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East ClevelandStar complex from aboveSubmitted by Norm Roulet on Mon, 07/17/2006 - 15:11.
The city of East Cleveland, "Home of the World's First Billionaire", John D. Rockefeller, is the first and historically the finest residential neighborhood of Cleveland. Still having remarkable historic landmark building stock, the city was a victim of "white flight", in the 1960's-1990's, that is just now seeing an enlightened, progressive correction, driven by good government, largely intact historic assests, like the Star complex, and optimal proximity to the best Northeast Ohio has to offer. It has always been desirable for close, convenient access to the core economy of Cleveland, the cultural and enlightenment "garden" of University Circle, rail and public transit everywhere, and nearness to and fresh breezes from Lake Erie. As the economy shifts to a new economy, focused on livable urban neighborhoods with great public transil and walkable assets, East Cleveland is at the Heart of it all, and the Star Complex is at the heart of that enlightened new urban movement. Star complex has unique historic character to be preservedSubmitted by Norm Roulet on Mon, 07/17/2006 - 05:42.
The most prominent architectural element of the Star Complex is the glazed terra cotta facade of the original bakery building, with some lovely decorative elements including a repeating star motif, that is also integrated in surprising ways throughout the main building of the complex (including star brick detailing on square smoke stack and even stars on the metal steps). The most striking detailing is around the front doors of this building, built on the front property line facing Lakeview Road.
For those who don't care about kids... do you love pets, or yourself?Submitted by Norm Roulet on Thu, 07/13/2006 - 21:05.
Claudia Arrau. Photograph courtesy Diane Smith. Unleaded Cats Ted Kreiter, Executive Editor of The Saturday Evening Post noticed something wrong with his award-winning American Silver Tabby. Catamus lost about half of his body weight over a period of "a month or two, at least." When Catamus would finish eating, he'd throw up. The last thing for which the veterinarian tested turned out to be the cause: lead poisoning. Lead Awareness March from Public Square to Mall C, and Lead Education RallySubmitted by Norm Roulet on Mon, 07/10/2006 - 18:33.
07/19/2006 - 10:30 07/19/2006 - 12:30 Etc/GMT-4
July 17 – 21 is Ohio Lead Awareness Week. We would like to invite you to participate in the March for Lead Safe Living. This event is planned by the Greater Cleveland Lead Advisory Council to make people aware of the issues of childhood lead poisoning, and to let people know that we can do a better job in eliminating these problems. The Greater Cleveland Lead Advisory Council, co-chaired by the Cleveland Department of Public Health, Cuyahoga County Board of Health, and Lutheran Metropolitan Ministry, along with over fifty community partners, is committed to eliminating childhood lead poisoning by the year 2010. Location
Public Square and Mall C, next to Cleveland City Hall
Cleveland, OH
United States
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"90.3 at 9" show to focus on urban housing issues in ClevelandSubmitted by Norm Roulet on Wed, 07/05/2006 - 22:04.
07/06/2006 - 09:00 07/06/2006 - 10:00 Etc/GMT-4 WCPN's "90.3 at 9" show tomorrow is going to focus on urban housing issues in Cleveland. They've invited several of the folks who are part of the City Club's series on Redeveloping Cleveland. (See our website, http://www.cclandtrust.org/News.html#6/20/2006 for information on the series.) Location
WCPN's "90.3 at 9"
Public Radio
Thanks for NEO's highest compliment: appreciation from Cool Cleveland x 2Submitted by Norm Roulet on Wed, 07/05/2006 - 03:55.
I am really appreciative, this morning. After posting what was certainly the saddest news I can imagine, about the hardship my staff has suffered as a result of a lack of appreciation from my former business associate, Peter Holmes, I opened up this week's CoolCleveland and found that their crew had featured TWO postings from REALNEO. I am very touched and thankful to Thomas and his team for noticing REALNEO and taking an interest in the thoughts posted here - thank you. Please show appreciation back to CoolCleveland... if you are not a member, see what you've been missing... subscribe at CoolCleveland - all free - this is a real NEO must, and send feedback to CoolCleveland letters at the links below, and supporting the upcoming CoolCleveland/Tech/Ingenuity party at Fat Fish Blue, July 13, and the Ingenuity Festival, as described below... but first, here's the nice write-up about REALNEO from CoolCleveland today, July 5, 2006:
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REAL NEO Graffiti now May Show at Star ComplexSubmitted by Norm Roulet on Sat, 06/17/2006 - 03:42.
I love "aerosol art" - the PC term for graffiti. So, I've long wanted to put a sustainable model together to allow graffiti artists to create works of art for the public and make money doing it - if they still are going to tag they are going to tag, but I believe the aerosol art aspect can be turned into a competitive advantage for NEO, if we channel the creative energy of graffiti artists into strategic objectives like political change, or even just help artists get paid to paint as an artist. The annual graffiti festival shows the range of great art that comes from aerosol artists - so does a trip on any rapid... all along the rail line there are grafitti images and the artists clearly can't be stopped by enforcement. But, being able to make a living doing this type of art is not in the current equation. I'd like to help restructure this situation so we don't have any bad graffiti art in our space, and we welcome more good artists to participate as they like. Some ideas on how graffiti may become a compeitive advantage for NEO...
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East Cleveland Undivided about bridging the digital divideSubmitted by Norm Roulet on Fri, 06/16/2006 - 03:38.
(This article was written as a progress report for the East Cleveland newsletter to residents of the city, Greg Williams, son of Hot Sauce Williams Founder Lamond Williams, helping bring surplus computers into the new digital divide bridging center they are helping create at their property in East Cleveland - the awesome, historic former Hough Bakery Complex on Lakeview - where the ongoing REALNEO team is founding an open source incubator for entrepreneurs to help truly jump start the new economy in NEO... at the Star Incubator (the complex was the Star Bakery before it was the Hough Bakery). The City of East Cleveland is leading Northeast Ohio into the new economy by bridging the digital divide. This means the City of East Cleveland is upgrading our internal computer network and services, increasing city bandwidth to the Internet, enhancing our website services, making sure all of our residents who want and need personal computers may have them at home, providing training in some computer programs, and helping residents get access to the Internet at the lowest possible cost or for free. This all provides a "bridge" for residents to go across the "digital divide" to the "new economy". Welcome!
Why are you an entrepreneur? Maybe its in your genesSubmitted by Evelyn Kiefer on Tue, 06/06/2006 - 11:40.
The following story with its links ran in CASE Daily (Case's online newpaper) today. Do feel like you have entrepreneurial genes? I think I do! Please post your thoughts ABC News (Reuters), June 5, 2006
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SBA offers East Cleveland assistanceSubmitted by Phillip Williams on Thu, 06/01/2006 - 14:30.
The SBA (Small Business Administration) and East Cleveland announce a plan to help East Cleveland businesses prosper. This is an exciting time for business owners who really want to see their companies prosper. Some of the monies being loaned out are at prime or even interest AND payment free. While this is no free lunch, those who are serious about running a business in East Cleveland will find this an opportunity that comes by very rarely!
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Join small group of people changing the world by eradicating lead poisoning in NEOSubmitted by Norm Roulet on Mon, 05/29/2006 - 14:45.
I saw this posted at Lutheran Metropolitan Ministries at a meeting planning a rally for lead awareness to be staged in downtown Cleveland - meeting at Tower City around 11 AM and marching to City Hall for presentations and enlightenment at noon - July 19th at Cleveland Hall Rotunda - please let me know if you'd like to help in the planning and logistics by posting here or emailing norm [at] realinks [dot] us - more info to post to REALNEO soon.
Dust control not effective in preventing children's exposure to residential lead hazardsSubmitted by Norm Roulet on Mon, 05/22/2006 - 12:00.
It is extremely important to control all dust in and around any home where there is a lead risk. Unfortunately, research shows that where there are lead risks dust control alone has little impact in reducing lead poisoning - the reduction in elevated blood lead levels is measurable and worthwhile but not sufficient to have an overall benefit to the child, or surface a solution for society. If Beethoven died of lead poisoning, then its good enough for youSubmitted by Norm Roulet on Mon, 05/22/2006 - 08:11.
Lots of people know that lead poisoning played a role in the fall of the Roman Empire (lead pipes) but in December 2005 it was learned that Beethoven died of lead poisoning - probably from a combination of pipes, lead seals on wine and documents, crystal, ceramics and paints - they started outlawing lead in Europe at the end of the 19th Century... it took America nearly a century longer...
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Catching up with new economy superstars, now living in East ClevelandSubmitted by Norm Roulet on Sat, 05/20/2006 - 20:45.
While looking for lead testing kits and information in East Cleveland, at Silvermans, I slipped into paparazzi mode as I spotted three future leaders of our NEO new economy, chilling on a beautiful Saturday afternoon. They let me snap their pictures, which will be worth a fortune when these guys are famous. It can happen, when we keep our kids lead free.
"The Wiz" is a WinnerSubmitted by peter holmes on Wed, 05/10/2006 - 08:11.
East Cleveland Theater's current production of "The Wiz" is an abolute delight and great family entertainment, as the story and song will appeal to audiences from nine to ninety. Now playing weekends (Friday and Saturday evenings and Sunday matinee) thru May 21, 2006, "The Wiz" is a great Mother's Day gift idea as the cast showcases wonderful talent living in our midst.
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Kent State presents a plan for East ClevelandSubmitted by Phillip Williams on Fri, 05/05/2006 - 11:41.
Members of the Cleveland Urban Design Collaborative presented thier vision for a better East Cleveland.
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JazzFest huge success for East Cleveland and Greg Reese!Submitted by Norm Roulet on Sun, 04/30/2006 - 11:05.
Saturday and Sunday, April 29 & 30, 2006, the Tri-C JazzFest took the spectacular stage at the East Cleveland Public Library, custom built for jazz by world-class library leader Greg Reese, for two major FREE concerts that drew full house crowds to a community few know and so most don't appreciate. After this weekend, many more people understand East Cleveland is the coolest city in NEO.
University Circle Incorporated growing function, context and identitySubmitted by Norm Roulet on Sun, 04/23/2006 - 22:20.
For so many reasons, University Circle and its institutions and the surrounding neighborhood are core to what I value in NEO, and I look forward to seeing all that continually expand in significance to me, the region and world. But, University Circle is a small geographic domain, which must be optimized for 21 organizational stakeholders, and their 1,000,000s of stakeholders, including everyone associated with Case, University Hospitals, the VA, CIA, Cleveland Museum(s), Institute of Music, Orchestra, etc., and all others in the community. In visioning for a better region and future here, consider a broader interpretation of University Circle from the small cultural, healthcare and university center of Cleveland to the center of the entire University Community of NEO.
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Author J. Everett Prewitt Did Booksigning at the East Cleveland Public LibrarySubmitted by Charles on Sun, 04/09/2006 - 23:57.
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City of East Cleveland helps Ex-Offenders move forward in lifeSubmitted by Norm Roulet on Sun, 04/09/2006 - 23:31.
With a prayor and the promise "this is not some kind of a trick", East Cleveland Mayor Eric Brewer fulfilled a promise to his citizens, this Saturday, April 8, 2006, and organized a community day to help residents of his city who have criminal records to move forward with success in life. Around 200 citizens turned out to learn how to clean up their records, as much as possible, and find jobs in a world that largely views ex-offenders as unemployable. Excellence Roundtable invites you to City Club Forum Tuesday on Raising Healthy Kids in NEOSubmitted by Norm Roulet on Mon, 04/03/2006 - 02:06.
GCLAC & Eradicating Lead Poisoning in Greater ClevelandSubmitted by Norm Roulet on Mon, 04/03/2006 - 01:54.
Greater Cleveland has a higher percentage of elevated blood level children than the national average, and many neighborhoods have significant lead poison problems. This book shares insight generated in the effort to eradicate lead poisoning in NEO, including initiative of the Greater Cleveland Lead Advisory Council... GCLAC.
Let's Talk about Sustainability : Envision East ClevelandSubmitted by Sudhir Kade on Tue, 03/28/2006 - 23:57.
I've thought for some time about the issues facing East Cleveland, and thought deeply about the potential we have to uplift an underprivileged community by applying a concerted eco-development strategy. Here I outline some of my core thoughts as framed by our six-sphere model:
2006.03.21 Excellence Roundtable: Steven Fong redesigning future of planning in NEOSubmitted by Norm Roulet on Wed, 03/22/2006 - 10:23.
March 21, 2006, REALNEO and the Kent State University Cleveland Urban Design Collaborative (CUDC) hosted a wonderful open-house and Excellence Roundtable featuring, Steven Fong, the Charter Dean of the KSU School of Architecture and Environmental Design, which is based in Kent, Ohio, of which CUDC is part. In prime roundtable form, the attendees were as diverse and remarkeable as is Steven, driving a fascinating hour and half brainstorm through Steven's world of fantastic projects that he's worked on around the world, down to today's reality of NEO, viewed from 30,000 feet down to the streets.
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National Public Health Week Event at City Club: Bruce P. Lanphear, MD, MPH on child healthSubmitted by Norm Roulet on Sun, 03/19/2006 - 22:48.
04/04/2006 - 12:00 04/04/2006 - 14:00 Etc/GMT-4
Dr. Bruce Lanphear, The Sloan Professor of Children's Environmental Health and the Director of the Cincinnati Children's Environmental Health Center at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center and the University of Cincinnati, will review new data on the adverse health effects of childhood lead exposure, review the major sources of childhood lead exposure and discuss the regulations and tools necessary to shift our focus toward primary prevention. Location
The City Club
850 Euclid Avenue 2nd Floor
Cleveland, OH United States
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