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MOSES CLEAVELAND TREE IN LAKEWOOD TO BE CUT DOWN DOWN THURSDAY After more than 250 years of growth, the tree will be taken down Thursday morning Author: Brandon Simmons Published: 5:53 PM EDT March 21, 2018 Updated: 7:07 AM EDT March 22, 2018 http://www.wkyc.com/mobile/article/news/local/cuyahoga-county/moses-cleaveland-tree-in-lakewood-to-be-cut-down-down-thursday/95-530743751

Thanks JP, I'm ironically one of those out-of-staters talking to Howard Hanna right now, accepting a newly created Cleveland job, and bringing my family to settle in NEO. Happy to hear I'm not the only one :)

Case Western Reserve baseball is holding its own nationally, breaking into the Top 25: http://www.d3baseball.com/top25/2018/2018Top25-week-4 Their current record is 10-1.

Randall Park Mall is gone...as the final post to this thread :) SOURCE:https://www.facebook.com/aerialaspect/ The "Age of Amazon" has emerged.

Amazing aerial:

Website is up for La Collina: http://lascolinas.resident360.com/amenities/

Toby's Plaza, meet Judy's Hand: Judy’s Hand Pavilion, a sculpture by celebrated artist Tony Tasset, planned for Toby’s Plaza MARCH 19, 2018 Case Western Reserve has partnered with FRONT International to bring Chicago-based artist Tony Tasset’s Judy’s Hand Pavilion to Toby’s Plaza in University Circle’s Uptown district. The university is a presenting sponsor, along with the region’s museums. FRONT International’s exhibition, titled “An American City,” runs July 14-Sept. 30. Tasset’s sculpture, a project jointly developed by FRONT and the Putnam Collection of Case Western Reserve, is one of seven highlighted projects planned for various city locations. http://thedaily.case.edu/judys-hand-pavilion-sculpture-celebrated-artist-tony-tasset-planned-tobys-plaza/ Main source: http://frontart.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/FRONT-Highlights-3-03162018.pdf

Happy they added retail under the parking garage portion that fronts Euclid Ave.

Cleveland is OFFICIALLY the most-attended NCAA Wrestling Championships of ALL-TIME! 1. CLEVELAND (2018): 113,743 2. ST. LOUIS (2015): 113,013 3. ST. LOUIS (2012): 112,393 4. ST. LOUIS (2017): 111,454 5. NEW YORK (2016): 110,194 https://mobile.twitter.com/wrestlingbucks/status/975190196634316800

Beachwood Mall on lock down: http://www.cleveland.com/metro/index.ssf/2018/03/beachwood_place_placed_on_lock.html

^Going through the airport, I saw many more college fans arriving this morning. Definitely a cool site. Hype video: And one more: https://mobile.twitter.com/ncaawrestling/status/973265870884663298/video/1

NCAA Wrestling Championship in Cleveland brings economic impact, new visitors to the city https://www.news5cleveland.com/news/local-news/cleveland-metro/a-different-kind-of-ncaa-march-madness-takes-over-cleveland-with-mens-wrestling-championships

NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships: 19 Hours and 640 Matches in Six Highly Competitive Sessions across Three Days https://espnmediazone.com/us/press-releases/2018/03/ncaa-division-wrestling-championships-19-hours-640-matches-six-highly-competitive-sessions-across-three-days/

Great pics and a great evening. That CIA sign looks blinding!

If you scroll all the way to the bottom, there are live video feeds of each mat: https://www.ncaa.com/liveschedule/2018/03/09 Division I NCAA Wrestling Championships will be on ESPN and ESPNU next weekend: https://www.ncaa.com/championships/wrestling/d1

And related: "Soon Greater Circle Living won't be the only player in town. MetroHealth is looking to launch a similar incentive program to get its employees to invest in the Clark-Fulton neighborhood on the city's west side." https://www.news5cleveland.com/news/local-news/oh-cuyahoga/cleveland-employers-offer-incentive-for-employees-to-live-in-build-up-neighborhoods-near-work Cleveland employers offer incentive for employees to live in, build up neighborhoods near work Mike Brookbank 8:59 PM, Mar 7, 2018 https://www.news5cleveland.com/news/local-news/oh-cuyahoga/cleveland-employers-offer-incentive-for-employees-to-live-in-build-up-neighborhoods-near-work

Speaking of which, NCAA DIII Wreslting National Championships have begun at Public Auditorium: VIDEO Introductions: https://www.facebook.com/plugins/video.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fclesports%2Fvideos%2F10155127663831109%2F&show_text=1&width=560 From: https://www.facebook.com/clesports/ EDIT: btw, we have a super cool looking venue for various media outlet photos:

I'm not promoting anything, but the way these things are measured has real affects, whether it be perception or government money. I'm not even trying to say Cleveland and Akron necessarily should be in the same MSA, but that the way it is calculated greatly shortchanges Cleveland's MSA population numbers because there are cities inside of the Akron MSA which are clearly Cleveland suburbs, while the reverse is not true. Ironically enough, all the management in my business unit at Parker Hannifin HQ live in either Twinsburg or Macedonia (Summit County).... a 20-25 minutes commute. While we have other people on my team who live on the westside of Cuyahoga County who all have longer daily commutes. Heck our CEO, Tom Williams, lives in Hudson. I bet all the large companies along I-271 (Eaton Corp, Progressive Insurance, Parker Hannifin....plus Ahuja UH Medical Center/Cleveland Clinic Hillcrest) have a decent number of employees commuting into the county each day.

Akron to receive $8 million federal TIGER grant for downtown improvements By Jennifer Conn, Akron reporter, cleveland.com jconnCleveland[/member].com AKRON, Ohio - The city of Akron will receive an $8 million Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery (TIGER) grant to continue improvements to downtown. Sen. Sherrod Brown wrote to the Department of Transportation in support of the project last October. "When Ohio cities have up-to-date roads and infrastructure, it helps them grow and supports local jobs," Brown said in a news release. "This support is critical to continued efforts to improve downtown Akron and its Main Street Corridor." http://www.cleveland.com/akron/index.ssf/2018/03/akron_to_receive_8_million_tig.html

The MAC college basketball tournament is going on at Cleveland's Quicken Loans Arena right now and this weekend: http://www.cleveland.com/sports/college/index.ssf/2018/03/mac_tournament_2018_mens_quart.html

GCSC quietly continues to host national events. This weekend and next weekend are the NCAA DI and DIII Wrestling Championships, held at Public Auditorium and Quicken Loans Arena: http://www.clevelandsports.org/Events

Opening next month...One University Circle: Full circle: One University Circle prepares to open its doors in April KARIN CONNELLY RICE | THURSDAY, MARCH 08, 2018 Soaring 20 stories into the Cleveland skyline, One University Circle is almost ready for its close-up. In April, the building will welcome its first tenants as the neighborhood’s first high-rise apartment building community in more than 40 years. When general contractor Panzica Construction prepared to break ground on the project in January 2016, University Circle Inc. president Chris Ronayne likened the project to similar apartments in New York’s Central Park and Chicago’s Millennium Park. To make it happen, University Circle, Inc. partnered with First Interstate Properties and Petros Development. http://www.freshwatercleveland.com/features/OneUniversity030818.aspx

RTA can't afford it unless someone else sponsors it, much like the downtown trolleys. But RTA has no expertise with aerial trams, so I'd prefer that it not be associated with it except to have a reduced/free fare transfer policy with whomever does own/operate it. And the central tower for the tram could be iconic, certainly more so than Portland's. Its design and lighting could be make it iconic. And the high station at the Oregon Health & Science University/VA Hospital/Shriners Hospital For Children.... Portland Tram top by Ken Prendergast, on Flickr Cool idea! OHSU was where my daughter was born. I've ridden that "pill" probably 20 times to the South Waterfront neighborhood. It was financed mostly by OHSU. Its wiki page is surprisingly thorough if we need to make any comparisons for a possible Cleveland application: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portland_Aerial_Tram . Comparatively: "While most passengers are affiliated with OHSU, it is open to the public and operated as part of Portland's public transportation network that includes the Portland Streetcar, MAX Light Rail, and TriMet buses." Since I was sad to see the Hardrock guitar go, I say make the tower a gigantic, upside-down electric guitar. Or a Hulett. Or a giant "DG" for Dan Gilbert..

btw, "La Collina" translated to English is "The Hill"

A little more info on the new Dave's Midtown Supermarket: https://ohioeda.com/city-of-cleveland-proud-to-announce-daves-supermarkets-opening-new-location/ http://www.hwrep.com/project/daves-midtown-market/ http://www.clevelanddevelopmentadvisors.com/NewsAndMedia/2017/Daves%20closing.aspx