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« Wednesday July 28, 2010 »
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Cleveland -- are you taking the commuter challenge?
Start: 9:00 am
End: 5:00 pm

Beginning July 17-31 rethink your commute. Take the Commuter Challenge and try a more sustainable form of transportation for at least one day. Bike, walk or carpool. Try public transit. Alternative transportation can have an important effect on Northeast Ohio's air quality and your health and your wallet.

“For every 20-mile round trip you eliminate, you save a gallon of gas and keep about 25 pounds of pollutants out of the air we breathe,” explains Amy Wainright, an environmental planner at the Northeast Ohio Areawide Coordinating Agency (NOACA).

NOACA’s Air Quality Programs are excited to announce this year’s prizes! By participating in Commuter Challenge, and completing the survey at the end, you will be registered for a drawing that includes the following prizes:

  • Cleveland Indians Baseball Tickets
  • Mr. Hero Sandwich Gift Certificates
  • Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Admission Tickets
  • Bodies Exhibition Tickets

In addition, NOACA has a limited number of Laketran bus passes for use during Commuter Challenge. These are available first come, first served, by emailing your name and address to aschmitt@mpo.noaca.org.

Participating organizations:

Northeast Ohio Watershed Council
Start: 6:00 pm
End: 8:30 pm

John Peck will address the Northeast Ohio Watershed Council during our Wednesday, July 28th Meeting. 6:00 - 6:30PM Dinner 6:30 - 8:30PM Meeting (7:00PM 30-45 min. Presentation) 

 As part of the July 28th meeting of the Northeast Ohio Watershed Council at Canalway Center, John Peck will provide an interesting presentation on his ground-breaking research on Cuyahoga River sediment. John Peck is from the Department of Geology and Environmental Science, The University of Akron and studies environmental change within the Cuyahoga River watershed.

Neighborhood Connections Budget Workshop
Start: 6:00 pm
End: 8:00 pm

Learn more about completing a budget for your NC application. Neighborhood Connections, the small grants program affiliated with the Cleveland Foundation intended to benefit grassroots neighborhood groups in the city of Cleveland, is requesting proposals for their next round of funding. The program offers grants of $500 to $5,000 twice a year to groups that organize projects to improve the quality of life in their neighborhood.  Groups are encouraged to work with partners, and to propose creative solutions to challenges in their neighborhood. Grants are available to any group of residents in the city of Cleveland. Groups do not need to be recognized as an official 501(c)(3) organization to receive a grant. Neighborhood Connections does not provide funding for individuals, individual businesses, or for capital projects. The deadline for proposals is Friday, August 13th, 2010. For more info, visit www.neighborhoodgrants.org or call 216.393.4642.

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