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Rocky River logistics and transportation company opens offices near Long Beach, Vietnam ports Published: Apr. 18, 2022, 2:54 p.m. By Sean McDonnell, cleveland.com ROCKY RIVER, Ohio — United World Line, part of the Greater Cleveland-based shipping and logistics company World Group, is adding offices near two key ports in Long Beach, California, and Vietnam. The company announced the new offices Monday, saying they were opened to respond to rising demand. The twin ports in Long Beach and Los Angeles area among the busiest in the U.S., and Ho Chi Minh City in Vietnam is one of the busiest ports in the world. UWL said it set record-breaking container volume in 2021 and is in the top-20 of American-owned global logistics companies. The company specializes in industries like ocean transportation, air freight, road and rail transportation along with warehousing and distribution. It’s parent company, World Group, is based in Rocky River and touches the supply chain from one end to the other with its businesses, including UWL, ContainerPort Group, World Distribution Services and World Shipping. https://www.cleveland.com/business/2022/04/rocky-river-logistics-and-transportation-company-opens-offices-near-long-beach-vietnam-ports.html

Relatedly, more spin off and investment: 1) The Aviator takes off with refreshed design in former 100th Bomb Group space https://www.cleveland.com/entertainment/2022/04/the-aviator-takes-off-with-refreshed-design-in-former-100th-bomb-group-space-photos.html 2) New hotel and apartments

Next to NASA and Hopkins: The Aviator takes off with refreshed design in former 100th Bomb Group space (photos) Published: Apr. 18, 2022, 5:30 a.m. By Marc Bona, cleveland.com CLEVELAND, Ohio – You’ll notice the first difference between The Aviator and its former occupant, the 100th Bomb Group, before you walk in the doors. The airplanes are gone. The mounted planes stood outside the space adjacent to Cleveland Hopkins International Airport for years. But new owners have come in and revamped the design, look and amenities of the location. It’s been rehauled and converted it into an event center, pub and restaurant. The Aviator, which opened April 6, is owned by Khadar Soussou; the Rababy family, which runs United Concessions Group at airports including Cleveland Hopkins; and Tony Di Fiore. All have known each other for years. “They spared no expense in building this place,” Soussou said of the former owners, California-based Specialty Restaurants Corp. “The bones were here. We just had to make it look pretty again. … " https://www.cleveland.com/entertainment/2022/04/the-aviator-takes-off-with-refreshed-design-in-former-100th-bomb-group-space-photos.html

Correct, Cleveland is home to 1 of the 10 NASA "Centers." Never thought of it, but good point on us having the only Center HQ located in the north.

Minute Man expansion today.

This is in La Collina: High & Low Winery temporarily closes Little Italy location Published: Apr. 11, 2022, 2:29 p.m. By Marc Bona, cleveland.com CLEVELAND, Ohio – High & Low Winery and Bistro has temporarily closed in Cleveland’s Little Italy until early May. Owner Matt Snyder said he plans to host a grand reopening and take advantage of the bistro’s patio. The winery opened in Little Italy at 12304 Mayfield Road in November. Its original spot is on Medina Road in Medina. Snyder said the temporary closure will allow him to readjust the concept a bit. https://www.cleveland.com/entertainment/2022/04/high-low-winery-temporarily-closes-little-italy-location.html

Cleveland’s Pierre’s Ice Cream sold to Ohio-based dairy manufacturer Updated: Apr. 11, 2022, 4:31 p.m. | Published: Apr. 11, 2022, 4:23 p.m. By Sean McDonnell, cleveland.com CLEVELAND, Ohio — Pierre’s Ice Cream, a Cleveland-based company for 90 years, is being sold to another dairy manufacturer based in central Ohio. Pierre’s on Monday afternoon announced the purchase agreement with Ohio Processors Inc., a manufacturer and distributor of dairy-related products headquartered in London, about 25 miles west of Columbus. Pierre’s spokesperson Laura Hindulak said the sale is expected to close in the second quarter. Terms of the deal will not be disclosed, she said. The company marked its 90th birthday about a month ago. In 2011 Pierre’s opened a 35,000 square-foot factory near East 65th Street and Euclid Avenue. https://www.cleveland.com/business/2022/04/clevelands-pierres-ice-cream-sold-to-ohio-based-dairy-manufacturer.html

Cleveland City Council OKs $12 million rescue of Shaker Square Updated: Apr. 11, 2022, 8:15 p.m. | Published: Apr. 11, 2022, 8:12 p.m. By Courtney Astolfi, cleveland.com CLEVELAND, Ohio – Cleveland City Council Monday voted 16-0 in favor of a $12 million plan to pay off the mortgage of historic Shaker Square and avoid foreclosure of the financially troubled property. Of the $12 million financing package approved by council, all the money will come from the general fund. That’s a departure from the Shaker Square plan pitched by the former mayor last year, which called for most of the money to come from Cleveland’s share of federal aid from the American Rescue Plan Act. https://www.cleveland.com/news/2022/04/cleveland-city-council-oks-12-million-rescue-of-shaker-square.html

Episode of LeBron's UNINTERRUPTED 'The Shop' Filmed in Cleveland at Black Cat Barbershop Airs Tomorrow By Vince Grzegorek on Thu, Apr 7, 2022 at 12:01 pm The latest installment of LeBron's 'The Shop,' the second episode of season five, hits the air tomorrow on the UNINTERRUPTED YouTube channel. Clips from the trailer, which you can watch below, have already made their way through Twitter as LeBron, who will miss the playoffs this year, answers which future, current and past players he most wants to play with. (The answers, respectively: Bronny, of course; Steph Curry; and Scottie Pippen.) As for the local news here, eagle-eyed local observers might have noticed familiar paraphrenelia on the barbershop set's walls. The episode was filmed in Cleveland during NBA All-Star weekend at Black Cat Barbershop in Detroit-Shoreway. https://www.clevescene.com/news/episode-of-lebrons-uninterrupted-the-shop-filmed-in-cleveland-at-black-cat-barbershop-airs-tomorrow-38692194?fbclid=IwAR0tsR_b0hnGezwMaGh-6nbVREG0u0XoC8O7A8l3KOTTuuU9C-EAmqj_U8g

Cleveland Clinic London:

Welp … this Wednesday night is Slovenian Heritage Night… about as Cleveland as you can get..! 😁 “You are my hero. Can we get a picture please”

Does anyone have any insight on how economically feasible to move buildings? General cost? Cleveland developers in recent decades doesn't appear to have been interested in saving anything by relocation. Again for example: https://www.wolfehousebuildingmovers.com/house-building-moving/

Great article from Bloomberg In Cleveland, Spring Comes in Like a Slovenian Sheep Monster Cleveland’s Kurentovanje festival reflects the St. Clair-Superior neighborhood’s immigrant heritage, and its hopes for rebirth. Elizabeth Yuko February 25, 2022, 5:35 PM EST The festival is one of several efforts that aim to lure visitors and economic energy to the neighborhood, which has suffered from decades of disinvestment. Many of the storefronts lining the once-bustling retail district along St. Clair Avenue remain shuttered. But others house new businesses that have set up shop over the past decade, like the Upcycle Parts Shop and Kafela, a coffee shop/hookah bar. The Goldhorn Brewery has revived the neighborhood’s Slovenian beermaking heritage, while the Hamilton Collaborative innovation incubator has brought a series of startups, including an architectural salvage company and a community makerspace, to one of the neighborhood’s large industrial spaces. Cleveland Kurentovanje isn’t likely to rival the billion-dollar impact of New Orleans Mardi Gras when it comes to the economic boost it delivers. But it does align with the neighborhood-based approach that Destination Cleveland takes to promote the city, says Emily Lauer, the vice president of public relations at the nonprofit visitors bureau. When tourists attend events like Kurentovanje, the memories they form — and the connections they make with Clevelanders — often leave such an impression that it brings them back to the city, Lauer says. And few things are as memorable as a Kurent. “Kurentovanje is a great showcase of Cleveland’s unique and sometimes quirky personality and illustrates how strong Clevelanders’ ties are to their ethnicity,” says Lauer. “It’s an example of how Clevelanders embrace who we are and where we live — always finding ways to celebrate situations that many wouldn’t.” https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2022-02-25/time-for-cleveland-s-monster-filled-slovenian-mardi-gras

So cool! I am bummed about losing that handsome brick residential structure. Too bad there isn’t a way to move it somewhere in a 2-4 block radius. There have got to be several places nearby where it could fit and be reused. When I lived in North Carolina for a short while, I remember it happening quite a bit in Raleigh saving older structures with the surge of new development. For example: https://www.wolfehousebuildingmovers.com/project/raleigh-nc-historic-house-move/ https://www.wral.com/news/local/story/3423731/?version=amp EDIT: maybe someone should call the “Wolfe House & Building Movers” and get them up here! EDIT EDIT: pretty nice recent Chicago move by them: https://www.wolfehousebuildingmovers.com/project/historic-vautravers-building-relocation/

^ 3-4K projected. Much more than what Cleveland received from Afghanistan.

^ Great article, @KJP! I think many Clevelanders underestimate the size of Case Western Reserve. It is literally the largest Private school in the state of Ohio...notably more students and (much more) staff than the next biggest....Division I...University of Dayton. These 600 more beds probably will not even be enough to cover the projected Fall 2024 demand. It'll be interesting to see how soon the next rounds of needed housing go up after these phases.

Breaking news — US to officially announce Ukrainian refugee relocation. Of course, how many NEO will receive? US to welcome 100,000 Ukrainian refugees By Allie Malloy and Kevin Liptak, CNN Updated 9:15 AM EDT, Thu March 24, 2022 https://www.cnn.com/2022/03/24/politics/us-to-accept-more-ukrainian-refugees/index.html

Cleveland nonprofit Joseph House gives new bikes to Afghan refugees Updated: Mar. 22, 2022, 12:15 p.m. | Published: Mar. 22, 2022, 8:00 a.m. By Alexis Oatman, cleveland.com CLEVELAND, Ohio -- A new initiative byJoseph House, a nonprofit partnership of four Catholic churches in the Diocese of Cleveland, is aiming to help Afghan refugees as they settle into their new lives in Northeast Ohio. More than 800 refugees arrived in Ohiolast year after U.S. military forces withdrew from Afghanistan and the Taliban regained power. Many of them settled in the Cleveland area. Bikes were a highly requested item among the newly-arrived refugees, said Marty Frame, a volunteer for Joseph House. The partnership includes the Cleveland churches St. Vitus, Immaculate Conception and St. Paul Croatian, as well as Divine Word Catholic Church in Willoughby. https://www.cleveland.com/news/2022/03/cleveland-nonprofit-joseph-house-gives-new-bikes-to-afghan-refugees.html

These may very well be the closest dorms to the engineering quad: Case Western Reserve University to build new dorms with 600 beds for second-year students Updated: Mar. 23, 2022, 4:12 p.m. | Published: Mar. 23, 2022, 4:12 p.m. By Eric Heisig, cleveland.com CLEVELAND, Ohio — Case Western Reserve University plans to build two new dormitories with a combined 600 beds on its south campus in Cleveland’s University Circle, with plans to open them by 2024. The university plans to construct a five-story, 56,900-square-foot Murray Building on Murray Hill Road near Adelbert Road, and a six-story, 139,000-square-foot Hill Building directly to the southeast. Most of construction will be on what is now a parking lot between Fribley Commons and the area where the university’s fraternities and sororities have houses. A courtyard will be built in the middle, complete with what one slide in a presentation submitted to the city says will be a “reading and wellness garden.” https://www.cleveland.com/realestate-news/2022/03/case-western-reserve-university-to-build-new-dorms-with-600-beds-for-second-year-students.html

^Whoa, it’s like our indoor botanical gardens except on steroids and with monkeys. This looks incredible!

CNN featured the Ukrainian Village recently: War in Ukraine hits very close to home in this Ohio town https://www.cnn.com/videos/world/2022/03/12/ohio-ukrainian-americans-russian-invasion-mcmorris-santoro-pkg-vpx.cnn

The school group is returning to the UK. I love how a couple of then have Cavs gear on in the airport shot: