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Hung out at the East Cleveland Library today. A gem.

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Although Michigan borders four Great Lakes and has the most offshore wind potential, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, is likely to beat it to the punch with a proposed wind farm in Lake Erie several miles from Cleveland.

Last week a task force chaired by the Cuyahoga County prosecutor released an installment in an ongoing $1 million feasibility study giving the project a green light on geologic and wind-potential grounds. If the study continues to yield positive findings, construction of two to 10 wind turbines and a research station could start in about two years.

Studies Lift Hopes for Great Lakes Wind Turbine Farms

Michigan Report: Michigan’s Offshore Wind Potential

also

Michigan Great Lakes Offshore Wind: Permitting Dry Run (May 2008)

and

Cuyahoga Wind Energy Task Force

Arts & Business Philadelphia

Carbon Free Prosperity 2025

Keystone Innovation Zone gives tech firms a lift

Adding capacity in a mature, slow growth market has consequences…

The SEA estimates that convention center expenses will outstrip revenues by $3.8 million next year, in part because of charging below market rents to attract conventions and out-of-town tourists. The SEA is getting $1.7 million a year from state slots revenue to help cover the deficit, but Ms. Conturo has said that won’t be enough to eliminate it.

Convention center looking for cuts as deficit looms

Forecast: Business travel is decreasing…increased use of teleconferencing and tighter budgets. Read more.

Can Entrepreneurs Rescue the U.S. Economy?

Americans Believe Entrepreneurs Will Revive Economy, According to Kauffman Foundation Survey

Art Toronto Week

Summit will explore ways to get Detroit’s creative community on the map Next stop: Cool City

Can Buffalo lead the way in solving nation’s vacant housing problem?

Mansfield could put empty homes to good use

Economic Gardening Helps Communities Grow Their Own Jobs

UN forecasts boom in ‘green jobs’

New tech classes train students for clean energy jobs

Plan for downtown hub could foster growth

Cleveland missed deadline to join fight on city residency laws

Losing this case will strike at some key neighborhoods in the city.

“A public investment of this magnitude needs to be much more rigorous,” says Hunter Morrison. “There are too many unanswered questions. The taxpayers need to ask some hard questions of the county commissioners. And there are answers out there. We didn’t start studying this yesterday.”

Conventional Wisdom: The County Is About To Spend Hundreds Of Millions On Another Sure Thing. Just Don’t Ask Any Questions

via Peter McDermott @ LocalFoodCleveland.org >

Each year SustainLane releases the “most complete report card on urban sustainability in America”, which ranks the 50 largest cities in categories like air quality, green economy, metro congestion etc.

This year Cleveland placed first in two categories: local food/agriculture and water supply.

As I see it, these are arguably the two most important categories in the entire study. Without a sustainable food and water supply, the basic functions of a city cannot be met. As the challenges we face in creating a sustainable regional economy become more pressing, it is essential that we have this basic infrastructure in place to meet the needs of our city. It’s great to see that we’re getting national recognition for all of the hard work being done by leaders in Northeast Ohio.

The report notes “12 farmers’ markets and 225 community gardens reported, serving truckloads of fresh food to its population of over 450,000. A nearly 600 percent increase in total number of farmers’ markets and a sizable increase in community gardens since 2006 explain Cleveland’s ascent in this rankings category.”

In fact, Cleveland has over 20 farmers’ markets but we’ll let that slide.

There’s a new blog in town (or, the region, really): NEohioNEXT.
The blog explores new pathways to prosperity in Northeast Ohio.
First up: Some thoughts on Bill Callahan’s post this weekend.