Cleveland Complete and Green Streets public feedback wanted

Sustainable Cleveland 2019 has been working with the City of Cleveland in completing a "Complete and Green Streets Typology and Design Manual" since Cleveland passed the Complete and Green Streets Ordinance in September of 2011.

They have posted the presentation from April 10th, 2013 online and are hoping for public feedback and suggestions.

Via: Sustainable Cleveland 2019

The City of Cleveland passed a Complete and Green Streets ordinance in September 2011. In effect as of January 2012, the ordinance requires implementation of sustainable policies and guidelines in all construction projects within the public right of way. This ordinance will create a walking, biking and public transportation-friendly city while reducing environmental impact by incorporating green infrastructure.

Some characteristics of Complete and Green Streets include enhanced transit waiting environments, bicycle lanes and signs, pedestrian refuges, public art, waste containers, crosswalk enhancements, ADA accessibility, way-finding signage, permeable pavement, green space or trees and multi-use paths.

click to view detailed maps.

We have began the process of creating a Complete and Green Streets Typology and Design Manual to assist in implementing the Complete and Green Streets Ordinance. We currently have an inter-organizational task force overseeing this process. The Task Force has classified streets into 10 different types, each with its own priorities for pedestrians, vehicles, transit, cyclists and green infrastructure.

We are seeking the public’s feedback on our Complete and Green Streets Typology.

Link to Presentation
Place to make constructive commentaries

Cleveland Orchestra Announces Gordon Square Residency

Cleveland Orchestra Discover Gordon Square Residency

The Cleveland Orchestra plans to make it's home in the Gordon Square Arts District of Cleveland from May 11th until May 17th as part of its first neighborhood residency.  The program will offer events (16!) through the week, free and open to the public.  

See below (via: Cleveland Classical)

Saturday, May 11, at 10:30 a.m. – Gypsy Beans & Baking Co., 6425 Detroit Ave. Frank Rosenwein & Jeffrey Rathbun, oboes.

Saturday, May 11, at 11 a.m. – La Sagrada Familia, 7719 Detroit Ave. Cleveland Orchestra PNC Musical Rainbow on the Road. “Spectacular Strings”, a 30-minute narrated and interactive musical performance withAlexandra Preucil, violin, and Alan Harrell, cello, narrated by Maryann Nagel.

Saturday, May 11, at noon – Stockyard Meats, 6105 Detroit Ave. Paul Kushious, cello.

Saturday, May 11, at 6 p.m. - Cleveland Public Theatre, 6415 Detroit Ave. Cleveland. Cleveland Public Theatre actors and Cleveland Orchestra musicians Sonja Braaten Molloy, violinist, Lembi Veskimets, violist, and Martha Baldwin, cellist. Works influenced by William Blake, preceding a performance of a play by Mickle Maher based on Blake’s Songs of Innocence and of Experience.

Sunday, May 12, at 6 p.m. – Battery Park Wine Bar, 7524 Father Frascati Ave. Cleveland. Chul-In Park, violin, Richard Weiss, cello, Kevin Switalski, bass & Joela Jones, accordion. Tango music by Astor Piazzolla.

Monday, May 13, at 9 a.m. - Capitol Theatre, 1390 W. 65th St. The Cleveland Orchestra “On-screen.”Screening of part of Bruckner’s Symphony No. 4 as performed at St. Florian’s Abbey by Franz Welser-Möst and The Cleveland Orchestra, followed by question-and-answer session with Cleveland Orchestra musicians Sonja Braaten Molloy, violin, and Charles Bernard, cello. Free coffee & pastries.

Monday, May 13, at 5 p.m. - Michael J. Zone Recreation Center, 6301 Lorain Ave. Soccer Game with neighborhood kids and 17 Cleveland Orchestra musicians and staff.

Tuesday, May 14, at noon – Reinberger Auditorium, 5209 Detroit Ave.Around Noon with The Cleveland Orchestra, hosted by Dee Perry with panelists Joan Katz Napoli, the orchestra’s director of education and community programs, Happy Dog owner Sean Watterson & Ward 15 councilman Matt Zone. In partnership with the City Club of Cleveland. Reinberger Auditorium, 5209 Detroit Ave., Cleveland. Free. Broadcast live on WCPN, 90.3 FM.

Tuesday, May 14, at 6:15 p.m. - Sweet Moses, 6800 Detroit Ave.Cleveland Orchestra Youth Chorus Chamber Ensemble, Daniel Singer, conducting.

Tuesday, May 14, at 7 p.m. – Happy Dog, 5801 Detroit Ave. Concert Preview for the May 16 Cleveland Orchestra concert at St. Colman’s with assistant conductor James Feddeck and principal flutist Joshua Smith.

Wednesday, May 15, at 6:30 p.m. – St. Augustine Health Campus, 7801 Detroit Ave. Solo & duo performances by members of the Cleveland Orchestra Youth Orchestra. Karissa Huang, piano and flute, Michael Bednarsky, saxophone, Sameer Apte, cello, Alexandria Ballinger, clarinet, Laura Hundert, clarinet, Sarah Zydiak, horn, Michael Bertram, piano, Stuart Englehart, bassoon, and Helen Peyrebrune, cello.

Wednesday, May 15, at 7 p.m. – Spice Kitchen + Bar, 5800 Detroit Ave.Cleveland Orchestra bass quartet: Mark Atherton, Charles Carleton, Henry Peyrebrune, and Derek Zadinsky.

Wednesday, May 15, at 8 p.m. - Happy Dog, 5801 Detroit Ave. Classical Revolution/Ensemble HD. Record Release Party. (Ensemble HD was formed after members of The Cleveland Orchestra played a sold-out evening at Happy Dog in June of 2010. Classical Revolution plays there the third Tuesday of each month).

[SOLD OUT] Thursday, May 16, at 7:30 p.m. - St. Colman Catholic Church, 2027 W. 65th St. Cleveland Orchestra Concert, James Feddeck, conductor, Joshua Smith, flute. Mendelssohn’s Overture: The Hebrides, Prokofiev’s Classical Symphony, Chaminade’s Concertino in D major for Flute and Orchestra, Ravel’s Pavane pour une infante défunte & Rimsky-Korsakov’s Capriccio espagnol.

Friday, May 17, at 6 p.m. - 78th Street Studios, 1300 W. 78th St.Cleveland Orchestra chamber ensembles. Daniel McKelway, clarinet, Barrick Stees, bassoon, and Jeffrey Rathbun, oboe; Carolyn Gadiel Warner, piano, Tanya Ell, cello, and Robert Woolfrey, clarinet; Brian Thornton, cello, and Marisela Sager, flute.

Friday, May 17, at 9 p.m. – Survival Kit at 78th Street Studios, 1300 W. 78th St. – Suite 303. Cleveland Orchestra musicians Scott Dixon, bass, Jack Sutte, trumpet, Joshua Smih, flute & Jacob Nissly, percussion. Solos and duos.

$20,000 Fellowships for Individual Artists Available - Creative Workforce Fellowship Program

The new CPAC Fellowships calls have been announced. Yes, this is one of the grants I was fortunate enough to receive this year which is helping me realize many of the projects that I currently have underway (and are in various stages of getting done).

If you are an artists who lives in Cuyahoga County involved in Professional Dance, Literature, Music and/or Theatre I suggest you check out the following.

Via: Community Partnership for Arts and Culture

$20,000 Fellowships for Individual Artists Available

Workshops for CPAC’s Creative Workforce Fellowship program

CLEVELAND — Professional dance, literature, music and theatre artists who make their home in Cuyahoga County have an opportunity to dream bigger with the 2014 cycle of the Community Partnership for Arts and Culture (CPAC)’s Creative Workforce Fellowship program. Individuals who meet eligibility requirements can compete for one of up to 22 awards.  20 Fellowships include the following:

• $20,000 financial award
• one-year membership in the Council of Smaller Enterprises (COSE)
• tuition waiver for CPAC and COSE’s Artist as an Entrepreneur Institute (AEI)
• inclusion in a video catalogue of Fellows’ work            

CPAC will also award two Seth Rosenberg Prizes of $2,500. The Creative Workforce Fellowship is made possible by the generous support of Cuyahoga County residents through Cuyahoga Arts & Culture.

Artists interested in applying can attend a free workshop. CPAC will present seven workshops that walk through the online application.  These meetings will be held on the following dates:

• Friday, May 24 11 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.; Spanish American Committee
• Friday, May 31; 10 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.; Rainey Institute
• Wednesday, June 12; 6 p.m.  – 7:30 p.m.; Happy Dog (Underdog)
• Saturday, June 15; 10 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.; Cleveland Metroparks Zoo
• Tuesday, July 9; 11:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.; Heights Arts
• Friday, July 12; 11:30 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.; Cuyahoga County Public Library Warrensville Hts. Branch
• Tuesday, July 16; 12 p.m. – 1:30 p.m.; Karamu House

The deadline for the online application is Wednesday, July 31, 2013. Guidelines and application information can be found atCultureForward.org/Our-Programs/Fellowship/Guidelines2. Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) will also be available in both English and Spanish.

About CPAC

The Community Partnership for Arts and Culture (CPAC) is a nonprofit service organization dedicated to strengthening, unifying and connecting greater Cleveland’s arts and culture sector. CPAC provides counsel and research to foster a more informed dialogue between representatives of the arts and culture sector and public leaders concerning arts and culture’s role in the region’s development. It also supports the advancement of artists, arts and culture professionals and other civic leaders through an array of programs and services, such as the Creative Workforce Fellowship, as well as tools like cultureforward.org andmycreativecompass.org.

About Cuyahoga Arts & Culture

Cuyahoga Arts & Culture’s mission is to inspire and strengthen the community by investing in arts and culture, and since 2007, CAC has invested more than $95 million dollars in more than 200 local arts and cultural organizations.  In 2011, for every dollar CAC invested in arts and culture organizations, nearly $20 was put back into the local economy; and CAC-funded organizations supported nearly 9,000 jobs in Cuyahoga County's creative sector. Learn more about Cuyahoga Arts & Culture and its grant programs at www.cacgrants.org.

Cleveland Division of Water - Water Treatment Plant Tours open for National Drinking Water Week - 2013.05.11

For years I have been wanting to see the inside of the Baldwin Water Treatment Plant, a stoic and beautifully detailed building that is rumored to house an amazing underground reservoir of vaulted ceilings and grand colonnades (which I believe is no longer open for public viewing but can be seen online).

This upcoming weekend Cleveland Division of Water will be having public tours of the Baldwin Water Treatment Plant and the Crown Water Treatment Plant to help celebrate National Drinking Water Week.

via: Cleveland Division of Water

Join the Cleveland Division of Water in

Celebrating National Drinking Water Week

Celebrate National Drinking Water Week with Free Guided Water Plant Tours

The City of Cleveland Division of Water will observe National Drinking Water Week, on Saturday, May 11^th by hosting open houses at two of its water works facilities, including free public tours and other family friendly activities.

The Open Houses will be held Saturday, May 11th, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., at the following locations:

• Baldwin Water Treatment Plant, 11216 Stokes Blvd, in Cleveland
• Crown Water Treatment Plant, 955 Clague Road, in Westlake, Ohio.

Cleveland water system users are invited to tour either of these facilities to see first hand how drinking water is processed and have their questions about water quality answered.  Guided tours will take place continuously, throughout the day. A variety of giveaways for both children and adults will be available.  In order to ensure safety the following security measures apply:

• Adult Photo ID Required
• No Cameras or Video Equipment
• Signature Waiver

Drinking Water Week is an annual event sponsored by the National Drinking Water Alliance, composed of non-profit groups and government agencies. Water suppliers throughout the United States and other countries participate in the observance, and sponsor activities to encourage consumers to get educated about water-related issues in their local communities.

For more information visit call (216) 664-2444 ext. 5676 or ext 5802.

To register online, click here.