I have recently contacted The Port of Cleveland, The Visitors Bureau and the Great Lakes Cruise Company to get all these groups to entertain the idea of making Cleveland a stop on one of their cruises. The itineraries are fantastic, but surprisingly there is not a Cleveland stop. Maybe if more advocates wrote in support [...]
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Downtown Cleveland Alliance Endorses Issue 3
October 26, 2009 – 2:36 pm
Today, the Downtown Cleveland Alliance (DCA) formally announced its support for State Issue 3. The Alliance joins the Greater Cleveland Partnership in its backing of the constitutional amendment that would legalize casino gambling in Cleveland, Toledo, Cincinnati and Columbus.
Storefront Window Display Makovers
October 22, 2009 – 3:34 pm
In an earlier blog, I wrote about creating better atmosphere with the empty downtown storefront scene with art. Well, currently, I would like to announce that there are several spots already finished and more in the works!
This is such a great thing to do during the interim time a space sets vacant as it makes [...]
Pictures Are Worth A Thousand Words! — Efforts to Foster a Cleaner Lake Erie
October 9, 2009 – 9:20 pm
On Saturday, October third, it was a call to arms again as I recruited a handful of caring people to take a bit of time to help do a litter sweep at Edgewater Park. Since it takes only 5 to 7 minutes to reach the park on the West Shoreway, I consider it to be [...]
Cleveland Sports Club - CSC
October 5, 2009 – 4:15 pm
Cleveland Sports Club is a group of active Downtown athletes that enjoy ‘pick up’ style sports club, which was created by myself and a few other close friends. Every Saturday morning at 10am the club picks a sport to play (Soccer, Frisbee, Football or Kickball as examples) and randomly divide those who show up into teams.
2014 Gay Games Will be in Cleveland!
September 29, 2009 – 2:28 pm
Cleveland has been chosen by the Federation of Gay Games (FGG) to host the 2014 Gay Games!
The announcement by the FGG comes after a year-long site selection process that culminated in formal presentations by bidding cities to the FGG Membership Assembly meeting this week in Cologne, Germany, site of the 2010 Gay Games. Boston, Massachusetts, USA, and Washington, D.C., USA were the other two finalists.
Recruiting For Established And Popular Vegetarian/Vegan Cafe To Locate Downtown
September 29, 2009 – 11:01 am
Recruiting For Established And Popular Vegetarian/Vegan Cafe To Locate Downtown
Aquarium In Galleria?
September 15, 2009 – 10:39 am
I recently have been “lobbying” intensively for the Cleveland Aquarium Group (not associated with Jacobs) to strongly consider taking an adaptive re-use approach in the creation of their new aquarium for Cleveland/N.E. Ohio—in making use of the Galleria— downtown—as a suitable space for an iconic facility Cleveland can be proud of.
The Cleveland Aquarium people were [...]
Litter Sweeps and Our Water Resources
September 13, 2009 – 9:43 pm
Our city has a serious litter issue all over the place. This is an issues for which I am also advocating change.
Plastic bottles, Styrofoam, plastic cigar tips, broken glass, and a myriad of other debris wreaks havoc on our water resources and aquatic and terrestrial wildlife–as well as negatively impacts human health and the economic [...]
International Visitors!
September 1, 2009 – 10:01 pm
This past weekend I hosted some different visitors to Cleveland - three students from Turkey.
I met Charlie, Mete, and Martin (as they go by) through their request to stay with me on CouchSurfing.Org. For those unfamiliar with this awesome service, Couch Surfing is an international organization of individuals who like to travel, share their cultures, [...]
