Reimagining Cleveland

Cities with shrinking populations and an abundance of vacant property are searching for ways to reinvent themselves. By Melinda Fulmer of MSN Real Estate Across the river from Cleveland’s shrinking downtown, a thriving business has sprouted in a gritty neighborhood few expected to bloom. Called Ohio City Farm , it’s filled with dozens of…[Read more]

The Working Group formed from the 2009 Sustainability Summit supports the City of Cleveland and region as they examine the best ways to re-utilize vacant land, with the goal of creating greener, more sustainable communities. Over the last year, the Working Group comprised of professionals, educators, planners and passionate residents from…[Read more]

  (From Channelise – see below for link.) In July I traveled to Cleveland to conduct a workshop on design and branding in community development at the GLUE (Great Lakes Urban Exchange) conference. GLUE’s Sarah Szurpicki is spearheading a rust belt renaissance by connecting people who want to revitalize post industrial cities. GLUE collaborated…[Read more]

Left to right: Charles Blubaugh, Mansfield Frasier, and Gloria Ferris

Volunteers working on site – and no mow grass!

WKYC Video: Vacant Lots Get New Life
WKYC’s senior political correspondent Tom Beres interviews the Brooklyn Centre Naturalists as they work on the site on West 39th, just north of The Ugly Broad. (via the Brooklyn Centre Naturalists  Blog)

See also:  WKYC | Cleveland Inner City Vineyard Now A Reality

Jim is the Chief curator of Botany at Cleveland Museum of Natural History. The Orchard Project leaders learned about various fruit tree varieties that will grow well in Cleveland neighborhoods, and also toured the museum with Renee Boronka, Associate Director, Center for Conservation & Biodiversity.

Reposted from http://www.brooklyncentrenaturalists.net: “Thank You!! Thank You! Thank You!” There are a lot of people to thank for yesterday’s VERY successful work day on our ReImagining Cleveland project.  There were many people behind the scenes as well as on site who made the day a very prosperous one for our neighborhood.  I say prosperous because to [...]