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East Cleveland residents on possible annexation EAST CLEVELAND, Ohio -- It's prompted discussions in political circles -- a preliminary fact-finding study for Cleveland City Council and talk among East Cleveland residents,. The question...Should struggling East Cleveland be annexed by Cleveland? East Cleveland's battling poverty, blight and crime. Cleveland needs to add more residents. A random survey of people who live, work and hang out in East Cleveland found most were open to the idea. http://www.wkyc.com/story/news/local/cuyahoga-county/2014/03/27/east-cleveland-residents-talk-about-possible-annexation/6973507/

Dang! check it out: http://www.cleveland.com/moviebuff/index.ssf/2015/07/lebron_james_will_host_a_red_c.html

I must do what we've done for Crain's articles ... Google what I think was just posted to access the original source!

I would have preferred the Flats East Bank...but oh well! http://www.cleveland.com/business/index.ssf/2015/07/outdoors_retailer_rei_confirms_its_1st_cleveland-area_store_opening_in_2016_near_orange.html Portland's main REI locatioin is in their Pearl District

4-game series SWEEP! http://www.tampabay.com/blogs/rays/rays-strike-out-club-record-19-times-in-5-4-loss-to-cleveland-indians/2235954

Awesomeness! And for people like me who can't open twitter on their work computers http://dailyurbanista.com/2015/06/25/exploring-cleveland-travel-tips/

Just a little history Cleveland fun fact on Lebron James :) LeBron James Is Making His Cleveland Ancestors Proud Posted: 06/15/2015 8:54 am EDT Updated: 06/15/2015 9:59 am EDT LeBron has classic, Great Migration heritage, and two branches of his family tree made their way from the South to Cleveland. The Gay family was first, arriving from Conyers, Georgia in the 19-teens, and just a few years later, his Anderson line ventured there from Hardeman County, Tennessee. The two families were united through the marriage of LeBron's great-great-grandparents in 1926 (above). Four years later, one of his great-grandmothers would be born in Cleveland, and the 1930 census captured three generations living together at 3158 East 82nd Street. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/megan-smolenyak-smolenyak/lebron-james-is-making-hi_b_7584918.html

I had thought this already was a done deal: Jewish Federation of Cleveland gets $3.6 million for former headquarters By Michelle Jarboe McFee, The Plain Dealer June 15, 2015 at 1:06 PM, updated June 15, 2015 at 1:40 PM CLEVELAND, Ohio -- More than 18 months after a student-housing developer sought early approvals to raze two former Jewish Federation of Cleveland properties on Euclid Avenue, the empty buildings have changed hands. Real estate records show that the federation, now based in Beachwood, sold its former headquarters and a neighboring office building for nearly $3.6 million on Wednesday. A joint venture between Clayco Realty Group and the Koman Group, both out-of-state developers, plans to demolish the buildings and replace them with a 535-bed apartment building serving college students and a single-story parking structure on Prospect Avenue. The Cleveland City Planning Commission signed off on designs for the apartments in February. Construction could start later this year. The Jewish Federation left downtown Cleveland for the suburbs in 2010, emptying out its longtime headquarters and the Rogers Building at 1720 and 1750 Euclid Ave., respectively. In late 2013, the planning commission approved Clayco's request to demolish those buildings, but the properties sat dormant as the company pared its plans and tried to scrape together financing. http://www.cleveland.com/business/index.ssf/2015/06/jewish_federation_of_cleveland.html

Love it. Even something as small as being listed with London, New York, Amsterdam, and Boston on this google play roll out, Cleveland continues to reinforce its presence as a world-renowned orchestra/remain in the collective psyche...not to mention, we're pretty darn good. Cleveland Orchestra helps launch Classical Live on Google Play Music By Chuck Yarborough, The Plain Dealer June 15, 2015 at 9:00 PM, updated June 15, 2015 at 11:36 PM CLEVELAND, Ohio – The Cleveland Orchestra is among five of the world's top orchestras who are featured in the launch of Google Play Music's new "Classical Live'' site. Classical fans can download and stream performances from the Cleveland Orchestra, the Boston Symphony Orchestra, the London Symphony Orchestra, the New York Philharmonic and the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra of Amsterdam. Additionally, the Boston, New York and Amsterdam orchestras are offering free downloads as part of the launch. Cleveland is offering Beethoven's Symphony No. 3, "Eroica,'' and Wagner's "Tannhauser" Overture. Both feature music director Franz Welser-Most on the baton. http://www.cleveland.com/arts/index.ssf/2015/06/cleveland_orchestra_helps_laun.html

:clap: Cleveland snaps New Markets Tax Credits dry spell; region wins $95 million By Michelle Jarboe McFee, The Plain Dealer June 15, 2015 at 5:34 PM, updated June 15, 2015 at 6:34 PM CLEVELAND, Ohio -- A Cleveland-based fund won $50 million worth of federal tax credits Monday to support Cuyahoga County real estate projects, breaking a dry spell that posed financing challenges for complex developments in cash-strapped areas. And an Akron-based fund nabbed a $45 million allocation of New Markets Tax Credits, according to an announcement from the U.S. Treasury Department. That fund, managed by the Development Finance Authority of Summit County, targets investments across 17 other counties. The region-wide, $95 million win comes on the heels of a rough year for Northeast Ohio community-development groups. In June 2014, all of the local applicants missed out on New Markets, which are awarded once each year and are designed to spur investment in low-income communities. Organizations like Cleveland Development Advisors, an arm of the Greater Cleveland Partnership, use the credits to fill financing gaps and attract private money to projects that might otherwise be overlooked. Companies and individuals who invest in those projects get a credit, in turn, to use against their federal income-tax bills. http://www.cleveland.com/business/index.ssf/2015/06/cleveland_snaps_new_markets_ta.html

Cleveland Museum of Natural History breaks ground on $20M Phase I of $150M expansion Steven Litt, The Plain Dealer CLEVELAND, Ohio – Wearing white hard hats, dignitaries including Cleveland Mayor Frank Jackson dipped shiny shovels into a trough of mulch on Monday and officially "broke ground" on the $20 million first phase of the Cleveland Museum of Natural History's expansion and renovation. Scheduled for completion in 2020, the year of the museum's centennial, the project will cost $150 million, of which $50 million has been raised so far. The first phase of the project will involve moving the museum's Perkins Wildlife Center from the north side of the institution's complex to a wooded hillside on the south side along Jeptha Drive. http://www.cleveland.com/architecture/index.ssf/2015/06/cleveland_museum_of_natural_hi_2.html

In depth look from Buffalo: http://buckyandsully.buffalonews.com/2015/06/13/cleveland-all-aboard-for-wild-journey/

Pekar Park!! http://www.cleveland.com/cleveland-heights/index.ssf/2015/06/cleveland_heights_may_rename_c.html#incart_river

So who's eaten at Krav?? Nice little national feature: http://insider.foxnews.com/2015/06/04/chef-todd-berrys-krav-food-truck-big-hit-cleveland

So, so sad...random acts of violence can never be understood.

A little shout out to Cleveland coffee culture downtown: http://sprudge.com/cleveland-hello-a-coffee-walking-tour-of-downtown-cleveland-77031.html

United Church of Christ finds buyer for downtown Cleveland HQ, Radisson hotel By Michelle Jarboe McFee, The Plain Dealer Email the author | Follow on Twitter on June 10, 2015 at 4:09 PM, updated June 10, 2015 at 6:16 PM CLEVELAND, Ohio -- The United Church of Christ has struck a deal to sell its Prospect Avenue headquarters building and the neighboring Radisson hotel. The organization, a Protestant denomination that represents more than 5,100 congregations and 1 million members, has no plans to leave Cleveland. But the church will sell its downtown holdings to Global Management & Investments, an Atlanta-area hospitality company that plans to renovate the 142-room Radisson. The UCC expects to lease back its nine-story headquarters building from the new owner, under a 20-year agreement. The sales, at an undisclosed price, could occur by mid-August. "We always intended to stay in downtown Cleveland," Lee Foley, chief administrative officer for the church, said in a news release. "We were the first major property owner in this part of Cleveland in the early 1990s. It was a very blighted area, and now it's vibrant and teeming with people." http://www.cleveland.com/business/index.ssf/2015/06/united_church_of_christ_finds.html

Indians play Seattle at home this week as well. Gonna be a fun week for Downtown CLE

Netanyahu talking to Blatt in Hebrew: http://www.ynet.co.il/articles/0,7340,L-4662150,00.html http://www.cleveland.com/cavs/index.ssf/2015/05/david_blatt_benjamin_netanyahu.html#incart_m-rpt-1

So as we're all been distracted by Cavs playoff successes and downtown protests... The Indians have quietly won 6 straight, swept the Reds in the battle of Ohio, and pulled themselves out of last place.

What is everyone's opinion on whether to play or rest Kyrie for the rest of the series?

From the PD: http://www.cleveland.com/datacentral/index.ssf/2015/05/columbus_is_triple_the_size_of.html

Kyle Korver is out for the Hawks for the rest of the series -- just announced. We need to rest Kyrie for the NBA Finals.

Does anyone have an estimate of the number of units added to Detroit-Shoreway since the 2010 census? (or even the entire near westside in general).