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Nano Brew Cleveland opens today: http://www.cleveland.com/dining/index.ssf/2012/08/nano_brew_cleveland_opening_we.html

Underrated U.S.A.: What’s hot in Cleveland http://www.nationalpost.com/m/wp/life/travel/blog.html?b=life.nationalpost.com/2012/08/19/underrated-u-s-a-whats-hot-in-cleveland

Adam Fishman will be on NPR tomorrow at 9 am: http://www.ideastream.org/soi/entry/48516

River gate will be discussed on NPR tomorrow at 9 am. http://www.ideastream.org/soi/entry/48516

I've heard rumblings of a potential jazz-themed place taking it's place. I won't name my sources, but it was at least a consideration a couple months ago.

CMA expansion received a blurb I the NY Times yesterday: http://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/13/arts/design/cleveland-museum-buys-antiquities-stirs-ethics-debates.html

NIH Awards $64.6M Grant to Case Western Reserve, Largest Ever in Northeast Ohio Contacts: Kevin Mayhood Liz Lear CLEVELAND – August 10, 2012 – Case Western Reserve University's ambitious collaboration to bring medical discoveries to patients has won an extraordinary endorsement: a $64.6 million federal grant that is the largest ever awarded in Northeast Ohio. "Five years ago Cleveland's leading biomedical institutions came together in an unprecedented partnership that put improved health at the center of everything we do," said School of Medicine dean Pamela B. Davis, MD, PhD, the grant's principal investigator. "With today's award, the National Institutes of Health sent a powerful message to all of us: Keep up the good work." Known formally as a Clinical and Translational Science Award (CTSA), the grant exists to advance efforts among scientists and physicians to take promising breakthroughs out of laboratories and into hospitals, clinics and doctor's offices – that is, to where innovations directly benefit those who most need lifesaving treatments. National Institutes of Health (NIH) leaders launched the CTSA program six years ago to accelerate the transition of research ideas to medical applications; today Case Western Reserve is one of 61 lead institutions across the country fostering this pioneering work with hospitals and other health care partners. In this region, the alliance includes Cleveland Clinic, MetroHealth System, University Hospitals Case Medical Center and Louis Stokes Cleveland VA Medical Center. Richard A. Rudick, MD, vice chair of the Neurological Institute at Cleveland Clinic, serves as the effort's co-principal investigator. In 2007, the proposal he and Davis authored won $64 million from the NIH, which at the time was the single largest federal research award to the region. "The purpose of this new federal grant model is to push institutions to focus ever more squarely on tangible impacts to individuals and society," said Case Western Reserve president Barbara R. Snyder. "We are pleased that the NIH recognized the remarkable efforts across all of our major partners and the individuals within institutions and community organizations. Together, we all are committed to make even greater progress over the next five years." http://casemed.case.edu/newsroom/news/announcement/

Has there be any transfer of ownership to this rather prime piece of property in UC??

^ Across the street is where the highrise show go. Recently, the Cleveland Diocese is put thefairly prime piece of property in between the Church of the Covenant and Commodore Place building up for sale -- 11303 Euclid Ave. But I digress as this is no longer hotel-based conversation...

As mentioned before for Downtown: - Avenue District http://www.zaremba.net//community/floor_plans.php?cid=2667 - Langston Apartments http://www.forrent.com/apartment-community-profile/1000067584.php

If anyone would be willing to take the challenge and do the month of Aug , it would be greatly appreciated. I'll be traveling for the next few weeks and will not have much time.

Write up from CWRU: What Do Cornell University Students Think of Cleveland? http://msass.case.edu/cleveland/cornell1.html

In the United States 1. Boston 2. Charleston, SC 3. Cleveland 4. New York City 5. Chicago Rest of World 1. Paris 2. Prague 3. London 4. Budapest 5. Brussels

Definitely been watching it. I'll be there next week, so I'll contribute some pics.

Whoa... Great video!

Cool event alert -- July 27 in the crossroads of Slavic Village! https://www.facebook.com/StreetRepair http://www.coolcleveland.com/blog/ http://slavicvillage.org/streetrepair2012

Not sure the significance, but this popped up on google: Marketing chance for Cleveland convention center Published: 11:37 am The Ohio Society of Association Executives will hold its annual meeting in Cleveland beginning Wednesday. Delegates will get a hard-hat tour of the convention center/med mart that opens next summer. The Ohio Society of Association Executives represents leaders of more than 40 professional groups including the state bar and medical associations and the Ohio Chamber of Commerce. The meeting of the so-called "association of associations" ends Friday. Association leaders can play a key role in selecting convention and meeting locations. http://www.wytv.com/content/news/ohstate/story/Marketing-chance-for-Cleveland-convention-center/QbIntM4FsUCN7_I2YgKZMQ.cspx

A true new showpiece for CLE

Burning Riverfest today! http://www.burningriverfoundation.org/sitemaps/view/attend Sorry, I've been living a happy and busy summer! I'll update the events when I get time.

Zak, I'm confused...this video says CWRU has raised $714 million at 1:28

Free RTA and parking! Cleveland Indians announce initiatives to get more fans to Progressive Field http://videos.cleveland.com/plain-dealer/2012/07/cleveland_indians_announce_ini.html

These pics are incredible -- thanks for posting. The richness in character of the city of Cleveland has been captured.

^ very interesting on the UC site becoming available.

Posted in the CIA Expansion thread http://www.urbanohio.com/forum2/index.php/topic,18747.msg630258/

Peter B. Lewis donates $5 million to the Cleveland Institute of Art, his biggest hometown donation in a decade Published: Tuesday, July 10, 2012, 5:30 PM Updated: Tuesday, July 10, 2012, 6:32 PM Steven Litt, The Plain Dealer By Steven Litt, The Plain Dealer Peter B. Lewis, the iconoclastic insurance executive and philanthropist, has done an about-face on his hometown by making a $5 million donation to the Cleveland Institute of Art. “It’s the first time in a long time I’ve been impressed by Cleveland,” he said. “I’m impressed by the achievement and accomplishment, I’m impressed all around.” His $5 million gift to the art institute puts it in a position to complete by late 2014 a $66 million renovation and expansion of its Joseph McCullough Center for the Visual Arts on Euclid Avenue at East 115th Street, Nunes said. Lewis’s gift will help the Cleveland Institute of Art, a private, four-year art college, break ground later this year for its new Gund Building, an expansion of the McCullough Center studio complex, Nunes said. The art institute’s board is set to vote in August on scheduling the groundbreaking, Nunes said. http://blog.cleveland.com/architecture/2012/07/peter_b_lewis_donates_5_millio.html