Entries tagged with Cleveland
Designs on Cleveland
December 23, 2009
Have a look at these exciting new designs that aim to revitalize Cleveland’s downtown area by rethinking its main public space, Public Square.
James Corner Field Operations, best known for their work on New York’s High Line Park, has been asked by two local non-profits Parkworks and The Downtown Cleveland…
From a compelling article by Bruce Fisher:
"In Buffalo, City Hall says it has a plan for vacant land, and that its plan doesn’t include turning vacant lots into farms. City Hall actively opposed land-banking legislation, and got Governor Paterson to veto a land-bank bill just last year.
…Playfulness in Cities
April 5, 2009
At our recent Strategy Summit, we had a lively exchange between Enrique Penalosa, former mayor of Bogota, and Tersesa Schwarz, who has done a brilliant job of reimagining Cleveland's vacant land as an asset for sustainability.
Education Pays in Cleveland. Get Yours.
December 1, 2008
Beginning this month, a local Cleveland grassroots think tank wil run a social marketing campaign to convince kids -- specifically black boys 10-13 years old -- that education pays.
PolicyBridge, the group responsible for the campaign, says its goal is to supplant the anti-education and other negative…
Cleveland's University Circle
November 21, 2008
Earlier this week I spoke to Cleveland University Circle's annual meeting. Chris Ronayne is doing an impressive job in leading this district full of extraordinary assets, including Case Western, Severance Hall, Cleveland Museum of Natural History, the Botanical Gardens, the Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland Clinic, and University Hospitals. …
University Circle Keynote: Cities are the Solution
November 18, 2008
Old assumptions about cities are under assault, and new ones are in play, demonstrating that cities like Cleveland, where CEOs for Cities President and CEO delivered the keynote address for University Circle Inc.'s Annual Meeting, are not the problem. Cities are the solution. Read the full text of Coletta's remarks…