fowler Mack, Superintendent, Akron Public Schools

That is great news, and what I was hoping would be the outcome of the agreement Peninsula came to with the park to add sewer and waterlines. At the time when Ideastream reported on this back in the spring they included mention that the Village was revisiting their zoning in anticipation of new construction and hopefully those revisions were to maintain the downtown's character.

I think we'll have to wait to see if anything really comes of this, but some interesting data points in this article. What FutureLAND Tells About Cleveland's Tech Scene https://clevelandmagazine.com/in-the-cle/articles/what-doe-the-future-look-like-for-cleveland

As a kayaker and angler this is very welcome news. Now if we could just get something done about the dams and fords in the Rocky River... Feds require Lakewood to make $85 million in repairs to stop discharge of raw sewage into Lake Erie, Rocky River Updated: Nov. 01, 2022, 8:02 p.m. | Published: Nov. 01, 2022, 7:15 p.m. By Adam Ferrise, cleveland.com https://www.cleveland.com/lakewood/2022/11/feds-mandate-lakewood-must-make-85-million-in-repairs-to-stop-discharging-raw-sewage-into-lake-erie-rocky-river.html

City of Cleveland seeks proposals for alternative police headquarters sites October 31, 2022 05:25 PM MICHELLE JARBOE https://www.crainscleveland.com/real-estate/cleveland-seeks-proposals-alternative-police-hq-sites

Cleveland Mayor Bibb and Downtown Cleveland Alliance CEO discuss bringing people back to Downtown Mayor Bibb and Michael Deemer cover downtown recovery efforts--office-to-residential conversion, pursuing corporations relocating their headquarters--, crime, and other goings-on downtown. https://www.ideastream.org/programs/sound-of-ideas/cleveland-mayor-bibb-and-downtown-cleveland-alliance-ceo-discuss-bringing-people-back-to-downtown

Not Cleveland specific, but much needed context that is very often lacking in these discussions. Why examining U.S. crime rates isn't as straightforward as you might think October 27, 20225:03 AM ET https://www.npr.org/2022/10/27/1131825858/why-examining-u-s-crime-rates-isnt-as-straightforward-as-you-might-think

The point is well taken, but isn't the downtown coastline and area under consideration of these plans one of the few areas that is under public control to direct development? Or am I mistaken?

A good read on how the Metroparks uses our tax dollars, as well as the economic return and community benefits. Don't forget to vote! Failure to pass Nov. 8 ballot levy could be devastating for Cleveland Metroparks Updated: Oct. 26, 2022, 11:32 a.m.|Published: Oct. 26, 2022, 11:29 a.m. "Otherwise, not only would new initiatives be sacrificed, but the ability of the park to operate and maintain its many green spaces, trails and nature centers, not to mention the Cleveland Metroparks Zoo, would be seriously compromised, Metroparks officials said, though those specifics have not yet been identified. ... Potential cuts could occur throughout the system, resulting in reductions in staff, operations and maintenance, as well existing capital projects and the Metroparks Police, Gerling said. That would be the case even though the current levy would run through 2023 and the Metroparks would still have a chance to propose another levy next year. ... The Metroparks relies on its levy for more than 60% of its revenue, while various fees charged by the zoo, Metroparks’ eight golf courses, and other services account for another 25%. Grants and philanthropic donations make up the balance." https://www.cleveland.com/news/2022/10/failure-to-pass-nov-8-ballot-levy-could-be-devastating-for-cleveland-metroparks.html

Ohio & Erie Canalway Coalition breaks ground on Summit Lake Trail in Akron Published: Oct. 25, 2022, 3:55 p.m. By Megan Becka, special to cleveland.com https://www.cleveland.com/akron/2022/10/ohio-erie-canalway-coalition-breaks-ground-on-summit-lake-trail-in-akron.html

Van Aken Bikeway coming soon to Shaker, along with $1 million in ARPA funding for Lee Road Updated: Oct. 25, 2022, 7:06 p.m. | Published: Oct. 25, 2022, 6:32 p.m. By Thomas Jewell, special to cleveland.com https://www.cleveland.com/community/2022/10/van-aken-bikeway-coming-soon-to-shaker-along-with-1-million-in-american-rescue-plan-funding-for-lee-road.html

Bibb announces lakefront design listening sessions, town hall meeting Link to public meetings info https://www.crainscleveland.com/government/cleveland-will-host-lakefront-design-listening-sessions-town-hall-meeting

You are pointing to anecdotal evidence. I linked a couple studies below, you can look up more for yourself, but there are studies that show that when controlling for socioeconomic factors school rankings are not very good indicators for how a student performs. This is further supported by research that shows that children perform better in school if they have had a full breakfast and not hungry, if they have a consistent place to sleep, are well rested and not stressed--all things that low income students experience and those students tend to be concentrated in low ranked schools. There are also studies that show children who are exposed to a larger vocabulary in their infancy perform better in school. These tend to be parents who have higher education themselves and are able to be home because they are not working multiple jobs. Again, middle and upper class. So strong correlation between school ranking and student performance, weak causal relationship. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8298902/ "Results: We found that Ofsted ratings of secondary school quality accounted for 4% of the variance in students’ educational achievement at age 16, which was further reduced to 1% of the variance after we accounted for prior school performance at age 11 and family socioeconomic status. Furthermore, Ofsted ratings were poor predictors of school engagement and student wellbeing, with an average correlation of .03. Conclusion: Our findings suggest that differences in school quality, as indexed by Ofsted ratings, have little relation with students’ individual outcomes. Accordingly, our results challenge the usefulness of Ofsted ratings as guides for parents and students when choosing secondary schools." https://www.jstor.org/stable/27548088 " Abstract The authors used data on public high schools in New Hampshire to demonstrate how the socioeconomic status (SES) of the district can help explain variations in students' average standardized test scores and college-attendance rates and subsequent rankings of schools within states. The authors show how states can use multiple-outcome measures to derive an alternative ranking of high schools that removes the contributions of SES to the school-level outcomes and how these rankings compare with similar rankings that would be obtained solely on the basis of observed outcomes. Results demonstrate that socioeconomic factors account for a large portion of the variations in school-level outcomes in New Hampshire and that the subsequent rankings of schools can change dramatically after controlling for these factors. The methodology that the authors present can be replicated easily in other states and applied to different choices of outcome and control measures."

School rankings are not useful and there is very little causal evidence that the rank of a school is determinant of individual student's performance. Poor school rankings correlate very highly with other social and environmental factors that are much more determinant of a student's performance. The sooner we stop encouraging parents to make decisions based on school rankings the better.

Their wikipedia cites their 2021 10K for the Mentor HQ, but the 10K also lists Glendale as their Corp HQ... correction: wiki is poorly linked, as of their Q1 2022 10Q they list Mentor as their HQ

It's only their Label and Graphic Materials Regional Headquarters, corporate is still in Glendale. https://www.averydennison.com/fr/home/new-world-wide-offices.html

I guess the next question would be how much more can we scale this up so that the cruise industry alone is impactful?