Posted in Cleveland, Economic Development, Government, Green Cities, Green Economy, Green Jobs, Innovation and Design, Love Your Place, Sustainability, Sustainable Cleveland 2019, tagged Andrew Watterson, Appreciative Inquiry, Cleveland, Council, Graham Vesey, Mini-Summit for Communications, Progress, Steering Committee, Summit, Sustainability, Sustainable Cleveland 2019, Sustainable Cleveland 2019 Report, Urban Sustainability on December 17, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The following video by Graham Veysey summarizes the proceedings of the Sustainable Cleveland 2019 Summit hosted by Mayor Jackson.
I have heard multiple Clevelanders state their frustration about the lack of visible results that have come out of the Sustainable Cleveland 2019 Summit so far. But what I say to them each time is that this [...]
Posted in Cleveland, Economic Development, Government, Green Cities, Green Economy, Green Jobs, Innovation and Design, Love Your Place, Northeast Ohio, Sustainability, Transportation, Urban Re-Development, tagged bike lane, Cleveland, Cleveland Bikes, Cleveland Urban Design Collaborative, GreenCityBlueLake, I-90, Innerbelt Bridge, ODOT, Ohio City Bicycle Co-op, Ohio Department of Transportation, Towpath Trail on December 3, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
A message brought to you from GreenCityBlueLake, Ohio City Bicycle Co-op, Cleveland Bikes and Cleveland Urban Design Collaborative:
“The Ohio Department of Transportation plans to build a new, $450 million I-90 bridge through downtown Cleveland. Although all of us should be able to use it, the existing plans do not include pedestrian and cyclist access. We [...]
Posted in Chicago, Cleveland, Columbus, Detroit, Great Lakes Cities, Green Cities, Green Economy, Indianapolis, Innovation and Design, Local Food, Love Your Place, Milwaukee, Minneapolis, Northeast Ohio, Rust Belt, Sustainability, Transportation, tagged Cleveland, Colorado Springs, Columbus, Detroit, Hopenhagen, Indianapolis, Local Action Challenge, Milwaukee, Minneapolis, Most Active Cities, SustainLane on December 3, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Cleveland is currently the second most active city in the nation on SustainLane’s Local Action Challenge. With a whopping 284 points, we are beat only by Colorado Springs (which currently has 686 points).
SustainLane is hosting the Hopenhagen Local Action Challenge to empower people to be more environmentally responsible on the local level. Cities set up [...]
Posted in Great Lakes Cities, Green Cities, Green Economy, Green Jobs, Local Food, Love Your Place, Sustainability, tagged Challenge, Copenhagen, Hopenhagen, Local Action, SustainLane on November 11, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Check out SustainLane’s Local Action Challenge – Hopenhagen to make your city a more sustainable place for everyone. I just signed up and will be looking to win points for Cleveland through lightbulb changing, composting, bike riding, and much more.
Here’s what SustainLane had to say about the Challenge:
As global decision-makers prepare to hammer out a new [...]
Posted in Detroit, Economic Development, Green Economy, Green Jobs, Industry, Rust Belt, Sustainability, tagged Autoworkers, autoworkers challenge the logic of capitalism, Blue Collar Jobs, Detroit, green collar jobs, Industry labor, Infinia, theRealNews.com on October 27, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The following video series is an interview by theRealNews.com called “Autoworkers ‘Challenge the Logic of Capitalism’.” Not only Detroit, but many post-industrial Great Lakes cities house legions of autoworkers and other industrial laborers currently in need of stable work.
Autoworkers have a unique set of skills that could be extraordinarily useful for building the technology necessary for capturing [...]
Posted in Economic Development, Government, Great Lakes Cities, Green Cities, Green Economy, Industry, Innovation and Design, Love Your Place, Rust Belt, Sustainability, Transportation, Urban Re-Development, Vacant Land, tagged Brookings Institute, Bruce Katz, Federal-state compact to renew the great lakes region, Great Lakes Congressional Caucus Leadership, Great Lakes Economic Initiative, John Austin, presentation, report, The Brookings Institution, The Vital Center, Vital Center Report on October 27, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The Brookings Institution Metropolitan Policy Program wrote a groundbreaking report about the importance of renewing the Great Lakes region, called “The Vital Center: A Federal-State Compact to Renew the Great Lakes Region.”
Below is the presentation given on March 5, 2007, by Bruce Katz (Vice-President of the Brookings Institution) and John Austin (Non-Resident Senior Fellow) to brief House and Senate [...]
Posted in Economic Development, Green Cities, Green Economy, Industry, Love Your Place, Rust Belt, Sustainability, Urban Re-Development, Vacant Land, Youngstown, tagged documentary, Meltdown, movie, Ohio, Steel Valley, Youngstown on October 27, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Posted in Cleveland, Economic Development, Government, Green Cities, Green Economy, Love Your Place, Northeast Ohio, Sustainability, Transportation, Urban Re-Development, Vacant Land, tagged Cleveland, Cleveland EcoVillage, collaboration, corrupt officials, Government, Local government reform, Mayor Jackson, Northeast Ohio, reform, regional collaboration, Sustainable Transportation on October 23, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Most people who live around Cleveland are tired of hearing about corrupt public officials doing shady deals, having closed-door meetings and dressing in drag. While it’s fantastic that Mayor Jackson has supported the movement to make Cleveland a model of sustainability, other public officials all around Ohio have yet to get it.
Whether publicly elected officials understand [...]
