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Continue to nurture alternative energy research and firms, enhance the waterfronts and make environmental concerns an organizing principle in every decision. Aiming to become the "green city on a blue lake" that activist David Beach talks about will create jobs, change perceptions and make this an even better place to live.

— Plain Dealer editorial

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It’s time we built a high-speed rail system connecting Cleveland-Columbus-Cincinnati. It’s time we fund our transit systems to be strong competitors to the car. It’s time we invested in Complete Streets (like the Euclid Corridor). It’s time we fixed our potholes. It’s time we stopped building new highways to nowhere. It’s time we had a real conversation about investing in a transportation system that recognizes climate change, peak oil, and sustainable solutions.

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A more public role in creating a greener region

Submitted by David Beach  |  Last edited September 23, 2007 - 12:20pm

The following comments by Bruce Latimer, executive director of the Cleveland Museum of Natural History, are reprinted from the September/October 2007 issue of the Museum's Tracks newsletter.

Early last summer, the Museum announced plans to merge with EcoCity Cleveland. That alignment was finalized at the end of July. In another year, EcoCity will cease operating as its own nonprofit and become part of the Museum.

This was a carefully considered move. We’d been in discussion with EcoCity’s director, David Beach, for more than a year. The merger was one of opportunity — a chance to bring together two organizations at the forefront of their respective fields for the greater good of the community.

David is one of the region’s most noted authorities on urban sustainability. Over a 15-year period, he has made EcoCity into a respected center of thought and practice about sustainability and the design of cities in balance with nature. He brings a significant body of knowledge to the Museum, where EcoCity’s work on promoting the environmentally friendly redevelopment of the city and land-use planning and transportation policy issues will form the core of a new division called the Center for Regional Sustainability. Two other key EcoCity employees will make the move with him.

The center will provide leadership, conduct research and provide education on important sustainability issues. It also will become an information and policy resource center to promote the vision of a sustainable future for Northeast Ohio. As the Museum moves forward with its renovation and expansion plans, David will advise us on utilizing green design.

This will be a natural complement to the Museum’s longstanding conservation work in the region. Efforts to create a more livable city, especially one that leads the way in environmentally responsible growth, will help reduce the pressure to develop the outlying areas that are home to rare and endangered natural habitats.

Sustainability has been implicit in the Museum’s work since it was founded. This merger will allow us to play a much more public role in transforming the city, and all of Northeast Ohio, into a greener, healthier place to live.

Bruce Latimer
Executive Director
Cleveland Museum of Natural History