Carole's Cleveland Blog

Sound odd to you? Well, not odd to a group of people who formed a partnership to work on the Euclid Avenue Idea Design District for Downtown Cleveland. Businesses, Insitutes of Higher Learning, Design Award Winners and Cleveland's Government all sit as idea people for this .....idea about ......a...

Those of us who are from Cleveland relish the gritty, roll up your sleeves history, the sight of a steel mill chimney spewing fire at night; I even have a photo of a rainbow I took as a kid, as a backdrop to a steel mill. Cities embrace their heritage or they lose their identity; at least that is...

Hot off the press, Mayor Frank Jackson announced today the City's new Capital Improvement Plan (CIP) that encompasses a mission and a strategy for the next five years. There is an emphasis on economic development, especially along Cleveland's Lakefront A few weeks ago, the City, in conjunction wi...

Will Reviving the Passenger Rail System Be Good for the Economy?  This idea intrigues me, I admit it. The Ohio Association of Railroad Passengers and ODOT are major players in this initiative, which would bring high speed passenger rail trains to cities within a two to four hour travel time of ea...

Nothing and I mean nothing has taught me more about life than baseball (sorry Nick, I can't surf). Today is one of those feel good days when two of my all time favorite players got elected to The Baseball Hall of Fame. Cal Ripken Jr. was someone we all new we'd see when we went to games at Memori...

Hey All You Don Quixote Home Builders....Were you the chickens or the eggs? Did neighborhoods start to get revitalized before you built new construction homes or condos? Or did you go into the neighborhoods and lead the way?To a large extent, a lot of Home Builders seem like they enjoy a good cha...

The anticipation of a new year, full of promise and hope. Even though I always resist making resolutions on New Year's Day, I have been memed and have no choice. And not only one resolution but five! ? !1. I resolve to learn one new 'tekkie' program. Yes it will be good for me, but that's not the...