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A quick summary if what's being built on Midtown Euclid Ave: 1) Emerald Alliance V -- 7515 Euclid Ave 2) Euclid Corridor Senior Housing -- E. 73rd/E. 74th and Euclid Ave 3) "Authorizing the Director of Economic Development to enter into a Tax Increment Financing Agreement with Dunham Square Land, LLC, or its designee; to provide for the construction of a mutli-tenant office/technology center located at 6700 Euclid Avenue" http://planning.city.cleveland.oh.us/designreview/drcagenda/2010/093010/100110DraftAgenda.pdf I'm pretty sure that last one is across the street from Dunham Tavern.

An enjoyable read: i live here (now): marc canter Douglas Trattner Thursday, September 30, 2010 Over the years, Canter's big thinking has taken him from gig to gig in cities like New York, London, Hong Kong, San Francisco, and his hometown of Chicago. But since 2009, the serial entrepreneur has called Cleveland home. And he has no desire to leave. "I didn't realize until moving here how much I missed authenticity," Marc Canter says over a lunch of Turkish shawarma at Anatolia Café. "There really is no place like this elsewhere – the history, the people, the homes, the neighborhoods." Through his company Digital City Mechanics, Canter aims to help create 5,000 local jobs in five years. By partnering with numerous civic institutions, and utilizing an open software platform that encourages network building, Canter says he will turn Cleveland into "a digital city creating digital jobs for its digital citizens." Recent partnerships include associations with Case Western Reserve, Cleveland Public School's MC2 STEM school, and Fund for Our Economic Future's Civic Commons project. http://freshwatercleveland.com/features/iliveheremarccanter.aspx

The Times of London just released its rankings of the WORLD'S Top 200 universities, ranking Case Western 65th in the WORLD. http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/world-university-rankings/2010-2011/top-200.html They think highly of Ohio State too!

More jobs for Downtown coming from Chase Bank: Chase Hiring New Personnel For Downtown Center Thursday, September 30, 2010 Topics: Economy Chase Bank plans to launch a new mortgage operations center in Cleveland that will employ up to 175 full time employees. ideastream's Bill Rice reports. Chase plans to hold a jobs fair next week for people qualified to serve as closers, processors, underwriters and team managers for its new center in downtown Cleveland. http://www.wcpn.org/WCPN/news/32298

uh oh... NASA bill passes despite worries it will hurt Glenn Research Center Published: Thursday, September 30, 2010, 11:14 AM Sabrina Eaton, The Plain Dealer WASHINGTON -- The House Wednesday night adopted a bill that would provide $58 billion to fund the National Aeronautics and Space Administration over the next three years. Concluding that there wouldn't be enough time in the legislative year to finish its own bill, the House adopted the same bill the Senate finalized last month. Science Committee Chairman Bart Gordon of Tennessee said that bill was flawed, but passing it would provide "certainty, stability and clarity to the NASA workforce and larger space community." Bainbridge Township GOP Rep. Steve LaTourette disagreed, and said he'd oppose the bill because it will lead to local job losses at NASA Glenn Research Center, reduce research funding and force NASA to completely depend on the commercial sector for crew and cargo transportation to the International Space Station. "I am concerned that the language in the underlying bill sends the agency on a path toward privatization, and privatization undermines the agency and its workers," agreed Cleveland Democratic Rep. Dennis Kucinich, who joined LaTourette in sending their Ohio colleagues a letter opposing the bill. http://blog.cleveland.com/metro/2010/09/nasa_bill_passes_despite_worri.html

Do you know of any other storefronts by any chance? Also, where did you get your info about Panera? (feeling nosey today)

I know I seem to be the only one interested/impressed by this but, Cleveland Museum of Natural History sold 1327 new memberships yesterday....Bravo! http://www.groupon.com/cleveland/deals/cleveland-museum-of-natural-history

Ohio awarded an additional $250 million from the federal Hardest Hit Fund to avert foreclosures Published: Wednesday, September 29, 2010, 5:33 PM The Plain Dealer Ohio is getting an additional $250 million from the federal Hardest Hit Fund for a foreclosure-prevention program that launched this week and already has 2,700 applicants. The Treasury Department said Wednesday the dollars will go to expand Ohio's Restoring Stability program, which aims to help the jobless and other struggling homeowners pay their mortgages. The state program was previously awarded $320 million and had expected to help 26,000 homeowners. http://blog.cleveland.com/metro/2010/09/ohio_awarded_an_additional_250.html

Wednesday September 29, 2010 Home Cleveland Clinic researchers snare $11.65 million grant for 'good' cholesterol study By TIMOTHY MAGAW 1:00 pm, September 29, 2010 Researchers at the Cleveland Clinic have snagged an $11.65 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to study why “good” cholesterol sometimes goes bad. http://www.crainscleveland.com/article/20100929/FREE/100929816

Giant Eagle/Huntington Bank: 500 jobs with new venture Chris Tye Updated: 9/29/2010 5:28:37 PM Posted: 9/29/2010 5:15:37 PM CLEVELAND -- Giant Eagle stores have forged a 15-year agreement with Huntington Banks that will create 300 jobs in Northeast Ohio. Starting next year, 103 Giant Eagle supermarkets will open full-scale Huntington branches inside the grocery stores. http://www.wkyc.com/news/local/story.aspx?storyid=151087&catid=3

^Holy Sh!t! They've almost sold 1000 new memberships! I bought mine this morning when it started.

Another big game in University Circle this Saturday, Oct 2 : http://studentaffairs.case.edu/events/homecoming/events.html **HOMECOMING 2010** CWRU vs Allegheny College (PA) Parade: 10:30 AM Campus Sponsored Tailgating: 11 AM - 1 PM Football Game Kick-off: 1 PM Some info on the game: http://www.case.edu/athletics/varsity/sports_men/football/stats/2010/notesvsallegheny.pdf SportsTime Ohio will be covering the game as well.

^ Agreed. Hopefully they'll be banged up from it!

Awesome. Any word on the family receiving assistance? Maple Heights family gets new home from ABC's 'Extreme Makeover: Home Edition' Published: Wednesday, September 29, 2010, 11:59 AM Roxanne Washington, The Plain Dealer MAPLE HEIGHTS, Ohio -- Andre and Jasmine Anderson and their sons Jaison and Jahzion got what could be the biggest and most rewarding surprise of their lives this morning when Ty Pennington and the crew of ABC's "Extreme Makeover: Home Edition" came knocking. The family, in which both parents are seeing impaired and one son is hearing impaired, learned they were selected to receive a newly built home, all expenses paid. http://www.cleveland.com/insideout/index.ssf/2010/09/maple_heights_family_gets_new.html

They were at 90% occupancy two years ago, what happened?

Even if it costs $10-$17 mil to run annually, what is the total Ohio Department of Transportation annual budget? Doesn't this amount pale in comparison?

Why would you sign a petition blocking having the study done? It's not even Ohio money, and isn't its needed info??

true dat. http://www.cleveland.com/popmusic/index.ssf/2010/08/get_out_the_lighters_for_encor.html Guns N' Roses will be the big ticket band.

Nice article on Jamison: http://www.waitingfornextyear.com/?p=34279

I agree. Ohio's electoral votes are too many and too important to let it go to the Repulicans.

FYI, groupon.com has a coupon this morning for over 50% off membership to the Cleveland Natural History Museum: http://www.groupon.com/cleveland/

Cleveland City Councilman Joe Cimperman proposes legislation to allow farm stands in residential neighborhoods Published: Tuesday, September 28, 2010, 5:50 PM Mark Gillispie, The Plain Dealer CLEVELAND, Ohio - The foreclosure crisis and the demolition of thousands of properties in Cleveland appears to have an unintended, but positive consequence: the emergence of a farm movement in the city. Cleveland City Council has begun to consider an ordinance that would allow urban farmers to set up stands to sell the fruits of their harvest in residential neighborhoods. And council approved legislation on Monday that permits the Cuyahoga County Board of Developmental Disabilities to create a garden on City Hall property at East 9th Street and Lakeside Avenue. http://blog.cleveland.com/metro/2010/09/cleveland_city_councilman_joe.html

OK guys, I'm embarrassed. I think I have just caused a ruckus for no reason. Reading the description, I'm thinking it's only the "2 Story" section in the front that is for sale for $1.5 mil, not the tower itself...which also explains why it says "Office Building"

I personally wish Cleveland State would gobble it up and make it into dorms. It could eventually be the NW border of campus....dreams...

^ not that there's much discussion on it, but I already posted it here: http://www.urbanohio.com/forum2/index.php/topic,8329.0.html