Busy with project stuff at work, but I have a bit of time at the moment to toss out a few linketies, at least.
PlainDealer: Summer Festival Guide 2012: Greater Cleveland's fest season is upon usPlainDealer: 100 Super Summer things to do in Northeast Ohio: Check off your list! PlainDealer: New policy will offer guidance to Cuyahoga County police departments on investigating sex crimes FreshwaterCleveland: port authority to build new boats to help clean up river debris PlainDealer: Massive sewer drilling machine begins work under Cleveland area, Lake Erie today PlainDealer: RTA has millions of dollars needed to fix Red Line trouble spots PlainDealer: Cleveland Cultural Gardens get new life and attention (photo gallery)PlainDealer: Lorain-Carnegie Bridge to undergo $4.5 million redesign for pedestrians, bicyclists FreshwaterCleveland: produce perks program addresses fresh food gaps in city neighborhoods FrontDoor: The 10 Greatest Cycling Cities in America'
#10: Cleveland Ohio
Cleveland, Ohio
The underdog of this list, this historic rust belt city is home to an impassioned and persevering community of bike riders. Cleveland's most-recent bicycle endeavor, The Complete and Green Streets ordinance, consists of a law that requires 20 percent of money spent on road projects to go to bike-friendly features such as bike-only lanes -- one of several efforts to increase the city's bike commuter percentage of .39. "Cleveland was one of the first cities in the country to temporarily close streets to motorized traffic so they can be enjoyed by cyclists and pedestrians," say local rider Jeff Sugalski.
Another exciting feature of Cleveland's urban cycling scene is its Metroparks, or nature preserves with walking, hiking and bicycling trails along river paths and creeks. Local rider Shawn Mariani is a true believer in the city's bike scene. "The growth that Cleveland's bike culture has had recently is tremendous, and the only change I would like to see for the future is increased numbers of people on bikes," he says.
Salon: Urban entertainment districts: Blocks where no one has fun
Cities keep trying to create downtown cool with dull nightlife districts. But who wants to hang out at the mall? (talks about how Gordon Park Square, about 20 blocks from us, is doing this much better than most)
PlainDealer: Bridge bomb plot: Federal judge hears arguments for releasing the five suspects on bond PlainDealer: City of Cleveland to install electric vehicle charging stations for public use TheAtlanticCities: Cleveland’s Downtown Rebound PlainDealer: Cleveland's RTA joins NASA to test bus powered by hydrogen fuel cells Cleveland.com: Sheep arrive in Cleveland to replace lawn mowers on vacant lot: Michael McIntyre's Tipoff PlainDealer: Kinsman fresh-food center partners with Tri-C to open Bridgeport Market Cafe and Community Kitchen SunNews: Permit fees for rain barrels in Parma start at $31 -- Seriously?
HuffingtonPost: Michael Symon's Cleveland PlainDealer: Ohio City takes a no-resident-left-behind approach to its development: Margaret Bernstein LATimesBlog: Sundance 2012: Josh Radnor's 'Liberal Arts' gets ovation at premiere -- I'm totally thrown by this being by a Kenyon alum and transparently set at Kenyon (and filmed there, apparently). So weird.