East Cleveland looking for help with planning RECYCLING!!!

I had the pleasure of joining a group of East Cleveland residents of Ward 2 (the neighborhood nearest to University Circle), hosted by Ward 2 Councilwoman Barbara Thomas, where she gave citizens the opportunity to discuss their issues and seek insight and solutions - one of the things I love about East Cleveland is this small-town form of government... you need to experience it. One topic was trash, and that led to recycling, and I know realneo members love that! So... who wants to plan some more recycling?

My friend and very active Ward 2 resident Patricia Blochowiak, M.D. (of Global Awareness Through the Arts (& Sciences), Coit Road Farmers' Market, Cleveland Academy of Family Physicians, Windermere Renaissance) raised the issue that East Cleveland could save $80,000 in trash hauling costs (they are under contract with BFI, I believe), if they could recycle more of their trash. The councilwoman asked that a committee form to address this issue and Pat said she will be on the committee.

Now I don't know anything about recycling so I don't have much to offer, but I know lots of REALNEO members helped organize and operate the recycling for Ingenuity Festival, so how about helping an entire city with that challenge. I'm sure you'll have lots of field support and community appreciation. Post your comments here, and email me if you want to look into this further... I think this is a great opportunity to show NEO how people from all over and of all interests can work together to make a big difference in a community and for their local economy through environmentalism. Email me at realneo [at] inbox [dot] com or private message me.