Reimagining Cleveland

Through funding from the Office of Brownfields and Land Revitalization, US EPA Region 5 worked with its many partners to develop the following documents: The Urban Farm Business Plan Handbook  provides a framework for any organization or community interested in developing an urban farm on cleaned brownfields or vacant sites to help address…[Read more]

There are many events to volunteer for in the upcoming weeks to help out staff at the Earth Day Coalition. Please see the attached flyer if you are interested in helping out on any of the days listed. The first event is Thursday, September 22 from 9am to noon.

VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES flyers 09-12-11

Reimagining Cleveland Project Leader, Elle Adams was recently spotlighted in the PBS Garden Smart Episode on Garden Walk Cleveland. Follow this link to see a summary of the episode and here to read the Cleveland Plain Dealer article!

Should we count on it to? Perhaps, but only if we look at it for what it really is, community organizing that has experienced increased support from municipal administrations ( the laws and codes are catching up to what urban agriculture demands in most cities.) The better question may be to ask, “Why exactly do [...]

Fay Harris, project leader of 1942-1946 West 47th Street Community Garden, has provided Neighborhood Progress with some “before” pictures of her garden site in Ohio City. If you have a chance to stop by and take a look at the site as it is now, you’ll find it an additional opportunity to revel in  the work [...]

Amelia Robinson of Dayton Daily News juxtaposes abandoned blight with a “positive place of light” by recalling a negative childhood experience on a vacant lot decades ago now occupied by the Chateau Hough vineyard!

Read the article here.

The July issue of Inside Business Magazine has tapped into the Cleveland high tunnel hoop house business. Reimagining Cleveland Project leader Todd Alexander, Mike Walton and Carlton Jackson of Tunnel Vision Hoops were all interviewed for the spread! Congratulations to each of you!

Access the full article here.

The Plain Dealer recently took a closer look at  Karin Wishner and her bee-keeping operations in Cleveland and Lakewood.Read the article in full here-and don’t forget tomorrow Baldwin-Wallace College will be hosting the “Northeast Ohio Honeybee Conference!”

Join Reimagining Cleveland urban agriculturalists and the general public for a workshop on how to responsibly process and sell edible goods! Pam Cross, inspector for the Cleveland Department of Public Health, will discuss the rules, regulations and labeling requirements for anyone interested in selling cottage foods (pies, breads, granola, etc.),…[Read more]

Launched in Shaker Square in 1995, North Union Farmers Market, along with many other markets in the region, has been pulling in increasing numbers of shoppers. On a typical Saturday afternoon, 6,000 shoppers visit North Union.Read the article written in the online magazine Freshwater Cleveland for more promising signs of a growing local food…[Read more]

Many groups and organizations have entered to win a fruit orchard through the Communities Take Root program developed bu Edy’s and the Fruit Tree Planting Foundation. Follow the link below, register and vote once a day until May 31st for your favorite Cleveland area project! Good luck everyone!

http://www.communitiestakeroot.com/

On Monday May 24th from 8:30 to 3:30 pm, the Cuyahoga County Soil and Water Conservation District will be putting on a workshop stressing the importance of plant and soil interactions to urban agriculture and landscaping. For additional information, contact Lisa Vavro, CPESCStorm Water Specialist II216-524-6580 ext. 12lvavro@cuyahogaswcd.org.

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On April 7th, we will kick-off our spring workshops! Join Reimagining project leaders as they learn more about turning their gardens into local food enterprises! See below for details-including upcoming OSU Extension workshops or click here! “Taking Urban Agriculture to Market: A Market Garden Training Session” Morgan Taggart of the…[Read more]

Are you interested in seeing a project through on a vacant lot? Or have you already done so? Let us know about in this survey.