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Slavic VillageDo You Feel Cleveland City Services Have Increased, Remained Constant or Declined Over The Past Year?Submitted by Norm Roulet on November 12, 2009 - 6:15pm.
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Rick Nagin: a resume of community accomplishmentsSubmitted by talbano on October 15, 2009 - 10:39am.
Rick Nagin for Ward 14
Rick Nagin has years of experience working with people and getting things done.
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Once Again...Submitted by Oengus on August 22, 2009 - 1:58pm.
They are low on capital because the housing values fell, they have to tighten their belts. The housing feeds the system, so getting the housing values back up is necessary. Considering that the abatements came with false values and an inflated markets its pretty catastrophic what happened. So now what? They need to get off abatements, they could be using bonds to build affordable housing.
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Welcome to Real NEO; Open Source Capital of the Brightest Greenest State of EarthSubmitted by Norm Roulet on June 19, 2009 - 1:00pm.
Over the past 20 years, I've spent most of my "professional" time as an entrepreneur, with world-class expertise conducting multi-dimensional, multi-client relational comparative data and best practice analyses of any aspects of the world's largest and best global enterprises, environments and systems, and developing and consulting on innovations and total quality improvement. This work has generated a wealth of knowledge on large general systems, with a unique expertise in information systems and telecommunications. REALNEO is a product of this highest level expertise, drawn from the best practices of the best organizations on Earth. What REALNEO has developed for Cuyahoga County - what has been generated out of the REALNEO-generated Real Cooperative - takes general systems innovation to a whole new level of making us the brightest greenest place on Earth. So, we really do have a purpose to Cuyahoga County owning the Breuer, and the vision is beautifully expressed in this great rendering above, to be REAL COOP citizen headquarters of the open source capital of this brightest greenest state of Earth.
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Yes, It's Time for Cleveland Bicycle Week!!! Join Us for Cleveland Bicycle Week, May 11-17Submitted by Kevin Cronin on April 24, 2009 - 12:38pm.
Cleveland Bicycle Week is coming, May 11-17! Join us for Northeast Ohio's biggest gathering of diverse cycling interests and activities, with events all around town!
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"In gerrymandered election districts, the voters don't choose their politicians - the politicians choose their voters!"Submitted by Norm Roulet on March 21, 2009 - 10:20am.
It is obvious, by any definition, the process of redistricting the City Council wards of Cleveland is gerrymandering. The question is what to do about it. As stated in the title of this posting, "In gerrymandered election districts, the voters don't choose their politicians - the politicians choose their voters!" If that doesn't sufficiently define for you what Cleveland City Council President Sweeney has done, then how about the following...
Environmental Campaign TrainingSubmitted by ohio citizen action on March 18, 2009 - 2:03pm.
2009/03/28 - 9:30am 2009/03/28 - 4:30pm Etc/GMT-4 Are you concerned that your children's health is affected by pollution? Location
Cleveland State University Euclid Ave. and E. 22nd St. MC 438
Cleveland, OH, 44115United States
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Writers & Readers: Firoozeh DumasSubmitted by Cleveland Publi... on March 2, 2009 - 10:04am.
2009/03/15 - 2:00pm 2009/03/15 - 3:00pm Etc/GMT-5 Firoozeh Dumas was born in Abadan, Iran, and moved to Whittier, California, with her family in the 1970s. She later attended the University of California at Berkeley where she met and married a Frenchman.
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Cleveland Public LIbrary - Main Branch 325 Superior Ave Cleveland Public Library
Cleveland, OH, 44114United States
"Another step taken toward Breaking the Cycle of Abandonment"... Forward or Backward?Submitted by Norm Roulet on February 5, 2009 - 8:52pm.
This just in, via Cleveland City Council, via Facebook... "Another step taken toward Breaking the Cycle of Abandonment". This is about how City Council has decided to spend our community's $25 million in Federal taxpayer funds from the Neighborhood Stabilization Program (NSP) - the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development - intended to help our impoverished inner city. You must ask yourself, who decided how your $25,000,000 should be spent here, how did they really decide this, and is this a step forward or backwards?
AIV 5700 Artist Dana Depew : Mixed Media Paintings @ Neighborhood Housing Services of Greater ClevelandSubmitted by bginley on January 18, 2009 - 5:11pm.
New Art Exhibit @AIV5700 Gallery for 2009 - Tremont Artist Dana Depew January - February, 2009 Neighborhood Housing Services of Greater Cleveland 5700 Broadway, Slavic Village Cleveland, Ohio 44127
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As Plain Dealer Editors "make" Sutherland commissioner, without public debate, their newspaper loses last iota of credibilitySubmitted by Norm Roulet on September 8, 2008 - 9:49am.
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Halcyon Summer DaysSubmitted by lmcshane on August 10, 2008 - 2:22pm.
Government and Social Leadership Stands United as GCLAC Against Lead Poisoning in NEO - Committed to Eradication by 2010Submitted by Norm Roulet on July 21, 2008 - 10:09pm.
The most important message communicated at today's press conference kicking-off Lead Awareness Week was that our government leadership at the state, county and municipal level stand united to eradicate lead poisoning in Northeast Ohio by 2010. Publicly expressing their concern about lead poisoning here, and their commitment to its rapid elimination, East Cleveland Mayor Eric Brewer, Cleveland Mayor Frank Jackson and Cuyahoga County Commissioner Peter Lawson Jones added important voices to the chorus of public health and social service champions of the Greater Cleveland Lead Advisory Council... a unique, world-class collaboration of around 85 organizations.
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Bicycle to Bluegrass Music @ Mill Creek FallsSubmitted by johnmcgovern on July 18, 2008 - 1:14pm.
2008/07/20 - 6:00pm 2008/07/20 - 9:00pm Etc/GMT-4 BIKE TO THE Bluegrass Concert this Sunday (7/20) at Mill Creek Falls Join neighborhood residents and bicyclists this Sunday at 6:00pm at Washington Reservation as we bike to Mill Creek Falls to enjoy the bluegrass sounds of the Crook Neck Chandler and the Tibbee Bottom Boys (we will be meeting in the parking lot for the Washington Park Horticulture center). Location
Washington Park Horticultural Center 3875 Washington Park Blvd
Cleveland, OHUnited States
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Press Conference in recognition of Ohio Lead Awareness WeekSubmitted by Norm Roulet on July 14, 2008 - 10:50am.
2008/07/21 - 11:00am 2008/07/21 - 12:00pm Etc/GMT-4 The Greater Cleveland Lead Advisory Council (GCLAC) will be holding a Press Conference in recognition of Ohio Lead Awareness Week, which will take place the week of July 20th – 26th, 2008. Scheduled speakers will address the significant progress made in reducing the number of children affected by lead paint hazards, as well as the importance of continued vigilance and prevention in light of new evidence linking childhood lead exposure to crime, low school-performance, as well as numerous lifelong health problems. Scheduled speakers, representing a City, County, and State unified effort to eliminate the dangers of childhood lead poisoning are:
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The Justice Center (North face of building) 1200 Lakeside Avenue
Cleveland, OHUnited States
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Fighting Dinosaurs? Lead Poisoning and Urban RedevelopmentSubmitted by Norm Roulet on May 15, 2008 - 2:07pm.
If these are average Clevelanders, living in older urban neighborhoods like around University Circle their entire lives, they have been lead poisoned, perhaps severely. Thursday morning, May 22nd, join 100s of NEOs leaders concerned with our community's health, intelligence, safety and economy meeting at the Cleveland Natural History Museum for a free breakfast, keynote discussion and breakout sessions about lead poisoning and urban redevelopment. I guarantee you will leave this brief event with a completely realigned understanding of the core barriers to the success of our urban neighborhoods, leading to better planning for a healthy, effective region in the future.
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Tax-Junkie Pep-Rally for the Arts... And I guess that I just dont knowSubmitted by Norm Roulet on August 13, 2007 - 9:43am.
2007/08/17 - 8:30am 2007/08/17 - 10:00am Etc/GMT-4 I just got the email below, from the head of a local arts not-for-profit to remain un-named, to protect the innocent: "Norm -- i just wanted to make sure you knew about the "sales pitch" we are about to get.". I read on to see that tax junkie CPAC - Community Partnership for Arts and Culture - is on the Cuyahoga County junk again, now hustling artists and arts organizations to tax themselves and patrons for the benefit of the dealers. Read on... anyone going to this who can cover for realneo?... Note: " RSVP’s are required!" Now, a little art, in honor of this event and the rush for the MedCon and taxation without sober representation, courtesy of Lou Reed: I dont know just where Im going But Im gonna try for the kingdom, if I can cause it makes me feel like Im a man When I put a spike into my vein And Ill tell ya, things arent quite the same When Im rushing on my run And I feel just like jesus son And I guess that I just dont know Location
Great Lakes Science Center 601 Erieside Ave.
Cleveland, OHUnited States
Join The Inner Circle to Put It On The BallotSubmitted by Norm Roulet on July 26, 2007 - 1:06pm.
2007/07/27 - 12:30pm 2007/07/27 - 6:00pm Etc/GMT-4 It is official - "Cuyahoga County commissioners voted 2-1 today to raise the sales tax a quarter of a penny to help bring a Medical Mart to Cleveland." Perhaps you'd like time to think about this more, and the opportunity to vote with other citizens on how you are taxed. Other citizens feel the same and have formed a committee to "Put It On The Ballot"- a grass-roots campaign to collect enough signatures to force the 1/4% sales tax increase to be placed on a ballot. This Friday, July 27, there will be an Excellence Roundtable at The Inner Circle where some of the people involved with this campaign will join a discussion on this issue, from all directions. To learn more about the campaign, visit http://putitontheballot.com - you'll certainly read more about this initiative on this site and on REALNEO throughout the coming months. 7GEN (developer of REALNEO) is providing this Drupal site for this initiative, and I look forward to learning more about the campaign and all related issues. Location
The Inner Circle Restaurant, at Hough Bakeries 1519 Lakeview Road
East Cleveland, OHUnited States
Brooking’s Bruce Katz and Lt. Gov. Fisher at The City Club of ClevelandSubmitted by Norm Roulet on May 16, 2007 - 1:12pm.
2007/05/29 - 12:00pm 2007/05/29 - 2:00pm Etc/GMT-4 Restoring Prosperity: The State Role in Revitalizing America’s Older Industrial Cities
CLEVELAND, OH—Bruce Katz, vice president and director of Metropolitan Policy at The Brookings Institution, will present Restoring Prosperity: The State Role in Revitalizing America’s Older Industrial Cities, a comprehensive economic study of the 65 U.S. cities lagging behind their peers (scheduled for national release on May 20), at noon on Tuesday, May 29, 2007, at The City Club of Cleveland. He will be joined by Ohio Lt. Governor Lee Fisher, who will give a local response to the report. Location
City Club of Cleveland 850 Euclid Avenue 2nd Floor
Cleveland, OHUnited States
A Rubinesque View of ClevelandSubmitted by Norm Roulet on April 26, 2007 - 3:56pm.
Interesting perspectives on economic and community development from Coral's Peter Rubin, from the Villager Newspaper Online. I think Rubin makes some good points, and the reality is that we are overbuilding the Cleveland housing market, and other amenities, and that will make Cleveland a more powerful residential draw. As more of Cleveland becomes more "livable", more people will chose to live here. Add good schools and free city wide wifi and watch out. Clevelaqnd first will draw people from other parts of the region - empty nesters from the xburbs, students and young professionals from the inner heights - it will be cool and good to live in Cleveland again. That will attract people from other regions and parts of the world, and they will grow the economy - you need a critical mass of urban housing and culture to be a player and we aren't even near that yet - time to keep building and innovating in Cleveland housing! Now for the chair half there, with Rubin:
Exploring connections between lead poisoning and Alzheimer's disease and related dementiasSubmitted by Norm Roulet on April 12, 2007 - 12:19am.
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What a difference voters make: State of Ohio Files Suit Against Paint Makers over Public Nuisance of Lead PoisoningSubmitted by Norm Roulet on April 4, 2007 - 1:35pm.
YES - this is a huge story... the State of Ohio is suing Sherwin Williams and other paint manufacturers over the public nuisance caused by lead paint they sold here over decades... the state is joining five Ohio cities in this battle for our citizens - this case could very well take over the battle for the cities - very exciting times for our down-trodden state. It is exciting to see the new Ohio leadership in action, after so many years of poor performance by past administrations.
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Federal Transportation Cuts Looming - Contact Governor to Protect Bike and Pedestrian ProjectsSubmitted by Kevin Cronin on March 28, 2007 - 11:45pm.
I need to raise an important point of federal budget minutia and ask that you email the Governor to protect riding and pedestrian infrastructure in NE Ohio. The President wants to save some money so he has rescinded (or canceled) spending for transportation enhancement programs. Because federal transportation money was already distributed to the states years ago, he can't cancel it directly, so he tells the Governors to decide where to cut. Transportation Enhancement money is important to NE Ohio. In fact, of all states receiving transportation enhancement money, Ohio trails only California, Texas and Florida. But if Ohio receives a lot of money, we are also being asked to generate a lot of the rescission money – nearly $139 million.
TOD update from Richard McDougald Enty, Planning Team Leader, Programming & Planning Department, GCRTASubmitted by Norm Roulet on March 28, 2007 - 5:02pm.
I received an informative email this afternoon from Richard McDougald Enty, Planning Team Leader, Programming & Planning Department, Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority, about some of their Transit Oriented Development initiatives and vision. It is very exciting to see this as an active subject for discussion and planning here. I am a strong supporter of Transit Oriented Development and consider it the core foundation on which we should rebuild the City of Cleveland and surrounding suburbs. Here is the vision from RTA: ( categories:
Massillon joins with other cities in lead paint caseSubmitted by Norm Roulet on February 22, 2007 - 5:14pm.
This was tucked away in the Cleveland Plain Dealer Business section today, straight out of Associated Press, without any local perspective - yawn, how boring is this subject. Well, over the next few months expect to see it is not so boring! ( categories:
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