By Tom Breckenridge/Plain Dealer Reporter
Wednesday May 27, 2009, 6:00 p.m.
BROOK PARK -- The NASA Glenn visitor center, host to three decades of wide-eyed wonder about space and flight, could close or have a new home later this year.
It could also stay right where it is on the center's sprawling Brook Park campus -- if NASA Glenn can find new partners and money to plug a funding gap.
All options -- even a move to the Great Lakes Science Center -- are up for discussion, said Howard Ross, acting director of external programs at NASA Glenn.
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Thursday, May 28, 2009
Tuesday, May 26, 2009
Lake Shore Electric Railway Inc. may be forced to auction 30-plus trolley car collection
by Tom Breckenridge/Plain Dealer Reporter
CLEVELAND - Another big idea for downtown Cleveland derailed before it left the station.
A nonprofit group with a warehouse full of old trolley cars is nixing plans to build a tourist-attracting rail loop downtown and a trolley museum nearby.
Instead, Lake Shore Electric Railway Inc. wants to put a 30-plus car collection up for auction as soon as July, said Mark Ricchiuto, group spokesman and an executive with Marous Brothers Construction.
Civic and elected leaders supported the project, he said. But the economic recession stanched fund raising. The stalled Flats East Bank project hurt as well, he said.
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CLEVELAND - Another big idea for downtown Cleveland derailed before it left the station.
A nonprofit group with a warehouse full of old trolley cars is nixing plans to build a tourist-attracting rail loop downtown and a trolley museum nearby.
Instead, Lake Shore Electric Railway Inc. wants to put a 30-plus car collection up for auction as soon as July, said Mark Ricchiuto, group spokesman and an executive with Marous Brothers Construction.
Civic and elected leaders supported the project, he said. But the economic recession stanched fund raising. The stalled Flats East Bank project hurt as well, he said.
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Thursday, May 21, 2009
Cleveland wants to use dry river muck to create industrial park in the Cuyahoga River valley
by Tom Breckenridge/Plain Dealer Reporter
CLEVELAND -- Mounds of dried river muck would be dumped and leveled to help create a large industrial park in the Cuyahoga River valley, under a unique plan crafted by Cleveland officials.
The city is working with the Army Corps of Engineers on an effort to scoop 500,000 cubic yards of dredged muck from dikes north of Burke Lakefront Airport.
The dirt -- enough to fill 154 Olympic-sized pools -- could be taken to a valley west and south of Pershing Avenue and Interstate 77, officials say. That would be only half of what's needed.
Cleveland seeks 1 million cubic yards of fill to create a 54-acre industrial site, with a project cost of $18 million, said Tracey Nichols, the city's economic development director. The site could handle 500,000 square feet of manufacturing and create up to 300 jobs, Nichols said.
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CLEVELAND -- Mounds of dried river muck would be dumped and leveled to help create a large industrial park in the Cuyahoga River valley, under a unique plan crafted by Cleveland officials.
The city is working with the Army Corps of Engineers on an effort to scoop 500,000 cubic yards of dredged muck from dikes north of Burke Lakefront Airport.
The dirt -- enough to fill 154 Olympic-sized pools -- could be taken to a valley west and south of Pershing Avenue and Interstate 77, officials say. That would be only half of what's needed.
Cleveland seeks 1 million cubic yards of fill to create a 54-acre industrial site, with a project cost of $18 million, said Tracey Nichols, the city's economic development director. The site could handle 500,000 square feet of manufacturing and create up to 300 jobs, Nichols said.
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Sunday, May 17, 2009
Interest in self-employment rises among those laid off and college students
Tom Breckenridge
The Plain Dealer
Steve Giordano is 55 and jobless, miffed that the layoff broom swept him from the corporate world five weeks ago.
A return to the ranks of wage slaves leaves him chilled. So the sales-and-marketing executive is hot on the idea of being his own boss.
Like others adrift in a dismal economy, the North Ridgeville resident is considering starting his own business.
"If you do a good job, you won't face corporate downsizing again," said Giordano, who is researching business-to-business franchises. "You're not at the whims of someone else who wants to target you."
He's not alone. Local advocates for entrepreneurship say interest in self-employment rose in recent months, not only among those laid off but also among college students facing the toughest job market in a lifetime.
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The Plain Dealer
Steve Giordano is 55 and jobless, miffed that the layoff broom swept him from the corporate world five weeks ago.
A return to the ranks of wage slaves leaves him chilled. So the sales-and-marketing executive is hot on the idea of being his own boss.
Like others adrift in a dismal economy, the North Ridgeville resident is considering starting his own business.
"If you do a good job, you won't face corporate downsizing again," said Giordano, who is researching business-to-business franchises. "You're not at the whims of someone else who wants to target you."
He's not alone. Local advocates for entrepreneurship say interest in self-employment rose in recent months, not only among those laid off but also among college students facing the toughest job market in a lifetime.
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Cleveland's downtown waterfront gets a makeover on paper that envisions public spaces, fishing piers
Tom Breckenridge
The Plain Dealer
Cleveland's new image will start with a walkable waterfront that embraces all the allure and activity a river and a Great Lake can bring, influential planners and developers say.
That includes public squares, promenades and fishing piers in a world-class, maritime neighborhood that port, city and civic leaders envision for the gritty port lands on Cleveland's downtown lakefront.
During afternoon and evening sessions, four experts in urban redevelopment captivated crowds totaling more than 200 at the Great Lakes Science Center and Cleveland State University with views on how the 100 acres west of Cleveland Browns Stadium can become a regional signature.
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The Plain Dealer
Cleveland's new image will start with a walkable waterfront that embraces all the allure and activity a river and a Great Lake can bring, influential planners and developers say.
That includes public squares, promenades and fishing piers in a world-class, maritime neighborhood that port, city and civic leaders envision for the gritty port lands on Cleveland's downtown lakefront.
During afternoon and evening sessions, four experts in urban redevelopment captivated crowds totaling more than 200 at the Great Lakes Science Center and Cleveland State University with views on how the 100 acres west of Cleveland Browns Stadium can become a regional signature.
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