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6.30.08

Submitted by GCBL staff on June 27, 2008 - 4:12pm.
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  • Chipotle Mexican Grill is exhibiting their commitment to local food by purchasing 25 percent of its produce from farms within 200 miles of each store. In Ohio, this means that Chipotle will buy seasonal romaine lettuce, green bell peppers, and jalapeno peppers from Holhouse Farms in Willard, OH. Read more here.
  • Stormwater runoff and management is a continuing issue in Northeast Ohio. As the Northeast Ohio Regional Sewer District considers forming a stormwater management agency, plenty of local activity is occurring. The City of Cleveland has a summer program to make rain barrels and rain gardens in the city, offering a learning experience, summer jobs and a coordinated effort to reduce storm runoff speed and combined sewer overflows. Another resource for Cleveland’s green infrastructure efforts is Depave.org, which documents the progress of projects around the country that are taking up unneeded pavement. The site’s mission: “to inspire and promote the removal of unnecessary concrete and asphalt from this earth.”
  • PD writer Chuck Yarborough got to pretent he's Indiana Jones when he accompanied Cleveland Museum of Natural History curator of archaeology Brian Redmond on a dig in Lorain County. Read about his adventure here.