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^^ah yes, I remember now!...it's been in the works for a while. It is in fact going to be a grocery store. I had a conversation with someone "in the know" and it was referred to as "middle eastern." I believe the eastside Mosque is nearby, correct?. BIG addition to the area.

nothing to do with the Juvenile Justice Complex...correct? I'm thinking that is on Quincy

Cleveland Zoo is a popular destination in a down economy Posted by Laura Johnston/Plain Dealer Reporter June 08, 2009 11:21AM Categories: Animals, Breaking News, Real Time News CLEVELAND — Moms and dads pushed strollers. Couples sauntered hand in hand, baring winter-white skin in the June sun. Kids ran. And gaggles of teenagers celebrated the almost-end of a school year. Everywhere they pointed, took pictures and chattered over the animals. "There's one!" "Look!" "C'mere!" That was Max Stein and Sam Stask, 3½-year-old cousins from Painesville and Aurora, as they galloped around Monkey Island. But it could have been any of thousands Saturday at the Cleveland Metroparks Zoo. On a first date or family outing, Clevelanders have flocked to the zoo this year, bumping attendance up 9.4 percent from the same five-month period last year... http://blog.cleveland.com/metro/2009/06/cleveland_zoo_is_a_popular_des_1.html

From the UC Design Review District: (http://www.universitycircle.org/uci.aspx?page=28) Meeting agenda: 8:00 AM 1. UCDD 09-004 Key Bank – New Bank Branch – Final Approval 2nd Review © 1942 East 105th Street Major Harrison – Brilliant Electric Sign I guess that was the only thing to discuss and approve....

Most news releases on this are from May 28....I can't believe I missed the news. So we've went from London to Pittsburgh. HUGE kudos to the city and the President for makinh this happen. It is apparently being deemed as the prime example of a "revitalized city" Here are two news blips: http://www.upi.com/Top_News/2009/05/28/Pittsburgh-site-of-September-G20-summit/UPI-72091243549482/ Pittsburgh site of September G20 summit WASHINGTON, May 28 (UPI) -- The United States will host a Group of 20 summit of financial and political leaders Sept. 24-25 in Pittsburgh, the White House said Thursday. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- http://www.newsweek.com/id/200991?from=rss What Pittsburgh (Don’t Laugh) Can Teach Obama Struggling cities like Detroit could learn a lot from the Pennsylvania city's rebirth. Howard Fineman Newsweek Web Exclusive Jun 6, 2009 | Updated: 7:37 p.m. ET Jun 6, 2009 Before jetting off to the Middle East and Europe, President Obama took care of another piece of international diplomatic business: He announced the city in which the U.S. will host the next G20 summit in September. His choice drew laughter and puzzlement from reporters and diplomats alike. Pittsburgh? Are you serious? As a proud native, I understand and agree with the president's decision. Pittsburgh's story is inspiring and impressive. It was a rusting steel-making behemoth that, through struggle, pain and creativity, retooled itself as a surprisingly vibrant, 21st-century leader in education, computer science, medical research, sports entertainment and boutique manufacturing. By most measures—unemployment and foreclosure rates, to name two—Pittsburgh is an island of calm in the raging recession.

Some recent grads from CWRU: http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/1818194/college_students_turned_entrepreneurs.html?singlepage=true&cat=8 College Students Turned Entrepreneurs Grow Fresh Business Idea in Cleveland June 06, 2009 by Tricia Chaves Sustainability experts often suggest eating locally as a way to reduce your "carbon footprint"—or in other words, your impact on the environment. Cleveland's climate doesn't lend itself to year-round outdoor produce cultivation; and when in-season, selection can be inconvenient to College Students Turned Entrepreneurs Grow Fresh Business Idea in Cleveland find, and expensive to purchase. Although it wasn't their plan initially, partners Trever Clatterbuck and Bob Gavlak are connecting Cleveland consumers directly with fresh foods—all locally grown, raised or produced, through their virtual farmer's market. Fresh Fork Market began as a 2007 student project of Clatterbuck and Gavlak and two of their Case Western Reserve University classmates. Together, the team created a web interface where restaurant chefs could connect directly with the inventories of local produce and animal farmers, plus bakers, pasta-makers and more. According to Clatterbuck, this innovative concept was a ready-made business. Following the team's research phase, both the restaurants and the producers they'd contacted for feedback wanted to know more about where they could buy and sell with one another. In June, 2008 Fresh Fork Market was officially launched, serving 50 of Cleveland's finest restaurants. The program is working so well in fact, that farmers in other geographical areas want to learn the Fresh Fork formula. This year, Fresh Fork Market has expanded, allowing customers to purchase the same chef-quality local foods for their homes a la carte and through three different package options. Traditional food co-ops and community supported agriculture programs allow members to pay a set fee in exchange for a bag of grower-selected food, picked up directly from the farm. Of course, for many people in urban areas, this is impractical and inconvenient. Through the Fresh Fork CSA+ program, subscribers can choose from one of three packages: the small ($25 for $30 in food) and large ($40 for $50 in food) CSA+ packages are selected by the Fresh Fork suppliers, and the Full Access package ($50) allows the customer to choose half of the $60 weekly food allotment from the site's inventory. Members will receive an email with the current week's selections on Tuesdays, and additional orders must be placed by the end of the day on Wednesday. On Fridays, suburban CSA+ subscribers can make arrangements to get their orders from a pickup location close to their home: Hudson Library (96 Library Street, Hudson) - 10 a.m. to Noon Beachwood High School (25100 Fairmount Boulevard, Beachwood) - 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. Crocker Park near the Cheesecake Factory (Westlake) - 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. Big Creek Elementary (Middleburg Heights) - 7:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. Cleveland pickups and a la carte orders will be available at the Fresh Fork Market offices in Tremont at 755 Starkweather, Saturdays from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. The CSA+ program runs now through October 23. A progressive price discount is given for prepayment (full program—paid in full, full program—paid monthly, or commit and pay on a month-by-month basis). Fresh Fork Market has a 4 week guarantee, so you can cancel if you are unsatisfied and receive a refund for your unused credits. What do you get for the money? A recent sample of the small food bag included a surprisingly huge assortment of food: 1 bunch each organic red and green lettuce 1 baguette of organic French bread 8 oz wedge of grass-fed cheese (Havarti) Half gallon of organic milk 8 oz fresh spinach 8 oz pea shoots 2 oz chocolate mint and 1 dozen free-range organic eggs Inside my food bag were helpful notes from Trevor Clatturbuck with some serving suggestions for pea shoots and quail eggs that were available on the site that week. One of the best things about Fresh Fork Market is the variety—changing seasonally with availability, produce will be fresh and different every month. For more information call 800-861-8582 or visit www.freshforkmarket.com to register for a free account, explore the site and place an order. For a delicious sampling of Fresh Fork foods, look for Trevor's cook out at the Archwood Street Fair this weekend.

I think Cleveland State has discounted rates for the summer months too. You may want to at least call, because they are a true college rec center, and can have everything you'd need.

Great article BTW with some amazingly positive comments. It's a good day.

Taiwanese immigrants opening vegetarian restaurant, temple at former Shanghai Restaurant Posted by Trevor Hunnicutt / Plain Dealer Reporter June 03, 2009 18:06PM Thomas Ondrey/The Plain Dealer Jennifer Liu of Taiwan arranges an altar for a ceremony Wednesday to mark the opening of the Tianrin Temple on Rockwell Avenue near East 24th Street. The Happy Buddha Precious Temple Inc. is behind the creation of the temple and wants to open a vegetarian restaurant in the building as well. CLEVELAND -- A group of Taiwanese immigrants hope healthful vegetarian cuisine mixed with a dose of spirituality helps revive a scruffy street on the eastern edge of downtown. They are transforming the former Shanghai Restaurant on Rockwell Avenue into a vegetarian restaurant and are using a space above as a temple. More at cleveland.com http://www.cleveland.com

Cleveland Cavaliers owner Dan Gilbert: 'We will win a championship' by Mary Schmitt Boyer, The Plain Dealer Wednesday June 03, 2009, 4:06 PM INDEPENDENCE, Ohio - Cleveland Cavaliers owner Dan Gilbert announced that LeBron James was home resting comfortably after surgery to remove a benign growth from his jaw on Tuesday. "He's out of the hospital, doing great,'' Gilbert said at a press conference this afternoon at Cleveland Clinic Courts. More at Cleveland.com http://www.cleveland.com/cavs/index.ssf/2009/06/cleveland_cavaliers_owner_dan.html

Also, very interesting news: http://www.medcitynews.com/index.php/2009/06/cleveland-clinic-researcher-surprised-by-and-grateful-for-nih-grant-to-develop-breast-cancer-vaccine/ Cleveland Clinic researcher surprised by (and grateful for) NIH grant to develop breast cancer vaccine June 2, 2009 by Mary Vanac Filed under Feature, Innovation, Top Story Vincent K. Tuohy CLEVELAND, Ohio — Vince Tuohy was surprised — and grateful — when the National Institutes of Health agreed to back development of his breast cancer vaccine after his first request. The Cleveland Clinic immunologist who studies autoimmune diseases such as multiple sclerosis says study groups at the NIH usually make researchers submit grant proposals again and again before agreeing to fund them. This time, Tuohy and his collaborators took home the prize on their first try. “We never even tried to get funded for this,” Tuohy said about his lab’s novel approach to developing a breast cancer vaccine. “Nowadays, it usually takes us two or three submissions to get funded” by the NIH, he said. “This time, we were pretty surprised, pretty happy that they decided to fund us.” Tuohy’s lab is getting $1.3 million to continue to develop a vaccine that has succeeded since 2002 to keep female mice from getting breast cancer. The first two years of the grant will come from $10.4 billion in American Recovery and Reinvestment Act money that the national institutes received earlier this year. Tuohy, who also teaches at Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine, has been told by the Clinic that his grant is the first economic stimulus money to be received by the institution. The second two years of the grant will come from the National Cancer Institute, Tuohy said. “So that will help us a lot with the mouse work,” he said.

http://www.cleveland.com/open/index.ssf/2009/06/obama_praises_cleveland_clinic.html Obama praises Cleveland Clinic at health care reform session by Sabrina Eaton/Plain Dealer Washington Bureau Tuesday June 02, 2009, 4:48 PM President Barack Obama put in a plug for the Cleveland Clinic today at a health care reform strategy session with more than a dozen Democratic U.S. Senators. Obama told the group, which included Sen. Sherrod Brown of Avon, that he'd like to adjust the incentive structure to emulate places like the Mayo Clinic in Minnesota, which "are able to provide some of the best health care services in the country at half or sometimes even less of the costs than some of the other areas where the quality is not as good." "The Cleveland Clinic in Ohio, same thing: top-notch quality, lower costs," he continued...

More than 60 Clevelanders become trained peacemakers to quell violence this summer by Donna J. Miller/Plain Dealer Reporter Tuesday June 02, 2009, 1:11 PM City of Cleveland Peacemakers and their families packed the City Hall Rotunda Monday evening. CLEVELAND — More than 60 people joined the city's Peacemakers Alliance Monday during a ceremony at City Hall. The 62 citizen volunteers learned in a dozen training sessions ways to keep their neighborhoods safer. more at Cleveland.com http://www.cleveland.com/crime/index.ssf/2009/06/more_than_50_clevelanders_beca.html

From Medcity about a new study being done: http://www.medcitynews.com/index.php/2009/06/cleveland-considers-a-cluster-health-care-technology-and-can-it-be-done/ Cleveland considers a cluster. Health care? Technology? And can it be done? June 2, 2009 by Chris Seper Filed under Feature, Innovation, Top Story Euclid Avenue: A strip of opportunities and challenges CLEVELAND, Ohio — Members of the health-care industry, public officials and business interests have launched a study to see whether space between the edge of Cleveland’s downtown and the hospital-heavy University Circle neighborhood could be a hub for medical business. The study will look mostly at the “HealthLine” — a three-mile stretch of Euclid Avenue bookended by a neighborhood that includes Cleveland State University, St. Vincent Charity Hospital and Cuyahoga Community College on one end, and by Cleveland Clinic, University Hospitals Case Medical Center and Case Western Reserve University on the other. The study also will examine the areas around those end points and portions of E. 55th Street next to Euclid Avenue, as well as the role of the Port of Cleveland. Angelou Economics, a Texas economic consulting firm, started the study in mid-May to determine whether that area could create a focused biomedical cluster in the tradition of North Carolina’s Research Triangle Park, or whether it should be broadened to include all innovation and technology companies. The firm’s final recommendations and an implementation strategy should be done by September, said Jim Colson, the company’s chief operating officer. An array of organizations — city and county governments, the Cleveland Port Authority, biotech advocate BioEnterprise and the non-profit Cleveland Foundation — are participating in and funding the study. BioEnterprise President Baiju Shah said the region already has created a vibrant collection of businesses and medical research that has yet to reach its potential.“We’ve struggled to create the energy because we have sprawl,” Shah said. “We have companies hidden away in different parts of our region that aren’t easily connected with one another or the [medical] institutions.” Clustering can be geographic or by interests. Michigan, for example, ”clustered” its top medical universities — though they’re hours apart from one another — to better collaborate on and spin off commercially viable medical research. Akron launched a biomedical corridor project based on its concentration of polymer, engineering and orthopaedic research, among other things. Euclid Avenue has its mix of opportunities and challenges. Cleveland Clinic gradually has expanded along Euclid Avenue anyway — it is in negotiations to purchase the Cleveland Playhouse, one of the large masses of well-kept properties on the street. However, many patches of the street are peppered with abandoned and toxic properties that could make a true “connection” between sides difficult. Plus, some research say it’s less clear whether clusters can help increase jobs as much as they aid businesses that join the clusters. Sometimes, jobs created by businesses in a cluster are created somewhere else. Shah said the health services around University Circle have outgrown that area. “How do we create a vision for what happens in 10 years that really creates a health corridor around the two major poles [university Circle and Cleveland State-area] and that takes advantage of the transformation of the HealthLine?” he asked.

Coast Guard cutter Apalachee to find new life here as a museum Posted by James Ewinger/Plain Dealer Reporter June 01, 2009 20:57PM Categories: News, Real Time News, Veterans CLEVELAND — Retired Chief Petty Officer George Staples remembers when wooden mallets and baseball bats were used to keep the ice off Coast Guard ice-breaking tugs. He didn't need any Monday as he stood on the bridge of the Apalachee at the foot of East Ninth Street. The vessel spent World War II and the rest of its 43 years in government service battling the elements around Baltimore. The 110-foot Apalachee, considered a cutter, sailed here Sunday, from Oswego, N.Y., and is expected to become a floating museum. More at http://blog.cleveland.com/metro/2009/06/coast_guard_cutter_apalachee_t.html

A "letter to the PD" http://blog.cleveland.com/letters/2009/06/attractive_job_opportunities_i.html Attractive job opportunities in Cleveland and Cuyahoga County Posted by Chester Soska, Cleveland June 01, 2009 04:37AM Categories: Letters I don't know why everyone complains about a lack of jobs in Cleveland. I hear six jobs are opening up in the city's Building Department. A few county jobs may be available in the next few months. I hear these positions have great pay and fantastic benefits with little or no supervision. Where do I apply?

Very cool news for so many reasons. BIG addition to University Circle, even if it's just going to be around 120 students: http://blog.cleveland.com/metro/2009/06/new_high_school_in_university.html New high school in University Circle combines Montessori education with the International Baccalaureate program Posted by Edith Starzyk/Plain Dealer Reporter June 01, 2009 09:00AM Take one approach that encourages students to explore their interests in depth and at their own pace. Add another that emphasizes an international perspective and rigorous exams and essays. Then mix in the resources of more than a dozen museums, institutes and nonprofit organizations just a short walk away...

KUNG FU!!

A group of Green Bay Packers supports has chosen Cleveland for their one away game a year. Ironically, it was seemingly due to Mike Polk's video. http://www.thebuckychannel.com/2009/05/why-were-going-to-cleveland.html Can reverse promotion of the city actually bring more tourists here too? Don't want to try it out, but interesting question.

Incoming Cleveland State University President Ronald Berkman eager to start Posted by Janet Okoben/Plain Dealer Reporter May 31, 2009 01:21AM When Ronald Berkman, the incoming president of Cleveland State University, was spirited into a secret interview as a candidate for the job, it wasn't his first clandestine experience on a college campus. As a dean at the City University of New York in the early 1990s, Berkman was among those trapped when angry students took over administration buildings to protest a tuition increase. More at Cleveland.comhttp://blog.cleveland.com/metro/2009/05/incoming_cleveland_state_unive.html

^LOL Cool news and great article! Too bad we don't have any youth hostels...

From the Avenue District Blog: http://www.theavenuedistrict.com/blog/2009/05/29/east-12th-streetscape-nearing-completion-at-the-avenue-district/ East 12th Streetscape Nearing Completion at The Avenue District by admin ~ May 29th, 2009. Filed under: East 12th Streetscape, The Avenue District, east 12th street. The East 12th Streetscape project in front of The Avenue District is ahead of schedule and nearing completion! The project includes work on East 12th Street from Lakeside Avenue to St. Clair Avenue, with the next phase extending from St. Clair to Chester Avenue. As progress continues on the $7 million infrastructure project, milestones include the installation of granite curbing and patterned crosswalks, and the construction of extended corner plazas. Trees, decorative pavers and other landscape elements are already contributing to the beautification as E. 12th Street develops into Cleveland’s premier residential street. Upcoming milestones include: • Asphalt paving will begin on northbound side of East 12th Street in mid-June and all traffic lanes will re-open soon after installation. • Other hardscape elements, including sidewalks for pedestrian traffic, will begin after the asphalt paving is completed. • The fencing for the landscaped areas will be delivered and installed in June. • Other street furnishings such as benches, waste bins, bicycle racks and small-scale light fixtures will also be installed after the installation of the hardscape. Stay tuned for photo updates next month.

Just a little blurb from a NYC writer.: Cleveland rocks - at least at The Q, it does May 29, 2009 A few thoughts entering a four-game wraparound series here in Cleveland…. I had the good fortune of scoring tickets to the Cavs game last night, and let me tell you, watching LeBron James in person is really something. He’s so much better than everyone else on the court (though Dwight Howard was pretty sick, too) that it seems like a game of 1-on-5. LeBron singlehandedly won that game for the Cavs, either scoring or assisting on the team’s final 32 points. I can’t think of many athletes that have been the face of their city like LeBron is here. If he comes to the Knicks, he’ll be the biggest star in the city this side of Derek Jeter. The Quicken Loans Arena was a fun atmosphere, filled with celebrities and athletes taking in the game. Jay-Z, Ben Roethlisberger, Brady Quinn, Kerry Wood and a host of Yankees including Sabathia, Alex Rodriguez, Mariano Rivera, Joba Chamberlain and Nick Swisher were in attendance. But the one that stood out to me was a former Yankee, as the scoreboard said, “The Q welcomes Carl Pavano” - prompting huge cheers from the crowd. Unreal. Read more: "Blogging The Bombers - NY Daily News" - http://www.nydailynews.com/blogs/yankees/2009/05/cleveland-rocks---at-least-at.html#ixzz0Gxonu1CS&A

GREAT newer place in Shaker Square. Same ownership as Gusto in Little Italy BTW. The critique knocks the Gnocchi with Lobster. Had it a few times with no complaints....in fact, I thought it was pretty damn good. Grotto Wine Bar in Shaker Square like a flashback to better times by Bob Migra/Special to The Plain Dealer Friday May 29, 2009, 1:51 PM Deja vu arrived with the first glasses of wine and tasty small plates at Grotto Wine Bar on Shaker Square. It wasn't my usual flashback to a carefree childhood or young-adult memory from the '60s or '70s. It was as if the haze were burning off the forgotten promise of a more recent period. I was back in the mid-1990s, when the economy was booming and we thought computer technologies and the Internet would lead to more prosperity and leisure time. (Yeah, right ...) More at http://www.cleveland.com/taste/index.ssf/2009/05/grotto_wine_bar_in_shaker_squa.html

Whiskey Island Coast Guard Station repairs kept quiet by Cleveland Posted by James Ewinger/Plain Dealer Reporter May 29, 2009 20:52PM CLEVELAND -- The historic Coast Guard Station on Whiskey Island is coming back to life, but no one from the city of Cleveland bothered to tell anyone, not even the councilman whose ward encompasses the station, the island and surrounding Wendy Park. A demolition crew is tearing off the station's old roof, which is to be replaced next week. At the same time, a retired 66-year-old Coast Guard tug is en route from Lake Ontario, with plans to tie up at Whiskey Island in hopes of eventually becoming a floating museum. Ward 17 Councilman Matt Zone said he was disappointed to find out about the repairs and the boat from a reporter and not the city. More at http://blog.cleveland.com/metro/2009/05/whiskey_island_coast_guard_sta.html