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The Golden Horseshoe. It hasn't stopped the construction in Toronto which was gaining 100,000 new residents every year as of a couple years ago. Maybe now it's gaining less, but it's certainly not losing population.... As of April 2024, the Rider Levett Bucknall (RLB) Crane Index reported that Toronto had 221 cranes on construction sites, which is more than four times the number of cranes in second place, Los Angeles. https://www.rlb.com/americas/insight/rlb-crane-index-north-america-q1-2024/ Too bad the GO Transit train extension from Kitchener to London was discontinued. Slow track didn't help ridership. GO Transit from Toronto to Niagara Falls is still doing well.

I forgot to mention that I was in Old Brooklyn one week ago today and saw a geotech truck drilling at this site: https://neo-trans.blog/2022/12/21/old-brooklyn-development-plan-wins-support/

There's a pharmacy at the Ohio City Health Center https://www.metrohealth.org/locations/ohio-city-health-center But there should be something open 24/7 on the near-west side.

Kitchener-Waterloo used to be a podunk couple of towns. Now the region is thriving. Can you imagine Akron-Canton doing this? Or Dayton-Springfield? Not in this country/state.

That's a VERY cool-looking building

The grant application was submitted by Cuyahoga County, supported by the cities of Cleveland and Painesville.

Cleveland Kitchen wins $10M in tax credits By Ken Prendergast / July 24, 2024 Cleveland Development Advisors (CDA) has allocated $10 million in federal New Markets Tax Credits to Cleveland Kitchen, originally Cleveland Kraut, to consolidate and expand its production facility in the Central Kitchen Food Hub. The hub is a food incubator and accelerator on Carnegie Avenue in Cleveland’s Midtown neighborhood. MORE: https://neo-trans.blog/2024/07/24/cleveland-kitchen-wins-10m-in-tax-credits/

Welleon gets an ‘A’ in testing Cleveland’s market By Ken Prendergast / July 23, 2024 It used to be rare to see a newly constructed Cleveland apartment building filling out at rents of more than $2 per square foot and leasing out in less than two years. But those were the old days — “way back” in the 2010s. Today, it’s common to see luxury buildings, even those that are not downtown skyscrapers, rent out in a year or less. But not at the rents Welleon just commanded. MORE: https://neo-trans.blog/2024/07/23/welleon-gets-an-a-in-testing-clevelands-market/

Last I heard it was still part of it.

Shhh....

Part of the issue with the Connecticut Valley Line is that it still has a couple of sections of single track. One is through the elevated Hartford station south to Elmwood, about two miles. The other is from near Windsor Locks north to Thompsonville, across the Connecticut River bridge, about four miles. Fill in those more expensive gaps and more Amtrak and commuter trains could be offered and with faster trip times.

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Thanks! EPA gives Greater Cleveland $129.4M for five solar arrays, reforestation By Ken Prendergast / July 22, 2024 The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) today awarded $129.4 million in federal funding to the Greater Cleveland area to produce cheaper, more competitive, cleaner electricity locally. The funded work includes constructing five solar arrays in up to five communities, closing a coal-fired power plant in Painesville and supporting reforestation efforts in a community once called the Forest City. MORE: https://neo-trans.blog/2024/07/22/epa-gives-greater-cleveland-129-4m-for-five-solar-arrays-reforestation/

The state-owned portion west of New Haven could be a 125-160 mph corridor but the state has not embraced a speed upgrade here. There are still some bridges that need to be replaced, but the overhead catenary system was replaced with a constant tension system that allows higher speeds. So, I'm not sure what the problem is here except state interference. East of New Haven, Amtrak has done and is doing everything it can to speed up a curvaceous right of way along the coast that's subject to worsening flooding. Connecticut needs to understand that local and regional passenger rail service here is not going away unless mother nature takes it. But this section as totally inappropriate for high speed rail. Reroute Acela across northern Connecticut from the state capital to Providence and add a station stop such as at Mansfield for the University of Connecticut. The nutmeg state doesn't have to lose anything from this.

This is Gargano's Catering on West 25th, across the street from MetroHealth

@acd do you or anyone else know where this is.... "The grant funds will also support the restoration of natural habitats and expand tree coverage on a blighted brownfield site along the shoreline of Lake Erie"

They'll probably have to do what the first revitalized parts of Cleveland had to do -- create a CDC and special assessment district to fund neighborhood-level community services.

Article updated with information about this developer's Lakewood project.....

Biotech biz plans $12M investment in East Cleveland By Ken Prendergast / July 21, 2024 One week after the Cuyahoga Land Bank completed a $3.5 million renovation of the Mickey’s building, 12550 Euclid Ave., in East Cleveland, it announced the sale of the building to Verdynt Bio, a Boston-based science facility developer with strong ties to Ohio. Verdynt Bio’s operations partner, SKYLIIT Labs, said it plans to invest more than $12 million into the site to create 100 jobs in a state-of-the-art laboratory and office co-working space. MORE: https://neo-trans.blog/2024/07/21/biotech-biz-plans-12m-investment-in-east-cleveland/

Stock futures are on the rise. But we shall see.

Interesting map showing agglomerations of economic productivity that represent 50 percent of world GDP. California would probably have been included if it wasn't so far separated from other productive regions of the USA.

Sometimes a car-free friend of mine who lives in Little Italy takes the 77 bus to Rockside and walks down the hill to CVSR to go to Akron (before Akron Metro RTA expanded to University Circle). The 77 is a pretty fast bus.

@ColDayMan Yes, Dave Lebold. One of the charter members of All Aboard Ohio/Ohio Association of Railroad Passengers. Joined in its first year, 1974.

I really like this routing... NYC to Boston in 100 minutes: a high-speed train proposal picks up steam https://gothamist.com/news/nyc-to-boston-in-100-minutes-a-high-speed-train-proposal-picks-up-steam

You can take RTA to the Rockside station. The #54 bus serves it. Walk through the Lock 39 Trailhead and across the trail bridge over the river into the station. CVSR staff want 1% or less but passenger trains can handle 2% grades.