I agree with setting up a separate thread for these rankings so then I'll know to completely ignore the thread every time it's updated.

Another example of how other see out city. Even this guy from Atlanta thinks our downtown is "thriving". Compared to Atlanta's I guess he would think that.

 

This is from the blog posted in the Cavs forum: http://blogs.ajc.com/mark-bradley-blog/2009/05/06/live-from-cleveland-chatting-about-woody-and-his-hawks/#comment-9783

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Mark Bradley

May 6th, 2009

1:24 pm

 

OK, here it is: Joe has really, really been bad in the playoffs, except for Game 7 against the Heat.

 

No, Dr. Dialtone, Cleveland isn’t so bad. It’s a lovely city with charming citizens and a thriving downtown.

 

I read through that thread as well and it seemed as though he was being complimentary of Cleveland (at least in part) due to the fact that he had been called out for saying some really bad things about the city previously.  (At leastg based on some other comments it seemed that was the case.)

Sorry if this is a repeat, but Fast Company named Cleveland one of the 13 most creative cities in the world.

 

http://www.fastcompany.com/multimedia/slideshows/content/fast-cities-2009.html?page=3

 

 

Just like Forbes, I don't believe the hype.

Too bad the article starts out "One of America's most blighted cities, ...."

http://www.cleveland.com/bestofcleveland/index.ssf/2009/05/best_of_cleveland_books_to_exp.html

 

Best of Cleveland: Books to explore Northeast Ohio

by Laura DeMarco/Friday magazine editor Thursday May 14, 2009, 4:23 PM

 

Looking for something else Cleveland offers?  Read previous Best of Cleveland columns online.

 

Yes, it's a clich . But its true. You really can travel between the pages of book. So this summer, why not take a trip close to home? Read on for some of The Best Local Books to Explore this Summer. Then read some more. (Most books available at area book stores such as Visible Voice in Tremont, and Amazon.com; Gray & Company books available at www.grayco.com)

 

More at http://www.cleveland.com/bestofcleveland/index.ssf/2009/05/best_of_cleveland_books_to_exp.html

 

2nd post...this Laura DeMarco really has a great series...never noticed it was all from the same writer.  I'm an instant fan now:

 

http://www.cleveland.com/bestofcleveland/

Why were there fire trucks on both sides of lakeside between the malls with the ladders up and an american flag hanging from both buckets over lakeside this morning around 10ish??

^There is a police memorial parade or similar event. DT traffic has been snarled for awhile now.

^There is a police memorial parade or similar event. DT traffic has been snarled for awhile now.

 

Figured it was something along those lines. I saw it from the bus and havnt made it back that way since. Thanks!!

Nice little piece...showcasing Cleveland

 

http://www.cleveland.com/healthfit/index.ssf/2009/06/crowning_moment_at_university.html

 

Chris Coburn, leader of the Cleveland Clinic's Innovation Center, spent months negotiating business terms with the National Surgical Training Centre for the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland.

 

But when it came time to sign the deal, Coburn pulled out the stops to charm the small delegation that visited from Ireland: Fine dining, the Cleveland Orchestra and a boat ride on Lake Erie at sunset.

 

More at http://www.cleveland.com/healthfit/index.ssf/2009/06/crowning_moment_at_university.html

From the LA Times:

 

Be my guide: Cleveland hot on rock, not on corporations

 

Some readers were clearly skeptical about Cleveland as a stop on my music-centric road trip. Chris Ridenhour, whom I mentioned earlier in my post on the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum, went so far as to spite Cleveland for its claim to the Hall of Fame. ”The fact that this facility is not in Memphis is shameful,” he wrote.

 

Cleveland’s streets might be mostly deserted by 9 p.m., but that’s probably because the night owls are out making or consuming live music. Before ”The Price Is Right,” Drew Carey accurately described the city with the theme song to his self-titled TV show: “Cleveland Rocks.”

 

...

 

– Mark Milian, Los Angeles Times staff writer

http://travel.latimes.com/daily-deal-blog/index.php/be-my-guide-clevelan-4714/

Nice little article, mostly.

Looks like he came on a on either Tuesday or Wednesday and left yesterday.

Another one of my little stories I find...this one from a High School junior/senior to be:

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http://lakewoodobserver.com/read/5/13/look-up-to-cleveland-look-forward-to-change

 

Look Up To Cleveland, Look Forward To Change

by Mary Beth Donahoe

 

This afternoon I walked into the kitchen to grab the comics out of the Plain Dealer but while I was leafing through the pile, it was the Forum section, oddly enough, that caught my eye. It was a simple, gray picture of the wind turbine downtown. I opened up the page to glance at it and read the title underneath: Can Cleveland Change? I scoffed, thinking to myself ‘How on earth do these people not get it already? Of course Cleveland can change, it’s not like we’re even that bad to begin with. Really. Why do people keep dwelling on this issue in a negative light?’ But then I realized that maybe I was seeing things through a different set of eyes.

 

...

 

Great article, great attitude.  Funny though that they were told one of the WHD's needs was "more parking."

I like her moxie!

Publish it in the Pee Dee!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I was thinking that, too. Too bad she doesn't have an e-mail address listed .. I would've suggested she send it to the op-ed, at least.

Beautiful Article.

 

I was fortunate enough to be able to help out with this program this year.  Great program, great group of kids.

Not to sound cheesy or overdramatic, but these kids really are the future of the city. They're the ones that will be shaping the city, and anything that can be done to inspire them and fan their aspirations into flame should be done.

 

They should know that the sky's really the limit. They need to hear that the community is behind them.

 

Cleveland is a place of ambition, but it's been clouded by a negative mentality for too long, and that's held it back from reaching it's true potential. It just has to spread, and the naysaying has to stop in order for the city (and these kids) to move forward. It definitely sounds like a fantastic program, and one that should be supported in any way possible.

There are countless local/independent bookstores that are right in Cleveland. Suggesting Amazon would not be the first thing I would do if I were trying to promote OUR local/independent neighborhoods. I'd rather pay a little more for the book to preserve the real experience of a real book store in a real neighborhood with a real person in the store.....to support the neighborhood..Not the coffers of Amazon. My take as a small business owner...still the backbone of the economy, although endangered! 

There are countless local/independent bookstores that are right in Cleveland. Suggesting Amazon would not be the first thing I would do if I were trying to promote OUR local/independent neighborhoods. I'd rather pay a little more for the book to preserve the real experience of a real book store in a real neighborhood with a real person in the store.....to support the neighborhood..Not the coffers of Amazon. My take as a small business owner...still the backbone of the economy, although endangered!

 

lol, what?  Are you referring to what I posted on May 14th?

Yes...  I just found it. Didn't realize the reply would be inserted at the end of the list.

Yes... I just found it. Didn't realize the reply would be inserted at the end of the list.

 

You can quote the original post in your post so we know what you are referring to.  (If you haven't used it yet, there is a Quote link with each post)

Yes... I just found it. Didn't realize the reply would be inserted at the end of the list.

 

There's nothing wrong with that, but please quote or make a reference to it since there was another discussion or two in between.  I was kind of lost when I first read your comment.

Brain gain:

 

http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_12744992?IADID=Search-www.mercurynews.com-www.mercurynews.com

 

O'Brien: Valley's one-time godfather of multimedia is leaving for Ohio

 

By Chris O'Brien

 

Mercury News Columnist

Posted: 07/03/2009 12:00:00 PM PDT

Updated: 07/06/2009 06:10:37 AM PDT

 

Click photo to enlarge

Marc Canter, outside his Walnut Creek home. (Chris O'Brien)

 

 

The first time I met Marc Canter was about eight years ago when I invited the multimedia visionary with a reputation as an anarchic personality to lunch to discuss the dot-com bust. "You are welcome to buy me lunch anytime," came the swift response.

 

We met at Luna Park, a gourmet diner he picked in the Mission district in San Francisco, and from the moment he appeared, he did not disappoint. He plowed through the door, a giant man, mostly bald with a goatee and wearing a loud, button-down Hawaiian print shirt.

 

...

As long as he's not some snake oil salesman with big ideas but no way to really ground them and back them up, this guy sounds exactly like what Cleveland needs.

 

Cleveland needs people who want to call the area home, but are visionaries and dreamers .. people who think outside the box. I wish him well, and I hope the business community supports him. If he's successful, he can actually build a huge community in Cleveland .. so that Cleveland isn't so dependent on health care/bio med/manufacturing.

 

Does anyone know anything else about this guy and his plans for the area?

Sounds like 1Cleveland, now 1Community.

while visiting cleveland, marc was an active participant in both brewedfreshdaily and realNEO

 

he also has a blog @ http://blog.broadbandmechanics.com/

 

 

 

"Like most folks who heard the news, I was dumbstruck. Ohio? "

 

I'm sick of shit*y comments like that.  Completely unnecessary and hurtful

I didn't take that as shitty, necessarily.

 

Ohio has a certain image to it. Accept it. You want that perception to change? Then change needs to take place. People aren't going to just close their eyes, kiss their brains goodbye and say, "Wow, Ohio is an incredible, bustling place for computer start-ups! Look at everything that's happening there!" I mean .. am I saying something wrong here?

 

You have to remember he was working in Silicon Valley. To move from Silicon Valley, a hotbed of computer activity, to Ohio, not known to be a hotbed of computer activity, seems a bit backwards almost .. at least, to most people, especially those bigwigs in the biz.

 

But here's the thing: if he's successful, he can actually spur the birth of a community, or at least fan the community already established into a larger presence, and make it more of an attractive place for other companies to move there. He seems like he certainly has the personality to do it, according to this article. I don't know much about him otherwise, but if his actions back up his words and he is actually a man of some reputation, then that change CAN actually take place. But it will take people like him who want to do something.

As long as he's not some snake oil salesman with big ideas but no way to really ground them and back them up, this guy sounds exactly like what Cleveland needs.

 

I'd say he has an impressive resume.  Check out the info box on the right of this page:

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macromedia

 

Headquarters

San Francisco, California (incorporated in Delaware) United States

 

Key people

Michael Nielsen, Co-Founder

Marc Canter, Founder

I accept Ohio's image as being somewhat negative (based on economy, weather, jobs leaving, young people leaving, taxes, crime, yadda yadda). I just don't understand why it always has to be referred, even in positive articles like this.

Honestly, I personally didn't take it as a big deal. I don't think it was meant as a slap in the face to Ohio. I think it was just stating that people were surprised that he was moving from Silicon Valley to Ohio, which, to me, is completely understandable. What if he was moving to Maine? Or Louisiana? Or Iowa? Wouldn't they say the same thing?

 

It's one line in an overwhelmingly positive article. My concern is (and no offense to the suburbs) that he keep his business in the city. I really don't want to see this happening in the suburbs.

I guess I'll post this here.  A good interview and a good series from the PD:

 

Architect Jennifer Coleman enjoys sharing city's heritage as head of Cleveland Landmarks Commission: My Cleveland

by Sarah Crump/Plain Dealer Reporter Saturday July 11, 2009, 1:08 PM

 

Scott Shaw/The Plain Dealer

Jennifer Coleman: The Fairfaix neighborhood is a "city within a city because it has almost every single aspect you'd find in a stand-alone community."

 

Jennifer Coleman has been immersed in Cleveland history her whole life. An architect and Cleveland native who lives in Cleveland's Fairfax neighborhood with her husband, August Fluker, and their son, Cole, she chairs the city's Landmarks Commission.

 

Coleman, who is in her 40s, is also the founder of CityProwl Cleveland, a collection of recorded walking tours of the city that can be downloaded free at cityprowl.com.

 

More at http://www.cleveland.com/mycleveland/index.ssf/2009/07/architect_jennifer_coleman_enj.html

"Like most folks who heard the news, I was dumbstruck. Ohio? "

 

I'm sick of sh!t*y comments like that.  Completely unnecessary and hurtful

 

So am I. I find that too many Ohioans have no clue about anything their state has to offer. The old 'Ohio inferiority complex' that holds us back. The old 'you must move elsewhere' mentality. Too many project this negative image to others who would have had nothing negative to say otherwise......and guess what they end up thinking, then? People start to believe what people project of themselves or where they're from, whether it is true or not. I tend to think outside the box. If for example, the headlines read "Everyone Moving To Place 'X' "  Then this tells me to do the opposite. But that is me, I never was a crowd follower.

I didn't take that as sh!tty, necessarily.

 

Ohio has a certain image to it. Accept it. You want that perception to change? Then change needs to take place. People aren't going to just close their eyes, kiss their brains goodbye and say, "Wow, Ohio is an incredible, bustling place for computer start-ups! Look at everything that's happening there!" I mean .. am I saying something wrong here?

 

You have to remember he was working in Silicon Valley. To move from Silicon Valley, a hotbed of computer activity, to Ohio, not known to be a hotbed of computer activity, seems a bit backwards almost .. at least, to most people, especially those bigwigs in the biz.

 

But here's the thing: if he's successful, he can actually spur the birth of a community, or at least fan the community already established into a larger presence, and make it more of an attractive place for other companies to move there. He seems like he certainly has the personality to do it, according to this article. I don't know much about him otherwise, but if his actions back up his words and he is actually a man of some reputation, then that change CAN actually take place. But it will take people like him who want to do something.

 

My sister lives in S.V. Retired and worked in electronics and marketing. The place is hurting right now in its own way.

Great story on J. Coleman. Her tours are really an ambitious undertaking. These are the kinds of efforts that add a lot to this community. I am currently working on a small narrative recording for the historic Woodland Cemetery.

I'm not trying to be a bitch, but EC, do you know what the modify button looks like?  Can you compose your thoughts into one post instead of several?

I know what the modify button is and have been using it. I posted the second thought separately because it was an entirely different article. Is this such a terrible crime? I have been on here for not more than two weeks, so I'll get it.

^It's not a terrible crime but it helps to keep things organized, as well as lower bandwidth. If you're responding to different articles/posts, you could always just have one post with multiple paragraphs - each paragraph starting with "Regarding the article about _____, etc."

Great story on J. Coleman. Her tours are really an ambitious undertaking. These are the kinds of efforts that add a lot to this community. I am currently working on a small narrative recording for the historic Woodland Cemetery.

 

I like the photo too-huba huba!

My cousin is in town from Phoenix, Arizona (lives in the sprawling burbs about 40 minutes outside the actually "downtown" of Phoneix) and this is her first time in town since turning 21 (usually makes it about 2 to 3 times per year). So i decided to take the day off work friday to bring her and a friend of mine downtown for lunch and wander around. We tried to stay on the cheaper end so the cousin and friend went to Vincenzas for pizza and i went to the Japanese place in the Colonial Marketplace and had the chicken teriyaki. After lunch it started to pour for a good 30 minutes. We had planned to go to tower city to walk around but decided to stop in at the corner alley for a drink. We ended up bowling 2 games and the entire time my cousin was saying how cool and different the Corner Alley was. After that we stopped in at Cadillac Ranch for a pit stop and me and my friend played home run derby on the Wii that was sponsered by ESPN Radio 850 (??). I won a PS3 game and my friend won a shirt, even though i dont have a PS3. Then we made our way to Tower City and then the Gund for the Cavs team shop, shes been there before so it was nothing really new to her. After that i decided to walk her through the Old Arcade and give her a tour of of the old library. She kept saying how cool all the old buildings are and how they have no old or historic buildings in Phoenix. 

Saturday night i decided to take her out to the Warehouse District instead of going to downtown Willoughby and the Brewing Company again, along with the same friend. We started out at Tequilla Ranch, Liquid, and ended up staying at Blind Pig to watch Radio Tokya, a pretty good cover band from Pittsburgh that played a bit of everything. We all had a good time and on the way home she kept saying how cool the entire street and nightlife was on west 6th and how they have nothing even remotely close to that in Phoenix, that downtown Phoenix is absolutely dead and no one even bothers to go down there after working hours. She said the closest thing they have is a Crocker Park/Legacy Park type place with bars and clubs next to the Cardinals and Coyotes arena, but that its too much of a 'la la fantasy land' to be enjoyable.

Since she comes here so often i dont usually do the whole "touristy" cleveland part and show her around to all the sights, but she was really impressed with East 4th, Corner Alley, and the Warehouse District (for nightlife). She also said she never realized there could be that many people living downtown and was unaware of all the current and future condos/apartments downtown.

She's also more open to the idea of moving here once she gets out of school than she ever was before.

:clap:

 

Well done & thanks for sharing!

:clap:

 

Well done & thanks for sharing!

 

Quote of the night from her: "I never knew this many people went out in the city."

I love subtle Cleveland recruitment.  :)

Good job :-D

cardsnxtyr, that's great to hear - glad she got a chance to enjoy some of the best spots in Cleveland. The thing is - while it's not on any scale with Cleveland, there are a few historic buildings in downtown Phoenix. And much of the nightlife in Phoenix is concentrated in Scottsdale and Tempe - but whatever the case, glad to see positive feedback :-)