REALNEO for all - Glenville

Halcyon Summer Days

Sun, 10 Aug 2008 15:22:40 -0400

In many ways, this has been a splendid summer. I have more photos to post, but here is one from my neighbor. Don't let any one fool you--NEO is the real place to live...and to swim in Lincoln Park.

And to blow out the format--one more:

Art of the Day: "Electric Chair"; Glenville Shootout Memorial, by Cleveland Public Power

Thu, 07 Aug 2008 00:50:47 -0400

40 years ago, a great tragedy occurred at Beulah and Lakeview roads - police officers and citizens of Cleveland died here in one of the longest, most deadly urban gunfights and riots in modern American history... the Glenville Shootout. The site is still scarred, and an Electric Substation was placed dead center to where one would memorialize or reflect upon this event, cutting off Beulah Road like a huge electic chair, being the intended fate of the prosecuted ringleader of the black side of the story, a "militant" named Evans. This Death Chair Memorial illustrates the racism, stupidity and insensitivity of the Cleveland establishment. This should be a park, with a reflecting pool. It shall soon truly stand out for being surrounded by farms (although not growing food within 75 feet of this EMP nightmare and web of high voltage lines electrocuting the neighborhood). This is at the center of the Star Neighborhood, one block from the Hough/Star Bakeries complex and Browns Market... Glenville Shootout Ground Zero... now in redevelopment as a City Fresh affiliated intergenerational living and learning neighborhood center, spanning many blocks. Peace and emotional harmony shall come to this electrified place at last, by and for the people.

Fallen Soldiers in Glenville

Tue, 05 Aug 2008 21:59:53 -0400

Shoes hanging from the powerlines behind Glenville High School, by the basketball courts

Government and Social Leadership Stands United as GCLAC Against Lead Poisoning in NEO - Committed to Eradication by 2010

Mon, 21 Jul 2008 23:09:42 -0400

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.

Press Conference in recognition of Ohio Lead Awareness Week

Mon, 14 Jul 2008 11:50:14 -0400

Start: 2008/07/21 - 11:00am

End: 2008/07/21 - 12:00pm

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:

Commissioner Peter Lawson Jones, Cuyahoga County Board of Commissioners
Mayor Frank Jackson, City of Cleveland
Mayor Eric Brewer, City of East Cleveland
State Representative Mike Foley, District 14
Stuart Greenburg, Executive Director, Environmental Health Watch
Nakiaa Robinson, Program Manager, Office of Early Childhood, Invest in Children

Fighting Dinosaurs? Lead Poisoning and Urban Redevelopment

Thu, 15 May 2008 15:07:29 -0400

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.

Municipal Geothermal for Independent Green Republic of East Cleveland

Thu, 01 Nov 2007 10:45:34 -0400

While looking on Green City Blue Lake for a posting on the Breuer, I came across an interesting article by Marc Lefkowitz called "Warm up to district geothermal in Cleveland", which writes "Representatives from Case, UCI, Cleveland Clinic, city of Cleveland, Flats East Bank and Neighborhood Progress, Inc.— which is considering geothermal district power at its St. Luke’s development—met yesterday (October 22, 2007) at the Cleveland Foundation" to discuss "The economics of district-wide geothermal". It seems these groups are exploring large scale geothermal projects to help meet large energy needs, like for University Hospitals.

BANKS ARE YOUR NEW NEIGHBORS - BUT THEY DON'T LIVE THERE - CALLAHAN'S CLEVELAND DIARY

Mon, 15 Oct 2007 17:25:59 -0400

Bill Callahan, a private concerned citizen (where’s the County in this expose?), has taken a keen, focused interest in minding the "sub-prime" statistics.

University Circle Cancer Moving Down East Boulevard... Is there an Urban Planner in the House?

Sat, 06 Oct 2007 00:59:43 -0400

The last two realneo headers are pans of a site I pass often, on my way between the East and West sides, which is bounded by East 105, Wade Park and East Boulevard, in one of the most important historic and cultural neighborhoods in America, where I was shocked to find a group of significant apartment buildings being demolished.

Tax-Junkie Pep-Rally for the Arts... And I guess that I just dont know

Mon, 13 Aug 2007 10:43:53 -0400

Start: 2007/08/17 - 8:30am

End: 2007/08/17 - 10:00am

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

Join The Inner Circle to Put It On The Ballot

Thu, 26 Jul 2007 14:06:53 -0400

Start: 2007/07/27 - 12:30pm

End: 2007/07/27 - 6:00pm

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.

Brooking’s Bruce Katz and Lt. Gov. Fisher at The City Club of Cleveland

Wed, 16 May 2007 14:12:02 -0400

Start: 2007/05/29 - 12:00pm

End: 2007/05/29 - 2:00pm

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.

A Rubinesque View of Cleveland

Thu, 26 Apr 2007 16:56:03 -0400

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 dementias

Thu, 12 Apr 2007 01:19:15 -0400

The war against the crisis of lead poisoning is being fought in Northeast Ohio by activists and professionals in a wide range of fields and disciplines. That reality was beautifully demonstrated today when noted neurologist and gerontologist Peter Whitehouse, M.D., Ph.D., and his associate Danny George, M.Sc., presented a lecture on "environmental toxins and late-life dementia: a life span perspective", exploring connections between lead poisoning and Alzheimer's disease and related dementias, and suggesting the need for an integrative ecological model, concluding "better take care of your neurons at age 2". The two presenters have co-authored a book titled "The Myth of Alzheimer's" that will be released later this year.

What a difference voters make: State of Ohio Files Suit Against Paint Makers over Public Nuisance of Lead Poisoning

Wed, 04 Apr 2007 14:35:43 -0400

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.