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Join Grant Thompson, Park Manager of the Avon Lake Reservation and member of the Western Reserve Land Conservancy, to learn  about the Land Conservancy and how it helps landowners, farmers and others in Northeast Ohio to preserve land in perpetuity.

This is part of a series of Wednesday evening events focusing on environmental issues and actions hosted by Avon Lake Public Library and co-sponsored by the City Council Environmental Committee and the Environmental Affairs Advisory Board of Avon Lake.

Everyone is welcome to attend.

Questions: 440.933.8128.

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Learn how to have a beautiful lawn without harmful chemical fertilizers. Protect your children, your pets and our lake. Presented by Dan Norris of Good Nature Organic Lawn Care.

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This is part of a series of Wednesday evenings focused on environmental issues and actions hosted by Avon Lake Public Library and co-sponsored by the City Council Environmental Committee and the Environmental Affairs Advisory Committee.

 All interested persons are welcome to attend.  

Questions: 440.933.8128.

What should Cleveland do to make its 3,300 acres of vacant land more desirable?

The Cleveland Urban Design Collaborative and Neighborhood Progress, Inc. are engaged in an innovative planning process to help the city answer that question. They are finding a course of action that could turn former heavily urbanized areas of the city into farms, gardens or natural areas that one day might supply local food, absorb rain water, produce renewable energy and employ city residents.

Ultimately, they hope to figure out where and how to best restore ecological function and create new value in land that was long ago written off as damaged beyond repair.

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What should Cleveland do to make its 3,300 acres of vacant land more desirable?

The Cleveland Urban Design Collaborative and Neighborhood Progress, Inc. are engaged in an innovative planning process to help the city answer that question. They are working on a course of action that could turn former heavily urbanized of the city into farms, gardens or natural areas that one day might supply local food, absorb rain water, produce renewable energy and employ city residents.

Ultimately, they hope to figure out where and how to best restore ecological function and create new value in land that was long ago written off as damaged beyond repair.

With the city’s help, they have already produced a decision matrix to categorize long vs. short term strategies. By fall, 2008 project managers Terry Schwarz (UDC) and Bobbi Reichtell (NPI) will collect the plans into a visual pattern book that will guide city planning. The pattern book and matrix will respond to issues like lot size, proximity to future development, visibility of the location, and even where historic streams and creeks were buried.

For example, in Slavic Village, which has been devastated by the sub-prime mortgage fiasco, a large urban farm/village green might be possible. Or smaller plots, next to parking lots or roads, bioswales may be tested (these are vegetative areas that capture and treat rain rushing off pavement).

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An advanced course for architects, planners, landscape architects, and engineers. Students and practitioners are welcome. The workshop offers new approaches to stormwater management to turn a liability into an asset. Workshop instructor J. T. Tourbier, ASLA, AIP is Professor of Landscape Architecture of the Dresden University of Technology. He is the author of numerous publications and has US implementation experience.

Enrollment in this workshop is limited to 18 participants. The enrollment fee for the two-day course is $80. Participants will receive a “Sustainable Stormwater Management Certificate” issued by Kent State University. The registration deadline is August 22, 2008. For more information or to register, visit www.cudc.kent.edu

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Go Organic! Seminar

 Fall Organics 101

Speaker: Dan Norris, Good Nature Lawncare

Learn Everything you need to know about preparing your lawn and garden for the fall season

• Fall Fertilization
• Composting/Top-dressing
• Seeding
• Fall tree and shrub fertilization 

 Please bring all your lawn care questions! 

 Discount will be availble on selected products

Refreshments will be provided

Seating is limited. Please RSVP by August 18th

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2008 Northeast Ohio Environmental Awards sponsored by the Biodiversity Alliance and Dominion. The guest speaker will be Dr. Michael Hutchins, President/CEO of The Wildlife Society.

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Regular meeting of the Lake Erie Allegheny Partnership for Biodiversity, the regional conservation consortium.

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"Real Costs, Real Paybacks, Real Stories!"

Come see the new bronze certified club house at Big Met and tour their greener greens. Shortly after 4pm a presentation will inform participants of the green features of the building and the costs involved. A tour of the facility will follow and then refreshments. Big Met will also offer twilight fees (arranged at the clubhouse) to those who wish to take full advantage of the wonderful golf course. Cleveland Green Building Coalition members pay $25 and non-members pay $35. Register by check to the Cleveland Green Building Coalition, 3500 Lorain Ave., Suite 303 Cleveland, Ohio 44113. Also watch the www.clevelandgbc.org for a paypal button for the event.

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Western Reserve Land Conservancy, the National Park Service and the Medina Raptor Center will host a program on the benefits of land conservation and how it benefits ecosystems and wildlife. Eddie Dengg, director of Western Reserve Land Conservancy’s Akron Area Field Office, will discuss the merits of conservation and Bill Jordan, the Land Conservancy’s Medina Summit Office manager and operator of the Medina Raptor Center, will display four rescued birds. The event is free and open to the public. Landowners abutting the Cuyahoga Valley National Park are invited to hear about the benefits of conservation.

For more information, contact Eddie Dengg at (330) 836-2271.