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 [...]
Posted in Cleveland, Economic Development, Green Cities, Green Economy, Innovation and Design, Northeast Ohio, Rust Belt, Sustainability, Urban Re-Development, Vacant Land, tagged Urban Planning, Cleveland Museum of Natural History, Natural History Museum, Explorer Lecture Series, Timothy Beatley, Green Urbanism, sustainable cities, resilient cities, climate change, peak oil, green on October 20, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The Cleveland Museum of Natural History’s Explorer Lecture Series will bring Dr. Timothy Beatley, professor of urban and environmental planning, for a lecture on Green Urbanism: The Global Shift Towards Sustainable and Resilient Cities. Dr. Beatley of the Department of Urban and Environmental Planning, School of Architecture at the University of Virginia has authored several books [...]
Posted in Cleveland, Economic Development, Green Cities, Green Economy, Local Food, Love Your Place, Northeast Ohio, Sustainability, Urban Re-Development, Vacant Land, tagged David Pearl, Food where we live, Local Food, Polycultures, Urban agriculture, Urban Farming on October 7, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
This is a preview of the video my friend David Pearl and his cohorts created, Polycultures: Food Where We Live. Enjoy!
I was going to leave it at that, but I just had to add this clip from the movie as well:
Posted in Cleveland, Innovation and Design, Love Your Place, Transportation, Urban Re-Development, Vacant Land, tagged Cleveland Urban Design Collaborative, Detroit-Superior Bridge, Ingenuity Fest, KSU, Pop Up City, The Bridge Project, Vacant Space on September 23, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
This Friday (4pm-midnight) and Saturday (noon-midnight), KSU’s Urban Design Collaborative and IngenuityFest are highlighting the possibilities for the pedestrian level of Cleveland’s Detroit-Superior Bridge with family-friendly and FREE art exhibits, installations, performances, and entertainment. Food, drinks and arts and crafts will also be for sale.
This is clearly not a party to miss, especially since this is a one-time event in [...]
