News and opinion from Cleveland, Ohio on a variety of topics

January 27, 2007


But received an email with a link to the video of it:

Cleveland: Hillcrest Hospital, a Cleveland Clinic hospital, announced today plans for a five-year, $163 million campus expansion and renovation, making this the largest investment Cleveland Clinic has made to date in one of its nine community hospitals… “This project will involve every area of the hospital and upon
completion will bring the value of the Hillcrest Hospital campus to
$700 million.” said Ronald J.
Ross, M. D., F.A.C.R., Chairman of the Board of Trustees overseeing Euclid, Hillcrest, Huron and South Pointe hospitals.

Hillcrest Hospital, a Cleveland Clinic hospital, Expansion Plan



Now this is an exciting development well worth applauding…

Product design district planners preparing real estate packages

In mid-February, the County Commissioners will likely be releasing the details of their innovation zone initiative for Cuyahoga County. (The approach is modeled after Pennsylvania. Pittsburgh just announced its latest zone this week.)

Yesterday, RPI announced a new major in Design, Innovation, and Society. It is another component of its interdisciplinary Product Design and Innovation (PDI) program. Can we innovate in this way as well?

Developed in 1999, the PDI program combines a technical education with a solid understanding of the economic, ethical, cultural, and political dimensions of product development and the invention process, preparing students to synthesize a variety of approaches to solve design challenges. Design studios push students to consider cultural and environmental factors outside of the paradigm of market demand as they create new products, designs, and technologies.

Rensselaer Offers Students New Major in Design, Innovation, and Society

RPI is already collaborating with the Cleveland Clinic. Rensselaer and Cleveland Clinic Establish Biomedical Research Collaboration.

(For more on different possibilities, see Lev Gonick’s compelling vision here.)

January 28, 2007


George Nemeth: PostSecret: History

From this week’s PostSecret, white.



George Nemeth: Interesting

A link from this site to BFD appeared on my technorati watch today. It’s about Sudan, but has links to Cleveland stuff. Head over there and post an idea on her Hope for Cleveland page.

News, commentary and memoirs by Lisala - Sudan



George Nemeth: Start spreading the news

From Jay-C:

My little sister is in New York right now for school, and for the first time in something like 25 years, my mom and dad went back to “The City,” which growing up, they described as if you needed to be some sort of Mad Max-style warrior to endure. What they found was a little different:

” I think that was what was a little shocking…disappointing… with NYC. It’s not the NYC I remember. The only person that looked familiar was the grouchy guy selling pretzels.”

clevelandada: Oh, New York



Cee Jay reflects:

We hear a lot about the importance of homeland security from both parties, but what would it really mean to have a secure homeland? Neither party has addressed that issue as far as I am concerned, so here is my answer to this question.

First, to have a secure homeland, we must be a strong nation and capable of sustaining ourselves independently if we are at war. The United States once had this strength. We produced all of the supplies a nation or armed forces would need in case we were attacked. During World Wars I and II, we were a major supply source for the allied forces for everything from uniforms and food to tanks, airplanes, munitions and electronics. As our country loses manufacturing industries, we depend on other areas of the world for items that are critical during a conflict…

Check out the rest of his post. What does homeland security mean to you?

Cee Jay’s Cyber Space: Homeland Security



George Nemeth: Yin and yang

File this for future reference when someone accuses bloggers of doing nothing but bitching:

Cleveland Heights arrested two homeless people for passing bad checks according to the Plain Dealer. It seems that a group of criminals recruited homeless people to go to Wal-Mart to pass bad checks. People are always praying on this fragile population, and trolling the front of the shelters to basically enslave people for bad purposes…

The other interesting story comes from Lorain County and the bloggers at Word of Mouth. Henery Hawk and his friends went out in the cold to a group of homeless people to provide a little help. Lorain County is a rough place for homeless people with the human services absolutely overwhelmed, very little advocacy activities, and a total disregard for the problem by elected officials. They really need help out there. NEOCH would love to try to put in place a strong network of advocates in Lorain County, but the providers are so overwhelmed that they can barely keep their head above the water. So, we salute Henery, Buck, Larry, and Brian (not me) for their efforts on such a cold day.

By the way, inspired by Word of Mouth, Wendell Robinson has decided to try to do something for others everyday and write about it. Here is his new blog. Sounds like a great idea for the rest of us to follow.

clevelandhomeless: Homeless Exploited and Helped



Who commented about MTB on this thread.

Web Worker Daily » Blog Archive Open Thread: Tell Us About Your Favorite Podcasts «



Another post on homelessness, plus pictures:

The snow returned late Saturday night just as a couple dozen kids in Lakewood crawled into cardboard boxes on the front lawns of two local churches to get a few winks. The kids were “homeless for a night” to draw attention to the homeless situation in Northeast Ohio. Currently Northeast Ohio has approximately 25,000 homeless people, 9,000 of which are families and 2,000 of which are children….

TMC NEWS: HOMELESS FOR A NIGHT



I imagine some of you might have some comments re: this:

Obviously, the discussion of why Minneapolis and why not Cleveland is a huge one that I can hardly address in a single blog entry. I’ll kick off this admittedly contentious debate by laying out the case for why I prefer Minneapolis to Cleveland. And, before I get started, a caveat: At lot of my explanation will involve badmouthing Cleveland. I apologize in advance for coming down so hard on this city, but sometimes we need a bit of hard truth to make progress.

So, to continue:

(1) Public spaces: Cleveland doesn’t have any. The closest thing to a true public space is Crocker Park, and it’s just not enough…

Minneapolis has a few great neighborhoods where people are out and about; walking; talking; interacting; visible; living in a public way. It’s great!

(2) Economy: Cleveland’s economy presents limited opportunity for advancement beyond entry-level work….

Minneapolis, on the other hand, has a strong regional economy…

(3) Regional planning: Cleveland is currently caught in an accelerating state of urban sprawl…

The Twin Cities, on the other hand, have institutionalized regional approaches to governance, taxation, and land planning. Wow!

My quick two cents. If Crocker Park is the best example of a public space, someone hasn’t shown the Grosses around enough. I suppose if you want to be an employee, Cleveland isn’t the best place to be. But then, who wants to be an employee?

The Gross Report: The Gross Report Relocates

January 29, 2007


Twenty-One Years Later Still Holding On
By Don Iannone:

Mom died twenty-one years ago today
in a cancer-stained single bed
in the Reverand Oral Roberts’ City of Faith Medical Center
in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
How fitting we should die in single beds–
yet another reminder, the journey home
is ours to take alone.
Mom never intended to die at fifty-eight,
but I doubt she would be ready to go at any age.
Death was Mom’s constant fear…

conscious living poetry journal



Are the boards compensated or not?

The Boards of NorTech, JumpStart, GCP need to become more active in what works in economic development. Relying too much on staff is not a smart strategy.

If you are not careful, staff can end up — as I have seen in many places — focusing on protecting their position, not bettering the cause. They filter information to the chamber board, and the board becomes passive.

Board meetings become polite lunches, not places where key strategies are openly discussed, debated and aligned. In sum, in organizations that are staff-led, in my experience, the transformation slows and often ends up off course. (Staff cannot read market signals very well either.)

Cleveland 2.0



George Nemeth: Ticket giveaway

Got an email from Kelly & Jose:

If you are a fan of Vega 4 or Augustana, and live in the Cleveland area, read our earlier post, and email us with what a Vega 4 is so you can win free tickets to their show this evening at The House of Blues!

Sensory Overload: Reminder: Last Chance for Free Tickets






Buckeye Roots @ the Happy Dog

Originally uploaded by GeorgeNemeth.

This is one of those weird convergence that happens to me sometimes. Some friends of mine emailed about a time to get together, and we picked Thu, which coincides with something Chris Pintas of HotD is promoting. They’re giving away T-shirts during the reggae show @ the Happy Dog.

I won’t be mad at ‘cha if you show up for a drink or two and help me celebrate another 365 days breathing…

Thanks to Jeff Schuler, there’s an event @ Upcoming.org of this. If you’d like others to know you’re going to be there, you might want to RSVP.



We’ve had many great proposals for Notacon so far, on an amazingly broad range of topics. Thanks to everyone who has submitted a proposal so far. If we haven’t gotten back to you yet, we will be sure to do so in the very near future. For those who haven’t submitted a proposal yet, but think that they might have something to talk about at Notacon (it can really be anything — the wackier and more out there, the better), this is the last call. Our proposal submission deadline closes this Thursday, February 1st at 9pm.

More info: www.notacon.org



When she was pregnant with me, so that doesn’t explain my craving for coffee:

There is no evidence that moderate levels of caffeine consumption during pregnancy cause problems for babies, according to a new study on BMJ Online, from the British Medical Journal.

Some health officials have warned that caffeine increases the risk of premature births and low birth weight. Some earlier studies have suggested that a high caffeine intake can lead to lower average birth weights. Others have found no connection between caffeine and problems with fetal development.

Thanks for the email re: this JMZ@WLST.

Caffeine Doesn’t Hurt Pregnancy, Study Says - News



Thanks to Mr. Gomez for emailing me this link:

The Manufacturing Advocacy and Growth Network, MAGNET, a Cleveland nonprofit aimed at supporting and expanding the region’s manufacturing sector, is taking over the World Trade Center Cleveland to strengthen both groups and streamline operations… Greater Cleveland Partnership, the regional chamber of commerce, is orchestrating what GCP Senior Vice President Dan Berry calls “an alignment between the organizations,” that will make MAGNET the operational force behind the trade center — replacing GCP… David Yen, executive director of WTCC, and Monique Pierce, administrative assistant, are now employees of MAGNET, and the center’s former Web site is no longer available online.

Good thing, bad thing? I wonder why they pulled the website down?

cleveland.com: Weblogs



George Nemeth: Bourdain @ VTR



Bourdain @ VTR

Originally uploaded by GeorgeNemeth.

That chef on TV stopped by while he was in Cleveland. A cameraphone picture is better than no picture at all…

January 30, 2007


Just when I stop referring to him as the former editor of CrainTech, I get this:

George,

I’m not sure if/how you want to blog this, but I am leaving Edward Howard next week to join the Fund for Our Economic Future. The letter below is one of the ways I’m trying to inform people.

Feel free to use anything from the letter I wrote to the many key folks in my network. In the near future, I hope to be able to use your platform to explain more about what my goals are, but that will have to come when I actually have time to give it the attention it deserves. For now, perhaps you can simply quote the following:

I am committed to bringing the Cluetrain approach to the Fund’s communication and promise to use all of the tools available to both engage the region in a conversation regarding transforming our region and to transparently communicate the Fund’s efforts. I look forward to being a more active participant in the conversations here on Brewed Fresh and elsewhere throughout the region. I promise no instant miracles, but rather a long-term commitment to engaging the entire region in the effort of building a globally competitive regional economy.

CCT

I apologize for having to do this so impersonally, but there’s no easy way to individually let everyone who has been so helpful to me through the years know the big changes that are going on.

I’m excited to say that next week I will be joining the Fund for Our Economic Future, www.futurefundneo.org, as director of communications, marketing and civic outreach (I’ll have to come up with a shorter title for the business cards.) Leaving Edward Howard is not something I had planned on, nor is it an easy thing for me to do. I have both learned a lot and grown a lot during my three years with this outstanding firm. And I will continue to assist them with existing clients for the near future.

If you are ever in need of communications help, I cannot say enough positive things about the professionalism and passion of the team here. And I look forward to continuing the wonderful professional and personal relationships that I have built during my time here.

I’ve found that one rarely gets to plan out life’s journey so one must seize those opportunities when they do arrive. I decided to accept the offer to join the Fund because it gives me an opportunity to directly serve the region that I’ve called home for 15 years. In my new role I will have the opportunity to be engaged in many efforts to transform our region’s economy. The Fund is a collaborative effort of more than 80 foundations and corporations. They are united in their conviction that we can make Cleveland and Northeast Ohio great again. I expect in the future you’ll be hearing a lot more about their efforts to build a stronger business community, develop a more-skilled workforce, foster greater economic opportunities for the disadvantaged and promote more efficient government…

Good luck, Chris



George Nemeth: WTF?

For some economic development, this might be a good place to start:

Columbus)—Years of disorganization and lack of accountability mean that the State of Ohio owns land that is not being used productively and may in fact be a drag on local economies, State Treasurer Richard Cordray said today…

Ohio Treasurer of State - HUNDREDS OF PROPERTIES OWNED BY THE STATE ARE ABANDONED OR UNDER-USED

January 31, 2007


Interesting to read this from Dave Bayless after talking to Chris Thompson last night:

[A]s I understand Burt, network closure is required in order to translate opportunity into action. In other words, if brokerage creates real options, closure is required to execute an option. Execution requires the commitment of resources, which makes such resources unavailable for other uses - at least for a period of time. Consequently, closure is a prerequisite for creating value, but at the (temporary) cost of openness and flexibility…

Dispatches from the Frontier



From CHQ:

I guess as a follow-up to my criticism of Cleveland.com, it seems we’re not the only town with a paper whose online presence is cumbersome at best. It takes so long to find what you want; and when you finally get what you wanted, those few flustering attempts take any enthusiasm out of the content.

Most of you out there use it… that’s why the papers “hardcopy” readership is down… so, if you were to run Cleveland.com, what would you change? For me, it would simply be in the flexibility and user-friendliness…

Their blogs. First of all, I’d clean up the index page with all the blogs that no one updates. Then I’d loose the “ADVERTORIAL BLOGS” because bloggers are going to read blogs that are advertisements. There’s plenty of advertising on Cleveland.com as it is. Then, I’d take all the blogs out of their ghetto at cleveland.com/blogs and move them to their respective sections (i.e. sports blogs to the sports section). By the way, if any of you see these changes, let me know. I’ll send them a bill. I’m asking you, because I hardly visit their site…

Cool Cleveland » Fine on Media: LA Times Website Ain’t Cutting It Either



George Nemeth: Finally publilshed

This one’s been in the can for a while. Please click thru an read the entire story. I think it’s worth it.

A couple of blocks from the Main Street in Oberlin is a lot that used to be a car dealer, a dry cleaner, and restaurant chain that all ended up being vacant. Acquired by Sustainable Community Associates, the abandoned brownfield will become a sustainably designed, mixed-use building containing 46 apartments for sale and 12,000 square feet of commercial space. The founders of Sustainable Community Associates are Ben Ezinga, Joshua Rosen and Naomi Sabel. Cool Cleveland’s CIO George Nemeth spent time with them recently discovering why their development is different and why the Civic Innovation Lab gave them a grant.

George Nemeth: If I say “what does Sustainable Community Associates mean to you…?” In fact, let’s go down the line and say, “Here’s how I would explain it to someone.”

Naomi Sabel: I think what we’re trying to do is projects that take on social issues…

GN: What would a social issue that you would want to take on be?

NS: If you look Oberlin, we were trying to deal with affordable housing, mixed-income housing and stepping away from the model of geographically isolating income drifts. We’re looking at a component for economic development and a support structure for community and vitalization that has a more active, vibrant downtown. I think that we want to work on projects that reflect the issues facing each community, and not do a boiler plate project for whatever we do next, but really have developments speak to the needs of the local community.

GN: Okay. Josh?

Joshua Rubin: I think Sustainable Community Associates is about taking on challenges that other people think either nothing could be done or that someone would be crazy to do, and you tackle those challenges, and I think that’s really what for me this Oberlin project has been about. People would tell us, “Well, downtown has stayed this way for 50 years, and the east side has never been developed,” and there was a lot of people talking about what isn’t possible, and I think we, at our core, are trying to figure out every day what is possible, and I think that’s sort of been our MO from the beginning.

NS: And pushing that “What is possible?” and answering that question and then moving it forward. Then “What’s next?” and what would we have considered before is now possible because we’re thinking in these terms. So it’s pushing out that definition.

Ben Ezinga: I think one of the things that we do well and that has gotten us as far as we’ve gotten is recognizing opportunities and seeing connections that might not be apparent to other people. For instance the land that we’ve got I think now is obviously an awesome site to develop and a lot of people can see that, but if you’d look at it ten years ago, the opportunity might not have been apparent. Green building is another interesting example where a lot of people say, “Green building is something for yuppies buying half million dollar lofts,” and we say, “No, green building is something for somebody who works as a secretary at the college and could really use it to save $60 a month on their heating bill.”It’s making it relevant to people who don’t pay attention to it because it’s not being directed towards them….

I’d also like to offically kick off a new category here @ bfd - the beta community. Back in Novembe Neil Takemoto of Cool Town Studios, asked me to begin a partnership with him to working on bringing investment dollars to Cleveland in the form of an beta community. I’ve been having preliminanry conversations with various people, and now’s the time to start drawing that circle wider.

Would love to have your comments on either the SCA piece or the CTS idea.
CoolCleveland.com - Biz Tech Profile Of Sustainable Community Associates



WASHINGTON — A leading scientist told a House committee yesterday that “political interference is harming federal science and threatening the health and safety of Americans,” and the committee chairman said the Bush White House has been misleading the public on the dangers of global warming. HERE.

“Political interference with the work of federal scientists threatens the quality and integrity of (federal) policies,” said Francesca Grifo, director of the Union of Concerned Scientists’ Scientific Integrity Program. According to a UCS survey whose findings were presented to the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, more than 40 percent of the 279 scientists who responded said their work had been edited to more closely reflect the administration’s position on climate change.

I guess it’s just a fine day in Washington… all the time. No, I’m afraid according to Jonathan, these statistics would be just anomaly’s.



Since the Town Fryer is closing, I’m thinking about where to have the Feb Meetup, which in turn makes me wonder if I should even bother, given that in January only 4 other people showed up. So what’s the story, Cleveland area bloggers? Is it the time? The venue? If I’m going to continue to organize these, I need to hear from you, and have you show up. I’m thinking seriously about resigning as organizer (again) because of lack of interest. Can you convince me otherwise? FYI, there’s been several new people who’ve joined recently, so there’s probably still a demand for it…

The Cleveland Weblogger February Meetup - The Cleveland Weblogger Meetup Group (Cleveland, OH) - Meetup.com



George Nemeth: Tune in tomorrow

Between 9-10AM during The Sound of Ideas and join the conversation during the show by calling 216-578-0903. You can also email.

90.3 WCPN: The Sound of Ideas Schedule January 29-February 2, 2007



George Nemeth: Another blog goes dark

Damn. Even though I gave them a chilly reception, I’m bummed that BO is being shuttered. I’ll have to see if the authors have their own blogs, but in the meantime, if any of the bloggers who did Blogging Ohio need a place to blog, you’re welcome here @ BFD. Wish I could pay you like Weblogs was, but obviously their model wasn’t all that sustainable. I’m working on that though:

Sometimes good things and fun projects come to a close. For a variety of reasons AOL/Weblogs Inc. is consolidating some of its more niche blogs, and stopping publication of others. This includes Blogging Ohio. This will be our last post and our last day…

Blogging Ohio ceases publication today - Blogging Ohio



Of Bill Moyers addressing the National Conference for Media Reform:

Before a packed house of more than 3,000 conference goers, Moyers said that the independent press is under sustained attack with a few corporations conspiring with political leaders to create an Orwellian world “in which language conceals reality and the pursuit of personal gain and partisan power are wrapped in rhetoric that turns truth to lies and lies to truth…

Listen to it. Seriously.

NCMR 2007 Blog » Blog Archive » Bill Moyers Takes On Big Media



From Jeff Rhors at Optiem:

As part of its “American Memory” project, the Library of Congress has been slowly building up its database of online images such as its collection of American from the Great Depression to WWII.

My understanding is that since these photos were commissioned by the government, they can be used free & clear of any copyright concerns. Before doing so, you may want to read the Legal Notices.

If you want to run a search against the entire collection, you can do so here. Running a search for “Cleveland, OH” turns up an amazing collection of images. Be forewarned—you can absolutely lose yourself in the depth of the collection. There are B&W photos, color photos, maps, postcards, sheet music. Below is one of children singing as well as a map of Cleveland from 1877.

The Internets are truly a fabulous series of tubes…



We could do something like Louisville:

Last fall a core of creatives in Louisville established a beta community and set forth on that very mission. The above image is the result of that local beta community to date, from a group of future patrons, tenants, developers, building owners and city officials, presented as the South Fourth Street Entertainment District. Five of the buildings are owned by beta community participants who are committed to investing in the group’s collective vision…

CoolTown Studios: Louisville’s beta community vision for downtown



From James Hardy via Redhorse:

Akron School Board Member James Hardy today released his opinion on the school funding amendment, what Pho calls the Amendment With No Name, and generally speaking, slammed it.

Hardy said the amendment failed on three levels: by giving the State Board of Education too much power to determine what a quality education costs; by creating another level of bureaucracy with the independent “accountability” commissions; and because the amendment does not say where the presumed increased state share would come from…

Psychobilly Democrat



George Nemeth: NEO Victory gardens

Growing up, everyone in my family had gardens and I worked in a greenhouse after school thru high school, so I think it’s only natural that a beta community has both/and:

Somewhere at the intersection of New Urbanism, DIY culture, and the resurgence of gardening for self-sustenance, an active and growing community of artist-maker-activists is redefining urban survivalism. While their work addresses our tenuous food security and the threats of catastrophic climate change, it’s not a fear-driven movement. Rather, the best of these “new survivalists” are embracing radical self-sufficiency because it fuels their creativity, arms them with a sense of personal empowerment, and strengthens their communities…

WorldChanging: Tools, Models and Ideas for Building a Bright Green Future: Tales of the Self-Sufficient City

January 30, 2007


I know he’s hit the mainstream pretty big now, but I liked Anthony Bourdain long before he became the household name he is now. In fact, his book Kitchen Confidential is about the most essential foodie/adventure/gore reading experiences there is. Period, end of story… it will certainly have you rethinking where you eat sometimes, and what goes on behind the swinging doors of those kitchens. A must read… so imagine my “at-home-dad-head-in-the-clouds” surprise that Bourdain was HERE in Cleveland… at the coaxing of local writer Michael Ruhlman…

http://www.brewedfreshdaily.com/2007/01/29/bourdain-vtr/ (Great photo).

So Ruhlman suggests in his fantastic, antagonistic way (this is how they communicate, apparently) that his friend Bourdain needs to come to CLE to soak it up… that he’s not seen culture anywhere else in the world like ours… and wouldn’t you know it, he does. And he LOVES it. And he’s taped a show here for “No Reservations” on the Travel Channel about Cleveland… and apparently, he hits Hot Sauce Williams (brilliant BBQ, totally underrated by residents here) and a ton of other state-of-the-art Cle grub for North Coast Gastronomy 101.

Here’s a link to the interview the two did on “Around Noon” on WCPN:

http://wcpn.org/podcast/audio/2007/01/0126an.mp3

Awesome Tête- -Tête”. Not only did it make me proud to be a CLE foodie and resident, but Bourdain’s assessment of Clevelanders is dead-on. Glad you enjoyed it here, Tony. Sorry I missed ya. Will have to see you on cable.

CHQ

Comments: None (yet).



I like reading Jon Fine @ BusinessWeek , along with listening to NPR’s “On the Media.” I probably should blog more about that. And other things. Heck, I’ve got a lot more I want to blog about than I actually have time for.

Maybe someday… Anyway.

This entry on his blog really got to me:

http://www.businessweek.com/innovate/FineOnMedia/archives/2007/01/an_unsparing_lo.html

I guess as a follow-up to my criticism of Cleveland.com, it seems we’re not the only town with a paper whose online presence is cumbersome at best. It takes so long to find what you want; and when you finally get what you wanted, those few flustering attempts take any enthusiasm out of the content.

Most of you out there use it… that’s why the papers “hardcopy” readership is down… so, if you were to run Cleveland.com, what would you change? For me, it would simply be in the flexibility and user-friendliness.

CHQ

Comments: None (yet).



There’s been a lot of talk about it… and lets face it, $1.6B is a lotta Shiner Bocks at the Town Fryer…

http://www.cleveland.com/politics/plaindealer/index.ssf?/base/opinion/1169890603197260.xml&coll=2

But I am curious to know what YOU THE READER think about what that money should be allocated to.

CHQ


Comments:

If there’s $1.6 billion to spare in this city, why are the police and fire services not back to the levels they were before Mayor Jane did the layoffs?

Bike lanes, a rec center, and landscaping the streets are great ideas, sure, but….until the streets are safe, what’s the point?

The top priorities in this city should be safety, education, and jobs. Window dressing should be way down on the list.
Denise | link | Wed, 31 Jan 2007 14:59:56 +0000

Amen to that. In fact, the last time I had to deal with Cleveland Police — and bless them, they are only working with what they have — I had a police report taken on a “scrap” sheet of paper that someone walking past the desk I was at had to hand to the officer.

We’re not even talking about laptops in the vehicles here. We’re talking stationary… anyone else?
Peter Chakerian | link | Wed, 31 Jan 2007 15:46:22 +0000

January 29, 2007


Cool Cleveland Kids correspondent Max targets a few winter family fun events this week, from showshoeing at Holden Arboretum, to Jungle Book at the Cleveland Play House, to a hike in the Cuyahoga Valley National Park. To hear his podcast, simply click here.

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At Cool Cleveland, we don’t dwell in the mainstream. You get enough of that elsewhere. This week, we point you to three way underground, off- off- off-Euclid venues cranking out the coolness, from Madison Village in Lakewood to the Northside in Akron, to the Tower Press Building in Downtown Cleveland. It’s time to get off the highway, Cleveland. And it’s all yours when you click here.

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