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NEO NewsIs Applying for Mineral Mining Rights within the City Limits of Cleveland Newsworthy?It would probably depend on your viewpoint. I would say that the residents on Sky Lane and near Bradley Road would be very interested in Mineral Mining Permit #10428. The public notice for this application was placed in the Plain Dealer beginning in February. I went on line to www.Cleveland.com to find one of the public notices by scanning the classifieds but gave it up as a futile endeavor. The public notices are included with the classifieds and not searchable as far as I could tell. I decided to call the Ohio Department of Natural Resources to ask for a copy of the permit application. The very helpful state employee told me that the original application could have been revised several times so that the one he had available to send might not have up-to-the-minute information. He said he would answer my questions if he could. Who applied for the permit? Ty Inc. out of Independence Ohio Where were the public notices advertised? They advertised in the Plain Dealer that they would be mining for sand and clay. He suggested that he tell me what they planned to do. They will be using heavy equipment to extract the sand and clay. This will be open pit mining . In an open pit mining situation,the site must be reclaimed. They plan to use the soil and restore the site to a condition as close to original as possible. What is the time frame? It is a fifteen year permit. How do they plan to reclaim the site? It will be an open, vegetative site with a big pond. He told me it actually would be a water impoundment feature. He began to explain what water impoundment is. I asked him if it was like water impoundment used when strip mining for coal. The answer was: yes. He then went on to tell me that the contouring would be a 3/1slope and rolled erosion webbing around the water impoundment would be used. How large of an area are we talking about? He said well, it is pretty large. 8 and 1/2 acres. They intend to mine 30,000 tons of clay and soil and expect to reach gray silt at 12 ft with an ending depth of 24 feet with the average being 20 feet. The area is along Sky Lane and Bradley Road. The last thing he told me is VERY IMPORTANT. The DEADLINE for public comment is March 31st. Here is the address to send letters with questions, concerns, and a request for a public hearing to: Chief John Husted So here are some questions : How will the strip mining effect residents of Sky Lane and Bradley Roads? Is the EPA involved in the vetting of this application? Where and when do they step in? What rights does the city of Cleveland and its citizens have in such a matter? I talked to Councilman Brancatelli who has objected to the application. Monday, March 22 Councilman Brancatelli will formally oppose this application at the City Council meeting so that the City Law Department can take the objection forward. Councilman Brancatelli has also requested a public hearing but does not know when and where it will be held yet. I do know from my talk with the state employee that a public hearing is usually held within two weeks after the deadline date. In this case, March 31. he said that the downside to a public meeting is that sometimes not all people are able to speak because of time constraints. He said that letters of objection sent until March 31will be considered and that these letters should be sent. he said the best way to be heard is to write a letter with concerns and request a public hearing so that a lot of questions can be answered beforehand and included in information at the public hearing. There are two things we can do: 1. WRITE a letter of Objection that requests a public hearing to the Ohio Department of Natural Resources Is this newsworthy? I believe it is. Every resident of the city of Cleveland and beyond should know about this mineral mining rights application that would approve mining within city limits. But how will they know? I am pushing this information out to as many people as possible. If you agree, take the time to write a letter requesting a public hearing. Send the information to others who you think will want to support Councilman Brancatelli’s efforts. Find out as much as you can about this latest assault on the residents of Sky Lane and Cleveland. Categories: NEO News
Cleveland International Film Fest Year 34It’s time. Let’s go. Over the next 11 days, you’ll be seeing a bunch of posts by me here, as well as GeorgeNemeth.com, About.com and various social media on probably my favorite Cleveland experience — The Cleveland International Film Fest. This year is a dream come true for me. Not only do I have the free time to go and see as many films as I like, CIFF invited me to attend as their guest. Not only do I have a couple of media passes, but they also provided me with vouchers to give away (so far only one person has taken me up on those. hint hint. ask me.) but also a discount code if you’re buying tix. Google’s Eric Schmidt and his talk in Pittsburgh: Technology, innovation & the global economyGood summary on proposed changes to No Child Left BehindChristian Science Monitor boils it down. No Child Left Behind overhaul: five key things that would change Random PostsAmazing Time-Lapse of the Milky Way over HawaiiDo yourself a favor and watch this video in full screen…Punch the button on the lower right corner, just to the left of “vimeo”.
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McQuillin’s Newsletter goes onlineOur friend, preservationist and former neighbor Steve McQuillin, forsakes print for digital. This should expand his sphere of influence even further, and we welcome the change. Our New On-Line Newsletter: Over 20 years ago, in the fall of 1989, this newsletter for Steven McQuillin & Associates, was first launched. That first issue, highlighting a preservation plan at Nela Park, the re-opening of the Forest City Bank Building, the Broadway Building, and a district in Gates Mills, also featured the firm's then-new offices at 3515 Archwood Ave. Appearing twice each year thereafter, this printed version is a compendium of preservation projects in Northeast Ohio. It is hoped this new on-line version can appear more often and feature more articles as well as reach a wider audience.� Comments and feedback are welcome.� Please feel free to suggest new email addresses for this on-line publication. Below are links to the twelve articles in the Winter 2010 issue. Categories: NEO News
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The strategic challenges facing Midwest auto communitiesMidwest auto communities face a serious time lag. They must build the foundations of a 21st century economy with policy tools developed for a 20th century economy. Pouring the existing array of federal programs out on the table is a bit like asking an auto mechanic to repair an electronic ignition system with a pair of rusty pliers. Federal investments are and will continue to be important to financing the transformation of the Midwest’s auto communities. But money alone is not enough. These communities need innovation – new collaborations and networks that can deliver solutions to their strategic challenges. These solutions, to be transformative, must be replicable, scalable and sustainable. On March 12, 2010, the Brookings Institution convened four Midwest regions that have been hit hard by downsizing in the domestic auto industry. This session, the “Auto Communities Roundtable”, reviewed different strategies at work in Mid-Michigan, Southeast Michigan, Central Indiana and Northeast Ohio. The Roundtable participants explored new partnership opportunities among their region, the federal government and national foundations. You can explore the materials prepared for the Roundtable on this page: http://drop.io/autocommunities Based on my reading of the presentations in this session, Midwest auto communities need innovative investments in five areas of strategic focus: 1. Brainpower and Talent: Transforming antiquated education and workforce development systems to be more innovative, flexible and productive.— Our current systems produce low rates of literacy, high rates of drop-outs, and weak post-secondary technical skills. We need to develop systems that are more focused on 21st century skills, experiential learning, career pathways, and post-secondary certificates and degrees. 2. Innovation and Entrepreneurship: Building responsive supports for innovative companies and entrepreneurs to develop new products and markets. – Auto communities need a new generation of economic development supports for existing companies and entrepreneurs. By concentrating on new products and new markets, these firms can reliably grow an economy from the inside out. 3. Quality, Connected Places: Creating quality, connected hubs of mixed-use investment, while managing the shrinkage of their city. – The physical development of auto communities focuses on stimulating economic growth through regeneration and reuse. This challenge involves balancing abandonment and shrinkage with developing connected concentrations of mixed-use investment. 4. New Narratives and Networks: Promoting new narratives and clusters of innovation anchored by colleges and universities.— The next economy for auto communities will link and leverage the technologies, production capabilities and assets that emerged from building automobiles and parts. These strengths will be combined in open networks of innovation that support the development of high growth firms. 5. Leadership and Collaboration: Strengthening civic habits of collaboration and new forms of regional governance.— Midwest auto communities face gaping budget deficits as the cost of public services has outrun the ability of local governments to generate revenue. Innovation in providing government services, not simply cost cutting, points the way ahead. Random PostsYoungstown’s STEM (and STEAM?)Here’s a good commentary from last week on how Youngstown State University is building an anchor for STEM education (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) in the Valley. We are working with the city of Warren, NorTech (a Cleveland area economic development group), and the Youngstown Business Incubator to design and initiate an alternative energy incubator in Warren. And we’re engaged with the city of Youngstown, the Regional Chamber, the local business community, and, again, with YBI to develop a proposal to the Ohio Department of Development that would designate our community as a Hub for Innovation and Opportunity in Advanced Materials. San Diego is looking to expand STEM to include art education: converting STEM to STEAM. Random PostsThe value of learning from othersThere’s one simple step Cleveland’s civic leadership could take to improve its performance: Adopt the annual practice of taking large delegations of Cleveland’s leadership to other cities for 2-3 day workshops. Here’s an example from Baton Rouge. East Baton Rouge Parish (EBR) Mayor-President Melvin “Kip” Holden and the Baton Rouge Area Chamber (BRAC) announced today that Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, has been selected as the destination for the Baton Rouge Area Canvas Workshop 2010. A delegation of business and community leaders will spend three days and two nights in the Pittsburgh area learning from a community that has had recent success in such areas as public education school reform, technical education, charter school development, private-sector/university collaborative innovation, entrepreneur development, and sustainability. This year’s trip will be held on September 19-21, 2010. EBR City-Parish and BRAC Select Pittsburgh for 2010 Canvas Workshop The Baton Rouge Area Chamber, headed by a former McKinsey consultant, is on the move. It’s a good chamber to watch closely. These visits are a common practice across the country. Delegations range in size from about 30 to over 150. If Cleveland’s civic leadership made the effort to learn from other regions they just might see how silly the conflict between the Cleveland Foundation and the Fund for Our Economic Future really looks from the outside. Random PostsHow time zones came to beThomas Furan writes a very enjoyable article in the PD… Railroads pushed the uniformity in time across the United States in the late 1880s Random PostsDetroit’s civic leaders take on school transformationA broad and diverse cross-section of Detroit’s education, government, civic and community, parent, and philanthropic leaders today released a citywide education plan that calls for sweeping changes to improve the city’s schools. Its goals: By 2020 Detroit will be the first major U.S. city where 90% of students graduate from high school, 90% enroll in college or a quality postsecondary training program, and 90% of enrollees are prepared to succeed without needing remediation. See also:
White House Auto Communities Task ForceThe Obama Administration’s Auto Communities Task Force is working with a group of national foundations to develop a strategy to help auto communities. Today, the Brookings Institution is hosting a day long event in which four regions are presenting ideas to shape this collaboration. The four regions are Central Michigan, Southeast Michigan, Northeast Ohio and Central Indiana. The Northeast Ohio delegation is headed by Brad Whitehead and includes Dan Berry from MAGNET and Larry Benders, head of the Cleveland-Cuyahoga County workforce board. I’m attending as part of the Central Indiana team put together by Purdue. Below is the policy memo and presentation that we prepared for Central Indiana. It outlines how we are building a regional strategy around networks.
NOACA; are you listening?MORPC (the MPO for Greater Columbus) has taken a giant leap forward in democratizing planning for transportation in the Greater Columbus region. In a region plagued by corruption and one party rule, we, as citizens of this region, should expect NOACA (Greater Cleveland’s MPO) to do the same. The CAC meets the first Monday of every month to review regional transportation policies, plans and If you would like to serve on the CAC, please forward your name and the association you represent along Biomimicry: Sustainable Design & Innovation[ March 16, 2010; ]
GREEN. Tue 3/16 @ 5:30PM: "The real power of sustainability and whole-systems thinking is that it inspires innovation in design – of products, processes, buildings and organizations." Biomimicry is about emulating nature's designs for biz and technology. Come to a networking event w/ E4S and Biomimicry NEO on Tue 3/16 and learn [...]
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