SEE the transformational economy in NEO for REAL.  Enjoy yourself and make friends.

The potluck will be from 6:30pm-11pm.

Please bring your favorite dish to help us celebrate with our Mother Earth in the passing of spring and ushering in the summer season

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Can you sense the panic?

I know that there were lots of people at Parade the Circle today and I saw many folks with cameras, too. I caught these snaps before my batteries gave up.

There was a lot of DayGlo in the Parade this year.

DayGlo pinwheel...

 During these tough economic times, libraries provide vital information resources--on the flip side, we must evidence fiscal transparency and efficiency.

Have we hit bottom yet? Worse job news suggests not. George Zeller today reported new unemployment claims as “alarmingly high and still accelerating in Ohio.”

Somebody is going to have to reform the reform movement on County government. Otherwise reform appears dead on arrival once again.

Tremont Communicator is now out for distribution.  I won't harp on CDCs and the mailing list issue.  Everyone deserves a chance to have their say.

Look for the signs.  Every Saturday in Old Brooklyn, there is a hive of activity here.

Please mark your calendars for this worthwhile event.  Print and distribute.

Spam alert.  I am going to promote the recently released travel guide to Cleveland by Douglas Trattner and published by www.moon.com.

Good neighbor Carol Ward reminds us through i-neighbors.org that we have a whole LAKE to enjoy for FREE this summer.  Check out the activities offered by the Ohio Department of Natural Resources!!!

Cleveland’s Forest City developers get walloped by N. Y. Times architecture critic Nicolai Ouroussoff for the design of a new basketball arena in Brooklyn N. Y. “A colossal, spiritless box,” he writes.

Tell Sen. George Voinovich that we all want the same kind of health care he’s had for more than half his lifetime. Paid by us.

Forest City Enterprises is taking a beating in Brooklyn. Brooklyn, N. Y. that is.

Bank Accused of Pushing Mortgage Deals on Blacks

By MICHAEL POWELL
Published: June 6, 2009

Mark Puente is certainly having a wonderful time tilling the rich corrupt soil at Cuyahoga County and Cleveland public offices. May his garden grow and grow.

TFM originated in the fall of 2006, with a small handful of mostly urban farmers.  It's mission is to bring fresh, healthy produce to Tremont.  With the intention of encouraging new and small scale growers, the market strives to create an open and supportive atmosphere.  Now including farmers and artisans from rural Northeast Ohio, the goals are the same; to connect the producer and the consumer.

Death is the great equalizer. Even multi-millionaires have to participate.

Never underestimate the power of a drop of water.  This very short video was taken after a spring melt.  Yesterday, I heard torrents of water flowing underneath Denison Ave. after a light rain.  Add grass clipping, leaves, garbage and debris to the mix.  Your drinking water revealed.

Steve Litt had to swerve and swivel in writing about the Opportunity Corridor - the road Cleveland’s Establishment now finds irresistible. The reason: His boss.