Brewed Fresh Daily

Learned about the Hello Cleveland series last night in our Midtown Brews session with Cindy Barber. Hello Cleveland III is tomorrow night (8/9) at 9PM:

Helllllloooo Cleveland. We’re a rock town with a rich and varied music scene so we decided to showcase this for you with some free summer shows. Stop in at the third Hello Cleveland to catch some of Cleveland’s finest including:

Mr. Gnome
JJ MAgazine
Devil Moto
Suede Brothers
Jakeway
Black Girls
Adam Heart

Last week I found myself disagreeing with Polensek over the proposed carwash for 185th St. While I’m glad he’s taking a stand against the RTA’s proposed cuts (particularly the elimination of ALL community circulators), I don’t think he’s helping the case by being angry:

An angry Cleveland City Councilman Mike Polensek spoke for most of the people at the Tuesday afternoon meeting when he said “the cuts you are proposing are falling on the backs of working men and women, the elderly and the poor.”

He said elimination of some circulator routes will harm riders and the businesses who serve them, noting that RTA will stand for “Return To Automobiles.”

Polensek acknowledged to role of fuel prices, but blamed some of RTA’s costs on “million-dollar articulated buses,” the $200 million Euclid Corridor Project, and the Lakefront Line extension of the RTA rapid system.

Interesting that the deficit for public transportation is equal to the revenue from the new Cuyahoga County tax set aside for the proposed Medical Mart (that isn’t happening). Which would you rather invest in? Public transportation or convention center space? What’ll have more of an economic development impact?

RTA riders decry proposed cuts, price hikes

This sound like a good time:

It’s getting harder and harder to turn around these days without hearing about local produce, reducing one’s carbon footprint, etc. Grovewood is proud to have partnered with Fresh Fork Market, a local start-up company that teams farmers with local restaurants.

Most produce grown in the United States travels an average of 1,500 miles before it gets sold. We have grown accustomed to the convenience of year-round strawberries, tomatoes, and melons. We settle for food that is picked unriped and shipped halfway around the globe so that we can “enjoy” a caprese salad in February.

Transporting food from around the country and the planet has environmental costs and public health costs. The way we eat has an enormous impact on the health of the planet. By focusing on local produce, we can curb global warming and air pollution, avoid toxic pesticides, support local farmers and enjoy fresh, tasty food.

Food tourists, grab your passports and join us on a visit to our own backyard. Bob Gavlak of Fresh Fork Market and Tricia Phelan of Vintage Wine Distributor will make brief presentations. We are featuring local produce paired with local wines, in a specially designed menu from Grovewood’s award-winning kitchen. A complimentary recipe book of the dishes served (but adapted for the home kitchen) will be presented.

Wine Dinner

While some of the residents of my ward appreciate his dramatic, jerry springer-esque performances, I’d really appreciate someone who understands fundamental quality of life issues (like making sure the garbage cans in the main business district of his ward aren’t overflowing with trash) and doesn’t act like a pissed off union shop steward when he can’t get his way. Who wants an autocrat?

E. 185th St (my neighborhood, by the way) doesn’t need another carwash. There’s 5 of them within a two mile drive of the proposed carwash. So yeah, Professor, I’m bitching about a carwash:

You may have read in the PD’s Tipoff column this AM that Polensek had it out with another constituent. She was upset that a carwash was being built in her neighborhood.

That’s right, a carwash.

Who bitches about a carwash? Cars need to be cleaned.

So instead of holding the hand of this constituent, Polensek let her have it. The gist of his argument – would you rather have a bar there and deal with the drunks? Or would you rather have the lot stay vacant?

Is it really an either/or decision? Does it really have to be a carwash, or nothing at all? Tear it down, make a parking lot and give people a reason to park their cars and walk the neighborhood. Better yet,
why can’t it be torn down, and made into a park or a community garden?

Political Science 216: Polensek’s The One! For now.

Please click on the title of this post to view the flyer.

Guess where I’ll be Fri nite:

Friday, May 30th, 2008 Beachland Ballroom Pabst Polka Party - 8:00 PM 15711 Waterloo Rd Cleveland OH 44110 Price: $8 advance/$10 doorSponsored by Pabst Blue Ribbon & The National Cleveland-Style Polka Hall of Fame

Johnny Koenig - The New Kid In Town - CALENDAR

Download a PDF from Meredith’s post at Shore Acres Neighborhood Association: The Scoop on Summer or pick one up at your favorite Collinwood establishment.

Maybe you’d like to lend a hand?

Waterloo Walls Project

The Waterloo Walls project will initiate and organize the creation of public art on the street. There are (at least) eight potential mural opportunities as proposed in the streetscape plan. Although the implementation of most of the streetscape will have to wait for months, if not years, these murals can be done relatively easily and cheaply. The Waterloo Walls project is an effort to kick off the restoration of the street by declaring these eight walls as public canvases that will express the voice of the community. This goal will be achieved by organizing a set of tools, guidelines, and incentives for the creation of public art.

The Brain Trust

The brain trust will be a select group of artists, merchants, design professionals, and other community leaders who are interested (in) guiding the walls project…

Northeast Shores News: Looking for Waterloo Walls Brain Trust!