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chef cooley, amp 150, cle marriott are green successes
Chef Ellis Cooley, AMP 150, and the Cleveland Airport Marriott all earned props in a recent feature in Green Lodging News, the lodging industry's leading environmental news source.
The article, titled "Local, Fresh Approach Goes Down Good at Cleveland Airport Marriott," states that exciting things are happening at the restaurant that should interest any hotel owner or manager looking to increase their business. Writer Glenn Hasek attributes much of AMP's success to Cooley... Read more >
The article, titled "Local, Fresh Approach Goes Down Good at Cleveland Airport Marriott," states that exciting things are happening at the restaurant that should interest any hotel owner or manager looking to increase their business. Writer Glenn Hasek attributes much of AMP's success to Cooley... Read more >
It's not that they want people to get sick, but University Hospital's Ahuja Medical Center in Beachwood is poised to capture a sizable patient population when it officially opens in January 2011.
Part of the attraction to patients obviously will be the quality care, but the 144-bed hospital also will likely turn heads with its technology. And not just for the comprehensive imaging center or state-of-the-art catheterization labs.
With input from physicians, nurses... Read more >
Part of the attraction to patients obviously will be the quality care, but the 144-bed hospital also will likely turn heads with its technology. And not just for the comprehensive imaging center or state-of-the-art catheterization labs.
With input from physicians, nurses... Read more >
Through the Poultry Project, Lakewood resident Kelly Flamos has taken on the unimaginable tragedy of the African AIDS epidemic. She is helping one child at a time with the assistance of an unlikely flock of angels -- chickens.
Whether it's an empty nook in their attic or a corner table at the local Starbuck's, home-based businesspeople are constantly searching for the ideal spot to do research, make phone calls or meet with clients. Come June of 2011, East Side entrepreneurs will be able to take advantage of specially designed space at the Shaker Heights Public Library's main branch on Lee Road.
The Community Entrepreneurial Office -- CEO for short -- will be a pilot program featuring workspace... Read more >
The Community Entrepreneurial Office -- CEO for short -- will be a pilot program featuring workspace... Read more >
Health Information Technology (HIT) is a rapidly emerging field that will likely grow much faster than the average jobs, according to the U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics. The Midwest Community College HIT Consortium is designed to ready a trained workforce for jobs in the HIT sector.
The consortium is comprised of 17 large community colleges in 10 Midwest states, and is being led by Cuyahoga Community College (Tri-C). Last month, the consortium launc... Read more >
The consortium is comprised of 17 large community colleges in 10 Midwest states, and is being led by Cuyahoga Community College (Tri-C). Last month, the consortium launc... Read more >
When Cleveland Heights resident Michael Adams first got serious about making the switch from law to opening a restaurant, he looked at lots of forgettable locations -- "kind of cookie-cutter," he recalls. Then someone told him about a space on the second floor of the Rockefeller Building, at the corner of Mayfeild and Lee roads. For Adams, it was love at first sight.
"It's a gorgeous space," Adams says of the former bank, with its original, well-preserved stone floors, ... Read more >
"It's a gorgeous space," Adams says of the former bank, with its original, well-preserved stone floors, ... Read more >
Cleveland's Eaton Corporation is accelerating its presence in the electric car market thanks to a new collaboration with Mitsubishi Motors North America and Best Buy. Eaton will be providing the Level 2 home-charging mechanism for Mitsubishi's i MiEV electric vehicle, which goes on sale in the fall of 2011. Eaton also will provide infrastructural support and Level 2 chargers to all of Mitsubishi's North American dealerships.
Level 2 charging stations are installed in a ho... Read more >
Level 2 charging stations are installed in a ho... Read more >
as-yet-unopen market garden brewery already drafting buzz
Sam McNulty's Market Garden Brewery is still months shy of its grand opening, but that hasn't stopped the Ohio City establishment from attracting national attention. In the latest issue of Draft Magazine, the national brewing glossy ran a feature titled "12 breweries to watch in 2011." Claiming one of the dozen spots is none other than Market Garden.
After dubbing McNulty the "beer god responsible for Cleveland spots like the Belgian-laden Bier Markt and pizza-slinging Ba... Read more >
After dubbing McNulty the "beer god responsible for Cleveland spots like the Belgian-laden Bier Markt and pizza-slinging Ba... Read more >
You'd be forgiven for thinking that "Indians Snow Days" refers to contingency plans in the event of a repeat of 2007, when the home opener was delayed, and finally called, due to snow. In April. Actually, Snow Days is an entirely different first in Major League Baseball: an off-season theme park inside a stadium, with the theme being wintertime fun.
According to Rob Campbell of the Indians' communications department, Snow Days was inspired by the National Hockey League's ... Read more >
According to Rob Campbell of the Indians' communications department, Snow Days was inspired by the National Hockey League's ... Read more >
ny times calls evergreen coop a 'creative economic fix-it'
In an article titled "Some Very Creative Economic Fix-Its," New York Times writer David Segal states at the outset: "We are not going to shop our way out of this mess." "So the question of our anxious age," he poses, is: "What will return our economy to full-throttled life?" His answer, of course, is the kind of sustained growth that will put back to work the millions of Americans who have lost their jobs in recent years. But how? In the story, Gar Alperovitz, a professor at the U... Read more >
detroit shoreway's gordon square arts district called out for 'creative placemaking'
In a recent report released by the National Endowment for the Arts, Gordon Square Arts District captured the attention of the report's authors. Complied by the Mayors' Institute on City Design, and entitled "Creative Placemaking," the study highlights communities that are using the arts and other creative assets to help reshape their physical, social, and economic character. The publication is intended to serve as a guide for civic leaders, arts organizations, and philanthropic or... Read more >
derelict heights school property to land playground
The Cleveland Heights-University Heights School District closed theMillikin preschool, near Severance Town Center, in 2006. Since then,the board of education and neighbors of the property have not alwaysagreed on its reuse -- and that debate was complicated this year bynews that the district might need it for students again. But for now,all seem agreed on one thing: a playground would be nice.
Last January, the board went along with requests to delay plans to sellMillikin... Read more >
Last January, the board went along with requests to delay plans to sellMillikin... Read more >
There is no downtown "plan," per se, but there is a hell of a lot goingon. The newest piece to the revitalization puzzle is the NineTwelveDistrict, a new identity for the declining business corridor betweenEast 9th and East 12th streets, and Euclid and Lakeside.
The area once known as the financial district "is really going througha change," says Joseph Marinucci, president and CEO of the non-profitdevelopment group Downtown Cleveland Alliance."Change" is a polite way of ... Read more >
The area once known as the financial district "is really going througha change," says Joseph Marinucci, president and CEO of the non-profitdevelopment group Downtown Cleveland Alliance."Change" is a polite way of ... Read more >
Wendy Park on Whiskey Island might be Northeast Ohio's greatest greenspace success story.Less than 10 years ago, precious few Clevelanders had ever visited thesite, which sits right where the Cuyahoga River meets Lake Erie. Nighon impossible to get to, and offering little more than volleyballcourts, there just wasn't much point. Steady improvements under countyownership have pushed annual visits from about 7,000 in 2006 to morethan 200,000 today, and the work is not nearly over.Read more >
When Dobama Theatre was forced out of its longtime Coventry Road home in 2005, it marked the end of a nearly 40-year tradition of live theater in the Coventry Village neighborhood. But the recent drought will end next year when the Ensemble Theatre takes over a portion of the
old Coventry School building for classes and shows. Last week, Cleveland Heights Planning Commission approved their request for a zoning variance.
Ensemble, now in its 31st season, was founded ... Read more >
old Coventry School building for classes and shows. Last week, Cleveland Heights Planning Commission approved their request for a zoning variance.
Ensemble, now in its 31st season, was founded ... Read more >
Experts estimate that the global flexible electronics market will grow to $250 billion by 2025. Northeast Ohio wants to ride that wave of innovation and market growth, and a recently unveiled plan for the region to become a global epicenter for the flexible electronics industry will play a part in realizing that goal.
Developed by NorTech, a technology-based economic development organization, The Northeast Ohio Flexible Electronics Road Map outlines strategies and initiat... Read more >
Developed by NorTech, a technology-based economic development organization, The Northeast Ohio Flexible Electronics Road Map outlines strategies and initiat... Read more >
NBC nightly news highlights evergreen coops
When it rains it pours for Cleveland's Evergreen Cooperatives, which continues to attract local, regional and national attention for its approach to job creation and neighborhood development.
Recently, John Yang of NBC Nightly News visited Evergreen Cooperative Laundry to see how that green operation is giving traditionally "hard-to-hire" folks living wage jobs and a path to company ownership.
Watch the video here.
Recently, John Yang of NBC Nightly News visited Evergreen Cooperative Laundry to see how that green operation is giving traditionally "hard-to-hire" folks living wage jobs and a path to company ownership.
Watch the video here.
For several years, Kim Crow watched as the contracting newspaper business shed people, including many of her friends and colleagues, and laid ever-increasing burdens on those still employed. So relinquishing her duties at the Plain Dealer -- editing three sections, supervising six reporters and, the work she's best known for, writing a fashion column -- was the easy part.
At least compared to opening a store.
Crow recently unveiled Evie Lou -- "A contemporary ... Read more >
At least compared to opening a store.
Crow recently unveiled Evie Lou -- "A contemporary ... Read more >
shelterforce touts evergreen's green roots
Shelterforce, the nation's oldest continually published housing and community development magazine, recently devoted considerable attention to Cleveland's Evergreen Cooperatives. Written by Miriam Axel-Lute, an associate director at the National Housing Institute, the article tells how cities and governments are taking notice of the paradigm. Titled "Green Jobs with Roots," the piece begins with powerful lede: In a couple years, residents of some of the poorest neighborhoods i... Read more >
happy turkey-and-stuffing day!
We all deserve a break, including the hard-working staff of Fresh Water. That's why we'll be taking next week off. There will be no new publication on November 25. We return with another action-packed issue on December 2, however. Read on to see what's coming next.