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^^Agreed. Also, the E.55th-Broadway intersection is the most underrated, underutilized piece of urban fabric in the City of Cleveland. Someday.... Echo, echo, echo

http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&um=1&ie=UTF-8&q=5163+BROADWAY+CLEVELAND&fb=1&gl=us&hnear=5163+BROADWAY+CLEVELAND&cid=0,0,1309120228521565433&ei=N1zsS53CHIP58Ab0uJDUBA&sa=X&oi=local_result&ct=image&resnum=1&ved=0CBgQnwIwAA This is the location, correct?

Well it is going to bring in who knows how many visitors every month. Local businesses will most likely see more business. And I'm sure a nearby storefront/building or two will have a business that somehow connects with the Velodrome/Velodrome crowd. Long-term? who knows. But for the city and region as a whole, this is a great addition of another "destination attaction."

Looks like this project is still awaiting stimulus funds. This is the top eastside project (next to Uptown) I hope gets built. For many benefits for locals, visitors, and tourists...plus for Slavic Village: http://www.clevescene.com/scene-and-heard/archives/2010/04/20/indoor-bike-track-latest-greatest-hope-for-slavic-village

Next time I'm back in town is June 4th and June 6th. Not recommending we push it back that far, but maybe we can have two gatherings!? I've been doing a TON of traveling this year--I should probably post some pics someday soon...

Russian billionaire closes Nets deal with Forest City subsidiary By Michelle Jarboe, The Plain Dealer May 12, 2010, 2:46PM CLEVELAND -- Forest City Enterprises Inc. (NYSE: FCE-A) announced today that its New York subsidiary has closed a deal by which entities controlled by Russian billionaire Mikhail Prokhorov are acquiring an 80 percent stake in the New Jersey Nets basketball team. The arena is the centerpiece of the 22-acre Atlantic Yards project, a mixed-use development planned by Forest City Ratner Cos. The agreement with Prokhorov also gives Onexim the right to buy as much as 20 percent of the Atlantic Yards Development Co., which will develop the non-arena portions of the project. Forest City owned a 22 percent stake in the Nets and was the managing member of the investor group behind the team. Forest City, Nets Sports and Entertainment and Onexim announced the deal in September. The NBA's board of governors approved the transaction May 11. http://www.cleveland.com/business/index.ssf/2010/05/russian_billionaire_closes_net.html

^^wasn't there a master plan proposal a while back with keeping Riverview, and putting storefronts in front of it??

Cleveland State University getting closer to goal of hosting medical students By Janet Okoben May 12, 2010, 9:00AM CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Cleveland could soon be part of a public-university program producing doctors with an interest in helping underserved areas of the city. A committee -- representing Cleveland State University and the Northeast Ohio Universities College of Medicine & Pharmacy -- has recommended an expansion of the Rootstown-based medical school that could have students from CSU and other area public universities taking classes and completing training in Cleveland. It's a lot of "coulds," but the urban primary-care specialty at NEOUCOM could be on track by 2012, said Kathleen Ruff, chief of staff at NEOUCOM and a member of the study committee http://blog.cleveland.com/metro/2010/05/cleveland_state_getting_closer.html

Cuyahoga commissioners consider payment for escalating cost of Juvenile Justice Center By Laura Johnston, The Plain Dealer May 11, 2010, 1:40PM CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Cuyahoga County commissioners today approved a $400,000 bill from an engineering firm, bringing its total payment to $4.1 million more than its contract called for eight years ago. All told, Ralph Tyler Companies has collected $9.6 million to design the inside and outside of a Juvenile Justice Center on Cleveland's East Side. The contract awarded to the Cleveland company in 2002 was for $5.4 million. The bulk of Tyler's extra work -- $3.1 million worth -- resulted from a 2005 decision by county officials to add a court tower to a planned detention center. The latest bill is for additional work, including the designing of parking lots and sidewalks. http://www.cleveland.com/cuyahoga-county/index.ssf/2010/05/cuyahoga_commissioners_consider_payment_for_escalating_cost_of_juvenile_justice_center.html

Steris to build $11 million facility, add 300 jobs By Angela Townsend, The Plain Dealer May 11, 2010, 2:01PM MENTOR, Ohio -- Steris Corp. chief executive Walt Rosebrough today announced the company's plans to build an $11 million facility in Mentor and add 300 jobs there over the next three years. Sixty-one of those positions are new. The other 239 jobs are being transferred from Steris' facility in Erie, Pa. beginning this fall. http://www.cleveland.com/medical/index.ssf/2010/05/steris_to_build_11_million_fac.html

Cleveland, Akron house prices bounce back hugely from early 2009 By Michelle Jarboe, The Plain Dealer May 11, 2010, 11:43AM In fact, Akron and Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor, respectively, saw the second- and third-largest price jumps among 152 metropolitan areas followed by the National Association of Realtors, which released its first-quarter price report this morning. Still, houses in the Cleveland and Akron areas are selling for some of the lowest prices in the country. The median house price in the Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor area was $106,400 during the first quarter, up 53.8 percent from $69,200 a year before. In the Akron metropolitan area, the median house price jumped 90.2 percent, from $50,100 in the first quarter of 2009 to $95,300 early this year. http://www.cleveland.com/business/index.ssf/2010/05/cleveland_akron_house_prices_b.html Cincinnati metro home prices up 14.5% in 1Q “The tax credit has been very effective in drawing down excess inventory, with about 1 million additional sales resulting directly from the stimulus,” Yun said in the release. Moat major Ohio metro areas saw prices rise more than 10 percent year over year, with those hardest hit by the housing slump showing the most recovery. Akron’s median price jumped 90 percent; Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor saw its median price rise 54 percent; Dayton was up 23 percent; and Toledo, 13 percent. Columbus, whose housing market suffered the least in Ohio, saw its median price jump about 6 percent over the year. http://cincinnati.bizjournals.com/cincinnati/stories/2010/05/10/daily22.html

EC, I'm trying to stay positive here!

If you're bored...vote Cleveland: http://www.fromtherumbleseat.com/2010/5/11/1466921/the-ultimate-sporting-city-debate I think it's just some random guys blog.

Planners consider adding train, more polar bears to busy Cleveland Metroparks Zoo By James Ewinger May 11, 2010, 6:56AM CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Imagine taking a train from the parking lot of an expanded Cleveland Metroparks Zoo that might include a larger polar bear habitat. And imagine the same train whisking you around the zoo's campus instead of pedestrians and the cumbersome trams competing for the same paved ways. These are some of the ideas being discussed as zoo officials and hired planners start to formulate a strategic plan for the next 10 years. The 183-acre zoo's first plan came together in 1993 after the RainForest exhibit opened. Several years ago, another plan looked forward at possible new exhibits that ultimately included the Elephant Crossing, to be completed next year. MORE AT http://blog.cleveland.com/metro/2010/05/planners_consider_adding_train.html

I feel like a terrible citizen for not knowing this, but who are all our senators and reps for Cuyahoga county down in Columbus?

how did i miss that?! :weird: is this it? http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/05/09/betty-white-goes-metal-fo_n_569275.html Yeah, that's what I'm talking about.

^^They had a skit where they were singing the golden girls song.

Great Lakes Urban Exchange is having their annual meeting in CLEVELAND this year. From their email: What: For the third year in a row, GLUE will be hosting a uniquely collaborative, cross-sector, geographically diverse gathering of young leaders who are committed to the revitalization of their Rust Belt homes. Who: You, and 99 other planners, activists, community development specialists, students, policy wonks, and engaged citizens from Cleveland, Flint, Dayton, Buffalo, and the other cities of the Great Lakes. Why: Because Cleveland and the rest of our post-industrial cities are testing grounds for new ideas about how cities can work. (As if we needed another reason to visit the shores of Lake Erie in July!) When: Thursday, July 15, 2010 - Saturday, July 17, 2010 More details: Available at www.UrbanLabsConference.com, and forthcoming in this week's GLUEsletter. Registration will open by Friday, May 14.

But on this team -- it's all about who Lebron wants to play for...and Mike Brown is the man.

I believe this the PD's first write up/coverage about the show. For better or worse (most likely worse!), there seems to be no filming Cleveland, only LA. But I think this was mostly expected. "Hot in Cleveland" http://www.cleveland.com/tv-blog/index.ssf/2010/05/busy_betty_white_is_ready_to_start_work_on_tv_lands_hot_in_cleveland.html

well maybe posting this in the "Garden's under the Glass" is somewhat of a hint...

Hey, EC...no hint?? ;)

With Video and Map: The Veale Foundation Makes $20 Million Commitment to Case Western Reserve University Gift will name a new university center to enhance student life The Veale Foundation has made a $20 million commitment to Case Western Reserve for a new university center to be named after founder Tinkham Veale II, age 95 The Tinkham Veale University Center will be centrally located on campus, at the corner of East Boulevard and Bellflower Road, near Severance Hall and adjacent to the university's Kelvin Smith Library. http://www.case.edu/universitycenter/

Location of the new $50 million CWRU Tinkham Veale Student Center. http://www.case.edu/universitycenter/images/universitycentermap.pdf Story from the CWRU page: http://www.case.edu/universitycenter/

Some interesting tickers across from the CWRU homepage: Case Western Reserve University Ranked One of the Nation's Top 20 Medical Schools by U.S.News & World Report School improves 5 places in latest magazine rankings; University's Health Law program ranked No. 3 in the nation http://blog.case.edu/case-news/2010/04/15/usnewsrankings Katie Couric giving 2010 commencement speech: http://www.case.edu/commencement/ CWRU admission advisors touring around -- including many out-of-state high schools. http://admission.case.edu/admissions/road/previews.asp